After a spurt of Covid cases for some days at a stretch, the figures took a slight dip on Saturday when 590 fresh cases were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the active case tally in the state to 3,607.
Additional Chief Secretary, Medical and Health, Amit Mohan Prasad said 99,279 samples were tested and 590 of them turned out to be positive for coronavirus infection.
“In the last 24 hours, 508 patients recovered while there are a total of 3,607 active cases in the state,” Prasad said.
He said the maximum cases were reported from Lucknow (163), followed by Gautam Buddha Nagar (71) and Ghaziabad (70). There was no Covid death reported from anywhere in the state in the last 24 hours, he added.
The ACS asked people to be cautious and adhere to Covid-appropriate behaviour in letter and spirit.
