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Amid the shortage of hospital beds, life saving oxygen and life saving drugs, the second coronavirus wave continued to wreak havoc in Uttar Pradesh as 38,055 fresh cases were reported while 223 succumbed to the deadly infection in the last 24 hours.
Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Amit Mohan Prasad told news persons in Lucknow on Saturday that 23,231 people were discharged from hospitals after treatment in the last 24 hours and at present, there were 2.88 lakh active Corona cases in the state with 10959 people having died.
During the last 24 hours, Lucknow reported 5461 fresh cases but 5799 people recovered and were discharged. The death toll in the state capital stood at a whopping 42 and there were still 53,143 active cases in the city. In Prayagraj , there were 1468 fresh cases and 15 deaths, in Kanpur 2044 fresh cases and 13 deaths, in Varanasi 2786 fresh cases and 10 deaths, in Meerut 1745 new cases and one death and in Gorakhpur 1344 fresh cases and 2 deaths.
So far 96.79 lakh people have been administered the first jab of coronavirus vaccine across the state. The second dose of vaccine has so far been given to 19.43 lakh people.
Additional Chief Secretary, Information, Navneet Sehgal said that 18,000 injections of Remedesvir have been received so far in the state and allayed fears of the anti-viral drug being in short supply.
Meanwhile, at a high-level meeting, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to ensure that oxygen cylinders were given to patients on showing a doctor’s prescription so that those in home isolation did not have trouble. Besides, a Control Room specifically to monitor the supply and distribution of oxygen across the state has been set up.