LUCKNOW: The number of patients with active infections crossed 3,000 mark for the first time in the city in nearly four months on Wednesday.
The novel coronavirus infected 361 people in the past 24 hours and claimed the lives of four, taking the caseload since the outbreak to 85,879 and deaths 1,211. Lucknow accounted for 29% of the total cases and 36% of deaths in
Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.
The number of recoveries was 142. In fact, daily recoveries have been continuously lower than then per day infections for over two weeks, resulting in spike in active cases to 3,138. However, overall, 81,530 (94.9% of the caseload) patients have recovered so far.
Gomtinagar recorded the highest 45 cases, followed by
Talkatora 38, Hazratganj 29, Aliganj 23, Indiranagar 22,
Mahanagar and Chowk 15 each, Alambagh 13, Rae Bareli Road,
Jankipuram and
Madiaon 12 each, Thakurganj 11 and Chinhat and Cantonment 10 each.
Experts say high complacency in public behaviour that ushered in post-January and decline in herd immunity developed during the peak months of August and September is responsible for the surge.