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PM Modi praises Yogi Adityanath for measures to tackle Covid-19 in UP
Published : Sep 24, 2020, 12:10 pm IST
Updated : Sep 24, 2020, 12:10 pm IST
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Narendra Modi and Yogi Adityanath
Narendra Modi and Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath came in for praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the measures taken by the Uttar Pradesh government to tackle Covid

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath came in for praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the measures taken by the Uttar Pradesh government to tackle Covid-19 and handling the migrants crisis, according to a statement.

During his meeting with the chief ministers over video conference, the prime minister acknowledged the efforts of Adityanath and his team for taking "proactive steps" in reducing the coronavirus fatalities, it said.

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Yogi AdityanathYogi AdityanathThe statement said Modi singled out Uttar Pradesh for doing the most tests which is 1.50 lakh per day and having tested 90 lakh people so far, the highest in the country among all the states.

Modi said the high tests by the state did manage to keep the coronavirus deaths to the "minimum", according to the statement.

The prime minister complimented Adityanath for "adept handling" of the migrants crisis, mentioning that in such a big state like Uttar Pradesh with the largest population in the country, the number of migrants was also on the higher side.

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Narendra ModiNarendra ModiIn his address, Adityanath apprised him of the coronavirus situation in the state.

He said out of about 1.50 lakh tests per day, around 50,000 tests are by the RT-PCR method with a positivity rate of four per cent and overall recovery rate of 82 per cent, according to the statement.

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