A woman in a Varanasi hospital has given birth to a baby girl who tested positive immediately after birth. However, her mother tested negative for coronavirus before the delivery. On May 25, the woman gave birth to a baby girl at SS Hospital in Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi on May 24. Meanwhile, Hospital officials have said both the mother and her newborn are doing fine.
The family of the woman and doctors are shocked over the incident. The hospital administration has said they will test both again in a few days for Covid-19. "This was not a rare or abnormal incident", said SSL hospital medical superintendent KK Gupta. He further said, "The RT-PCR test's sensitivity was up to 70 percent. The woman's sample might have gone beyond that sensitivity. So the woman's Covid-19 test would be done again."
India has been witnessing a gradual decrease in daily coronavirus cases. According to the latest data from the Union Health Ministry, India reported 1,86,364 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative count of the cases to 2,75,55,457. With 3,660 deaths in the last 24 hours, the death toll has increased to 3,18,895.
The country also witnessed 2,59,459 recoveries in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative recoveries to 2,48,93,410. With this, the country's recovery rate has increased to 90.34%. There has been a steady decline in active cases of coronavirus in the country. According to the latest data of the Union Health Ministry, in the last 24 hours, the active cases in the country have been reduced by 76,755. Meanwhile, the number of active cases in the country stands at 23,43,152. The active cases rate in India stands at 8.50%.
