lucknow after a gap of four months the state capital recorded a covid19 death on monday when a 64yearold patient under treatment at king georges medical university kgmu for the past 15 days succumbed to the infectionwith this the death toll since the start of the pandemic in march 2020 has reached 2695 at last 88 more people tested positive for the infection in the past 24 hours while 128 patients recovered the number of active cases was 787the patient who died was suffering from multiple drugs resistant tuberculosis and was admitted with pleural effusion and shortness of breath he was admitted in critical condition and was diagnosed with covid19 during routine testing he died due to cardiac arrest followed by respiratory failure said a senior health officer