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- Published: September 11, 2021 21:19
New Delhi: A top priority for the Yogi Government since Day One has been to vaccinate the maximum population as vaccination remains the best line of defence against COVID-19. In this episode, the state of Uttar Pradesh has set another benchmark by leaving behind developed countries like the United States in the amount of average daily doses being administered.
The Union Health Ministry, on Friday, tweeted an infographic that demonstrated how Indian states are leaving behind developed countries of the west in inoculating their citizens. In the chart, Uttar Pardesh stood on the top, administering more than 11.73 lakh average daily COVID-19 vaccine jabs, leaving behind the United States that only administered around 8.07 lakh average doses on a daily basis.
Daily doses in UP @ 11.73 lakh compared to US @ 8.07 lakh
Uttar Pradesh is setting new records in vaccination every day. Strengthening its fight against the deadly coronavirus, Uttar Pradesh administered more than 33.42 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses on September 6, the highest ever vaccination achieved in a single day by any State since the start of the covid-19 vaccination drive.
Over 14.88 lakh vaccine doses delivered in the last 24 hours
The state has administered over 14.88 lakh vaccine doses in the last 24 hours. So far, Uttar Pradesh has administered a total number of 8,62,37,882 cumulative doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. More than 48 percent of the total eligible population has received the first dose of anti-covid vaccine in UP.
Recognising that the need of the hour is to vaccinate people on a war footing to build herd immunity to combat the third wave, the UP government is in an active mode to further boost the protection system against Covid-19.
UP records 14 cases out of over 2.17 L samples tested
With vaccine awareness increasing in the state, Covid vaccination numbers in rural areas have seen a big jump. Over 80% of the daily vaccination target is being met in the state’s rural areas, government data has shown.
As the inoculation rates pick up, the infection rate has significantly come down after the magnanimous second wave had hit the country. Eliminating the deadly second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, out of the 2,17,869 samples tested in the last 24 hours, 14 samples tested positive for the Covid-19 infection and as a result, the Test Positivity Rate (TPR) has slumped to even lower than 0.01 per cent in Uttar Pradesh.
In the same period, another 19 patients also recovered from the infection. The Active Caseload in the most populous state has been reduced to 184 from a high of 3,10,783 in April pushing the Recovery Rate up to a remarkable 98.7 per cent, while the percentage of active cases as against the total confirmed cases is just 0 per cent.
No active cases have been found in 34 districts of the state. As well as no fresh cases were reported from 65 districts.