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Meerut: A report prepared by the Meerut health department has said more youngsters are getting infected with Covid-19 in the district this time round as compared to the previous spike in cases in August and September, 2020.
According to the statistics, as many as 214 patients in the age group of 21-40 years have tested positive for Covid-19 over the past one week.
The number accounts for 36% of the total 589 patients who tested positive in the duration.
In the same period, a 65-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman succumbed to the infection.
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Meerut: A report prepared by the Meerut health department has said more youngsters are getting infected with Covid-19 in the district this time round as compared to the previous spike in cases in August and September, 2020.
According to the statistics, as many as 214 patients in the age group of 21-40 years have tested positive for Covid-19 over the past one week.
The number accounts for 36% of the total 589 patients who tested positive in the duration.
In the same period, a 65-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman succumbed to the infection.
On Thursday, 165 Covid-19 positive cases were detected in Meerut, taking the tally to 22,573 since the outbreak of the pandemic.
In view of the spurt in cases, Meerut district magistrate K Balaji has imposed a night curfew from 10 pm to 5 am in the district till April 18.
He has ordered that all schools and colleges to remain closed till then.