LUCKNOW: Covid-19 continued to surge in the state as 2,967 fresh cases were reported on Friday, almost 400 more than what were recorded on Thursday. The death toll also climbed to 16, with at least nine people succumbing to infection in Lucknow alone.
Only 782 patients recovered on Friday taking the number of active cases to 14,073. Five districts in the state accounted for more than 57% of the state’s total tally on Friday. Lucknow reported 940 cases, only a few more than it recorded on Thursday, and nine deaths. Kanpur reported 152 cases, Prayagraj 213, Varanasi 253 and Jhansi 144.
Against Lucknow’s active cases of 4,587, Varanasi had the second highest number with 954 active cases.
Two persons died in Varanasi and one death each was registered in Kanpur, Ballia, Mathura, Etawah and Pilibhit. So far, 8,836 lives have been lost in the state due to Covid-19.
On Friday, the second day when all people above the age of 45 years were allowed to get vaccinated against the virus, more than 4,000 centres carried out inoculation. Till 8 pm, 3,02,510 people had received the shots.