UP records highest-ever single day spike in 15,353 new COVID-19 cases 0 4 1 minute read In this month, according to official figures, the highest single-day death toll so far has been 67. Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh on Sunday reported 15,353 new COVID-19 cases, the most single-day spike since the virus outbreak, while 67 fresh deaths brought the state count to 9,152 according to an official statement. The total number of cases in the state is 6,92,015. The count of active is 71,241, it said. “Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest single-day increase with 15,353 new cases reported on Sunday, the highest since the outbreak of coronavirus,” DS Negi, director general of the Department of Medical Health, told PTI.