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Uttar Pradesh News Live Updates: Covid cases cross 500-mark in Lucknow, 2,500 in state
The number of active Covid cases in Lucknow have crossed the 500-mark after a gap of nearly four months. In Uttar Pradesh the number of cases has gone past the 2500-mark. At least 89 more persons have tested positive for the infection in the past 24 hours, while 62 patients recovered in the same period, taking the active cases to 505. Stay with TOI for all updatesRead Less
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Active Covid cases cross 2,800-mark
The active case tally of Covid-19 in UP reached 2,825 on Monday with 467 new cases surfacing in the past 24 hours. The official bulletin on coronavirus status revealed that as many as 180 persons recovered from the infection during the same period. Health official reiterated the importance of prevention in individual and social interest.
More than half of the new and active cases (over 51 per cent) are concentrated in Gautam Buddha Nagar, Lucknow and Ghaziabad.
Meanwhile, in Uttar Pradesh, the active case tally of Covid crossed the 2,500-mark on Sunday with 491 new cases, but 273 persons also recovered from the infection in the same duration.
Among active cases, 18 patients are undergoing treatment in different hospitals in the city, while the rest are either asymptomatic or have mild symptoms and are recovering in home isolation.
Other cases were registered from City station (7), Gosainganj (4) NK Road (3), Turiyaganj (3) among other areas.
Within the city, the highest number of cases were from Aliganj and Alambagh areas (15 cases each), followed by Old city (10), and Indiranagar, Chinhat and Sarojini Nagar (9 cases each).
Among other cases, most people had influenza-like-illness followed by those who came in contact with the people diagnosed earlier.
According to the health department officials, fresh cases included four patients who were tested during a routine drive at a private hospital.
Covid cases cross 500-mark in Lucknow, 2,500 in UP
The number of active Covid cases in Lucknow have crossed the 500-mark after a gap of nearly four months. In Uttar Pradesh the number of cases has gone past the 2500-mark. At least 89 more persons have tested positive for the infection in the past 24 hours, while 62 patients recovered in the same period, taking the active cases to 505.
