There seems to be a slight let-up in the Covid surge as Uttar Pradesh recorded 35,614 new cases and 208 deaths in the last 24 hours. In the same duration, 25,633 patients were relieved from hospitals and home isolation. On Saturday, the number of daily infections was 38,055 while 223 patients had succumbed.
With 19 fatalities, Kanpur accounted for the maximum deaths in the state, followed by 15 deahts in Varanasi, 14 in Lucknow, 11 in Gautam Budh Nagar and 10 each in Prayagraj & Ghaziabad.
So far, the number of patients who have recovered from Covid-19 in the state has gone beyond 7.77 lakh.
With 5,187 new infections cases, Lucknow continued to be on top in the state in the last 24 hours. The active case in the state capital stand at 52,028. However, 6,247 patients defeated Covid-19 in Lucknow.
The state capital is followed Kanpur with 2,153 fresh cases, Varanasi 2,057, Prayagraj 1,395, Gautam Budh Nagar 1,310, Bareilly 1,084, Jhansi 1,021, Lakhimpur Kheri 805, Ghaziabad 714, Muzaffarnagar 660, Ghazipur 620, Moradabad 607, Jaunpur 569, Sultanpur 568, Shahjahanpur 566, Saharanpur 558 and Bijnor 537.
Additional Chief Secretary, Medical and Health, Amit Mohan Prasad said that the testing capacity is being increased continuously in the state. A total of 2,29,578 samples were tested in 24 hours. A total of 3,97,70,573 samples have been tested so far in the state and of these, more than 1.07 lakh samples have been tested through RT-PCR.
He said that out of 2,97,616 active corona cases in the state, 2,42,311 patients are undergoing treatment in home isolation while 6,447 patients in private hospitals and the rest in government hospitals.
Prasad said that surveillance, continuous tracing, testing, isolation and vaccination are among the measures being taken to prevent the ongoing wave. A population of 16,12,41,852 in 3,33,89,001 households has been surveyed.
He said that Covid vaccination is being done for those above 45 years of age at present. He appealed to people to support the vaccination drive. So far, 97,79,846 people have been given the first dose of vaccine while 19,97,363 both doses. Thus, a total of 1,17,77,209 vaccine jabs have been given so far, he said.