Through implementation of measures such as intensive 'Trace, Test and Treat', prevention through vaccination and partial Covid curfews to decimate the pandemic, as many as 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh have been able to bring down the fresh and active COVID-19 cases to zero.
The drop in fresh and active cases in Ballia, Aligarh, Amroha, Ayodhya, Baghpat, Balrampur, Banda, Basti, Bahraich, Bhadohi, Bijnor, Bulandshahr, Chandauli, Chitrakoot, Etah, Fatehpur, Gonda, Hamirpur, Hardoi, Hathras, Kasganj, Kushinagar, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Moradabad, Pilibhit, Pratapgarh, Rampur, Saharanpur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Shamli, Shravasti, Siddharth Nagar and Sonbhadra indicate complete elimination of the deadly virus from nearly 45 per cent of the state. With this encouraging sign, the recovery rate in the state has climbed up to 98.7 per cent.
A government spokesman said in an official communiqué on Sunday that signaling control on the spread of the coronavirus, out of the 2,33,241 samples tested in the last 24 hours, only 21 fresh infections were reported across UP He said in the same period, another 28 COVID-19 patients recovered
The fresh infections in UP have reduced by over 38,000 from its peak of 38,055 capped on April 24. Where major other states have been witnessing a greater surge of fresh COVID-19 cases (daily cases ranging from 22,000 to 2,000), UP has restricted the daily-case count below 50 for nearly 33 consecutive days.
The spokesman claimed that Uttar Pradesh, despite being most populous, is also registering a steady decline in the number of active COVID-19 cases in comparison to several other sparsely populated states like Delhi, Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The active Covid caseload in Uttar Pradesh stands at 177.
True to the spirit of 'trace, test, and treat' policy, daily sample testing has ranged between three lakh to two lakh in Uttar Pradesh. Despite aggressive tracing and testing, Uttar Pradesh’s test positivity rate (TPR) which shows the level of infections among people stands at even lower than 0.01 per cent.
Even with the largest population density, Uttar Pradesh has left all other states far behind in terms of Covid vaccination. The most populous state has so far given the ‘shots of life’ to more than 8,69,09,751 people. On the contrary, Maharashtra lags behind with 6.78 crore doses so far. The vaccination numbers in Rajasthan stand at 4.97 crore. West Bengal has given nearly 4.72 crore doses so far, in Tamil Nadu only 3.84 crore vaccine doses have been given and Kerala has given only 3.17 crore doses so far.
Garib Kalyan Mela on Sept 25: To fulfill the needs of the poor and deprived, Garib Kalyan Melas will be organised in all 826 development blocks of UP on September 25 marking the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay.
The government, which is committed to providing accessible and affordable healthcare to the poor, will also organise CM Jan Arogya Melas (public health fair) in the state from September 19.
Along with health check-ups of the people, those deprived of Ayushman cards will be connected to the facility of free treatment.