Fresh Covid cases in Uttar Pradesh continued to show a declining trend as on Friday, only 291 patients were detected in the last 24 hours while 774 recovered. Now, just seven districts of the state have cases in double digits, ACS (Information) Navneet Sehgal said.
He said there are 5,343 active cases in the state with the recovery rate touching 98.4 per cent while the positivity rate was 0.09 per cent. The overall positivity rate in the state was 3.1 per cent, he said.
The state has vaccinated 2,46,15,054 people so far. On Thursday, 4,04,192 people were vaccinated. The vaccination of the 18+ group has now reached 53,13,940 in the state, he said.