Lucknow: Ten more people gave up on Covid-19 in Uttar Pradesh, bringing tolls to 22,676, while the number of infections reached 17.07.044 on Thursday with detection of 112 new cases, according to an official statement.
From new fatality connected with Coronavirus, three reported from ETU; Two of each of Amethi and Shahjahanpur; One of Siddharthnagar, Pratapgarh, Moradabad, the government for the statement released there on Thursday.
Eleven cases of fresh Covid-19 were recorded in Varanasi, nine in Lucknow and eight in Kanpur Nagar, he said.
In the last 24 hours, 258 Covid-19 patients have recovered from this disease, taking the amount of recovery to 16,82,579.
Uttar Pradesh has a Covid recovery rate of 98.6 percent.
The Covid-19 case count was active in 1,789, the statement said.
Three state districts – Shrawasti, KasGanj and Aligarh – do not have active cases now, he said.
In the last 24 hours, more than 2.59 lakh samples were tested for Covid-19 in Uttar Pradesh, while so far, more than 5.98 crore samples have been tested in the state, the statement said.