COVID-19 Daily Updates

46-yr-old ward boy dies day after receiving Covishield in UP, officials say death unrelated to vaccine

January 18, 2021, 2:09 PM

Sneha Shah | Moradabad

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A 46-year-old man named Mahipal Singh, who worked as a ward boy in a district hospital in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, died a day after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine jab on Saturday.

Singh received the vaccine shot at around 1 pm on January 16. After attending his duty at night, he complained of chest pain and breathlessness the next morning, and was rushed to the hospital for treatment.

However, he was declared brought dead, at around 6 pm on January 17, Chief Medical Officer of Moradabad MC Garg informed.

Singh’s son Vishal alleged that his father died due to the side-effects of the vaccine. My father left the vaccination centre around 1.30 pm, I brought him home. He was feeling breathless and he was coughing. He had a bit of pneumonia, the usual cough and cold, but he started feeling worse after returning home,” he said.

On January 17, the Uttar Pradesh government released a report based on the autopsy and said that Singh had died of cardiogenic and septicaemia shock due to a cardiopulmonary disease.

A panel of three doctors found that Singh’s heart weighed 500 gm as against the normal range of 200 gm, as the chambers and aorta of the organ were found with blood clots. They also found pus pockets in the lungs.

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Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

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4 years ago

January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.