India News | UP Reports Just One Fresh Covid Death, 41 New Cases

Lucknow, Aug 6 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Friday reported just one fresh COVID-19 death, taking the overall fatality figure to 22,771, while 41 new cases pushed the number of infections to 17,08,689. According to official figures.

A health department bulletin said the lone death was reported from Allahabad.

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Of the 41 fresh cases, five each were reported from Lucknow and Ghaziabad, and three each from Varanasi, Agra and Maharajganj, the bulletin said.

In a 24-hour period, 79 patients recovered from the disease, taking the total number of recoveries in the state to 16,85,299, the bulletin said

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The count of active cases in the state stands at 619, the bulletin said.

More than 2.50 lakh samples were tested in the state in the 24-hour period, which pushed the overall number to 6.69 crore tests, it added.

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