2,083 Covid-19 cases take UP tally to 43,500

LUCKNOW: For the first time, Uttar Pradesh recorded over 2,000 new Covid cases in 24 hours. The total for this week has already crossed 7,000.
With 2,083 new cases, the coronavirus tally for the state jumped to 43,554 on Thursday. “The number of active infections in the state now stands at 15,720,” stated additional chief secretary, health and family welfare, Amit MohanPrasad. “The rising number of cases in some big cities of the state, including Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Jhansi, Prayagraj and Gorakhpur besides NCR districts, is bothering us. In fact, we are brain-storming over the situation in these districts to improvise our strategy,” Prasad said.
The state’s official Covid-19 bulletin revealed that the cluster comprising Lucknow (308), Ghaziabad (179), Gautam Budh Nagar (143), Jhansi (113), Varanasi (78), Prayagraj (56), Kanpur (51), and Gorakhpur (49) accounted for nearly 47% (or 977) of the cases reported in the past 24 hours.
Covid-19 spikes were reported in Chandauli (100), Ballia (67), Meerut (63), Moradabad (59), Hardoi (58) and Sonbhadra (52.
Prasad also stated that as many as 34 lives were lost to coronavirus infection in the state in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of deaths to 1,046. The number was deaths were highest in 24 hours. The state also recorded 932 recoveries, taking the total number to 26,675.
The data revealed that Kanpur is now home to most Covid deaths in the state. With nine fresh casualties, the total number of Covid-19 deaths in Kanpur reached 102. Agra follows with total of 96, including one on Thursday.Meerut ranks third with 93 deaths. Deaths were also reported in 16 districts. Three deaths each were reported in Lucknow and Prayagraj, while Gautam Budh Nagar, Ballia, Jaunpur and Varanasi reported two deaths each. Ghaziabad, Firozabad, Moradabad,Bulandshahr, Azamgarh, Gorakhpur, Amroha, Etawah, Fatehpur and Mirzapur saw one death each.