Uttar Pradesh showed a dip in new COVID-19 cases for the fourth day in a row on Tuesday as 11,583 people tested positive for coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours while 18,875 patients recovered in the corresponding period.
Additional Chief Secretary (Information) Navneet Sehgal said in Lucknow on Tuesday that at present there were 86,563 active cases in the state out of which 84,141 were undergoing treatment at home.
During a meeting of Team 9 officials in Lucknow on Tuesday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to administer the first dose of Covid vaccine to cent per cent of the eligible population and the second dose to at least 75 per cent of the eligible citizens by January 31.
Over 98.14 per cent of the people above the age of 18 years have received the first dose of Covid vaccine, while over 66 per cent have received both doses of the vaccine.
About 58.71 per cent adolescents in the age group of 15-17 years have received the vaccine cover and more than 65 per cent of the eligible people will receive booster dose as per the target till January 31.