In a giant leap forward towards crushing coronavirus, Uttar Pradesh on Monday witnessed the steepest decline in the number of fresh cases as the state limited the infections to just 17, making it the lowest daily-case count ever.

The most populous state, 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 20,000-2,000), Uttar Pradesh has restricted the daily-case count below 100 for over 5 weeks now.

The downward trajectory of the virus has continued for the consecutive fourteenth week, testifying the success of numerous proactive measures implemented by the state government.

In another significant achievement, Uttar Pradesh, pushing the Covid graph southwards, 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.

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, in contrast to which states like Kerala have failed to register any reduction and have a positivity rate of 15.11 percent.

The Active Caseload in the most populous state now stands at 419 which has been brought down by over a remarkable 99 percent from its peak capped at 3,10,783 cases on April 30.

On the contrary, sparsely populated states like Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu account for a heavy Active Caseload of 1,78,640, 64,219 and 20,458 respectively.

With Highest Testing, Highest Recovery Rate and Lowest Test Positivity Rate, Uttar Pradesh has emerged as a clear winner in combating coronavirus as the state’s covid condition shows a healthier picture in comparison to all other states.

Implementing measures such as the intensive ‘Trace, Test & Treat’ and prevention through vaccination and Partial Corona Curfews to decimate the pandemic, the UP government worked with a multipronged approach to minimise its devastating impact.

In another major relief, none of the 75 districts reported fresh infections in double-digits, indicating signs that the dangerous second wave of covid-19 has been nullified.

Uttar Pradesh is rapidly moving towards being coronavirus-free as active and fresh Covid-19 cases in as many as 17 districts have declined to zero.

UP becomes self-reliant in Oxygen Generation; over 300 plants get functional

Oxygen, something that is always taken for granted, became scarce during the pandemic. To tide over the crisis and ensure that no such issue arises in the future, all the districts in Uttar Pradesh are being made self-sufficient and over 556 oxygen plants are being set up on a mission mode.

Twenty-five oxygen plants were already functional in the state before the government took the step of constructing more at a rapid pace 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 317 of the 556 oxygen plants have already been established and are functional while work on the rest is going on in Uttar Pradesh.