Covid-19: UP sees 20 deaths, 277 new cases in 24 hours

LUCKNOW: Twenty deaths and 277 new cases including 52 in Jaunpur marked the coronavirus dashboard of Uttar Pradesh in the past 24 hours. The deaths -- including five in Basti and three in Ghaziabad – were the highest in a single day so far.
Other districts where deaths were reported included Mainpuri where two persons died and Agra, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Lucknow, Kanpur, Aligarh, Hapur, Bulandshaher and Amethi.
Of the new cases, Jaunpur accounted for a maximum of 52. Health officials revealed that the persons were migrants who had returned from New Delhi, Mumbai, Surat and Dadar and Nagar Haveli. The new cases took Jaunpur’s overall tally to 352 which is highest in any eastern UP district. Gautam Buddha Nagar bagged the second slot with 18 cases taking the total to 746. Gonda, Baghpat and Meerut followed next with 17, 16 and 13 cases.
Principal secretary health and family welfare Amit Mohan Prasad informed that the total number of active cases in the state reached 4318. He also informed that 92 migrant cases took the total for the category to 3815.
On the positive side, the total recoveries outnumbered fresh cases in 24 hours after a gap of nearly two weeks. Against 277 cases, 302 persons were discharged from hospitals taking the total number of recovered to 6971. This means a recovery rate of 59.5% for the state which is higher than the national average of 49%.
In another development, the total number of samples tested for the pandemic virus crossed four lakh mark. With 13351 samples tested, the samples tested reached 4,04,637 on Wednesday. Health officials said that the state was working towards achieving 15,000 tests per day mark in a week.