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At a time when authorities are grappling to arrest coronavirus spread in west UP, the state government claimed that recovery of COVID-19 patients in UP was almost 70 per cent, 10 per cent more than the national average.
Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said on Thursday that the recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in the state had touched the 69.36 per cent-mark which was considerably higher than the national average of 59.43 per cent and was hence it was an achievement.
The additional chief secretary said that there were 6,869 active cases in the state while the number of recovered patients stood at 17,221 which included 592 discharged from hospitals on Thursday.
At present, there are 6,874 people in isolation wards of Covid hospitals and 4,495 in institutional quarantine across the state.
“On Wednesday, 24,890 Covid tests were carried out in the state. With this the total number of tests done stood at more than 7.81 lakh tests. Of the total tests done on Wednesday, 1,779 were 5-sample pool tests and 195 10-sample pool tests,” he said.
Prasad also informed that Covid helpdesks had started showing positive results and at 6,500 helpdesks, 2,553 persons were identified with symptoms of coronavirus and were now being tested.
UP’s Corona recovery rate nearly 70 pc, better than national
Friday, 03 July 2020 | PNS
| Lucknow
UP’s Corona recovery rate nearly 70 pc, better than national
Friday, 03 July 2020 | PNS | Lucknow