Noida (UP), Nov 12 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded one more fatality linked to COVID-19 on Thursday that pushed its death toll to 72, while the district's infection tally surged to 19,828 with 214 new cases, official data showed.

Active COVID-19 cases rose to 1,225, the fourth highest in the state, from 1,115 the previous day, according to data released by the Uttar Pradesh Health Department for a 24-hour period.

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On the bright side, 103 more patients got discharged during the period in Gautam Buddh Nagar with the overall recoveries reaching 18,531, the sixth highest in the state, it showed.

With a death toll of 72, Gautam Buddh Nagar now has a mortality rate of 0.36 per cent. The recovery rate of patients reached 93.45 per cent, the statistics showed.

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Meanwhile, the number of active cases in UP rose to 22,949 from 22,562 on Wednesday. The overall recoveries in the state reached 4,75,175, as the death toll linked to COVID-19 climbed to 7,302 on Thursday, according to data. PTI KIS

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