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The second wave of the global novel coronavirus pandemic has become extremely frightening in Uttar Pradesh. More than a thousand doctors and medical staff are also infected in the state.
There was a record addition of 12,787 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours in UP while 48 COVID-19 patients died during this period, confirmed Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad on Saturday.
Now, the number of active cases in the state has gone up to 58,801. In the last 24 hours, 12,787 positive cases were detected across the state while the number of COVID-19 patients who recovered was only 2,207.
Lucknow continued to be a hotspot of the state. In Lucknow, 4,059 new coronavirus positive cases were detected during the past 24 hours while 23 people succumbed to the deadly virus. There are now 16,990 active cases in Lucknow and there is acute shortage of hospital beds for the COVID-19 patients.
After Lucknow, 1,460 new coronavirus positive cases were reported in Prayagraj with two casualties. There are 6,902 active cases in Prayagraj.
The other districts reporting high numbers of new coronavirus positive cases included Varanasi (983) Kanpur Nagar (706 with 6 deaths).
Covid test of 2.12 lakh people was conducted in the last 24 hours. This is the highest ever number of Covid tests in a day in the state. As many as 2.04 lakh Covid tests were conducted two days ago.
As many as 422 new positive cases were reported in Gorakhpur, 236 in Meerut, 235 in Jhansi, 221 in Gautam Buddha Nagar, 188 in Ballia, 186 in Jaunpur, 161 in Muzaffarnagar, 159 in Ghaziabad, 144 in Bareilly, 140 in Ghazipur, 139 in Barabanki, 127 in Rae Bareli, 127 in Mathura, 117 in Basti, 106 in Sultanpur and 101 in Mirzapur.
The officials here admitted that the situation was deteriorating day by day due to new cases being detected in every district of the state.
The government has imposed night curfew in ten cities after being very strict, but it is not showing any results. The second wave of coronavirus infection in the state is so fast that in just 10 days of April, the number of cases has increased by 80 per cent while the active cases have increased by five times.
There are 58,801 active cases in the state, of which 38,458 cases have increased in April. Earlier, by March 31, a total of 9,848 new positive cases were reported. The recovery rate has come down to 91 per cent in April. In the first week of March it was 98.5 per cent.
The maximum number of active cases was 68,235 on September 17, 2020 in the state.