UP COVID-19 tally reaches 348

Lucknow : The number of corona positive cases in Uttar Pradesh has risen to 348 with 193 cases being directly linked to Tablighi Jamaat returnees.

According to official sources, Agra reported a maximum of 10 cases, with six of them linked to Tablighi Jamaat while four were contacts of old patients. The Agra tally now stands at 63.

All samples of Agra were tested by the King George's Medical University.

Agra's Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Mukesh Vats said, "The new cases have taken the district tally to 63. Two new patients are contacts of a previous patient while one is a city based private doctor who came in contact with a patient who tested positive. The last one is the grandmother of a city resident who returned from Belgium on March 15."

Narendra Agarwal, CMO Lucknow, said, "The new patient in Lucknow is a contact of a Tablighi attendee, who was living in the Sadar area of the city. She had reported at a private hospital in Chinhat area but was later shifted to a government hospital."

The tally for Lucknow has reached 24, including 13 Tablighis.

(With input from IANS)