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As deaths rise, fear of COVID haunts rural UP -Omar Rashid

-The Hindu

While officially numbers have fallen, several cases of undiagnosed illness and deaths are reported across districts

Unnao: As per official figures, the number of daily cases of COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh have started declining. On Tuesday, the State recorded 20,463 new cases and 306 new deaths as against 2.33 lakh samples tested.

However, in its villages there is a growing sense of alarm due to a spurt in not only positive cases and deaths, but also incidence of cold, cough and fever.

From April 10 to May 11, officially, deaths due to COVID in Unnao jumped from 93 to 168. The district has 1,986 active cases. However, as one travels through its villages, testimonies show that the figure may be much higher as not even all symptomatic cases have been tested. While the inadequate medical infrastructure was a deterrent, there is also a reluctance to get tested.

The case of retired bank cashier, Lalta Prasad is typical. He first displayed symptoms of COVID-19 on April 24. After getting medicines from a quack in his village Sairpur, his fever subsided but he continued to suffer from cough. He assumed he would recover as the symptoms were mild.

However, his condition started to deteriorate and he developed pain in the chest. On May 1, Prasad finally tested for COVID-19 at a hospital in Lucknow on the insistence of his family members who live in the capital. He was declared positive the same evening. After a struggle, they found him a bed in a private hospital. Prasad initially showed signs of recovery but on the fourth day of admission, tests showed his lungs had suffered damage of upto 95%, says his son-in-law Pradeep.

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