Uttar Pradesh: Nine districts are now Covid-19 free.

Lucknow: Even as 42 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in the state, the number of Covid-19 free districts reached nine with their active cases count touching zero. 

The list includes Aligarh, 

Amroha

, 

Basti

, 

Etah

, 

Hathras

, 

Kasganj

, 

Kaushambi

, 

Mahoba

 and 

Shravasti

The total count of active cases for the state reached 729 which is 99% lesser than the peak of 3.10 lakh cases reported on April 30. The bulletin indicated that 55 districts have less than 15 active cases including 11 with just one active case left.

The number of new cases took the overall tally to 17,08,410 of which 16,84,925 have recovered, speaking for a recovery rate of over 98.6%. Among districts, more than three dozen recorded zero new cases.

Officials warned that despite the decline in cases, prevention protocol was a must to keep all trouble at bay. They also said that four Covid-19 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours taking the total to 22,756.

Officials said that the number of fully vaccinated persons had crossed the 75 lakh mark in 

UP

 on Thursday and urged people not to overlook the preventive measures as the risk of the pandemic infection and its complications remained high even now. Many states are still recording a large number of daily infections.