6 deaths, 81 fresh cases in UP; none in 40 districts

LUCKNOW : Forty districts of Uttar Pradesh reported zero fresh Covid-19 cases on Saturday, the day when 81 cases and six deaths were reported, data from the state health department read.

Addressing mediapersons on Saturday, Amit Mohan Prasad, additional chief secretary, medical and health, said, “The present recovery rate is 98.6% and the daily positivity is 0.04%. The infection in the state is at its lowest level but as many states are still reporting fresh cases in big numbers, we need to stay alert and safe.” Prasad said that in the past 24 hours 1,27,475 RT-PCR samples were sent by various districts to the labs for testing, while a total of 6,21,16,707 samples have been tested in the state till now.

The districts with zero cases under treatment are Aligarh, Chitrakoot, Hathras, Kasganj, Mahoba and Shrawasti. “Till now, Lucknow has reported 2,38,514 Covid-19 cases and 2,35,740 have recovered. The recovery rate is 98.83%,” said Dr Abhishek Shukla, secretary-general, Association of International Doctors. Districts that reported a death each are

Agra, Amethi, Hapur, Ambedkarnagar, Aurraiyya and Jalaun.

Hospitals’ office staff to stage protest

Members of the Uttar Pradesh Medical and Public Health Ministerial Association, a body of non-clinical/office staff working at government hospitals in the state, have threatened to protest against the recent transfers of the staff. On Saturday, in a meeting, it was decided that the protest will be held from Monday, at the office of CMOs of all districts of the state.

“The transfer policy said 20% staff should be transferred but 60% were transferred. Also, violation of couple posting and several other rules took place in the transfers. Hence, we have decided to protest against the unjust transfers,” said Akhilesh Srivastava, president of Lucknow branch of the association, on Saturday, in a statement.