One tests positive for COVID-19 in Lakhimpur following a month-long gap

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LAKHIMPUR: One COVID-19 patient was detected in Lakhimpur on Thursday following a month-long gap. According to the source of the District Health Department, the patient is a pregnant woman of five months and she was detected positive for the virus under Boginadi Block Primary Health Centre area. In the district, the Health Department conducted Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) on 905 people on Thursday, out of which the woman was found positive. At present the patient has been put under home quarantine. With this patient, Lakhimpur has registered a total of 8,052 COVID-19 cases since April 4, 2020 till day. Out of them, 7,992 recovered patients have been discharged from hospitals and home quarantine while 59 people died due to coronavirus infection.

Notably, during the last wave of coronavirus contagion, the last COVID-19 patient of the district was detected on January 20 and he remained active till January 30. He was discharged from home quarantine on January 31. Since then, Lakhimpur was a COVID-19 patient-free district till the pregnant woman tested positive.

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