Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath on Thursday announced that night curfew will be imposed from 7 pm to 8 am with immediate effect in ten districts of the state in view of rising COVID-19 cases. He also said that classes for standard 1 through 12 will be suspended till May 15.
In a Tweet, the chief minister said, “Corona curfew to be effective from 8 pm to 7 am in all the 10 districts with more than 2,000 active cases including Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Kanpur, Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Meerut and Gorakhpur”.
He further stated that that the order will be applicable from immediate effect– “In view of the increased COVID-19 transmission, schools from class 1 to class 12 should be suspended till May 15. No examinations will be conducted during this period.”
According to the Union Health Ministry, Uttar Pradesh reported 14,404 new cases, 3,474 discharges, and 85 deaths on Thursday. With this, the number of recoveries reached 6,18,293 in the state. Currently, there are 95,980 active cases in the state.
Meanwhile, India reported its highest ever single-day spike in COVID-19 with over 2 lakh cases on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry. With over 2,00,000 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, India recorded the highest single-day spike ever since the pandemic began last year.
The country’s total number of cases now stands at 1,40,74,564. These include 14,71,877 active cases too. India has also reported 1,038 fresh COVID-related fatalities in the last 24 hours, taking the overall death toll to 1,73,123. On the other hand, the people who have recovered from the disease climbed to 1,24,29,564.
