The Uttar Pradesh government has extended the ongoing partial ‘corona curfew’ in the state till 7am on May 17 amid a rise in the state’s daily cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), additional chief secretary (ACS) Navneet Sehgal announced on Sunday. However, on April 29, the government extended the curfew by 24 more hours, till 7am on May 4. It was subsequently extended till May 6 and then till May 10. In addition to the curfew, a daily night curfew is also in force in all districts with more than 500 active coronavirus cases. On Saturday, Uttar Pradesh recorded 26,847 new positive cases and 298 related deaths, taking its infection count to 1,480,315, according to a health department bulletin.

Source: Hindustan Times May 09, 2021 06:45 UTC