This story is from June 13, 2020

With 581 Covid-19 cases, Uttar Pradesh records highest single-day spike

With 581 Covid-19 cases, Uttar Pradesh records highest single-day spike
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LUCKNOW: UP’s Covid-19 chart recorded its highest single day spike with 538 cases on Friday, pushing the overall score to beyond 12,700-mark. Of the new cases, Gautam Budh Nagar accounted for a maximum of 76 entries which is also maximum in a single day for the district, taking the total to 864, including 379 active cases. The neighbouring Ghaziabad recorded 27 cases taking the total to 581.
GB Nagar was followed by Kanpur Nagar and Bulandshahr where 32 and 31 fresh cases were reported in 24 hours.
Six districts in the state have more than 500 cases. These districts are: Agra, Meerut, Lucknow, Kanpur, Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad. The tally for Agra crossed 1,000 mark with 10 new cases to reach 1,009 of which 823 have been cured.
Besides, 12 districts in the state have 200 plus cases, while 22 districts have more than 100 cases. Of the new cases reported in 24 hours, Mathura bagged the fourth position with 30 patients followed by Bijnore where 24 cases were reported, taking the total for the two districts to 154 and 199 respectively.
Other districts with double digit entries included Jaunpur (23), Firozabad (22), Bareilly (19), Barabanki (19), Hamirpur (18), Mainpuri (13) and Chitrakoot (10).
UP also recorded 20 deaths, taking the list of Covid-19 casualties to 365. Three deaths were reported in Kanpur Nagar, while two each were reported in Agra, Meerut, Ghaziabad and Prayagraj and one death each in Baghpat, Maharajganj, Mathura, Hapur, Basti, Varanasi, Moradabad, Firozabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar.
Principal secretary, health and family welfare, Amit Mohan Prasad stated that 317 persons defeated the infection in 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 7,609. “Currently, the number of active infections is 4,642, while 7,609 patients have completely recovered. The recovery rate in the state is 60.31%,”he said.
Prasad said the testing capacity in UP has increased 60 times since March. “So far, 4.35 lakh samples have been tested in the state,” he said and added that surveillance activities were also going in full swing in the state.
“A population of 4.54 crore has been surveyed by 1.17 lakh surveillance teams so far,” he said.
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Shailvee Sharda

Journalist with the Times of India since August 2004, Shailvee Sharda writes on Health, Culture and Politics. Having covered the length and breadth of UP, she brings stories that define elements like human survival and its struggle, faiths, perceptions and thought processes that govern the decision making in everyday life, during big events such as an election, tangible and non-tangible cultural legacy and the cost and economics of well-being. She keenly follows stories that celebrate hope and life in general.

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