Uttar Pradesh reports 583 new Covid-19 cases

Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday reported 30 Covid-19 deaths -- 15 in Meerut district alone -- and 583 new cases of infection, registering the highest single-day spikes on both counts, said an official officials said. With this, the total number of Covid-19 deaths in the state rose to 465 and infected cases to 15,181, he



said.

Of the total infected people, 9,239 people have been cured and discharged from hospitals, leaving a total of 5,477 active cases in the state, said Principal Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad. He put the recovery rate in the state at around 61 per cent, adding a total of 16,159 tests, highest so far in a day, were conducted on Tuesday.