Noida: While covid cases have continued to remain below the 1,000-mark for nearly the past week, Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar reported one fatality each on Sunday. In the past 24 hours, GB Nagar added a total of 364 new cases, while 429 people tested positive in Ghaziabad.
A 78-year-old man, who was admitted to Santosh Medical College on January 21 following complaints of breathlessness, succumbed due to several complications in Ghaziabad. According to doctors, the patient had a history of diabetes, heart disease and was also suffering from paralysis for the last six years. His situation had deteriorated due to excessive coughing and weakness, doctors said, adding that the septuagenarian was not vaccinated.
In GB Nagar, which had seen three fatalities on Saturday, a senior citizen who was undergoing treatment for Covid infection at a private facility died due to comorbidities, district health officials said, adding that 762 people had also recovered from the infection in the past 24 hours. The district currently has 3,173 active cases.
Meanwhile, district health officials in Ghaziabad said that since June last year, the highest number of Covid tests — around 2, 55,000 samples — were conducted in the last 30 days of the month. In June 2021, a total of 1,71,737 samples were collected in the district, which dipped in the subsequent months — 1,33,121 in July, and 1,20,039 in August. In September last year, 1,49,513 samples were collected for the Covid test, while 1,38,952 were collected in October, 83,540 in November and 1,71,316 in December.
Currently, the district’s active case count stands at 2,134. On Sunday, 15,631 people were vaccinated in the district, while GB Nagar saw only 1,878 vaccinations.
A 78-year-old man, who was admitted to Santosh Medical College on January 21 following complaints of breathlessness, succumbed due to several complications in Ghaziabad. According to doctors, the patient had a history of diabetes, heart disease and was also suffering from paralysis for the last six years. His situation had deteriorated due to excessive coughing and weakness, doctors said, adding that the septuagenarian was not vaccinated.
In GB Nagar, which had seen three fatalities on Saturday, a senior citizen who was undergoing treatment for Covid infection at a private facility died due to comorbidities, district health officials said, adding that 762 people had also recovered from the infection in the past 24 hours. The district currently has 3,173 active cases.
Meanwhile, district health officials in Ghaziabad said that since June last year, the highest number of Covid tests — around 2, 55,000 samples — were conducted in the last 30 days of the month. In June 2021, a total of 1,71,737 samples were collected in the district, which dipped in the subsequent months — 1,33,121 in July, and 1,20,039 in August. In September last year, 1,49,513 samples were collected for the Covid test, while 1,38,952 were collected in October, 83,540 in November and 1,71,316 in December.
Currently, the district’s active case count stands at 2,134. On Sunday, 15,631 people were vaccinated in the district, while GB Nagar saw only 1,878 vaccinations.
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