Marching forward rapidly towards being Covid-19 free, Uttar Pradesh reported merely 120 fresh novel coronavirus positive cases even as 195 patients recovered while with three deaths were recorded during the past 24 hours, according to the official figures released on Monday
The positivity rate has slumped to 0.05 per cent, the lowest in the country. The active cases in the most populous state have also come down to 2,181 pushing the recovery rate up to a remarkable 99 per cent. Till date 15,81,912 people in the state have recovered from novel coronavirus infection. On the scale of testing samples per positive case, 6.4 tests per positive case were conducted in Maharashtra, 11.5 in Karnataka, eight in Kerala, 14 in Delhi, 12.8 in Tamil Nadu and 11.4 in Andhra Pradesh, whereas Uttar Pradesh has been able to conduct 34.6 tests per positive case.
“Contact tracing needs to be further improved to break the chain of infection. On confirmation of each positive case, at least 20-25 people who might have been in the infected person’s direct contact will be traced and tested to enable early detection and treatment,” said Additional Chief Secretary (Medical Health) Amit Mohan Prasad on Monday.
In a big relief, none of the 75 districts of UP reported more than 20 cases of novel coronavirus infection during the last 24 hours.
As many as 38 districts reported no fresh case of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, whereas 35 districts reported new cases in single digit, indicating signs that the dangerous virus has been arrested to a great extent. Only two districts (Lucknow and Prayagraj) reported cases in double digits.
A total of 3,26,29,135 vaccines were administered in the State which include 10,932 vaccinations on Sunday.