Half of Odisha turns Covid-free with no active case in 15 districts
The cumulative COVID-19 caseload rose to 12,87,912, including 12,78,622 recoveries as 17 patients recovered in the previous day.
As many as 23 Uttar Pradesh districts that had been reporting active and new Covid-19 cases have now become free of the disease.
The districts that have become Covid free with an emphasis on strict screening, treatment and vaccination are Amethi, Baghpat, Banda, Basti, Bijnor, Chitrakoot, Deoria, Etah, Farrukhabad, Fatehpur, Gonda, Hamirpur, Hardoi, Jaunpur, Kanpur Dehat, Mahoba, Mau, Muzaffarnagar, Pilibhit, Rampur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Sitapur and Unnao.
According to a state government spokesman, the recovery rate has climbed up to a remarkable 98.6 per cent proving the success of the ‘UP’s Covid Control Model’ in eradicating the lethal virus.
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None of the 75 districts in Uttar Pradesh has reported fresh cases of coronavirus infection in double-digits lately.
As many as 62 districts have reported no case of Covid infection in the past 24 hours, whereas the other 13 districts reported new cases in just single digits.
The active caseload in the most populous state is 269, while the percentage of active cases against the total confirmed cases is just 0 per cent.
Out of the 1,87,638 samples tested in the past 24 hours, as many as 21 tested positive.
In the same period, another 17 patients also recovered from the infection, adding to the recovery of 16,86,182 people so far.
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