COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh cross 1 lakh-mark; death toll climbs to 1,817

total number of coronavirus cases in Uttar Pradesh crossed one lakh mark as state recorded 2,948 fresh cases on Tuesday, an official statement said.

A total of 41 fatalities were recorded in state in past 24 hours, taking death toll due to disease to 1,817.

re are 41,222 active coronavirus cases in state and 57,271 people have recovered and discharged from hospitals, Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said.

state’s infection tally stands at 1,00,310, he said.

According to statement, maximum number of deaths in past 24 hours was reported from Kanpur Nagar (8) followed by four each in Luckw and Gorakhpur, and three each in Allahabad, Moradabad, Saharanpur and Azamgarh among ors.

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state capital Luckw reported maximum fresh cases (611) followed by Kanpur with 259 cases, it said.

However, state government, in statement said 2,983 fresh cases have been reported in past 24 hours.

state has conducted over 26 lakh tests so far, Prasad said, adding that among active cases, over 1,300 are in home isolation, 1,353 undergoing treatment and 152 are in semi paid facilities in state.

official said on directives of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, work for setting up atleast one L-2 hospital each in all districts of state was on.

He added that network of COVID helpdesks set up in state was proving to be very helpful in screening symptomatic people.

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