A positive recovery trend -- high recoveries and a low number of fresh COVID-19 cases -- has reduced the active caseload in Uttar Pradesh to 85, while in 44 district, the number of active cases has come down to zero.
A government spokesman said that in 17 districts, active cases were in single digit. “Nearly 50 per cent of the active cases in Uttar Pradesh are concentrated in just four districts -- Lucknow, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Prayagraj, and Meerut,” he said.
Meanwhile, out of the 1,26,393 samples tested in the last 24 hours across the state, only 11 tested positive of novel coronavirus infection while eight COVID-19 patients recovered from the infection in the same duration. New coronavirus positive cases were reported from only four districts.
Even as the Covid situation remains in effective control in the state, health officials have urged people to adhere to the Covid protocol in individual and social interest to avoid any further spread of the virus.
As the second wave of COVID-19 recedes from the state, the active and fresh cases have declined to zero in as many as 44 districts including, Agra, Aligarh, Amethi, Amroha, Ayodhya, Azamgarh, Budaun, Baghpat, Ballia, Barabanki, Bahraich, Bhadohi, Bijnor, Bulandshahr, Chandauli, Chitrakoot, Deoria, Etah, Etawah, Fatehpur, Ghazipur, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Hamirpur, Hapur, Hathras, Jaunpur, Kasganj, Kushinagar, Lakhimpur-Kheri, Maharajganj, Mahoba, Mainpuri, Mathura, Mau, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Pratapgarh, Shamli, Shravasti, Siddharthnagar, Sitapur, Sonbhadra and Unnao
“Uttar Pradesh has administered over 13.43 crore Covid vaccine doses. In addition, the state has also achieved the landmark of administering the first dose of the Covid vaccine to over 67.53 per cent of the eligible adult population. Over 3.47 crore people in the state have been fully vaccinated. After successfully administering the first dose of the vaccine at a rapid pace, the state government is also working on a war footing to improve the second dose coverage across the state,” the official said.