First coronavirus death reported in UP

News Desk

Lucknow: First coronavirus death in Uttar Pradesh has been reported from Gorakhpur, where a youth from Basti admitted to a hospital died and later his sample tested positive for coronavirus.

On Wednesday the sample report came from King George’s Medical University stating the 25-year-old youth had tested positive for coronavirus. He was admitted for treatment at BRD Medical college on Monday.

The news that test were positive has spread panic among staffs and nurses who attended him. IN all six such medical staff has been isolated.

We are tracing all those who came in contact of the man including medical staff, the driver who brought him here from Basti, relatives and also those who went for the last rites, said district officials at Gorakhpur.

Uttar Pradesh has till now reported 105 coronavirus cases and one death. Cases have been reported from Agra, Gorakhpur, Gaziabad, Noida, Bagpat, Bareilly, Bulandshahr, Lucknow, Lakhimpur-Kheri, Pilibhit, Kanpur, Moradabad, Shamli, Jaunpur, Meerut and Varanasi (2).