LUCKNOW: The Covid-19 tally for UP crossed the 63,000-mark on Saturday with a record 2,984 new cases in the past 24 hours.
A look at the details revealed that 35% of the cases belonged to just five districts: Lucknow (429), Ballia (174), Kanpur (171), Varanasi (164) and Ghaziabad (101).
Additional chief secretary Panchyati Raj and rural development Manoj Kumar Singh said: “Alarmed over the situation, the CM has instructed senior officials including chief secretary RK Tiwari and additional chief secretary health Amit Mohan to take stock of the situation in several high-burden districts like Kanpur, Jhansi, Prayagraj and Gorakhpur.”
The official bulletin also revealed that big cities including Gorakhpur (93), Gautam Budh Nagar (85), Prayagraj (82), Meerut (49), Jhansi (47), Bareilly (36) and Agra (18) added another 13.7% of the cases. Several districts including Azamgarh, Jaunpur and Barabanki recorded spikes with 74, 61 and 59 entries.
The state also recorded the death of 39 people due to the pandemic infection in the past 24 hours which took the total Covid-19 deaths to 1,387. Five deaths each were recorded in Kanpur Nagar and Varanasi. Four persons died in Gorakhpur while two deaths each were reported in Prayagraj, Bareilly, Firozabad and Sultanpur.
Districts of Balrampur, Bahraich, Bhadohi, Rae Bareli, Pilibhit, Mau, Kannauj, Etawah, Rampur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Hardoi, Sambhal, Bulandshahr, Moradabad, Jhansi and Lucknow recorded one death each.
Officials also informed that 2,191 people had been discharged from different hospitals taking the total number of recoveries to 39,930.
Singh also said that extensive cleanliness drives were underway in the state every weekend to ensure that vector-borne diseases stay under control. He also said that the CM had instructed officials to prepare a proposal for procurement of advanced life support ambulances to ensure that people in need do not suffer. He also said that the CM reiterated that efforts must be made to undertake 1 lakh tests per day.
A look at the details revealed that 35% of the cases belonged to just five districts: Lucknow (429), Ballia (174), Kanpur (171), Varanasi (164) and Ghaziabad (101).
Additional chief secretary Panchyati Raj and rural development Manoj Kumar Singh said: “Alarmed over the situation, the CM has instructed senior officials including chief secretary RK Tiwari and additional chief secretary health Amit Mohan to take stock of the situation in several high-burden districts like Kanpur, Jhansi, Prayagraj and Gorakhpur.”
The official bulletin also revealed that big cities including Gorakhpur (93), Gautam Budh Nagar (85), Prayagraj (82), Meerut (49), Jhansi (47), Bareilly (36) and Agra (18) added another 13.7% of the cases. Several districts including Azamgarh, Jaunpur and Barabanki recorded spikes with 74, 61 and 59 entries.
The state also recorded the death of 39 people due to the pandemic infection in the past 24 hours which took the total Covid-19 deaths to 1,387. Five deaths each were recorded in Kanpur Nagar and Varanasi. Four persons died in Gorakhpur while two deaths each were reported in Prayagraj, Bareilly, Firozabad and Sultanpur.
Districts of Balrampur, Bahraich, Bhadohi, Rae Bareli, Pilibhit, Mau, Kannauj, Etawah, Rampur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Hardoi, Sambhal, Bulandshahr, Moradabad, Jhansi and Lucknow recorded one death each.
Officials also informed that 2,191 people had been discharged from different hospitals taking the total number of recoveries to 39,930.
Singh also said that extensive cleanliness drives were underway in the state every weekend to ensure that vector-borne diseases stay under control. He also said that the CM had instructed officials to prepare a proposal for procurement of advanced life support ambulances to ensure that people in need do not suffer. He also said that the CM reiterated that efforts must be made to undertake 1 lakh tests per day.
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