Gautam Budh Nagar pips Agra to bag top slot in Covid cases tally

LUCKNOW: The covid-19 tally for Uttar Pradesh crossed the 14k-mark with 480 fresh cases in the past 24 hours. With 60 new cases on Monday, Gautam Budh Nagar not only crossed the 1000-mark, but also became the district with maximum viral load.
GB Nagar's tally is now 1,057 surpassing Agra, which had 16 cases on Monday to take its total to 1,054.
On a positive side, the state's recovery rate touched a new high of 61%.Principal secretary, health and family welfare, Amit Mohan Prasad, said that as many as 342 persons were discharged, taking the total number recovered to 8,610 which is 61% of the total 14,095 cases.
In terms of cases during the day, Lucknow recorded second highest - 46 - taking its total to 638. However, Ghaziabad moved up the ladder to fifth position with 15 news cases 646 overall. The third place was bagged by Sambhal which saw 32 cases.
The state also recorded 18 deaths taking the total number of covid-19 casualties to 417. According to the bulletin, Agra, Meerut, Kanpur, Ghaziabad and Bulandshahr saw two deaths each while Jaunpur, Hapur, Pratapgarh, Hardoi, Maharajganj, Jalaun, Mainpuri and Etah recorded one death each.
Prasad said that 13,388 tests were conducted in the state in the past 24 hours and that the surveillance activities were underway in both rural and urban areas. “The state government’s 1.21 lakh surveillance teams have surveyed over 92 lakh homes and covered 4.69 crore people,” he said, adding, “the Aarogya Setu mobile application is also being used to track suspected patients. Acting on alerts generated by the app, 81,339 people were called and given advice.”
The other districts which saw double digit entries on Monday included Kanpur Nagar (19), Muzaffarnagar (16), Moradabad (14), Hamirpur (13), Aligarh (11), Bareilly (11), Saharanpur (10), Bulandshaher (10), Ayodhya (10), Mathura (10) and Hardoi (10).