Recoveries exceed new cases by over 8K in UP

LUCKNOW: The number of patients who recovered from Covid-19 exceeded the new cases reported in the state on Saturday.

While 30,317 fresh cases were reported, 38,826 patients overcame the disease in the past 24 hours, the state health department data showed. The number of recoveries exceeded the new cases by 8,509. The maximum 6,189 patients recovered in Lucknow.

Till now, 9,67,797 patients have recovered in the state.

The development came even as the death toll went up to 12,874 with 303 fresh fatalities, according to official data.

The total Covid count reached 12,82,504 in the state.“The state has tested 41,064,661 Covid samples till now, including 2,66,326 in the past 24 hours, including over 1,09,000 RT PCR samples. Over 19,000 of these were done at private labs,” said Amit Mohan Prasad, ACS (medical health and family welfare) at a press conference.

He also said 2,47,257 patients were in home isolation.

Stressing on vaccination, Prasad said, “It has been found that those vaccinated do not develop severe illness even if they get infected. Hence, vaccination should be given priority by all those who are eligible.”

‘People became careless’

A fall in fresh Covid-19 cases (earlier this year) had made people careless and that was why the infection could spread in recent weeks, said Prof Surya Kant, head of the department of respiratory medicine at King George’s Medical University.

He was speaking at a webinar ‘Coronavirus: Facts and Fiction’ organised by FICCI Flow on Saturday.