The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered the closure of all schools till April 30. The decision has taken due to the highest single-day spike of coronavirus cases since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. The board has also announced the coaching centers will also remain closed during the period. All government and private schools will remain closed till April 30 while pre-scheduled examinations can be held.
According to a government statement, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also ordered the imposition of a night curfew from 9 pm to 6 am in the districts, which report 100 new infections in a day or have 500 active cases. The government has directed that occupancy at any indoor programme should be not be more than 50 per cent of the capacity of the venue or a maximum of 50 people. The government said not more than 100 people be allowed to assemble at an open space for any event.
On Sunday, the state reported its highest single-day spike of 15,353 cases now. With 67 fresh deaths, the death toll has reached 9,152 in the state, which has reported 6,92,015 cases since the outbreak of the pandemic. Lucknow reported the maximum of 4,444 cases, followed by 1,740 in Varanasi, 1,565 in Allahabad, and 881 in Kanpur, the UP government said in another statement.
The fresh deaths, state capital Lucknow reported the highest 31, followed by nine in Allahabad, eight in Kanpur, two each in Gorakhpur, Muzaffarnagar and Chandauli and one each in Varanasi, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Ballia, Ayodhya, Lakhimpur-Khiri, Jaunpur, Deoria, Rae Bareli, Ghazipur, Rampur, Basti and Kannauj.
The count of active COVID-19 cases in the state stands at 71,241. So far, 6,11,622 COVID-19 patients in the state have recovered from the disease.
