198 more test Covid-19 positive in Bareilly, 5 kids infected in Meerut

Bareilly/Agra/Meerut: At least 198 more people were tested positive for Covid-19 and three more deaths were reported in Bareilly district on Sunday. In Shahjahanpur district, 80 people were tested positive taking the district tally to 1,653 while 14 people have died due to Covid-19 infection so far.

In Meerut district, at least 37 people, including a jeweller and five children, tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, taking the total tally to 2,485 here, according to Dr Raj Kumar, Meerut's chief medical officer (CMO).

Moreover, an executive engineer of Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) along with an employee of civic body’s finance wing were tested Covid-19 positive on Sunday. The wife of the employee was also found positive. So far, four civic body staff have tested positive.

At least 38 new Covid-19 positive cases also surfaced in Agra district on Sunday, taking the district tally to 2,103. These include three patients suffering acute respiratory distress syndrome, two patents of influenza-like illness, two patients of severe acute respiratory infection, a patient of coronary artery infection and a kidney patient.

CMO RC Pandey said, "At present, there are 308 active Covid-19 cases in Agra district. So far, 1,694 people have been cured of the infection and discharged. Besides, people who have come in contact with Covid-19 patients are being screened."