Uttar Pradesh reported 10,937 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, bringing the number of active infections to 80,342 while a further 23 fatalities lifted the death toll to 23,106, an official statement said.
Lucknow registered a maximum of 3,294 new cases, followed by 1,323 from Gautam Buddh Nagar, 902 from Meerut, 852 from Ghaziabad and 594 from Varanasi, in addition to reporting cases from other districts, it said.
Two deaths each were reported from Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar, Gautam Buddh Nagar and Meerut while one death each was reported from Ghaziabad, Varanasi, Meerut, Fatehpur and other districts.
As many as 17,074 patients have recovered from the viral infection, bringing the total number of recoveries to 18,76,791, the statement said.
In the last 24 hours, 2,14,992 Covid tests have been conducted in the state and 9,85,09,932 tests have been conducted to detect the disease in Uttar Pradesh to date, it said.