Thursday, 29 April 2021 (YJC)_Amid surging coronavirus cases, the Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday announced complete lockdown in the stat.
Amid surging coronavirus cases, the Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday announced the extension of weekend lockdown in the state to also include Monday.
Weekend lockdowns were earlier imposed from Friday 8 pm to Monday 7 am to curb COVID-19 cases. However, such complete lockdown will not remain in force in the state from Friday 8 pm to Tuesday 7 am.
“Lockdown in the state will now remain imposed from Friday evenings to 7 am on Tuesdays. The decision has been taken in the wake of COVID-19 situation,” news agency ANI reported.
The decision came a day after Uttar Pradesh Wednesday reported the highest single-day surge in COVID-19 death toll. The state witnessed 266 fresh deaths on Wednesday along with 29,824 new cases.
Uttar Pradesh now has a total of 11,82,848 COVID-19 cases while the death toll is at 11,943.
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