The capital city of the election-bound state Uttar Pradesh has seen the Covid cases rising again. The infections in Lucknow have increased after recording a decline for four days. At least 279 people have tested positive for Covid in the past 24 hours. The case count was nearly 27 percent more than Monday’s 203. With this, the tally of the third wave that started on December 22, has reached 56,658. In all, 54,270 patients have recovered, while 36 could not survive.