Uttar Pradesh pips TN to become number 1 in Covid testing

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh has conducted maximum number of Covid-19 tests in the country. With 96,106 tests in the past 24 hours, UP has surpassed TamilNadu in the Covid testing.
“Uttar Pradesh has conducted 35,98,210 tests till Friday, making it the state to conduct maximum number of tests in the country so far,” said additional chief secretary, health and family welfare, Amit Mohan Prasad. The total tests conducted by TN till now was 35,69,453 as per the TN government statement on Covid-19.
Crediting state medical colleges and staff engaged in testing, additional chief secretary medical education, Dr Rajneesh Dubey said: “Many doctors and staff have not gone home for months now. A good part of the achievement belongs to them.”
Active cases cross 50k mark: The number of active infections in UP crossed 50,000 mark on Friday to reach 50,426. Experts pointed out that the active case spoke about the actual extent of the pandemic infection. Prasad said that 23,961 of the total active cases were under home isolation, while others were in facility. He claimed that the patients were being monitored through the integrated centres.
State Tally 1.45 lakh with 4,600 new cases: State tally reached 1,45,287 with 4,600 new cases in the past 24 hours. Lucknow (652), Kanpur (289),Gorakhpur (283), Prayagraj (213), Varanasi (162), Bareilly (159), Ghaziabad (142), Deoria (127), Kushinagar (109) accounted for about 49% cases. The total casualties reached 2,335 with 59 new entries. While Lucknow saw eight deaths, Kanpur, Gorakhpur and Bareilly followed with four deaths each. Varanasi and Prayagraj came thereafter with three deaths each.