Lucknow: As the downward trend continued, no new case of Covid-19 was reported in at least 19 districts of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday.
While 340 fresh cases were reported from various parts of the state, 1,104 patients recovered taking the overall recovery rate to 98.3%.
Speaking about Covid-19 situation, additional chief secretary, information, Navneet Sehgal said: “At a time when several states are recording thousands of cases, UP has been able to bring down cases.
However, the decline does not mean that people should drop guard against the pandemic as virus is still active.” According to the official bulletin, the state is left with just 7,221 active cases out of which over 4,500 are under home isolation.
Except Lucknow (415), all districts of the state have less than 300 active cases.
Mahoba, Hamirpur and Kaushambi are now free of coronavirus with zero active cases.
As many as 66 districts reported 10 or lesser number of fresh cases.
Among theses, 19 districts, namely Sonbhadra, Jhansi, Ayodhya, Etah, Baghpat, Etawah, Basti, Auraiya, Badaun, Bhadohi, Kannauj, Lalitpur, Firozabad, Kasganj, Banda, Chitrakoot, Mahoba, Hamirpur and Kaushambi, recorded no new cases.
However, 57 patients succumbed to infection taking the total casualties to 21,914.