Uttar Pradesh records 8 more COVID-19 deaths, 664 fresh cases

Uttar Pradesh reported eight more deaths due to COVID-19 on Wednesday, taking state's toll to 596, while 664 fresh infections were detected.

" count of active COVID-19 cases in state stands at 6,375. As many as 12,586 COVID-19 patients have recovered from disease, and have been discharged," Principal Secretary Medical and Health Amit Mohan Prasad told reporters here.

death toll due to COVID-19 in state rose to 596 on Wednesday, he said. total number of deaths in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday stood at 588. state's tally of COVID-19 cases stands at 19,557.

Prasad said samples of health workers, shopkeepers and salesmen were collected under targeted random sampling on Wednesday.

" aim is to create awareness among m. se people are vulnerable to infection, so y need to be careful," he said.

He also said antigen testing will commence on Thursday in six districts of Meerut division, and cities of Luckw, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Kanpur Nagar, Gorakhpur.

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