LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday issued a fresh set of guidelines for Team-9 the core group that works for Covid management in U.P for dealing with patients infected with the new 'Delta+' variant of the Covid-19.
The chief minister said: "We have to be very careful. All necessary steps should be taken as per the advice of experts without delay. The condition of the state is getting better every day in view of the corona pandemic. It is time to exercise extra vigilance and caution. A little carelessness can lead to a big problem." According to the government spokesman, 2,37,783 tests were done in the last 24 hours. In the same period, 174 new cases have been reported and 254 people have recovered and discharged. The daily positivity rate has come down to less than 0.1 percent, while the recovery rate is improving from 98.5 percent.
At present, the total active cases have come down to 2,946 while 1,810 people are being treated in home isolation. So far, more than 5.75 crore Covid tests have been done in the state. The genome sequencing facility is also being increased in the state for in-depth study and testing of Coronavirus.
In the last 550 samples tested, Delta Plus variant of the coronavirus was not confirmed in any of the samples at IGIB, New Delhi, Eighty percent of the samples were found to be of the delta variant of the second wave of Covid.
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