Lucknow: Efforts rolled out in accordance with the policy of test, track and treat are getting satisfactory results in the state. Uttar Pradesh, on an average, is conducting tests between 2-2.5 lakh daily, and on the other hand there is a decline in new cases. Along with this, the number of people recovering and discharging is increasing rapidly.

Additional Chief Secretary Amit Mohan Prasad said 28,902 people have recovered from the infection in the past 24 hours. “There are currently 2,59,844 active cases in the state and the number of those who have recovered stands at 11,51,571,” Prasad told reporters.

Prasad said since April, when there were 3,10,783 active COVID-19 cases, the number of such cases have come down by over 51,000 as recoveries have increased.

Covid vaccination work is going on smoothly in the state. So far, 01 crore 32 lakh 55 thousand 955 vaccine doses have been administered. Continuous efforts have led to a reduction in vaccine wastage. This needs to be improved further. 68536 people in the age group of 18-44 have been vaccinated so far. The result of active participation of this age group is that vaccine wastage is only 0.39% in this category. It needs to be brought to zero.

Lucknow recorded a maximum of 1,865 fresh cases, followed by 1,303 new infections in Moradabad, 1,227 in Gautam Buddh Nagar, 1,167 in Meerut, 1,057 in Budaun, 991 in Gorakhpur, 953 in Ghaziabad, 782 in Kanpur, 796 in Varanasi, a health bulletin issued here said.
So far, over 4.22 crore samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the state, he said.

The UP government has started a campaign to conduct COVID-19 tests in 97,000 villages in the state. “The campaign for testing and screening has been started in 97,000 villages,” Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said while addressing a review meeting.