Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to strengthen the health facilities in Lucknow and Kanpur cities. He has also ordered more health workers in both cities. Lucknow and Kanpur are the cities worst hit by Corona infection in the state.<br />'' <br />'' In a review meeting about Covid scenario in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asked to run the 300 beded building of Ram Manohar Lohia institute of medical sciences in Lucknow as a dedicated Covid Hospital.  <br />'' <br />'' State capital Lucknow has the highest number of 8954 patients in the state while Kanpur is on second number with 4046 active cases. Both cities also have more than 600 casualties due to the pandemic. Lucknow reported the highest number of the fresh cases in the last 24 hours with 580 new patients while Kanpur witnessed 219 new cases. State currently has 59397 active covid patients with 4519 new cases yesterday.  A total of 84 covid-19 deaths were reported in the state yesterday taking the toll to 5450. <br />''