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Uttar Pradesh: Positivity rates comes down to a negligible 0.01% in the state

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Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday announced that the Covid-19 (24-hour) positivity rate in Uttar Pradesh has now come down to a negligible 0.01%. The tositivity rate is the number of samples that test positive against the total number of samples tested. Yogi Adityanath made the announcement at a Covid-19 review meeting in Lucknow.

“With concerted efforts, now 11 districts have no active Covid cases while there are 857 active cases across the state. This situation is similar to what it was on April 18, 2020, the initial days of Covid onset in the state,” he said.

He also said, “The state on average is doing between 2.5 lakh and 3 lakh tests each day and the positivity rate is a mere 0.01%. The state has effective control on the second wave of the pandemic and will continue the trace, test, treat and vaccinate policy.”

He added that in the last few days no district in the state had reported fresh Covid-19 cases in double digits.

While 53 districts did not report any fresh cases, 22 other districts reported single-digit cases.

 

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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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