Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has been witnessing a consistent decline in the covid cases. On Thursday, Uttar Pradesh reported 6725 fresh cases of COVID-19. According to the released by the state health department, UP recorded 13,590 discharges and 238 deaths in the last 24 hours. With these new numbers, the total recoveries in the stands at 15,16,508, Death toll at 18,588 and Active cases at 1,16,434.
“The recovery rate of the state is improving. It is now 91.8 per cent. The active cases in the state in past 20 days have come down by 62.5 per cent,” he said. On April 30, there were 3,10,783 active cases which have now come down to 1,16,434, Prasad said.
“At present, there are 1,16,434 active cases in the state and 15,16,508 people have recovered from COVID-19. Among the active cases, 82,801 are in home isolation,” he said. Prasad said 2.91 lakh COVID-19 tests were conducted on Wednesday and so far, over 4.58 crore tests have been conducted in the state.
He said under the anti-coronavirus vaccination drive, over 1.56 crore doses have been administered. More than 1.23 crore people have got their first dose and over 33 lakh their second dose, he added.
Prasad said that due to the trace, test and treat policy, surveillance and enforcement of COVID-19 appropriate behaviour cases are coming down in the state. In 32 per cent of the villages in the state the COVID infection has spread. The state government is actively involved in distributing medical kits in both rural and urban areas, he said.
Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday registered 7,336 fresh coronavirus cases, the lowest single-day rise since 30 April, pushing its tally to 16,44,851. The state also witnessed 282 more fatalities in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 18,354, the state health department said.