Lucknow, May 21 -- A sudden spurt in the corona positive cases has been reported in Uttar Pradesh even as the state relaxes the lockdown rules.

In Barabanki district, a whopping 95 positive cases were reported on Wednesday night. Of these, 49 were migrant workers, while the remaining 46 were those who had come into contact with six corona positive patients earlier.

The corona tally in the district has touched 122.

Barabanki, which is about 22 kilometres from Lucknow, has seen the maximum influx of migrant workers who have arrived in the state capital on trains and buses in recent days.

The district has a 22 per cent minority population and a sizeable section work in Maharashtra.

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