Coronavirus: With 516 cases, UP records second highest spike in 24 hours

LUCKNOW: UP reported 516 fresh cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours on Tuesday, registering the second highest spike so far in a single day.
With this, the state’s Covid-19 tally reached 14,607 on Tuesday.
According to data provided by health officials, Hapur registered 57 cases of whom nine are jail inmates while seven reside on Nauchandi police station premises.
At least 43 cases were reported from Meerut while Gautam Budh Nagar recorded 42 cases. Overall, Gautam Budh Nagar tops the list with 1,099 cases.
As per the bulletin, the death toll in the state stands at 435. Three deaths were reported in Agra while two casualties were registered in Meerut. One death each was reported from Hamirpur, Mau, Jhansi, Shamli, Kannauj, Etawah, Amroha and Gonda.
Other districts with double digit entries included Kanpur (35), Ghaziabad (27), Agra (22), Bhadohi (17), Sultanpur (15), Firozabad (12), Bareilly (11) and Amethi (10).
Principal secretary, health and family welfare, Amit Mohan Prasad said at least 294 people recovered from infection taking the total number of recoveries to 8,904. “There are 5,259 active cases in UP as of now,” he said.
Prasad said 13,966 tests were conducted in the state on Monday and added that accredited social health activists (ASHAs) were visiting villages to trace those who have returned from other parts of the country.
“ASHA workers have tracked 16.75 lakh migrants and among them, 1,463 were found with coronavirus symptoms,” Prasad said.
“The state government’s 1.23 lakh surveillance teams have surveyed over 93.42 lakh homes and covered 4.76 crore population. Aarogya Setu mobile application is also being used to track suspected patients,” he said.
“Acting on alerts generated by the application, 83,462 people were called and given advice to protect themselves from infection,” he added.