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COVID-19 cases found in nearly a third of UP villages, says official -Omar Rashid

-The Hindu

68% of villages still safe, says Additional Chief Secretary, Health

Lucknow: Thirty-two percent of villages in Uttar Pradesh have reported positive cases of COVID-19, a senior State official said on Wednesday.

So far, 28,742 villages in the State reported positive cases during a testing drive in 89,512 villages, said Amit Mohan Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary, Health.

There was no COVID-19 infection in 68% of these villages, said the official, implying that cases were reported in the remaining 32%

“68% of our villages are still safe from the infection,” Mr. Prasad said. “It is our effort to ensure that the infection does not reach there.”

The State meanwhile continued to see a drop in the fresh cases — it recorded 7,336 new positive cases — but the daily death count continued to linger over 280. U.P. recorded 282 new deaths, according to the State Health Department.

U.P. govt. to focus on testing in rural areas

The focus of the Uttar Pradesh government is on testing for fresh COVID-19 cases in rural areas of the State to arrest the spread of the virus in the villages, said Amit Mohan Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary, Health.

The State government tested 2.99 lakh samples in the last 24 hours, its highest single-day figure.

Mr. Prasad stated that the recovery rate in the State had gone up to 91.4% while the active cases had been reduced to 1.23 lakh.

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