Kanpur: There has now been reported 13 new positive Zika cases, ANI reports quoting the city's chief medical officer on Nov 12. With this, the Zika virus tally in Kanpur has now increased to 90.
On the other hand, 31 people recovered and tested negative for Zika virus infection, CMO Dr Nepal Singh informed.
Earlier on Wednesday, the city had crossed the 100 case mark after 16 fresh infections were detected.
Here, it had been reported its first case of Zika virus after a 57-year-old warrant officer in the Indian Air Force (IAF) was diagnosed with the infection in late October.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had also visited Kanpur recently and had assured people that there was no need to panic.
He also had held a meeting with health department officials to review the Zika virus outbreak in the state.
The CM had also directed the officials to speed up sanitisation work.
Meanwhile, other UP cities to report virus cases are Kannauj and Lucknow respectively.
