60% patients have recovered in UP: Government

LUCKNOW: While Gautam Budh Nagar continued to top the Covid-19 chart on Monday with 27 fresh cases, Gorakhpur and Sant Kabir Nagar followed with 24 cases each.
Amid discussions that ‘rising number of cases were a result of good surveillance’ the state added 296 new patients in 24 hours. As a result, the Covid-19 tally for UP reached 8421.
Meanwhile, the 187 patients were discharged in the state taking the total number of recoveries to 5,030.The state also saw five deaths taking the total number of Covid-19 casualties to 222. According to a state Covid-19 bulletin, two deaths were reported from Meerut and one each from Gautam Buddh Nagar, Lucknow and Aligarh.
Speaking to reporters, principal secretary, health and family welfare, Amit Mohan Prasad said that the total number of active cases in state as on date stands at 3,109 while the tally of Covid-19 positive migrant workers reached 2,288.
“There are 3,109 active cases now and the state’s recovery rate is 59.71 per cent, it said, adding that 5,030 patients have been discharged from hospitals,” he said.
Stating that the tracking of migrant workers was underway, Prasad said: “We have tracked over 11.47 lakh migrant workers with the help of ASHA workers of which over 70,000 showed symptoms and were tested. Of these, 2288 were found to be suffering with Covid-19.”
The bulletin also revealed that only three districts in the state had less than 10 cases – Sonebhadra, Hamirpur and Lalitpur – while 27 districts had more than 100 cases.
District with maximum Covid-19 cases Agra saw just nine cases. The other districts in the top five, namely Meerut, Lucknow, Kanpur and Ghaziabad saw 12, 13, three and four cases respectively.
In terms of active cases, GB Nagar accounted for the maximum active cases – 194 – followed by Basti where 145 active cases are being treated. Amethi is at the third place in terms of active cases with 119 patients.