With the number of patients recovering from COVID-19 infection continuing to top the infected persons, the recovery has gone up to 81 per cent in Uttar Pradesh, indicating that the curve could start flattening soon in the state.
As per reports, 5,722 fresh coronavirus positive cases were reported on Tuesday, while 6,589 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery. The death toll touched the 5,212-mark with 77 fresh casualties on Tuesday.
“The recovery rate of COVID-19 patients is rising with each passing day and has touched 81.25 per cent,” Additional Chief Secretary, (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said in Lucknow on Tuesday.
He said that there were 63,148 active cases across the state while 2.96 lakh COVID-19 patients had recovered, including 6,589 discharged from hospitals on Tuesday.
The additional chief secretary said that 1.50 lakh samples were tested on Monday and there were 32,312 asymptomatic patients in home isolation. “There are 3,864 patients in private hospitals, 219 in semi-paid hotels while the rest are in government-run Covid hospitals,” he said.
A total of 1.89 lakh COVID-19 patients have preferred home isolation and 1.57 lakh have recovered.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to go for strict contact tracing in Lucknow and Kanpur Nagar where the spread of novel coronavirus was higher than other parts of the state.
Yogi asked the Health department officials to strengthen SGPGI, KGMU and RML super- speciality hospitals in Lucknow and upgrade GSVM Medical College hospital in Kanpur Nagar.
He also said that RML Hospital in Lucknow be transformed into a dedicated Covid hospital.