UP becomes first state to conduct 5 cr Covid tests

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh become the first state in the country to conduct more than 5 crore Corona tests, State Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Amit Mohan Prasad said here on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, the state conducted 3,31,511 lakh tests in the past 24 hours.

Meanwhile, the state reported 1,500 fresh cases of Covid-19 in the same duration, while the total number of active cases has come down to 28,000 on Wednesday.

The recovery rate of the state has reached 97.1 per cent. Earlier, it was speculated that there would be 30 lakh active cases in the state, but at the moment the figure stands at 28,694.

“Around 3.32 lakh tests have been conducted till now so that the cases can be isolated at the preliminary stage. So far, a total of 5.32 crore tests have been done. In the last 24 hours, only 1,500 positive cases were found in the state. Now the recovery rate has also gone up to 97.1 percent and the number of active cases has come down to 28,000,” the Additional chief secretary said.

He also informed that before the third wave of corona, special steps are being taken by the UP government for the children.

From Tuesday, a separate arrangement has been for parents of children below 12 years of age at the vaccination centres. At least two centres have been set up in every district where vaccination of such people is being carried out. 

“So far 1,51,62,374 people have been given the first dose of the vaccine and 35,03,949 people have been given the second dose. Altogether, 1,86,66,323 doses have been given,” he added. (UNI)