As active Covid cases cross 12,000, Noida second only to Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh

Noida: With 2,158 new infections, the number of active Covid cases in Gautam Budh Nagar crossed the 12,000-mark on Monday. The district’s active Covid tally currently stands at 12,347, the second-highest after Lucknow, which has 17,658 active cases.
In neighbouring Ghaziabad, 1,301 new Covid cases were recorded that catapulted the number of active cases to 10,493. While 15,622 new cases were reported across the state in the past 24 hours, the active cases jumped to 1,06,616.An official state bulletin indicated that GB Nagar and Lucknow accounted for the maximum burden of active cases, followed by Ghaziabad. On Monday, Lucknow reported the maximum number of 2,716 new cases.
In the past 24 hours, the sample positivity rate in Ghaziabad stood at 17.75%, while in GB Nagar it was recorded around 25%. The official data available on the Cowin portal indicated that a total of 16,777 doses of vaccines were administered in GB Nagar on Monday, while 31,052 vaccines were administered in Ghaziabad.