Lucknow, Jul 18 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh reported 24 more deaths due to coronavirus in the past 24 hours, raising the toll to 1,108, while the infection count reached 47,036 with 1,673 fresh cases, an official said on Saturday.

The active COVID-19 cases in the state now stand at 17,264, while 28,664 patients have recovered so far, Additional Chief Secretary, Medical and Health, Amit Mohan Prasad said.

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A total of 46,769 tests for COVD-19 were done in the state on Friday, he said.

Overall 14.26 lakh tests have been done, he added.

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Prasad stressed on following guidelines like maintaining social distancing for managing the pandemic.

He said surveillance work for tracing coronavirus suspects was continuing in the state and a network of over 50,000 COVID help desks was proving to be helpful in this regard.

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