LUCKNOW: In the biggest surge in six months since October last year, the city recorded 1,384 Covid-19 cases in the past 72 hours, pushing the overall caseload since the outbreak to over 85,000.
The virus also claimed six lives in three days — two on Monday and four on Tuesday.
The number of cases crossed the 400-mark for the first time this year on Sunday, when 439 people tested positive, followed by 499 on Monday and 446 on Tuesday.
Prior to this, the highest cases reported in a day were on October 7, 2020, when 529 persons tested positive for the infection. However, 544 patients had also recovered and three died on that day.
In comparison to Lucknow, cases were below 50 in all the other districts in the state on Tuesday. In fact, the city accounted for every second (48% of the total) case in UP. Similarly, the death toll in Lucknow was 40% of the total fatalities in the state.
Overall, the city's caseload now stands at 85,515, of which 81,388 have recovered and 1,208 died during treatment.
The city recorded four more
deaths in the last 48 hours. All the patients had comorbid conditions and died due to respiratory failure.
Among four patients who lost their lives, two were men, aged 71 and 57 years, who were under treatment in KGMU. The third death was of a woman (41) in a private hospital at Gomtinagar. All had comorbidities and were brought to the hospital with a severe lung infection. The cause of death was also common bilateral pneumonia.
Within the city, the highest 32 new cases were recorded in Gomtinagar. Other areas which recorded high transmission rate included Indiranagar (33), Rae Bareli Road (28), Alambagh (25), Aashiana (20), Mahanagar (18), Tal Katora (14), Hazratganj (13), Aliganj and Kaiserbagh (12 each), Hasanganj (11) and Chowk (10), among others.