Noida reports 721 new COVID-19 infections, active cases highest in UP

Gautam Buddh Nagar's tally of active coronavirus cases is followed by Ghaziabad, Lucknow and Meerut.

Noida: Gautam Buddh Nagar on Friday logged 721 new COVID-19 infections that pushed the number of active cases in the district to 2,404, the highest in Uttar Pradesh, official data showed.

Gautam Buddh Nagar's tally of active coronavirus cases is followed by Ghaziabad (1,767) and Lucknow (1,718) and Meerut (1,207), with the four being the only districts in the state to have more than 1,000 active cases, the statistics showed.

Gautam Buddh Nagar district has so far recorded 468 deaths due to the pandemic, none of them in the third wave.