The announcement takes important shape because an earlier notification had declared that from September 21, schools from Classes 9-12 and colleges would be resuming in Uttar Pradesh. However, the Uttar Pradesh state government has decided to not open schools and colleges now, given the COVID-19 situation. Earlier, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dr Dinesh Sharma had also expressed his doubts regarding schools and colleges opening on September 21. Currently, Uttar Pradesh lies fifth in the list of states sorted on the basis of the number of total confirmed cases, charting 3,54,275 confirmed COVID-19 cases. Lucknow is the worst-affected district in the state, charting a total of 46,139 confirmed COVID-19 cases and nearly 600 dead.

Source: dna September 20, 2020 16:29 UTC