A municipal worker sanitizes an area in Prayagraj on Monday
LUCKNOW: With over 33,000 fresh Covid cases in the past 24 hours, the number of active cases in Uttar Pradesh crossed the three-lakh mark on Monday. The state also recorded 249 Covid deaths on Monday. This translated to loss of life every six minute in the state.
According to the state health bulletin, 33,574 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, which took the state tally to above 11.2 lakh. Of these, 3,04,199 patients come under the active category, while a total of 8,04,563 patients have recovered.
Additional chief secretary, health and family welfare, Amit Mohan Prasad, said about 2.50 lakh active cases were under home isolation while 6,827 were undergoing treatment at private hospitals. Another 48,372 patients were being attended to at government hospitals and state medical colleges. He said that many patients were still in the queue for hospital admission.