With COVID-19 cases showing a surge for days,
Uttar Pradesh witnessed a slight decline in fresh COVID-19 cases with 193 people testing positive for novel coronavirus infection across the state in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of active cases to 1,621.
Additional Chief Secretary (Information) Navneet Sehgal said here that COVID-19 cases, which were increasing in the National Capital Region and some other districts, declined on Monday.
"In the last 24 hours, 193 new cases were confirmed, including 66 in Gautam Buddha Nagar, 36 in Ghaziabad, 21 in Lucknow, 18 in Meerut and 17 in Kanpur Nagar. In the same period, 159 COID-19 patients recovered. In districts where more cases are being reported, it has been made mandatory for the people to wear face masks in public places," he said.
The additional chief secretary said out of 1,621 active cases in the state, 1,556 were being treated at home.
During the review meeting held here on Monday, the chief minister was informed that so far 31.50 crore doses of Covid vaccine had been administered in UP while more than 11.15 crore Covid tests had also been done.
The entire population aged 18+ in UP has received at least one dose of the Covid vaccine, while 88.72 per cent of the adults have received both doses of the vaccine.
More than 95.3 per cent of adolescents in the 15-17 years age group have received the first dose and 67 per cent of adolescents have received both the doses of the vaccine. In the age group of 12-14, more than 63 per cent of the children have been vaccinated and some of them have started getting the second dose.