Lucknow, Nov 14 (UNI) With Union Home Ministry and even WHO appreciating the effort of the Uttar Pradesh government to control spread of Covid 19 in the state, the state government has increased the sample testing and contact tracing in NCR after surge of new patients in Delhi and Haryana.
However, on Saturday, the number of fresh Covid 19 cases in UP was 2361 and total going up to 5,09,903 with 4,79,182 recovering with around 94 per cent recovery rate. Of the recovered patients 2002 were released today.
Additional chief secretary, information, Navneet Sehgal said here on Saturday that union home ministry has appreciated the efforts of the state government in controlling the spread of Coronavirus in NCR when the positivity rate in Delhi has gone up to 13 per cent and in Haryana to 14 per cent.