Uttar Pradesh: Covid daily infection shoots up, deaths hit new single-day high

Lucknow | Thursday | 6th May, 2021

Summary:

Lucknow: After few days of a steady dip in new Covid-19 cases, the infection shot up on Wednesday with the state reporting 31,165 new positive cases in the past 24 hours.

The single-day jump in deaths hit a record high of 357 with Kanpur Nagar once again contributing the most – 46 deaths in the past 24 hours.

In the last two days, Kanpur Nagar has reported 112 Covid deaths, as per the Health Department’s bulletin.

Lucknow and Chandauli districts reported 38 and 24 deaths, respectively, in the past 24 hours.

Lucknow reported maximum new cases (3,004), followed by Meerut (1,732) and Gautam Buddh Nagar (1,703).

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Lucknow: After few days of a steady dip in new Covid-19 cases, the infection shot up on Wednesday with the state reporting 31,165 new positive cases in the past 24 hours.

The single-day jump in deaths hit a record high of 357 with Kanpur Nagar once again contributing the most – 46 deaths in the past 24 hours.

In the last two days, Kanpur Nagar has reported 112 Covid deaths, as per the Health Department’s bulletin.

Lucknow and Chandauli districts reported 38 and 24 deaths, respectively, in the past 24 hours.

Lucknow reported maximum new cases (3,004), followed by Meerut (1,732) and Gautam Buddh Nagar (1,703).

The number of people declared recovered on Wednesday crossed 40,000.

As a result, the state now has 2,62,474 active cases and the overall recovery ratio is a little above 80 per cent.