Corona-infected cases cross 300 mark in UP: Official

number of coronavirus-positive cases in Uttar Pradesh crossed 300 mark on Monday with 27 more persons testing positive, taking number of infected ones to 305.



"As many as 27 more persons, of which 21 are linked to Jamaat, tested corona-positive in state since Sunday," Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said.

state has so far reported three deaths, one each from Basti, Meerut and Varanasi while at least 21 of infected persons have been cured.

Among fresh cases in state, eight have been reported from Sitapur, five each from Luckw and Shamli, three from Gautam Budh Nagar, two from Agra, and one each from Kanpur, Bijre, Allahabad and Kaushambi, he said.

Till Sunday total cases were 278 in which about half of total were linked to Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi's Nizamuddin, from where participants carried virus to several parts of country, officials had said.