Kanpur: As many as 189 covid virus cases were reported here while Meerut & Varanasi received 321 and 316 cases respectively. In other districts like Lucknow, a maximum of 1,705 fresh cases were recorded, followed by Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad, and Jhansi, with their 620, 388, and 330 cases, respectively.
Two deaths occurred in Kanpur district and the same count was seen in Chandauli and Gorakhpur districts respectively.
Active cases in the state were taken at a figure of 59601 whereas the overall total of infection shot up to 2005245.
Three deaths each were reported from Gautam Buddh Nagar, Kushinagar, and Jhansi districts.
A total of 13,910 COVID patients have recuperated from the viral infection, taking the total number of recoveries to 19,22,480 in the state, the assertion laid.
In the past 24 hours, over 2.02 lakh COVID tests were done in the state.
Till date more than 9.90 crore samples have been tested for the infection, it has been said.
