New Delhi: For the first time since mid-April, amid the second wave of the pandemic in the state, the number of active cases have shown a sharp decline by coming down to just 20 percent from its peak on April 30.

The Active Covid cases in the densely populated state of 240 million now remain only 20 percent since its peak which was capped on April 30. The figure has shown a remarkable reduction by falling to just 62,271 on Tuesday from a high of 3,10,783 last month.

With this robust sign, the state’s recovery rate has surpassed 95 percent testifying the success of the ‘Yogi Model’ in taming the raging disease that has also been acknowledged and praised by experts nationally and globally.

‘Yogi Model’: Highest testing, Highest recovery, Lowest positivity in most populous state

The daily Covid positivity rate — the number of positive cases against the total tests done — on Tuesday dipped below 1 percent in Uttar Pradesh again for the first time since the middle of last month, according to the official data.

This rate was at its highest at 16.84 percent on April 24 during the second wave of the pandemic, which has now come down to a low of 0.93 percent.

Active Covid cases down to 20% from peak on April 30

Flattening the curve, the state for the twenty fifth consecutive day recorded more daily recoveries than the number of fresh cases — in the same span of time.

Only 3,371 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, the lowest figure so far and the number of recoveries was 10,540 which is over seven thousand more than the fresh covid cases.

Uttar Pradesh conducts record over 3.58 L Covid Tests on Tuesday

Uttar Pradesh, reflecting on its master strategy of ‘Test, Trace and Treat’ to combat the deadly enemy, conducted as many as 3,58,273 COVID tests in the last 24 hours, thereby yet again making a nationwide record.

At a time when the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is ripping several major states including Delhi, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Kerala apart, Uttar Pradesh led by Yogi Adityanath has continued to keep the Covid Test Positivity Rate (TPR) below 2 percent for 5 days in a row.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s Covid-19 response has become a masterclass in crisis leadership as implementation of ‘Yogi Model’ has resulted in Highest testing, Highest recovery rate & Lowest positivity rate.