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Denying any community spread of coronavirus in  Uttar Pradesh, Principle Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said that 49 positive cases of COVID-19 had so far been reported in the state out of which 14 had recovered.
“There is no report of community spread of the virus in the state so far. All the confirmed COVID-19 patients had come in contact with coronavirus infected persons, either a member of the family, a friend or a co-worker,” he said.
Talking to reporters here on Friday, Prasad said that in Noida, 10 people had tested positive for coronavirus and all of them worked in a factory.
He said that the spread of coronavirus was stable in the state as positive cases were found in just 12 out of 75 districts of UP.
He said that while 14 COVID-19 patients had recovered in UP, the condition of the remaining 35 was stable and they were recovering.
Prasad said that at present there were 4,255 isolation beds in the state while the number of patients was just 97.
“We are making arrangements for around 15,000 isolation beds in the government sector in the coming days besides several thousand additional such beds in private hospitals,” he said.
The principle secretary said that in addition to the isolation beds, there were 6,000 quarantine beds in the state.
He said there were eight labs in the state which had testing facilities and very soon labs at Jhansi and Prayagraj along with Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Lucknow, would get testing facility.
Prasad said that now CM Helpline 1076 would be assisting patients so that people could get health facilities.