20% new cases from Lucknow, Kanpur

LUCKNOW: A leap of 3,260 fresh coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours took UP tally to 66,988 on Sunday. The state also recorded recovery of 1,741 persons taking the total number of persons discharged to 41,641.
“With this, the number of active infections in UP reached 23,921,” infrastructure and industrial development commissioner, Alok Tandon, told reporters.
A look at the new cases revealed that Lucknow and Kanpur accounted for 20% of the cases. While Lucknow recorded 449 new cases, Kanpur followed next with 202 cases. The next big chunk of 26.2% cases came from nine big cities, including Varanasi (145), Gautam Budh Nagar (110), Gorakhpur (107), Moradabad (103), Prayagraj (98), Jhansi (84) and Meerut (31).
The state also recorded 39 deaths taking the total number of Covid casualties to 1,426. According to officials, eight deaths were recorded from Kanpur and six from Ballia. The total number of deaths in Kanpur has now reached 172.
Ayodhya, Gorakhpur and Bareilly reported three deaths each while two deaths each were reported in Varanasi, Sultanpur and Jhansi. Districts of Baghpat, Basti, Bulandshahr, Chandauli, Deoria, Jalaun, Jaunpur, Lucknow, Meerut and Prayagraj recorded one death each. Tandon said UP has the maximum number of Aarogya Setu users in the country. “Of the 14.49 crore Aarogya Setu App users in the country, 2.47 crore are from UP alone,” he said.