Lucknow: ADM, ACMO among 760 new patients in Covid grip

LUCKNOW: With Covid-19 surge refusing to relent, two more senior officers – an additional district magistrate (ADM) and an additional chief medical officer (ACMO) – in the frontline for pandemic management contracted novel coronavirus infection on Tuesday.The two officers were among 760 fresh cases reported in last 24 hours till Tuesday evening, pushing the caseload to over 28,000 since the outbreak. Of these, 20,000 cases have been reported in last 30 days.“ADM (trans-Gomti) Vishwa Bhushan Mishra, his 70-year-old mother and nine-month-old son tested positive. His wife was tested positive earlier,” said Yogesh Raghuvanshi, spokesman of the chief medical officer (CMO). Four out of eight ADMs in the city have tested positive so far.ACMO Dr AK Chaudhary, who was the nodal officer for patients under home isolation, has also tested positive, taking the number of district health officers diagnosed with Covid-19 to five. Other health officials who have contracted infection are CMO Dr RP Singh, three ACMOs and a deputy CMO. Both Mishra and Dr Chaudhary have opted for home isolation.Two corporarors, Shivpal Savaria of Rajajipur Ke Kunwar Jyoti ward and Nagendra Singh Chauhan of Hazratganj Narhi ward also tested Covid-19 positive.DM Abhishek Prakash inspected facilities at Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences and said that 30 ventilators had been given to the institute through the PM CARES Fund. He also asked officials to increase the number of critical care beds.City’s recovery rate at 72.5%: The number of patients who have recovered so far crossed 20,000 mark on Tuesday. At least 455 patients in hospitals and home isolation recovered in last 24 hours, taking the total recoveries since the outbreak to 20,348, which is 72.5% of the total caseload of 28,050. While 368 patients could not survive, 7,334 patients are either under treatment in hospitals or in home isolation.Highest corona cases from Indiranagar, Gomtinagar: Indiranagar and Gomtinagar continue to top the city in terms of number of cases. On Tuesday, 53 and 41 people tested positive in Indiranagar and Gomtinagar, respectively. Vikasnagar followed with 38 cases while Mahanagar recorded 33. Aashiana, Alambagh and Rae Bareli Road reported 28 cases each. Other areas from where cases were reported were Hasanganj (27), Thakurganj, Jankipuram and Madiaon (25 each), Talkatora (23), Chinhat (22), and Hazratganj and Gudamba (21 each).