After 10 weeks, Uttar Pradesh touched the August 2-mark as the active COVID-19 cases came down to less than 40,000 despite 2,234 more people testing positive for coronavirus infection, giving a big respite to the administration and the health officials.

Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said that after 10 weeks, the total active COVID-19 cases in the state had come down below the 40,000-mark on Monday.

“On August 2 last, the state had below 40,000 active cases,” he said during his daily press briefing here on Monday.

The additional chief secretary said that 2,234 fresh cases of COVID-19 were reported on Monday while 3,342 patients had recovered. 

“It is for the first time after July 7 that the number of fresh cases in the state has come down to 2,234 in a day after touching the mark of 71,030 cases in a day on September 11,” he said.

Prasad said that the tally of confirmed positive cases in the state had gone up to 4,39,161 out of which 3,93,908 had recovered and 38,815 were admitted to the hospitals or were in home isolation. 

He said the recovery rate in the state had also gone up to 89.70 percent.

On Sunday, 1,42,244 samples were tested. “There are 17,741 asymptomatic patients in home isolation while 3,175 patients are admitted in private hospitals,” Prasad said, adding that till date 2,42,262 patients had preferred home isolation out of which 2,24,521 had recovered.

Over 4.14 lakh surveillance teams have covered 1,37,803 areas of the state and visited 2.68 crore houses to check the health of over 13.25 crore people.