Coronavirus update: Two more cases reported in Lucknow
Two more persons have tested positive for coronavirus in Lucknow, taking the total number of cases to 5On Wednesday, a junior resident doctor at the King George Medical University was tested positive for novel coronavirus
Two more people have been diagnosed with novel coronavirus infection in Lucknow, taking the total number of positive cases in Uttar Pradesh to nearly 20. The new patients were admitted to King George's Medical University.
"Two more persons have tested positive for coronavirus in Lucknow, taking the total number of cases to 5. All the patients are stable," said Dr Sudhir Singh, in-charge of the COVID-19 isolation ward at King George's Medical University.
Among the new patients who have tested positive, one is form Lucknow who had recently visited London. The other is a resident of Lakhimpur district and had returned from Turkey.
On Wednesday, a junior resident doctor at the King George Medical University was tested positive for novel coronavirus. He developed symptoms after coming in contact with two patients who undergoing treatment for the disease in the hospital. The doctor has been kept in an isolation ward, a hospital spokesperson said.
So far, nineteen cases of coronavirus have been reported from Uttar Pradesh, including these two more new patients. These include eight from Agra, three each from Noida and Lucknow, and two from Ghaziabad.
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