<span style="color: #222222;">In Uttar Pradesh, there is a sharp decline in the number of covid patients in last 3 weeks. In only 22 days, total number of active Covid patients have reduced by more than 27 thousand. On the other side, the recovery rate from Covid infection is improving day by day and has now reached around 89 percent. <br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports expressing satisfaction over the decrease of 27,000 active Covid positive cases in the past 22 days Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that all effective measures should be taken to break the Covid infection chain. Directing for special vigilance on the Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar, Prayagraj, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Gautambuddh Nagar and Varanasi, the CM said that the treatment facilities should be strengthened further.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Presiding over a high-level meeting CM directed to sought complete information from the DMs and CMOs of the districts where the recovery rate of Covid is low and to ensure that effective steps are taken to increase the recovery rate. Meanwhile the number of active covid patients in the state has come down to 41287.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Yesterday 3249 new Covid patients were found in the state but 4424 patients recovered. In the last 24 hours, 48 people lost their lives due to the virus taking the death toll from covid 19 to 6293.</span><br />''