LUCKNOW: The constant surge of covid-19 cases in the state pushed the number of active infections beyond the one lakh-mark on Wednesday. As per data from the state health department, 20,510 new cases in the past 24 hours took the covid-19 tally to 7.44 lakh.
After adjusting the 4,517 recoveries recorded in the same duration, districts were left with 1,11,835 active cases.
Meanwhile, the pandemic infection took the toll of 68 persons taking the total casualties to 9376.
About 54% of the active cases were recorded from just four districts, including Lucknow (31,687), Prayagraj (11902), Varanasi (10206) and Kanpur Nagar (6447).
The next big chunk of 24% cases came from a cluster of 18 districts including -- Gorakhpur (3419), Jhansi (2472), Gautam Budh Nagar (2027), Meerut (2207), Bareilly (1672), Ballia (1593), Rae Bareli (1411), Jaunpur (1317), Ghaziabad (1272), Chandauli (1174), Agra (1162), Barabanki (1118), Muzaffarnagar (1116), Ghazipur (1107), Lalitpur (1089), Moradabad (1054), Mirzapur (1025) and Azamgarh (1022).
In addition to this, more than a dozen districts in the state are home to over 500 active cases. The list includes Banda (997), Sonbhadra (956), Mathura (913), Saharanpur (860), Sultanpur (842), Ayodhya (812), Deoria (784), Pratapgarh (732), Etawah (708), Gonda (704) among others.
Additional chief secretary, health and family welfare, Amit Mohan Prasad, said that of the total active cases, 54,645 are under treatment at a government or private hospital. Urging people to follow the prevention protocol, he said: “The rise in new cases and increased hospitalisations has overwhelmed the health system. Care must be taken to save people from falling sick in individual and social interest.”