Noida (UP):
Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded one more fatality linked to COVID-19 that pushed its death toll to 81, even as the district’s infection tally surged to 22,111 with 97 new cases being reported on Thursday, official data showed.
Active cases in the district came down to 1,285 from 1,357 the previous day, according to the data released by the Uttar Pradesh Health Department for a 24-hour period.
The number of active cases in Gautam Buddh Nagar is the fourth highest in the state.
On the brighter side, 160 more patients got discharged during the period with the overall recoveries reaching 20,745, the fifth highest in the state.
With the death toll reaching 81, the district now has a mortality rate of 0.36 per cent. The recovery rate has reached 93.82 per cent, the statistics showed.
Meanwhile, the number of active cases in the state rose to 25,422 from 24,876 on Wednesday, while the overall recoveries reached 5,02,353 and the death toll linked to COVID-19 climbed to 7,674 on Thursday, the data showed.
