<span style="color: #222222;">In Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed to operate virtual ICU of L-3 COVID hospitals from SGPGI and L-2 COVID hospitals from KGMU with a view to benefit more and more patients. <br />''<br />''Meanwhile, the decrease in the number of COVID patients continues in the state, also the recovery rate is increasing day by day and it is now 86.89 per cent.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> <br />''AIR correspondent reports, presiding over a high level meeting today ,the Chief Minister directed to keep an eye on Varanasi, Prayagraj, Gorakhpur and Meerut districts and to further enhance medical facilities in these districts.<br />''<br />'' He said that ACS health and ACS Medical Education should be in regular communication with the DMs, CMOs and the chiefs of District Hospitals and Medical Colleges of the districts with lower recovery rates and ensure availability of all required facilities.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, the number of active COVID patients in the state has come down to 47,823. Only 12 days back this number was around 60 thousand. Yesterday 3,665 new COVID patients were found in the state but 4,860 patients recovered. In the last 24 hours, 61 people lost their lives due to the virus taking the death toll from COVID-19 to 5,977. </span><br />''