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Updated: Thu, 13 May 2021 05:29 PM IST
New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: India added 3,62,727 new coronavirus infections in a day taking the COVID-19 tally of cases to 2,37,03,665, while the death toll rose to 2,58,317 with 4,120 daily fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The active cases have increased to 37,10,525 comprising 15.65 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 83.26 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,97,34,823 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.09 per cent, the data stated.
COVID-19 surveillance teams deployed in rural areas of Moradabad ANI | Updated: May 13, 2021 11:36 IST
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 13 (ANI): Due to the COVID surge in rural areas, Uttar Pradesh s Moradabad administration on Thursday informed that it has taken several steps to curb the spread of the disease in the rural areas of the district.
According to the Moradabad, Additional Director, Health, Dr Vineet Shukla, they have appointed a minimum of four teams for surveillance in each block of Moradabad district. We have appointed a minimum of four teams in each block for surveillance. We will also have two vehicles within two days that will conduct COVID-19 test in each village, said Shukla.
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BAREILLY: Families of at least 15 Covid-19 patients who died within 24 hours at a private hospital in UP’s Moradabad said it was because the facility ran out of oxygen. The hospital denied the charge and said the patients were critical and died due to “health complications”.
Kin of the patients sent a signed letter to the district magistrate (DM) on Thursday demanding a probe and action. They alleged that they were told in the morning by a staff nurse that oxygen supply was interrupted, which then led to the deaths. They also alleged that doctors had “run away from the hospital”.
BAREILLY: Families of at least 15 Covid-19 patients who died within 24 hours at a private hospital in UP’s Moradabad said it was because the facility .
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UP takes steps to keep Covid s new strain at bay as old strain claims 13 livesPTI
Last Updated: Dec 27, 2020, 10:03 PM IST
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The discovery of new strain B-117 of coronavirus in the UK and elsewhere has led the Uttar Pradesh government to issue a stringent set of SOPs requiring mandatory RT-PCR tests for travellers coming from England and their isolation in institutional facilities on being found positive.
In the past 24 hours, 1,391 Covid-19 patients recovered from the viral disease and were discharged.