UP crossed 1,000 on Wednesday with the death of 29 patients in the last 24 hours. Most of the deaths in the state took place from June onwards, which witnessed daily deaths crossing over 20.
Since June 10, when the daily death count crossed 20 for the first time, the state has added over 700 deaths in last 35 days.
With this, UP has become the sixth state in the country with over 1,000 deaths. Meanwhile, the total number of infected people in the state reached 41,383 with the addition of 1,685 more cases,accounting for nearly 4 per cent of the country’s caseload.
The number of active cases in the state stood at 14,628 with the discharge of 25,743 patients following their recovery.
The maximum 95 deaths in the state have been reported from Agra — there has been no fresh surge in the last few weeks — followed by Meerut and Kanpur at 93 each.
