The Uttar Pradesh government has extended the Corona curfew in the state till 31st of this month. The existing restrictions were supposed to end tomorrow morning.
Covid curfew is also helping in State Governments efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus. first time after a gap of more than 45 days, the total number of covid patients in the state has come down to below 1 lakh mark. State currently has 94480 active covid cases which is around 3 lakh less than the number during peak time of Corona. Recovery rate in the state has also jumped to 93%. In the last 24 hours around 6000 new covid patients have been found in the state while the number of recovered patients in the same period is around 17000.
State has also made a new record of highest covid tests in the country. Yesterday more than 300000 tests were conducted. Vaccination for people aged between 18 to 44 years will continue in each and every district of state from 1st of June. Presently it is going on in 18 cities and initially it started in 7 cities only.