Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed satisfaction on the dip of 27,000 active COVID-19 cases in the last 22 days, saying that it was due to effective measures taken to break the coronavirus infection chain.
A total of 3,249 new coronavirus positive cases were reported in the state on Friday while 4,424 COVID-19 patients recovered.
The recovery percentage has now increased to 88.95 per cent.
On August 4, there were 41,222 COVID-19 patients in the state and it took around 68 days to peak of over 68,000 cases on September 17. However, it took 22 days to return to the 41,287-mark and the level of August 4.
Directing officials to maintain special vigilance in Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar, Prayagraj, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar and Varanasi, the chief minister said that treatment facilities should be strengthened further.
Yogi said this while chairing an Unlock review meeting at his official residence in Lucknow on Friday.
The chief minister said that the availability of medicines, equipment and oxygen should be ensured at all Covid hospitals and senior doctors should regularly visit the hospitals.
He added that paramedics should also carefully monitor the patients.
“The chief secretary, and additional chief secretaries of Health and Medical Education departments should establish communication with the district magistrates and chief medical officers and further strengthen the treatment facilities,” he said.
Yogi also directed the officials to seek inputs from the district magistrates and the chief medical officers of districts where the Covid recovery rate was low and ensure effective steps to increase recovery rate.
He aid that Online OPD service eSanjeevani be publicised on a large scale so that more people could benefit from medical consultation.
Yogi said that a special cleanliness and sanitisation campaign be carried out across the state from October 10 to 16 and hospitals, schools offices and public places be covered by in.
The chief minister said that Rs.1 lakh crore had been proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for development of the agricultural infrastructure and there was immense scope in the state.
Instructing officials to ensure completion of godown construction on a priority, Yogi said that it would benefit the farmers and agriculture sector.
Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said that the positivity rate was around 2 per cent and the state never crossed 5 per cent on average even in districts like Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar while in some other districts it was around 10-12 per cent.
Prasad said that 1.73 lakh samples were tested on Thursday and there were 19,430 asymptomatic patients in home isolation, 3,112 in private hospitals and the rest were recovering in government-run Covid hospitals.
Over 4.9 lakh surveillance teams covered 1.35 lakh areas of the state and visited 2.65 crore houses to check the health of over 13.14 crore people.