Kanpur: Ten more people have been added into the list of patients who tested positive for the Zika virus here on Sunday.
This has taken the total number of those infected in the district to a total of 89.
Of those recently infected with the virus, three are Air Force personnel, two are women and men each, officials said.
Till Friday, the total infections of Zika virus in the district was 66, which included 9 IAF personnel, 45 men and 21 women, according to officials.
On Saturday in a crucial meeting it was instructed to the officials to speed up sanitisation work.
Earlier, CM Yogi had directed the health department to ensure strict surveillance and to undertake frequent and extensive door-to-door sanitisation and fogging drives to prevent mosquito breeding.
The first case in Kanpur was reported on October 23.
Samples were compiled from various pockets in the neighbouring areas of IAF station hangars and sent to the lab at King George’s Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow for testing.
Health teams are undertaking sanitisation programmes including anti-larvae spraying and identifying fever patients, screening seriously ill people and pregnant women.
Health officials have been asked to step up surveillance and ensure door-to-door sampling and testing for Zika virus.
“We advise the local people not to panic regarding the sudden spurt in Zika virus cases,” district magistrate Vishak G Ayyar said.
A high alert has been sounded in the periphery of hangars of the IAF station here, another official said.
