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Noida: Gautam Budh Nagar recorded an average of 104 new Covid-19 cases a day and discharged an average of 77 per day in the week from August 21 to 27.
The health department said the increase in number of cases is due to higher testing rates.
On Thursday, the district administration and teams of Noida and Greater Noida Authorities conducted sanitization drive at 48 locations.
The teams are conducting surveillance, door-to-door survey and sampling, and running a dedicated call centre to monitor people in home isolation 24X7.
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Noida: Gautam Budh Nagar recorded an average of 104 new Covid-19 cases a day and discharged an average of 77 per day in the week from August 21 to 27.
The health department said the increase in number of cases is due to higher testing rates.
On Thursday, the district administration and teams of Noida and Greater Noida Authorities conducted sanitization drive at 48 locations.
The teams are conducting surveillance, door-to-door survey and sampling, and running a dedicated call centre to monitor people in home isolation 24X7.
Deepak Ohri, chief medical officer, Gautam Budh Nagar, said that the health department is conducting 3500-4000 testing per day.
“These days we are conducting real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test for Covid - 19.
The test is able to detect slightest presence of virus in the body.