Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Amit Mohan Prasad on Saturday."Yesterday, 1,66,938 samples were examined in the state.
Till date, a total of 2,10,28,312 samples have been examined, so many tests have not been done in the country by any state," he said.A total of 5,22,866 people have recovered and discharged from coronavirus so far, Prasad added. "The recovery rate is 94.5%.
So far 7,900 people have died due to coronavir," he said.Making an appeal to everyone to continue with all necessary precautions for at least the next two months, Prasad said the cases can rise especially because of the winter season though currently things are under control.The overall coronavirus cases in India crossed the 96-lakh mark with 36,652 new.