(Aditya Shaw, Intern Journalist) Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh on Thursday reported its highest single-day spike in COVID numbers and for the first time crossed 2,000 new cases. The last 24 hours saw 2,083 new infections in the state, pushing the cumulative cases to 43,441 cases.
The state also reported the highest single-day deaths due to coronavirus. At least 34 COVID patients died, taking the toll since the pandemic began in March to 1,046. The state now has 15,720 active cases.
Lucknow recorded the highest number — 308, also the Capital’s highest ever. Kanpur Nagar recorded the highest single-day deaths at nine, taking the district’s total toll to 102 — the highest in the state. The fatality rate reaching 5% with 2,051 total cases.
Capital Lucknow reported three more deaths, pushing the toll to 43. Lucknow now has a caseload of 3,235 with its active cases just 29 less than 2,000 — the highest in the state.
The two NCR districts of Gautam Buddh Nagar (Noida) and Ghaziabad reported another high with 143 and 179 new cases, respectively. While two more patients died in Gautam Buddh Nagar, one died in Ghaziabad.
Another district to record over 100 new cases on Thursday was Jhansi, which has been witnessing a surge since last week. The district in the Bundelkhand region reported 113 cases in the last 24 hours, taking its active cases to 620.
Chandauli, which had 320 total cases, on Thursday added 100 more to its caseload.
What has been a concern is the rapid surge in the infection in districts which had till now shown very few cases. For example, Sonbhadra reported 52 new cases in the last 24 hours, Hardoi 58 and Sultanpur 42. Ballia in the east, which has seen a recent surge added 67 more cases, while Meerut, a big hotspot in the west, added 63 more to its caseload.
The surge of cases in Varanasi and Prayagraj has also been noticed by the government. On a day when the two cities reported a surge — Varanasi 78 new cases and two deaths, Prayagraj 56 new cases and three deaths — Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed concern about the situation in five districts and told officials that there was a need for maintaining alertness in Jhansi, Varanasi, Lucknow, Kanpur city and Prayagraj.
He also directed officials to prepare a concerted strategy for effectively checking the spread of Covid-19 and communicable diseases.
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