Lucknow The Only District In UP Now Reporting Double-Digit New Covid Cases

Lucknow, July 16 (TNA) The Covid pandemic situation in the state was improving by every passing day and barring Lucknow 38 districts of the state did not report a single cases of the viral infection in the past 24-hours, a government spokesman said on Friday.

The cases have come in single unit in 36 other districts and it is only the state capital where the number of new patients in a day still is in double digits. In the past one day, not a single Covid patient is left in Aligarh, Hathras, Kasganj, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Shravasti districts.

The state's Covid positivity rate has been 0.04 so far in July. At present there are 1,339 active cases. 1,118 people are taking health benefits in home isolation.

The recovery rate of corona in the state is 98.6%. So far, more than 16.83 lakh people of the state have become healthy after getting free from corona infection. Around 6.18 crore Covid tests have been done in the state.