An Indian woman in personal protective suit walks towards a COVID-19 ward of a hospital as others waits for their test results.
A record single-day rise of 298 COVID-19 fatalities in Uttar Pradesh pushed the death toll to 12,241 on Thursday, while the infection tally mounted to 12,17,955 with 35,156 fresh cases.
A total of 25,613 people have recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours, while the active cases stand at 3,09,237. So far, 8,96,477 patients have recuperated from COVID-19 in the state, Additional Chief Secretary Amit Mohan Prasad told reporters.
More than 2.25 lakh samples were tested for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the total samples tested so far to 4.
03 crore, the highest in the country, Prasad said.
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Among the active cases, 2,38,856 are in home isolation, while 7,663 are undergoing treatment in private hospitals and rest of them are in government hospitals, he said.
