With the National Capital Region (NCR) registering a rising trend of COVID-19 cases, Uttar Pradesh reported a surge in new cases on Wednesday as 261 cases were reported in the last 24 hours, the highest in the last 47 days.
Officials said that 189 people recovered from COVID-19 during the same period. Unfortunately one COVID-19 death from Amroha, was reported in the last 24 hours.
Officials said that a maximum of 110 cases were reported from Gautam Buddha Nagar (Noida), followed by 75 in Ghaziabad and 18 each in Lucknow and Agra. In the last 24 hours, 102 people recovered from COVID-19 in Noida, 53 in Ghaziabad, seven in Lucknow and one in Agra.
"The total number of active Covid cases in Uttar Pradesh is 1,384 with Ghaziabad leading the table with 697 cases. In the last 24 hours, 1.34 lakh Covid tests were carried out," the official said.
The official further said that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had issued strict directions that people, particularly in NCR districts and Lucknow, should start using masks at public places and maintain Covid protocol like social distancing and washing hands regularly with sanitisers.
"The present novel coronavirus variant is not lethal, still precaution has to be taken as the pandemic is not over yet. People should take precaution," he said.