6 test positive in Gorakhpur, 5 in Sant Kabir Nagar

Gorakhpur: Six people of Gorakhpur and five people of Sant Kabir Nagar tested positive on Wednesday taking the tally of Gorakhpur to 27 and of Sant Kabir Nagar to 48.

Gorakhpur CMO Srikant Tiwari confirmed, “On Wednesday, 29 samples were tested among which six people of the district were found corona positive—two each from Campierganj and Pipraich, one each from Jharna Tola and Chargawan.

All the six were quarantined at a college in GIDA area. Five of them returned from Mumbai and the one of Jharna Tola is a tenant of an infected person who tested positive four days ago. Now they will be shifted to BRD Medical College for treatment.”“There are 22 active cases in Gorakhpur now. Two had died and three were discharged after treatment,” added Tiwari.Sant Kabir Nagar additional CMO Dr Mohan Jha told TOI that the swab samples were sent to Gorakhpur, and on Wednesday, five of the district were found infected with novel coronavirus.