Uttar Pradesh reported 34 new coronavirus positive cases in the last 24 hours while in the corresponding period, 50 Covid-19 patients recovered.
Officials claimed on Thursday, that nine districts of the State -- Aligarh, Amethi, Budaun, Etah, Hathras, Mahoba, Pilibhit, Pratapgarh and Sitapur, did not have an active Covid-19 case as on date.
Meanwhile, Additional Chief Secretary (Information) Navneet Sehgal told media persons in Lucknow on Thursday that at present the number of active cases in the state was 659.
“In the testing done in the last 24 hours, not a single new infection was found in 56 districts, while Covid-19 patients were found in single digits in 19 districts.
Till now, 6.67 crore Covid samples have been tested across the state and 2.53 lakh samples were examined in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate of coronavirus infection in the State is 98.6 per cent
while the daily positivity rate stands at 0.01per cent.