UP has third highest proportion of active cases among 15 big states

LUCKNOW: In an assessment of Covid-19 data for 15 different states, it was found that UP ranked number three in terms of proportion of active cases in the total cases. In UP, 40.2% of the total caseload accounted for active infections.
Karnataka, where over 48% of the patients belonged to the active infection category, stood at the first position. It was followed byAndhra Pradesh where 43.1% of the total cases were active.
The assessment, which did not include north eastern states and Union territories, noted that in India, 30.3% of the Covid-19 cases were active.
Now active infections are the true measure of the extent of the pandemic in the state. Experts have pointed out that the doubling time of active cases in UP was lower (12 days) than the overall doubling time for states (14 days).
As on date, the total number of active infections in UP was 41,973. Considering that the active cases in the state were doubling in about 12 days, UP can look forward to about 82,000 cases till August 17.
Meanwhile, 4,154 new cases in the past 24 hours took UP’s Covid-19 tally to 104531 on Wednesday. A look at the official bulletin revealed that about 41% of the fresh cases were reported from 10 districts, including Kanpur (459), Lucknow (336), Prayagraj (204),Ghaziabad (139), Varanasi (131), Bareilly (126), Gorakhpur (100), Gautam Budh Nagar (100), Meerut (57) and Jhansi (47).
Spikes were also recorded in Ballia (128), Jalaun (123), Jaunpur (112), Azamgarh (94) and Kheri (74). The official data revealed that as many as 3,287 persons were discharged from hospitals in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of persons recovered to 60,558.
It also showed that 40 persons succumbed to the Covid-19 infection in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of Covid-19 casualties to 1857. Of the new deaths, six were reported in Kanpur, three each were reported in Jhansi, Chandauli and Varanasi.
Two deaths each were recorded in Prayagraj, Bareilly, Bulandshahr, Chandauli and Basti, while Kanpur Dehat, Rae Bareli, Etawah,Sultanpur, Gonda, Mathura, Sambhal, Sant Kabir Nagar, Saharanpur, Azamgarh, Barabanki, Ballia, Moradabad, Meerut andGorakhpur saw one death each.