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Uttar Pradesh records highest one-day Covid death toll, over 27,000 cases
LUCKNOW : Uttar Pradesh today reported 120 deaths, its largest one-day toll from the pandemic pushing the fatality count to 9,703, while 27,357 fresh COVID-19 cases raised the infection tally to 8,21,054, according to an official statement.36 fatalities were reported from state capital Lucknow, followed by 15 from Kanpur, eight from Varanasi, four each from Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar and Jaunpur among other districts.Lucknow accounted for 5,913 of the fresh COVID-19 cases, Allahabad 1977, Kanpur 1826 and Varanasi 1,664, the UP government said in a statement issued here.So far, 6,41,292 COVID-19 patients have recovered from the disease in the state, it said.The number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 1,70,059 in Uttar Pradesh, the statement