UP Dy CM Dinesh Sharma admitted to SGPGI days after testing COVID positive

Sharma was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday late evening while his wife, who had also tested positive was hospitalized earlier.

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma has been admitted to the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute (SGPGI) of Medical Sciences, nearly a week after he tested positive for the coronavirus.

Sharma was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday late evening while his wife, who had also tested COVID positive was hospitalized earlier.

Sharma informed about his hospitalization in a tweet.

"A few days ago, I tested positive for COVID-19. After consultation with doctors, I was in home isolation. For better treatment, I have been hospitalized," he tweeted in Hindi.

विगत दिनों मेरी कोरोना रिपोर्ट पॉजिटिव होने के उपरांत डॉक्टरों की निगरानी में घर पर ही आइसोलेट था, बेहतर चिकित्सकीय आवश्यकताओं हेतु मुझे अस्पताल में भर्ती होना पड़ रहा है। — Dr Dinesh Sharma BJP (@drdineshbjp) April 27, 2021

PGI sources said on Wednesday that both Sharma and his wife were stable and under medical observation.

The official data on Wednesday (April 28, 2021) showed that deaths due to COVID-19 have crossed the 2-lakh mark in the country with the highest ever 3,000 deaths in the last 24 hours.  

India also reported 3,60,960 fresh coronavirus infections, taking the cumulative caseload to 1,79,97,267, as per data by the Health Ministry.

The country's total COVID-19 caseload has now increased to 1.79 crore (1,79,97,267), of which, 29.78 lakh (29,78,709) are active cases. India has also witnessed 2.01 lakh (2,01,187) coronavirus-related deaths.