Summary:
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh on Monday reported fewer than 30,000 Covid-19 cases (29,192 infections) in 24 hours for the first time in 12 days.
With this, the patient count dropped to 2,85,832.
The authorities, however, said they were concerned about the high number of fatalities and the disease spreading to rural areas.
.
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh on Monday reported fewer than 30,000 Covid-19 cases (29,192 infections) in 24 hours for the first time in 12 days.
With this, the patient count dropped to 2,85,832.
The authorities, however, said they were concerned about the high number of fatalities and the disease spreading to rural areas.
According to Monday’s state health bulletin, at least 288 deaths were reported in the state in 24 hours, including 26 in Lucknow, 25 in Prayagraj, 21 in Jhansi, 19 in Gorakhpur and 17 each in Chanduli and Kanpur Nagar.
These deaths pushed up the toll to 13,447.
Senior BJP spokesperson Manoj Mishra was among the dead.
Doctors at the hospital in Kanpur where Mishra was being treated said the infection damaged his lungs.
While a high number of new cases continue to be reported from major districts such as Lucknow, Gautam Buddh Nagar (Noida), Moradabad, Kanpur Nagar, Varanasi, Saharanpur and Gorakhpur, the state government data suggests that several rural districts are continuously adding to the caseload.
In 24 hours, eight districts reported more than 1,000 infections – Lucknow (3,058 cases), followed by Gautam Buddh Nagar (1,446), Moradabad (1,404), Kanpur Nagar (1,311), Saharanpur (1,222), Gorakhpur (1,097), Amroha (1,082) and Varanasi (1,022).