UP: State records 991 fresh Covid cases & 3 deaths in 24 hours

Gautam Buddha Nagar reported 197 fresh cases, Ghaziabad (124) and Lucknow (107) in the past 24 hours. In western UP, Pilibhit has reported 60 new cases and one death in the past 24 hours. Besides Pilibhit, Gautam Buddha Nagar and Chandauli have reported one death each.

The total number of active cases in Lucknow was on Friday recorded at 1,000, Ghaziabad (511), Gautam Buddha Nagar (750), Meerut (220), Kanpur Nagar (155) and Varanasi (137).

With the 991 fresh cases, the number of total active Covid-19 cases in the state on Friday reached 4,691, while 772 patients were discharged after being cured of the disease in the past 24 hours, according to sources with the state Health Department. The positivist rate was recorded at 1.63 per cent and the recovery rate at 98.7 per cent.

Notably, on Thursday, 840 new cases and five deaths — one each in Ghaziabad, Jaunpur, Chandauli, Sitapur and Ghazipur — were reported in the state.

According to sources with the Health Department, most of the death cases are reported from hospitals, and the deceased had co-morbidity or immuno-suppressed.

“Preliminary look at the death cases suggest a majority of fatalities took place either due to co-morbidity or patients already undergoing treatment at hospitals were detected with Covid-19 infection,” said a senior government officer.

The officer said that the cases started rising last week, following which the NCR districts and big cities like Lucknow Varanasi, and Prayagraj, among others, were put on alert.