Coronavirus cases in Gautam Buddha Nagar reach 50

Lucknow, April 3 : With the number of positive patients touching the 50 mark in Gautam Buddha Nagar, and Meerut at the second position with 25 cases, the coronavirus on Friday reached out to other districts in Uttar Pradesh too.

Shahjahanpur, Ghazipur, Hardoi and Hapur reported their first cases on Friday.

The virus now has a presence from Ghaziabad in the west to Azamgarh in the east and this is mainly due to the members of the Tablighi Jamaat.

According to official sources, 3,029 persons are in institutional quarantine while 41, 506 travelers have completed 28 days observation period.

The total number of samples sent for testing was 4,006 and the total number of samples found positive was 174, spread across 24 districts of the state.

The total number of symptomatic travellers hospitalized as on date are 368.

Till date, the total number of travellers screened at border checkposts has touched 15,50,381.

--IANS

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Source: IANS