India News | UP Adds 27 COVID-19 Cases, One Death
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Uttar Pradesh's COVID-19 tally rose to 17,088,36 on Wednesday as 27 more people tested positive for the contagious disease, while the death toll climbed to 22,776 with another fatality, a health bulletin issued here said.
Lucknow, Aug 11 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh's COVID-19 tally rose to 17,088,36 on Wednesday as 27 more people tested positive for the contagious disease, while the death toll climbed to 22,776 with another fatality, a health bulletin issued here said.
The new fatality was reported from Kushinagar, it said.
The COVID-19 recovery count reached 16,85,555 in the state, the statement said.
The number of active novel coronavirus cases stands at 555, it said.
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So far, over 6.81 crore samples have been tested for the detection of COVID-19 in the state. These include 2.39 lakh samples tested the previous day, it said.
In the past 24 hours, no fresh case of COVID-19 was reported in 59 of total 75 districts in Uttar Pradesh, the statement added.
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