<span style="color: #222222;">Uttar Pradesh conducted the highest number of Covid tests yesterday with 144802 tests.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">As state approaches the 50 lakh testing mark till date, Even with such high numbers tested, the positivity rate came 4.2 for this day.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Expressing satisfaction on conducting more than 1.44 lakh Covid tests, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed to ramp it further to 1.50 lakh tests per day. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said that testing is crucial in tackling the menace of Corona. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The CM said that the state government's pro-active policy resulted in much lower death rate in comparison with other states and even countries.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He emphasized that in order to achieve minimal death rate due to Covid, more effective strategy should be formulated. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Laying stress on the mass awareness about the protection from Corona, the Chief Minister said that all the modes of communication such as TV, radio, newspapers, public address system and poster-banners should be used for sensitising the people.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He also stressed the need of compulsory use of masks and following the two-meter distancing norm.</span><br />''