City records 130 Corona cases in 24 hours, 6 dead

Kanpur: Industrial city on Friday witnessed a massive surge in number of Corona cases. A record 130 persons were tested positive for Covid-19. This was the highest number of persons testing positive in a span of 24 hours since the first case was detected in March. With this the total Corona tally jumped to 2,217 from 2,087. Also six persons died due to Covid-19 in 24 hour duration.On Thursday, seven persons had succumbed to Coronavirus. On the previous day, six persons had died.
In last three days, 19 people have lost their lives to this deadly virus. So far (since first case was reported in the city), a total of 111 deaths have occured due to Covid-19. With 130 new cases and also 30 persons getting discharged on Friday, the total active cases in the city reached 868. The speedy increase in the Corona cases has left the district authorities worried. However, health department stated that all those who died were also suffering from some or the other ailment such as high blood pressure, diabetes. Health department collected 1,169 samples for tests and the results are expected in a day or two.
New Corona cases have been reported from Kursawa, Hanspuram, Pheelkhana, Nawabganj, Parampurwa, Krishna Nagar, Gandhigram, Panki, Anand Bagh, Chandra Nagar, Ratanlal Nagar, Barra-2, 7 & 8, RK Puram, Geeta Nagar, Bara Sirohi, Billhaur, Babupurwa, Maswanpur, Shyam nagar, Jarauli, Gujjaini, Rampuram, Safipur, Rajeev Nagar, Nehru nagar, Armapur Estate, HAL, Cantt, Bhauti, Ghumni Bazar, Faithfulganj, Harbans Mohal, Harjinder Nagar, Kabadi Market, Bhagwatghat, Raipurwa, Moti Nagar, Indra Nagar, Fazalganj, Lal Bangla, Vijay nagar, Kakadeo, Patkapur, TP Nagar, Chaubeypur, Gwaltoli, Naseemabad, Canal Road, Kidwai nagar, kaushalpuri, Rammohan Ka Hata, Swaroop Nagar, Arya Nagar, Medical College Campus among others.