Basti District Magistrate Ashutosh Niranjan said that seven labourers, who had arrived from Maharashtra via Jhansi in government buses to Basti, have tested positive for COVID-19.
As per the latest update of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Maharashtra has 11,506 COVID-19 cases, including 1,879 cured/discharged/migrated and 485 deaths.
Uttar Pradesh has 2,328 cases, including 654 cured/discharged/migrated and 42 deaths.
( With inputs from ANI )