Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

19 more corona deaths, 5,014 new cases in Lko

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LUCKNOW : The state capital recorded 5,014 fresh Covid-19 cases and 19 more deaths, including that of a politician holding the rank of minister of state, in the last 24 hours, according to official data available on Tuesday. Lucknow’s overall death toll since early last year has gone up to 1544. As many as 3,590 patients were discharged from hospital on Tuesday after recovery from the Covid-19 disease. Currently, there are 52,376 active cases in the state capital and a total of 1,02,450 people have defeated the disease from among the 1,56,370 who had tested positive.

Hanuman Mishra, who held the rank of minister of state, succumbed to illness early on Tuesday after testing positive for Covid-19.

He was admitted to the Hematology ICU as a blood cancer patient initially. But after testing Covid-19 positive, he was shifted to Rajdhani Covid Hospital (RCH) ICU at SGPGIMS and was put on a ventilator there. “Despite all efforts, he succumbed to his illness today morning at 1.45am,” said professor Radha Krishna Dhiman, director of the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS).

Over 6K get jabs

As many as 6033 people were administer­ed the Covid-19 vaccine in Lucknow on Tuesday. The number included 3,701 men and 2,332 women. While 101 health care workers received the first dose, 435 health care workers got the second. Similarly, 1477 people over 45 years of age received the first dose and 886 people the second one. In the over 60 years’ category, 923 people got the first dose and 1718 the second dose. Similarly, 106 frontline workers received the first dose and 387 got the second.

Nodal officers for city hospitals

The district administra­tion has appointed nodal officers for 17 hospitals of the city. ADM Vikas Kumar Singh (9454416491) has been named the nodal officer for SGPGIMS. The others on the list include ADM Santosh Kumar Singh (9415005009) for KGMU, ADM Pallavi Mishra (9454416497) for Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Dr Shubhi Singh (9454416493) for Integral University, Devendra Kumar (9454416493) for TSM Medical College and Hospital, Prafull Tripathi (9454416490) for Era Medical College , Shailendra Kumar Singh (9412744122) for Career Institute of Medical Sciences, , Naveen Kumar (9415005008) for Vivekanand­a Hospital, Apurva Yadav (8377022087)for Sahara Hospital, Pappu Gupta for Charak Hospital, Amit Kumar (9265020969)for Medanta Hospital, Mahendra Kumar Pandey (9416249759) for Apollo Medics, DK Dohre (9454465463) for Chandan Hospital, Vivekanand­a Mishra (9454416508)) for Ma Chandrika Devi Hospital, Meenakshi Dwivedi (8115614018) for OP Chaudhary Hospital , Indrasen (8299201416) for Mayo hospital and Arunima Srivastava (9454416512) for Vidya Hospital on Rae Bareli road.

These nodal officers will ensure proper availabili­ty of medicine supplies and treatment in these hospitals.

 ?? DEEPAK GUPTA/HT PHOTO ?? Swab sample of a child being taken for corona test at Ram Manohar Lohiya Hospital in Lucknow.
DEEPAK GUPTA/HT PHOTO Swab sample of a child being taken for corona test at Ram Manohar Lohiya Hospital in Lucknow.

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