Covid: From April peak, Uttar Pradesh case positivity rate drops to 0.3%

LUCKNOW: The Covid-19 case positivity rate (CPR) in Uttar Pradesh has come down from its peak of around 18% in April to 0.3% in the month of June. In fact, the case positivity rate in all 75 districts has dipped below 1%.
Additional chief secretary, health and family welfare, Amit Mohan Prasad said: “Case positivity rate, a key indicator of pandemic situation, has remained below 1% in all the districts in June. CPR for the entire state is 0.3% which shows that pandemic has touched its lowest level.” The decline also reflected in the number of daily cases as only 339 new patients were reported in UP in the last 24 hours. The figure was the lowest since March 18 when 321 cases were reported.
According to Covid-19 bulletin, eight districts — Mau, Maharajganj, Ambedkarnagar, Bhadohi, Hathras, Farrukhabad, Kannauj and Hamirpur — reported zero cases while 60 districts registered less than 10 new cases.
Active cases 94% down from Apr peak
The number of recoveries climbed to 16,72,968 with 1,116 additions in last 24 hours. Officials said recovery rate had increased to 98.2%.
They said UP was left with 8,111 active cases which was over 94% down from the peak of 3.1 lakh recorded on April 30. Of total active cases, 4,849 are in home isolation. Except Lucknow (441) and Azamgarh (312), active cases in all other districts is below 300. In Hamirpur (6), Mahoba (5) and Kaushambi (2), active cases are in single digits. State government officials credited the improvement in Covid-19 situation to UP’s model of ‘trace, test and treat’.