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A woman doctor from Canada has tested coronavirus positive in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow, taking the total of such cases in the northern state to 10.

The patient, who tested positive on Wednesday night, has been admitted to an isolation ward in King George’s Medical University (KGMU).

Her blood sample reported positive at the KGMU laboratory and will now be sent for reconfirmation to the National Institute of Virology in Pune.

KGMU Medicine Department’s Prof Himanshu said on Thursday that the woman is a doctor based in Toronto, Canada. She travelled to Lucknow via London and Mumbai on March 8.