The cold wave was relentless in most parts of North India on Monday, claiming six more lives to take the death toll in the past three days to eleven. As predicted by the Met department, the mercury remained low and residents of New Delhi, who went to bed on a fog-enveloped Sunday night, woke up to a foggy morning and a cloudy sky. UP has been the worst-hit state with the total number of deaths due to cold touching 10 in three days. Two people lost their lives in Bahraich district while one each was killed in Gonda, Kannauj and Farrukhabad since Sunday. The maximum temperature was below normal by 5 to 13 degree Celsius in parts of the state, Met department said. Earlier three people, including a woman, had died in Ballia district, one death each was reported from Maharajganj and Barabanki districts. In Jammu, a beggar died due to cold in Samba district. In New Delhi a blanket of fog reduced visibility while the minimum temperature was recorded as 7.7 degrees C, Met department said, forecasting a foggy morning for Tuesday. TNN