Uttar Pradesh reports 16 new coronavirus cases, total reaches 88

Sixteen new coronavirus positive cases were reported in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, taking the total tally in the state to 88, officials said. Of the 88 COVID-19 patients, 14 have fully recovered and discharged. Gautam Buddh Nagar district alone has reported 36 cases, they said.

"So far, the number of samples which tested coronavirus positive is 88. Of this, 14 patients have fully recovered and discharged. The maximum 36 cases have been reported from Gautam Buddh Nagar, where 31 were from just one factory," Uttar Pradesh Principal Secretary (Medical and Health) Amit Mohan Prasad told reporters on Monday. "In Meerut, 13 cases have been reported, all of which are relatives and acquaintances of one infected person." Prasad said of the total cases reported so far, 44 are from two clusters.

Cluster containment work is on, he said, explaining that if more than one patient is reported in a cluster, every house in a radius of three kilometre is thoroughly scanned and if any symptom is reported, residents of the said house are quarantined and their samples tested. "If just a single case is reported in a cluster, we do containment in a radius of one kilometre," Prasad said, adding so far 2,430 samples have been sent to different laboratories, of which 2,305 have tested negative.

Prasad said the Centre has provided Rs 50-lakh insurance in addition to the existing cover for healthcare workers involved in treating COVID-19 patients and allied works. He also informed reporters that people coming to Uttar Pradesh from outside the state since Sunday are being kept in quarantine camps.

"Around 780 people have been kept in quarantine facilities. We are monitoring them. Apart from this, around 10,000 people are in home quarantine. They are those who have returned from foreign countries or have been asymptomatic contact of a (coronavirus) positive patient," the principal secretary (medical and health) said. The health department is getting full support from the Chief Minister Helpline. Calls are being received on the helpline number of the health department as well. If anyone feels having developed COVID-19 symptoms, they are being helped by providing their name, address to the surveillance team, Prasad said.

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