Uttar Pradesh reported 36 new coronavirus positive cases on Tuesday while 73 patients recovered during the same period while 11 districts were declared Covid- free, said Additional Chief Secretary (Information) Navneet Sehgal here on Tuesday.
Aligarh, Budaun, Basti, Bahraich, Etah, Fatehpur, Hamirpur, Hathras, Kasganj, Mahoba and Shravasti districts have been declared Covid-free.
Sehgal said not a case of infection was found in 54 districts, while patients were found in single digits in 21 districts. He said the positivity rate now stood at 0.01 per cent.
He said at present, the number of active cases in the state had come down to 798 out of which 508 were in home isolation.
The COVID-19 recovery rate in the state is 98.6 per cent. So far, more than 16.84 lakh people have recovered, he added.
In the last 24 hours, 2,25,009 Covid tests were conducted. More than 8.20 lakh people were administered vaccines on Monday. So far, more than 4,52,39,000 Covid vaccines have been administered in UP. In this, more than 1.32 crore vaccine doses have been given in the month of July alone. More than 3.79 crore people of the state have taken at least one dose of Covid vaccine.