Muzaffarnagar (UP), Dec 5 (PTI) Forty-three new cases of COVID-19 were detected in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, pushing the number of active cases here to 502.

The new cases came from 1,088 samples tested for the disease in the district, District Magistrate Selvakumari J said.

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The official said 49 more patients have recuperated, taking the total number of recoveries in the district to 6,583.

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