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Memorial (MGM) Medical University tested positive for Lucknow (PNS): With three COVID-19 deaths on Sunday, the Maharashtra with 342 College Jyoti Bindal said. coronavirus infection on death toll due to the disease climbed to 30 in Uttar Pradesh even deaths out of 8,068 positive “There are other factors Sunday while 25 health work- as 80 fresh cases of coronavirus infections were reported in the cases and Gujarat with 151 also for the high fatality rate, ers, including junior and senior state. Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme’s State deaths out of 3,301 positive like patients turning up at the residents, hospital staff and Surveillance Officer Dr Vikasendu Agarwal said of the three cases have death rate of about hospitals late,” she said. “In safai karmacharis, were quar- fresh deaths, two were reported from Agra and one from Meerut, four per cent. Delhi has death Indore belt, the testing is con- antined and their samples col- Agra has accounted for 10 COVID-19 deaths, Moradabad rate of around 2.5 per cent. The fined to coronavirus detection lected for testing. six, Meerut five, Kanpur three and Basti, Varanasi, Bulandshahr, global death rate is around 7 only, and not its type, another Samples of 14 patients in Lucknow, Firozabad and Aligarh one each. per cent, with 29,40,059 cases doctor said. the ward where the nurse was On Sunday, 80 persons tested positive for coronavirus infec- and 2,03,803 deaths. Jitendra Bhargava, director on duty have also been col- tion, taking the state’s tally to 1873. Among the fresh cases, Doctors in Indore, which of the State Government-run lected. Kanpur City and Saharanpur reported 21 each, followed by 11 has emerged as the one of the School of Excellence in KGMU Vice-Chancellor in Varanasi. Agra leads with 372 cases followed by Lucknow major coronavirus hotspots Pulmonary Medicine, also Dr MLB Bhatt said the nurse, (194), Kanpur (170) and Noida (117). Dr Agarwal said that 66 in the country, fear that virus shared Bindal’s concern, saying who is a resident of Nakkhas, COVID-19 patients recovered on Sunday and were discharged strain plaguing the city could the high mortality rate in was not on COVID duty. from hospitals, taking the total number to of recovered be deadlier than that in other Indore needs to be investigat- “She had been on leave patients to 327. parts of the country and ed through viral culture and $ " " since April 21 because her have decided to send the RNA extraction. '()* " + %,+ children had not been keeping Dr D Himanshu from Shrawasti, who was shifted samples to the Pune-based It is also true that the mor- well. She returned on duty in KGMU said the patient was from Chandan Hospital, also National Institute of Virology tality rate is high in patients “The novel coronavirus is ple tested positive for the dis- patients have died while 107 the ICU of the department on kept in the triage area because tested positive. As many as 106 (NIV) to confirm their appre- who had co-morbidities (pres- posing a big challenge due to ease during the last 24 hours have been discharged after April 25 and informed a senior he had symptoms of coron- samples have been sent for test- hension. ence of additional conditions multiple strains. This will make and so far 57 coronavirus recovering from the infection. resident that she was not feel- avirus and after he tested pos- ing. A strain is a sub-type of a along with the primary condi- the development of a universal ing well. We got her tested for itive, he was shifted to the iso- Meanwhile, 56 teams of virus characterised by different tion) like cardiac and renal vaccine much more difficult,” coronavirus infection and the lation ward. “He has been kept CMO spread awareness at cell surface proteins, eliciting a problems or diabetes and he said. *+,+-,. /+,0 report was positive. She has on oxygen supply because of Betwa apartments in Gomti different immune response hypertension besides other On Sunday, the number of been admitted to the hospital,” the breathing problem. We Nagar Extension, reaching out from other strains. immunity-compromising con- coronavirus cases in Indore :;< Dr Bhatt said, adding that the hope his condition becomes to 17,558 people from 59,47 “We have a feeling the ditions, he said. rose to 1,176 after 91 more peo- &=>1 2+ ICU unit has been sanitised. stable,” he said. houses. District Magistrate :&:=1 The KGMU VC said the The KGMU discharged a Abhishek Prakash said that ;-? nurse might have contracted 70-year-old Bangladeshi the services under Lucknow 3 <-1 the infection in her area, which patient who was brought from Cares had begun and supply of R *,(-../( 01& . is among the hotspots. Samples Sitapur on April 11. With him, essentials to families of the doc- of her family members have the number of patients dis- tors had started. ! :-< also been collected. charged from KGMU reached On Sunday, a 72-year-old 11 1 / # Meanwhile, a doctor who 12. dialysis patient from Shrawasti % & ! % <@; came to KGMU from Jalaun Besides, according to Chief who was shifted to SGPGI * / 4 = with complaints of breathing Medical Officer Dr Narendra from Chandan Hospital after problem, also tested positive for Agarwal, the son of the 72- testing positive for coronavirus, * ! 1 coronavirus. year-old patient from died on Sunday. ! " # ! ,73,8'" scale up production to 10 mil- % &' lion doses per month,” Serum % % ! accine major Serum Institute India CEO Adar ) VInstitute of India (SII) on Poonawalla said. % * # + + Sunday said it plans to start SII has collaborated with ! , production of the Covid-19 scientists at Oxford University % - vaccine developed by Oxford for a malaria vaccine project in % # % )6# #3)(339# University in the next two to the past and can say with cer- three weeks and hopes to bring tainty that they are some of the navirus patients in the country and suspected patients using it to the market by October if best scientists, he added. has jumped to 22 per cent, an digital platforms, video and .* the human clinical trials are “We expect the (Covid-19) increase of 10 percentage voice call technologies. / 0 ! successful. vaccine to be out in the market points from the rate of 12 per “Through a graded, pre- % 1 ! The Pune-based company by September-October, only if cent recorded till 10 days ago, emptive and pro-active 2 ! 0 1 has partnered with Oxford the trials are successful with the in a sign that India’s battle approach, the Government is 2 ' & University as one of the seven requisite safety and assured against the virus is heading in taking several steps along with 1! ! global institutions manufac- efficacy. We will be starting tri- the right direction. the States/UTs for prevention, - turing the vaccine. als in India for this vaccine Union Health Minister containment and management “Our team has been work- hopefully over the next 2-3 Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said of Covid-19. These are being !!" ing closely with Dr Hill from weeks’ time,” Poonawalla said. the coronavirus situation in the regularly reviewed and moni- "! P $ Oxford University, and we are SII will be manufacturing country is improving as many tored at the highest level,” the * expecting to initiate production the vaccine in anticipation of hotspot districts (HSD) are Ministry said. He urged peo- 3 of the vaccine in 2-3 weeks and clinical trials succeeding by moving towards being non- ple to observe lockdown in let- 4 ' produce 5 million doses per September-October in the UK, hotspot districts (NHSD). ter and spirit and to treat it as !! ! & month for the first 6 months, he added. Indian on Sunday record- an effective intervention to cut / + following which, we hope to Continued on Page 6 ed 1,603 new cases raising the down the spread of Covid-19. % total coronavirus cases to Continued on Page 6 2 O 27,886, including 6,523 recov- ! ! - ered cases and 880 deaths. 55 died on Sunday. O!! ! However, according to the ! P Health Ministry, India record- &' ( 4 / ed 1,975 coronavirus cases in 0! the last 24 hours till Sunday ! % 1 ! ' "" & evening. ! % " " %,+ The Minister had visited New Delhi: Covid-19 test All India Institute of Medical kits should be made available 1 - 123445 6 ,73,8'" case and deaths while bigger Sciences (AIIMS) Trauma urgently at the lowest possi- number of cases have also Centre in Delhi to take stock of ble price so that the virus can ) *+ he coronavirus spread fol- started coming from less affect- the preparedness to overcome be controlled and people’s Tlowed the familiar growth ed States like West Bengal, Civid-19, a statement from the health can be safeguarded at " 6 + trajectory on Sunday with Bihar and Jharkhand.