The second wave of coronavirus infection in Uttar Pradesh continued to wreak havoc with 172 deaths and 29,754 new cases in last 24 hours. On Monday, 28,287 new infections were detected while 167 patients had died.
In Lucknow, 5,014 new cases were detected on Tuesday while 3,590 patients were discharged. A total of 2,175 new cases were found in Prayagraj, 1,740 in Kanpur, 1,637 in Varanasi, 1,287 in Meerut and 1067 in Gorakhpur.
In the last 24 hours, 28 people died in Kanpur, 19 in Lucknow, 13 in Prayagraj, seven in Varanasi and three in Gorakhpur.
Additional Chief Secretary, Medical and Health, Amit Mohan Prasad said here on Tuesday that there are 2,23,544 active cases in the state while a total of 2,00,137 samples were tested. Of all the samples, more than 90,000 were tested through RT-PCR method.
About vaccination, he said the first dose of Covid vaccine has been given to 92,44,878 people so far while the second to 16,89,688 people. Thus, a total of 1,09,34,566 vaccines have been administered. He said those in home isolation and want to consult doctors can dial the helpline number (18001805146).