1st in 40 Days: Daily cases drop below 1,000 in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW: For the first time in 40 days, the number of daily Covid-19 cases dropped below 1,000 on Wednesday. However, deaths continued to remain high with a patient dying almost every hour.
As many as 916 more persons tested Covid positive in the past 24 hours, while 23 patients succumbed to the virus.
About 3,140 patients, mostly asymptomatic or with mild symptoms, also recovered. As recoveries have been more than new cases for the 19th consecutive day, the number of active cases dropped to 17,614.
The second wave that started on March 15 gradually increased from 35 cases to 361 on March 31 before leaping to 935 on April 1. Thereafter, the transmission rate touched the stratosphere with over 6,500 cases on April 16. For the next days, the city recorded between over 5,000 cases followed by gradual decline from April 26.
Over 11k vaccinated: About 11,094 people were vaccinated against Covid-19 on Wednesday. The beneficiaries included 3,710 persons in 18-44 age group who took their first shot. About 2,647 persons in the 45-59 age group took the first shot while 1,663 took the second dose. Similarly, 1,042 senior citizens took the first shot while 1,545 took the second dose.