Lucknow, 23 June (HS) : After a successful handling of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Uttar Pradesh is yet again emerging successful in containing its deadly second wave as the state logged fresh cases below the 210-mark for the first time since the second wave surge of Covid-19 cases.
Uttar Pradesh recorded merely 208 fresh COVID-19 cases, the lowest daily count in over three months testifying success of numerous proactive measures adopted by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in limiting the transmission of virus in the densely populated state.
The 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 3,666 now, a remarkable reduction by more than 98 percent.
Implementing measures such as the intensive ‘Trace, Test & Treat’ and prevention through vaccination and Partial Corona Curfews to decimate the pandemic, the UP government adopted a multipronged approach to minimise its devastating impact, as a result of which the Test Positivity Rate (TPR) has slumped to 0.09 per cent.
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.
Uttar Pradesh crosses 5.55 crore COVID Tests
Ramping up of daily testing to detect the virus has helped in the fight against the second wave. True to the spirit of ‘trace, test, and treat’ policy, more than three lakh tests are being conducted every day in UP.
Emerging as a leader in conducting maximum COVID Tests, Uttar Pradesh has tested as many as 5,59,99,840 samples for the novel coronavirus infection so far.
UP becomes self-reliant for oxygen
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.
Becoming self-reliant in terms of producing the life-saving fluid, as many as 110 of the 528 oxygen plants have already been established and are functional while work on the rest is going on in Uttar Pradesh.
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.
With consistent recovery of Covid patients in the state, the containment zones have also been reduced to just 770 from 13,702 now.
UP Testing 32.8 samples per positive case
Following the guidelines issued by the World Health Organization, Uttar Pradesh adopted a ‘Go Far, Go Hard’ approach to reach the last mile within the state. On the scale of testing samples per positive case, 6.4 tests per positive case were conducted in Maharashtra, 11.5 in Karnataka, 8 in Kerala, 14 in Delhi, 12.8 in Tamil Nadu and 11.4 tests per positive case in Andhra Pradesh, whereas Uttar Pradesh has been able to conduct 32.8 tests per positive case.
