UP LOGS 952 FRESH CASES, THE LOWEST IN THREE MONTHS

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh reported 952 fresh Covid cases on Sunday, the lowest number in over three months while the total infection count reached 5,81,980. The death toll rose to 8,306 with 13 more fatalities.

Lucknow’s daily case count dipped to below 200-mark, as per the health department.

In July, the state’s fresh case count remained below 1,000 but since the second week of July daily cases kept rising till September third week, after which a downward trend was witnessed. Lucknow reported 229 fresh cases on December 26, 199 cases on December 25, 219 on December 24 and 252 on December 23.

On Sunday, the state capital logged 199 fresh cases, Kanpur 35, Ghaziabad 45, Gautam Buddh Nagar 19, Meerut 64 and Varanasi 62. Lucknow saw three deaths, Varanasi two, one each in Prayagraj and Meerut. “The recovery rate in Lucknow is 94.90%,” said Dr Abhishek Shukla, secretary general, Association of International Doctors.

“Lack of adherence to Covid protocol by people is one of the key reasons why cases in Lucknow are not coming down,” said Shukla.

2 deaths, 52 fresh cases in Prayagraj

Two deaths due to Covid were reported in Prayagraj in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll due to Sars-CoV-2 infection to 371 on Sunday, said health officials. Meanwhile, 52 more people tested positive for the virus, pushing the infection tally here to 28,279. “The number of active patients here is 703,” said Dr Rishi Sahai, district nodal officer.