UP Covid-19 tally crosses 77,000 mark with 3,570 new cases

LUCKNOW: The novel coronavirus tally for Uttar Pradesh crossed the 77,000 mark on Wednesday with 3,570 fresh cases in the past 24 hours.
Additional chief secretary, health and family welfare, Amit Mohan Prasad said, "Of the total cases, 45,807 have recovered, while 1,530 have died. This leaves UP with 29,997 active infections."
A look at the official data revealed that 11 big cities accounted for nearly 40% of the cases.This includes: Lucknow (262), Kanpur (260), Gorakhpur (177),Bareilly (162), Prayagraj (150), Varanasi (127), Ghaziabad (74), Jhansi (71), Gautam Budh Nagar (65), Meerut (40) and Agra (21).
Another seven districts recorded spikes in the past 24 hours and added about 20% of the fresh cases. These were Jaunpur (148), Moradabad (144), Bhadoi(103), Ballia (100), Sitapur (85), Rampur (80) and Maharajganj (70).
The state also recorded 33 new deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 1,530. According to the bulletin, five deaths each were reported in Lucknow and Kanpur, while Jhansi saw three deaths. Two deaths were reported in Basti, while one each in Ambedkarnagar, Hamirpur, Pratapgarh, Shamli, RaeBareli, Etawah, Bijnor, Kannauj, Siddharthnagar, Muzaffarnagar, Shahjahanpur, Saharanpur, Ayodhya, Barabanki, Hapur, Gorakhpur and Bareilly.
Health officials pointed out that as per instructions of the CM, medical staff has been told to focus on high-risked groups like women, children, elderly and those with co-morbidity both in terms of testing and management to improve the recovery rate in the state.
As of now, about 60% of the patients in UP have recovered which is lower than the national average. On Tuesday, the CM also told director generals of medical health and medical education departments to ensure that the oxygen back up of at least 48 hours is maintained.