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“More oxygen plants to be set up in UP”: UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath confirms dip in Covid cases

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Amid the unprecedented second wave of COVID-19 across the country, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday held a press conference to inform about the current coronavirus situation in the state. The Uttar Pradesh CM elaborated on the  measures taken to ascertain oxygen facilities to COVID patients and shared updates on vaccination.

While speaking on the shortage of oxygen and COVID vaccination in the state, CM Yogi said, “During the second wave, there has been a requirement of over 1000 MT oxygen every day, Therefore, we have arranged for 1030 MT oxygen in the state. In the state, 1.43 crore vaccines have been provided to people above 45 years of age and 2,65,745 vaccines to people aged 18-45 years. We have so far provided more than 20,000 oxygen concentrators within the state for the need of far-flung centers.”

The UP CM added, “To stop this crisis from taking place again, the PM-CARE fund is helping the state to set up 161 oxygen plants. Our government is also taking the help of other departments to set up more oxygen plants in Uttar Pradesh.”

On May 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) had praised the work of the Uttar Pradesh government by surveillance, tracing, and testing of COVID-19 patients. The Yogi Adityanath government had initiated a house to house active case finding of COVID in rural areas to contain transmission by testing people with symptoms for rapid isolation disease management and contact tracing.

Uttar Pradesh recorded 18,125 fresh COVID-19 cases that raised the infection count to 15,63,238, while 329 new fatalities pushed the death toll from the pandemic to 16,372, officials said on Wednesday. On the bright side, the number of active cases in the state has come down by over 1.04 lakh in the past 11 days, Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Amit Mohan Prasad said. The COVID-19 recovery rate now stands at 85.7 percent in Uttar Pradesh, he said.

On April 30, there were about 3.10 lakh active cases, while the number currently stands at 2,06,615, the official said. With this, the total number of patients in the state who have recovered from the infection has risen to 13,40,251, Prasad added.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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