Gautam Buddh Nagar: 2 more people die of COVID-19; 89 new cases take total tally to 1,260
Also, 89 more people tested positive for COVID-19 as the number of cases grew to 1,260, they said.
The daily COVID-19 bulletin of Gautam Buddh Nagar showed the number of deaths due to coronavirus at 18, up from 16 on Thursday but did not share any other detail about the deceased.
Apart from two locals, two more patients, who were residents of Delhi and tested positive for COVID-19, also died. However, the authorities have sent their names for inclusion in the data of their respective districts in Delhi.
Elaborating about the death of the two non-locals, District Surveillance Officer Sunil Dohare said, two more patients, who tested positive for COVID-19, died on Friday in Gautam Buddh Nagar. One of them was a 77-year-old man from Sukhdev Vihar in Delhi, while the other was a 24-year-old woman from Vikaspuri, Delhi, he said.
Since they were non-locals, their cases have been sent to their districts for inclusion in Delhi's data, he added.
He said 56 more people were discharged on Thursday after they recovered from coronavirus.
"On Friday, 89 people were found positive for COVID-19 and the total positive cases till date stand at 1,260. A total 660 patients have recovered so far. There are 584 active cases now," Dohare said.
The recovery rate of patients stood at 52.38 per cent, according to official statistics.
So far, 14,573 samples have been collected for COVID-19 test in Gautam Buddh Nagar, the officer said. KIS TDS TDS