lucknow as many as four coronavirus positive cases were reported in uttar pradesh on tuesday three patients were reported in gautam buddha nagar while one patient was reported in shamli district the new cases took the state tally to 37 meanwhile as many as 68 suspected patients had been put under isolation at different government hospitals of the stateof the three covid19 positive cases reported in gautam buddha nagar two live in an apartment in sector 137 of noida while the third lives in greater noida sources in the health department said that the patients in noida have left authorities worried as she had no travel historythe patients in noida a 47yearold woman and her 50yearold husband have no travel history which leaves us extremely worried about the infection entering the third stage in india the silver lining is that the duo had hosted a london based client at their residence recently chances are that the visitor was asymptomatic and could have passed on the infection to them we are keeping our fingers crossed the mist will clear only after we track the visitor from london said a senior officer in the health departmentthe patient in greater noida also has a travel history alarmed over the situation district magistrate gb nagar bn singh ordered complete sealing of the housing societies in which the patients live no entry or exit except in emergency is being allowed for two days the order became effective at 2pm on march 24 and would continue till 10am on march 26 the dm saidtalking about the patient in shamli state surveillance officer dr vikasendu agarwal said the patient is a 33yearold youth who returned from dubai on march 15 he was under home isolation and was being tracked on a daily basis three days ago he complained of sore throat and health team collected his sample on tuesday king georges medical university declared him covid19 positiveofficials in shamli district informed that the patient belongs to chakki area of the district though the patient was following isolation strictly teams have been sent to examine his contacts to identify any suspected cases family members have been told not to venture out of their homes health officials assured that all possible measures were being taken to limit the virus at the moment testing is crucial to contain the situation in wake of this six labs are engaged in testing two more labs are also in the pipeline these are rural institute of medical sciences saifai and national institute of virology centre at brd medical college of gorakhpur after permission from indian council of medical research several private labs will also be allowed principal secretary amit mohan prasad said he also informed that 2000 isolation beds were functional in the state and the capacity would go up to 11000 in a few days as the government has told 51 medical colleges in the state to set up 200 bedded units each