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The second wave of coronavirus infection continued to ravage Uttar Pradesh with 357 deaths and 31,165 fresh cases being recorded in the past 24 hours. However, there was some solace in 40,852 recoveries during the same period while the number of active cases came down to 2,62,474 in the state.
Officials said 2,32,038 Covid tests were conducted in the state in the last 24 hours. The total tests done in the state have gone up to 4,20,32,587.
Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Meerut and Bareilly accounted for half of the total infections in the state. The death toll also went up and at 46, Kanpur recorded the highest single-day casualties. Lucknow recorded 38 deaths, Chandauli 24, Lakhimpur Kheri 17, Sonebhadra & Ghaziabad 13 each, Gorakhpur & Jhansi 12 each, and Gautam Buddha Nagar 10.
Lucknow continued to be the district with the highest number of fresh cases at 3,004. However, 4,878 recoveries were also reported in the last 24 hours. Among other districts, Meerut witnessed 1,732 cases, Gautam Buddha Nagar 1,703, Ghaziabad 1,373, Kanpur 1,206, Gorakhpur 1,055, Varanasi 966 and Prayagraj 437.