474 Covid-19 cases detected in Ghaziabad

A total of 474 people have tested positive for coronavirus, while three persons have died of the infection in the district so far, an official said on Monday.

Since the beginning of the nationwide lockdown on March 25, a total of 11,837 samples were taken for Covid-19 testing, out of which 474 were found positive for



the disease, District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey said.

Only three persons have died of the disease in Ghaziabad, not nine as being reported, he said.

The six other residents of the district died either in Delhi, Meerut or Noida. They were working there or had gone for treatment, Pandey said.