COVID-19: 11 new cases recorded in Gautam Buddh Nagar

 Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded 11 new COVID-19 cases on Friday that pushed the district's infection tally to 25,515, official data showed. The active cases in the district rose to 69 from 65 the previous day, according to the data released by the UP Health Department for a 24-hour period. Another seven patients got discharged during the period, taking the overall recoveries to 25,355, the fifth-highest in the state.

The death toll in Gautam Buddh Nagar stands at 91 and a mortality rate of 0.35 percent. The recovery rate of patients reached 99.37 percent, the statistics showed. Meanwhile, the number of active COVID-19 cases in UP rose to 2,184 from 2,182 on Thursday while the overall recoveries reached 5,92,441 and the death toll reached 8,725 on Friday, the data showed.