A record single-day spike of 34,379 COVID-19 cases and 195 fatalities pushed Uttar Pradesh''s infection tally to 9,76,765 and the death toll due to the disease to 10,541, the state government said on Thursday. <br /> <br />As many as 16,514 patients recovered from the disease in the state in a span of 24 hours, taking the total count of recoveries to 7,06,414. <br /> <br />On Wednesday, the state registered 33,214 COVID-19 cases and 187 deaths. <br /> <br />Uttar Pradesh now has 2,59,810 active cases, of which over two lakh are in home isolation, Prasad said. Among the fresh cases, Lucknow reported a maximum of 5,239 cases, followed by 2,013 in Allahabad, 1,813 in Varanasi, 1,684 in Meerut, 1,516 in Kanpur, 530 in Gautam Buddh Nagar besides others.
