Marching fiercely towards eradicating coronavirus, Uttar Pradesh on Monday witnessed the steepest decline in the number of fresh cases as the state limited the infections to just 25, making it the lowest daily-case count for the state.

Uttar Pradesh, in a sharp contrast to major other states which are significantly lesser in terms of population such as Kerala, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu has been successfully taming the raging disease. Where the other states have been witnessing a greater surge of fresh Covid-19 infections (daily cases ranging from 22,000-2,000), Uttar Pradesh has restricted the daily-case count below 50 for straight 3 days in a row.

In another significant achievement, the most populous state has also succeeded in curbing the Covid Deaths, as there have been no deaths due to covid-19 for three consecutive days.

Uttar Pradesh, continuing the downward trend, dropped the daily Covid test positivity rate (TPR) — the number of positive cases against the total tests done — to 0.01 percent, the lowest in the country.

This rate was at its highest at 16.84 percent on April 24 and now remains even lower than the lowest post first wave of covid-19.

Eleven Districts Covid-Free

With eleven districts (Aligarh, Amroha, Badaun, Etah, Farrukhabad, Hathras, Kasganj, Kaushambi, Mahoba, Pratapgarh and Shravasti) adding to Uttar Pradesh’s success in crushing the covid-curve, the state’s Recovery Rate has climbed up to a remarkable 98.6 percent testifying the success of the ‘UP’s Covid-19 Model’ in eradicating the fatal virus.

Ramping up of daily testing to detect the virus has helped in the fight against the second wave. True to the spirit of the ‘trace, test, and treat’ policy, as many as 2,38,888 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, out of which nearly 1.25 lakh were RT PCR examinations.

Emerging as a leader in conducting maximum COVID Tests, Uttar Pradesh has tested as many as 6,59,89,652 samples for the novel coronavirus infection so far.

Current Active Caseload in UP even low than in April 2020

The number of active Covid-19 cases in the country’s most populous state has also been reduced to just 646, which is now lesser than the tally which the state had in April 2020.

The Active Covid Cases have been brought down by over 99 percent from its peak capped at 3,10,783 cases on April 30, while the percentage of active cases as against the total confirmed cases is just 0 per cent.

“The state is now left with merely 646 active Covid cases. The decline has been over 99 per cent since the peak, which recorded 3.10 lakh cases on April 30. We must continue with better system of prevention and treatment to break the chain of Corona infection,” the Chief Minister said in a high-level Covid review meeting on Monday, while expressing satisfaction over the situation.

UP becomes self-reliant in Oxygen Generation; over 255 plants get functional

Stepping up preventive measures in view of a probable third covid wave, Uttar Pradesh has ramped up its oxygen production as 257 out of the 551 sanctioned plants have become functional.

As part of its mission to achieve self-sufficiency in the production of medical oxygen in Uttar Pradesh, the state government is currently working on war footing to get all plants functional by August 15.

Out of 6700 PICUs, 6572 established

By the time India celebrates its 75th Independence Day on August 15, 2021, CM Yogi has decided to make sure that Uttar Pradesh can independently protect the children from the possible third wave of COVID-19 by making foolproof arrangements including pediatric ICUs and Neonatal ICUs in every medical college and district hospital.

Out of the 6700 PICUs to be established in Medical Colleges across Uttar Pradesh till August 15, as many as 6572 have already been set up.

Training To Doctors, Paramedical Staff

The Government is also conducting training sessions for doctors and paramedical staff for preparing them to fight the pandemic’s possible third wave. As many as 14,534 doctors are getting special training and a programme of providing skill training is being conducted, under which, a total of 9,000 paramedical staff, nurses, and technicians are being trained.