UP: Active caseload falls below 215 mark, fresh Covid-19 cases drop to zero in 31 districts
As 31 districts with strict screening, treatment and vaccination have given a boost to Uttar Pradesh in the fight against coronavirus, the state’s Recovery Rate has climbed up to 98.7 percent.
New Delhi: Maintaining the positive recovery trend — high recoveries and a low number of fresh Covid-19 cases — have reduced the Active Covid Caseload in Uttar Pradesh to 214, while the percentage of active cases as against the total confirmed cases in the state is 0 percent.
The Active Covid-19 cases in the most populous state has been brought down by over a remarkable 99 percent from its peak capped at 3,10,783 cases on April 30.
In a sharp contrast to Uttar Pradesh, sparsely populated states like Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu account for a heavy Active Caseload of 2,37,079, 47,926 and 16,205 respectively.
Out of over 2.17 L samples tested, 16 test positive
Out of as many as 2,17,546 samples tested in the last 24 hours, Uttar Pradesh limited the number of fresh infections to 16. In the same period, another 28 patients recovered from the infection.
The fresh infections have also been brought down by 99 percent from its peak which was 38,055 on April 24.
Where major other states have been witnessing a greater surge of fresh Covid-19 infections (daily cases ranging from 22,000-2,000), Uttar Pradesh has restricted the daily-case count below 50 for nearly 4 consecutive weeks.
Active & fresh cases now zero in 31 districts
As 31 districts with strict screening, treatment and vaccination have given a boost to Uttar Pradesh in the fight against coronavirus, the state’s Recovery Rate has climbed up to 98.7 percent.
The active and fresh cases have declined to zero in Aligarh, Amroha, Ayodhya, Baghpat, Balia, Balrampur, Banda, Basti, Bahraich, Bhadohi, Bijnor, Chandauli, Chitrakoot, Deoria, Etah, Fatehpur, Ghazipur, Gonda, Hamirpur, Hapur, Hardoi, Hathras, Kaushambi, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Muzaffarnagar, Pilibhit, Rampur, Shamli, Siddharthnagar and Sonbhadra.
It is pertinent to note that apart from Uttar Pradesh, no other state provides data describing covid situation district-wise.
In what comes as another big relief, none of the 75 districts in Uttar Pradesh have reported fresh cases of coronavirus infection in double-digits lately.
UP close landmark of 7.50 crore COVID Tests
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’ mechanism, daily sample testing has ranged between 3 lakh to 2 lakh in Uttar Pradesh.
Emerging as a leader in conducting maximum COVID Tests, Uttar Pradesh has tested as many as 7,40,38,991 samples for the novel coronavirus infection so far.
Uttar Pradesh was the first state to have crossed the milestone of conducting seven crore Covid tests. The testing was particularly expanded to reach the rural pockets of the state.
Despite aggressive tracing and testing, Uttar Pradesh’s positivity rate (TPR) — which shows the level of infections among people — stands at 0.01 percent.
Nearly 400 Oxygen Plants get Functional
Becoming self-reliant in terms of producing the life-saving fluid, as many as 395 of the 555 oxygen plants have already been established and are functional while work on the rest is going on in Uttar Pradesh.
Twenty-five oxygen plants were already functional in the state before the government took the step of constructing more at a rapid pace to ensure the availability of sufficient amounts of medical oxygen in view of any possible future requirement.