Towards Covid free UP: Positivity rate at 0.04%, lowest in country; over 50 lakh fully vaccinated

New Delhi: Taking a big leap forward towards its victory in the battle against coronavirus, Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday witnessed the steepest decline in the number of fresh cases as the state logged new infections below 100 for the first time in nearly four months.

Eliminating the deadly second Covid-19 wave, Uttar Pradesh limited the number of fresh infections to just 93, making it the lowest daily-case count for the state since March 1.

UP records lowest TPR at 0.04 percent, even lower than first wave

With this encouraging sign, the state’s recovery rate now stands at a good 99 percent testifying the success of the ‘UP’s Covid-19 Model’ in taming the raging disease that has also been praised by experts nationally and globally and is serving as a model for other states to replicate.

Continuing the downward trend, Uttar Pradesh recorded another significant drop in the daily Covid test positivity rate (TPR) — the number of positive cases against the total tests done — on Monday as it dipped to 0.04 percent, the lowest so far.

This rate was at its highest at 16.84 percent on April 24 and now remains even lower from the phase when the first covid-19 wave was controlled.

1-day rise in Covid cases below 100 for first time in 4 months

The Active Covid Caseload in the most populous state has also been reduced to 2,032 out of which nearly 1,400 people are in home isolation, while the percentage of active cases as against the total confirmed cases is just 0 per cent.

Ramping up of daily testing to detect the virus has helped in the fight against the second wave. True to the spirit of the ‘trace, test, and treat’ policy, as many as 2,28,158 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, out of which nearly 1.30 lakh were RT PCR examinations.

Emerging as a leader in conducting maximum COVID Tests, Uttar Pradesh has tested as many as 5,93,31,655 samples for the novel coronavirus infection so far.

Over 50 lakhs fully vaccinated; over 2.85 crore take first dose

A total of 50.09 lakh persons became fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh. On July 5, as many as 8.68 lakh vaccine doses were given. So far the State has administered a total number of 3.35 crore doses. UP is the fourth state in the country where more than 50 lakh persons have taken both the doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. The Chief Minister has instructed the officials to encourage online slot booking to facilitate vaccination. People can register for vaccination through Common Service Centers in villages.

UP becomes self-reliant in Oxygen Generation

In a bid to achieve self-sufficiency in production of the life-saving fluid which became scarce amid second covid wave across the country, Uttar Pradesh has ramped up its oxygen production as 138 out of the 528 sanctioned plants have become functional. As part of its mission to achieve self-sufficiency in the production of medical oxygen in Uttar Pradesh, the state government is currently working on war footing to get all plants functional by August 15.