<span style="color: #222222;">In Uttar Pradesh, a sharp increase is being witnessed in the spread of Corona infection in the last 24 hours with 6,692 people testing positive for covid-19. Lucknow and Kanpur cities are still topping the chart with maximum number of active cases.<br />'' <br />'' State capital Lucknow reported the highest single day surge in the number of fresh cases with 1006 new patients. Lucknow also recorded the highest number of deaths in a single day with 18 people losing their life due to the deadly virus. State currently has 59963 active covid patients out of which 8213 are only in Lucknow. 420 people have lost their life in the state capital till date due to corona infection. A total of 81 covid-19 deaths have been reported in the state yesterday taking the toll to 3843. <br />''<br />''Prayagraj reported 413 fresh cases followed by 362 from Kanpur. More than 100 new cases were reported from almost 20 districts in the state which includes tier 2 cities like Saharanpur Shahjahanpur, Pratapgarh, Rampur, Moradabad, Ayodhya, Barabanki, Aligarh and Jhansi.</span><br />