Saharanpur, Ghaziabad, Lucknow emerge new COVID-19 hotspots in UP as confirmed cases rise
Lucknow, Agra, Ghaziabad, Saharanpur have emerged as new COVID-19 hotspots in Uttar Pradesh as coronavirus cases in the state continue to rise. At present, the state has over 300 COVID-19 patients including two deaths while 19 people have recovered.
Lucknow, Agra, Ghaziabad, Saharanpur have emerged as new COVID-19 hotspots in Uttar Pradesh as coronavirus cases in the state continue to rise. At present, UP has over 300 COVID-19 patients including two deaths while 19 people have recovered. Noida is the biggest hotspot in UP having 58 COVID-19 cases, Lucknow also registered 12 new coronavirus cases (all belonging to Tablighi Jamaat) today while other districts Agra, Ghaziabad, Saharanpur and Meerut have emerged COVID-19 hotspots in the state. India coronavirus cases meanwhile have crossed 4000-mark taking toll of the infected patients to 4,067 including 109 deaths while 292 people have recovered.
According to the ministry's data updated at 9 am, 21 fresh deaths were reported from Maharashtra, two each from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and one from Punjab. Maharashtra has reported the most coronavirus deaths at 45, followed by Gujarat at 11, Madhya Pradesh at nine, Telangana and Delhi at seven each, Tamil Nadu at five and Punjab at six. Karnataka has reported four deaths, while West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh have recorded three fatalities each. Two deaths each have been reported from Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, and Kerala. Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana have reported one fatality each, according to the data.
The highest number of confirmed cases is from Maharashtra at 690, followed by Tamil Nadu at 571 and Delhi at 503. The number cases in Telengana has gone up to 321, in Kerala to 314 and in Rajasthan to 253. There are 227 COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh, 226 in Andhra Pradesh, 165 in Madhya Pradesh, 151 in Karnataka and 122 in Gujarat.
State-wise COVID-19 cases, deaths in India
| S. No. | Name of State / UT | Total Confirmed cases (Including 66 foreign Nationals) | Cured/Discharged/ Migrated |
Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 226 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Assam | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Bihar | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Delhi | 503 | 18 | 7 |
| 9 | Goa | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Gujarat | 122 | 18 | 11 |
| 11 | Haryana | 84 | 25 | 1 |
| 12 | Himachal Pradesh | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Jammu and Kashmir | 106 | 4 | 2 |
| 14 | Jharkhand | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Karnataka | 151 | 12 | 4 |
| 16 | Kerala | 314 | 55 | 2 |
| 17 | Ladakh | 14 | 10 | 0 |
| 18 | Madhya Pradesh | 165 | 0 | 9 |
| 19 | Maharashtra | 690 | 42 | 45 |
| 20 | Manipur | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Mizoram | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Odisha | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Puducherry | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Punjab | 68 | 4 | 6 |
| 25 | Rajasthan | 253 | 21 | 0 |
| 26 | Tamil Nadu | 571 | 8 | 5 |
| 27 | Telengana | 321 | 34 | 7 |
| 28 | Uttarakhand | 26 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | Uttar Pradesh | 227 | 19 | 2 |
| 30 | West Bengal | 80 | 10 | 3 |
| Total number of confirmed cases in India | 4067* | 292 | 109 | |
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