Noida (UP), Jun 2 (PTI) A 48-year-old man died of COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar on Tuesday, taking the death toll due to the disease to eight in the district, officials said.

A resident of Sector 62, the man was admitted to the government hospital in Noida, where he passed away in the evening, they added.

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"The cause of death was pneumonia with sepsis (a life-threatening condition caused by a human body's response to an infection) and respiratory failure," District Surveillance Officer Sunil Dohare said.

Meanwhile, 26 fresh COVID-19 cases, including seven staffers of a government hospital, were detected in Gautam Buddh Nagar, taking the number of such cases in the district to 494, he said.

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Also, 47 patients were discharged from various hospitals on Tuesday, leaving 142 active cases in the district, the senior doctor said.

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