Coronavirus Lucknow Update: City's first Covid-19 patient tests negative

The capital of Uttar Pradesh has been in a cloud of doubt and panic as the number of coronavirus positive patients in the city has increased from 3 to 8 over the last 24 hours. Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor tested positive for coronavirus on Friday and since then 4 fresh cases of coronavirus have taken the total number of positive cases in Lucknow to 8.

However as a ray of hope, doctors of the King George Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow have been successful in curing their first Covid-19 positive patient.

What's the updated?

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The first coronavirus positive patient reported in Lucknow, a NRI Canadian woman has been successfully cured of the coronavirus disease. A dedicated team of doctors in the city have been able to cure the aforementioned woman who was the first patient to be reported in the city.

She and her relative were the first two positive cases in Lucknow, after which a junior resident doctor who had been treating the woman was tested to be coronavirus positive. This took the number of cases in the city to 3. While on Friday, fresh patients had been reported.

Though, the first patient has been tested negative for the coronavirus once and will be released once the second test comes back negative as well.

Watch this space for the latest news in Lucknow.