Uttar Pradesh reported 28 new COVID-19 patients on Friday while 24 patients recovered but no new cases were found in 63 of the 75 districts of the state.
Additional Chief Secretary (Information) Navneet Sehgal said in Lucknow that 28 new coronavirus positive cases were confirmed during the testing of 2, 20 lakh Covid samples in the last 24 hours.
At present, a total of 189 COVID-19 patients are undergoing treatment in the state while over 16.86 lakh people of the state have recovered from the infection.
“Till date, 7.73 crore samples have been tested for coronavirus infection in the state which is the highest testing done in any state of the country. On an average, 2.5 lakh tests are being conducted every day, while the positivity rate has come down to less than 0.01 per cent and recovery rate is 98.7 per cent in Uttar Pradesh,” he said.
No new cases of infection were found in 63 districts during Covid testing on Thursday. As per updated status, 28 districts, namely Amroha, Auraiya, Ayodhya, Azamgarh, Ballia, Banda, Bahraich, Bijnor, Farrukhabad, Gonda, Hamirpur, Hapur, Hathras, Kanpur Dehat, Kasganj, Mahoba, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Pilibhit, Rampur, Saharanpur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Shahjahanpur, Shamli, Shravasti, Sitapur and Sultanpur are free from coronavirus.
A total of 53.74 per cent of the state’s population, eligible for vaccination, have received the first dose of Covid vaccine. So far, 8.08 crore people have been given the first dose of the vaccine while 1.79 crore people have taken both doses of the vaccine. The total Covid vaccination in the state has been more than 9.88 crore, which is again the highest done in the country.