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177 new coronavirus cases in UP; virus claims 6 more lives

LUCKNOW: As many as 177 new cases, including 31 in Gautam Budh Nagar, took UP's Covid tally to 4,649 on Monday. The state also recorded six deaths, including two migrant workers . UP's corona toll is now 118. Meanwhile, 147 patients were discharged in various districts, taking the total of recoveries to 2,783.

Of the new cases, GB Nagar recorded maximum of 31 cases.

As per DM office bulletin, the count took the district's tally to 286. The new cases included employees of a mobile manufacturing units in Greater Noida and a leading media company in Film City. Agra, which has maximum Covid cases in UP, recorded six new cases taking its tally to 815.

Three of the six deaths were reported in Sant Kabir Nagar, two in Varanasi and one in Kushinagar.

DM Varanasi, Kaushal Raj Sharma said, "A retired faculty from BHU's Ayurveda department died at super-speciality wing." This was fourth corona death in Varanasi. In Kushinagar, a Mumbai returned migrant died on Sunday. His report was found positive on Monday.

In Sant Kabir Nagar, a 30-year-old Mumbai returned man died on Saturday.

In another incident, a youth from Mendhaval area of Sant Kabir nagar who worked in Delhi died in his home. As per reports, he took ill in Delhi and went to New Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital where he was admitted for 6 days. After recovering, he returned home but took ill on the way and died a day after reaching his home. His Covid report is awaited.

Districts that recorded new cases were: Balrampur (15), Kaushambi (9), Varanasi (9), Amethi (8), Sambhal (7), Ambedkarnagar (7), Sultanpur (7), Chitrakoot (7), Rampur (6), Bahraich (6), Gorakhpur (6), Aligarh (5), Farrukhabad (5), Shamli (4), Ghaziabad (4), Firozabad (3), Mirzapur (3), Meerut (2), Mathura (2), Basti (2), Gonda (2), Sonbhadra (2), Azamgarh (2), Bhadoi (2), Maharajganj (2), Rae Bareli (1), Kanpur (1), Hapur (1), Siddhartnagar (1), Pratapgarh (1), Ghazipur (1), Hardoi (1), Pilibhit (1) and Kasganj (1).

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