In UP's COVID-19 Battle, High Death Rate In Western Districts A Big Worry
In Uttar Pradesh's battle against the COVID 19 pandemic, a new challenge has come its way - high fatality rates in two of its western districts, Agra and Meerut. Meerut's COVID-19 death rate is a huge 9.23 percent with 75 deaths out of a total 812 cases - highest for any district in the state and three times the overall COVID-19 death rate of Uttar Pradesh. The state has a fatality rate of 3.10 per cent with 569 deaths in a total of 18,320 cases.
