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Uttar Pradesh sees record rise of 15,353 Covid-19 cases, tally nears 700,000
The Uttar Pradesh health department said 67 more people succumbed to Covid-19 on Sunday, taking the state’s tally of related deaths to 9,152.
Uttar Pradesh, where daily new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) have been on the rise in the last few days, witnessed another record spike on Sunday, as the state saw its infection tally increase by more than 15,000 for the first time. With the latest rise, Uttar Pradesh’s caseload has gone up to 692,092.
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“There were 15,353 fresh cases in Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours and the active caseload has risen to 71,241,” Amit Mohan Prasad, additional chief secretary (health), said. Recovered cases, according to the official, have risen to 71,241, while total recovered cases are at 611,622. The number of vaccine doses administered against the viral disease has risen to 8,515,296.
According to the health department, 67 more people succumbed to Covid-19 on the day, taking the state’s death toll to 9152. Nearly 50% of the deaths were in the capital city of Lucknow, which logged 31 fatalities.
On Saturday, 12,787 new coronavirus disease cases were detected in the state--the highest in a single day, before being surpassed by the one on Sunday.
The Union ministry of health and family welfare said on Sunday Uttar Pradesh is among 10 states which have contributed nearly 81% of the 152,879 cases registered by the country in the last 24 hours. The state’s contribution was the third highest after Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh respectively.
The state government has introduced several curbs to contain the spread of the pandemic. On Sunday, the education department announced the closure of all government and private schools for Classes 1 to 12, till April 30. Last week, a night curfew was announced for 10 districts, including Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur and Prayagraj, till the end of the month. A night curfew has also been ordered in all the districts whose caseload of active infections is more than 500.