Covid-19: Record 2.6 lakh tests in UP, 30,000 fresh cases and 303 deaths in 24 hours

LUCKNOW: A record 2.66 lakh covid tests, including over one lakh tests through the RT PCR method, were conducted in the state in the past 24 hours. Despite the surge in tests, the number of Covid-19 cases declined in the state on Saturday compared to the situation on the previous day.
Additional chief secretary, health and family welfare, Amit Mohan Prasad stated that against 34,626 cases on Friday, 30,317 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours. Also, after a gap of several days, daily recoveries outnumbered new cases.
“As many as 38,826 persons were discharged from home isolation and hospitals in the past 24 hours. However, the risk of contracting infection remains high and everyone must adhere to the prevention protocol,” he said.
ACS, information, Navneet Sehgal attributed the improvement to the state’s aggressive policy of test, track and treat. “The total number of tests conducted in the state reached 4.10 crore which is highest done by any state. This is also about 14% of the total tests done in the country as per Indian Council of Medical Research,” he said.
Meanwhile, the official Covid-19 bulletin revealed that the surge in Lucknow was slowly stabilising. In all, 3,125 new cases were reported in the state capital but cases continued to pour in Kanpur, Varanasi, Prayagraj and Gorakhpur.
Officials regretted the loss of 303 persons to the pandemic infection in the past 24 hours. The total number of lives lost to coronavirus complications reached 12,874
Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Gorakhpur and Prayagraj recorded maximum deaths during the day.