Lucknow, 16 June (HS) : After an efficient handling of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Uttar Pradesh under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is yet again emerging successful in eliminating its deadly second wave as the state logged fresh cases below the 500-mark for the fourth time since the second wave surge of Covid-19 cases.
According to a spokesperson of the state government Uttar Pradesh recorded merely 310 fresh COVID-19 cases, the lowest daily count in over two-and-a-half months with positivity rate down to just 0.1 per cent testifying success of numerous proactive measures adopted by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in limiting the transmission of the virus in the densely populated state.
The spokesperson said that the Yogi-led state has also been registering a steep decline in the number of Active Covid Cases as the figure has dropped from a high of 3,10,783 in April to 6,496 now, a remarkable reduction by 98 percent.
In an encouraging sign, the number of Active Covid-19 cases have also gone below the 300-mark in all the districts barring one, he said adding that as many as 2,86,396 samples for the novel coronavirus infection were tested in the last 24 hours pushing the total number of tests to 5,41,45,947 so far.
Despite aggressive tracing and testing, Uttar Pradesh’s positivity rate – which shows the level of infections among people – has been registering a steady decline for several days indicating signs that the dangerous Covid wave is receding from the state.
UP Leads in Covid-19 vaccination
The spokesperson said that the UP COVID-19 Model of Yogi Adityanath which initially started with the T3 regime (Trace, Test and Treat) and later added aggressive vaccination in it, has done wonders. Aggressive Vaccination is an integral pillar of the comprehensive strategy of the Uttar Pradesh Government for containment and management of the pandemic, along with T3 and adherence to COVID Appropriate Behaviour.
In a recent achievement, Uttar Pradesh crossed the milestone of administering 2.30 crore cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses. UP has outnumbered many states in terms of vaccination against COVID-19. So far, the State has administered as many as 2,39,49,661 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, cumulatively, he said.
UP becomes self-reliant for oxygen
He further said that in a significant development, as many as 14 more oxygen producing plants have become functional in the last 24 hours making the state self-reliant in terms of producing the life-saving fluid.
As many as 100 of the 436 sanctioned oxygen plants have already been established and are functional while work on the rest is going on in Uttar Pradesh.
Twenty-five oxygen plants were already functional in the state before the government took the step of constructing more on a war-footing to ensure the availability of sufficient amounts of medical oxygen in view of any possible future requirement.
Real-time monitoring of the installation work has been planned, with the district administrations being asked to continuously monitor the progress of installation work of these plants and ensure availability of raw material so that it can be completed on time.
