Muzaffarnagar (UP), Jun 30 (PTI) Two coronavirus patients from Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district succumbed to the infection on Tuesday, officials said.

A 60-year-old man died while undergoing treatment at Muzaffarnagar Medical College, Begarajpur, they said.

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This was the first COVID-19 fatality in the hospital so far, the officials said.

The other patient, a 75-year-old man from Budhana here, died due to the virus in a hospital in Meerut, the officials said.

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Meanwhile, seven more people recovered from coronavirus infection in Muzaffarnagar and the the numbers of active cases in the district now stands at 44, they said.

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