NOIDA : Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar on Tuesday recorded 236 new COVID-19 patients, the biggest single-day surge for the district which pushed its infection tally to 9,126, official data showed.The number of active cases jumped to 1,599 from 1,520 on Monday and 1,429 on Sunday, according to the data released by the UP Health Department for a 24-hour period.On the brighter side, 141 patients got discharged during the period, as the total number of recoveries so far in the district reached 7,480, the data showed.The district has so far recorded 47 deaths linked to the pandemic, with one of the lowest mortality rates – 0.51% -- in the state, it showed.The recovery rate improved slightly to 80.96% from 82.40% on Monday and 83.10% the.
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