sujata kushwaha
With six new COVID-19 cases, the number of positive cases in Agra mounted to 837 on thursday. there is considerable relief as the recovery rate touched 80.07 per cent. the number of active coronavirus cases is 110 in the city, District Magistrate PN Singh said 11,462 samples had been collected so far. The city now has 41 containment zones.The jail authorities have begun screening of inmates in a big way, isolating suspected cases.
Ahead of Eid, security preparedness has been upped. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Babloo Kumar said each police station would now have a Rapid Action team comprising specially trained cops fully equipped to handle tense situations and quell any localised ferment. This would help efficient implementation of the lockdown guidelines in the hotspots.
But the good news is that the medical infrastructure in the S.N. Medical College and the district hospital has been streamlined and upgraded. Work on an exclusive Covid-19 hospital with 100 beds is in progress.
