Lucknow has highest Covid deaths: Worst-hit dists also have high positivity

In August, when the government had last given the date of the high positivity rate five districts, the list included Gorakhpur, Maharajganj and Deoria besides Lucknow and Kanpur Nagar. Then the government had said that the positivity rate in Kanpur Nagar was 12.3%, while Lucknow 11.5%.

Among the districts with low positivity rate, according to the government, are Hamirpur, Hathras, Baghpat, Mahoba and Shravasti – same as those in August data except Shravasti. These districts, officials said, has maintained its positivity rate below 5% in the last two weeks.

Meanwhile, active cases reached an all-time high of 68,235 with a slight drop in the number of people recovering in the past 24 hours. According to the health bulletin, 4,715 people recovered, taking the total recovery to 2,63,288 with 78.29% rate.

A total of 81 Covid-19 patients died since Wednesday, taking the death count to 4,771. Lucknow now has reported highest deaths at 560, surpassing Kanpur Nagar with 556 deaths.

Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said that 1,51,693 samples were tested on Wednesday, taking the total tests to 80.89 lakh. Out of these, 23.02 lakh samples were tested in the first 16 days of September with a positivity rate of 4.7%.