6,241 defeat virus in Lucknow amid 3,759 fresh cases

LUCKNOW : The number of fresh Covid-19 cases fell below 4,000 in Lucknow on Wednesday with the state capital reporting 3,759 new instances of infection while 6,241 patients recovered in the past 24 hours, according to official data. Thirteen deaths were also reported here.

Lucknow has recorded 1,96,668 Covid-19 cases till now and among them 1,48,346 have recovered. As many as 1,726 patients have died in Lucknow since the start of the pandemic early last year. “The recovery rate in Lucknow is 75.42%. There has been a slight increase in the recovery rate as more patients have recovered than the new cases in the past four days,” said Dr Abhishek Shukla, secretary general, Association of International Doctors.

Lucknow now has 46,596 active cases, a large number of whom are in home isolation.

“The recovery rate in home isolation is good as those with no or mild symptom can recover at home only by following the prescribed medication and exercise for improving breathing,” said Dr Sandip Kapoor, director of Healthcity hospital.

Dr Kapoor, who is also supporting a Covid helpline for patients to get reply to their queries, said, “If one is able to manage home isolation well, they can get back to work soon after completing the required isolation period. Such patients do not feel weakness once they have recovered completely.”

The health department in Lucknow is conducting an average of over 25,000 Covid-19 tests every day and contact tracing is being done for up to 25 contacts in each positive case.