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The COVID-19 situation has drastically improved in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The number of new cases has come down significantly as has the death rates. In view of these developments and after a review of the current situation, the Uttar Pradesh government has announced that it will ease lockdown restrictions from Monday. Night curfew, which was in effect from 7pm to 7am will now be eased by two hours. It will be in effect from 9 pm to 7 am. But, at the same time, the Yogi Adityanath-led government also warned that it would reimpose curfew in any district that reports more than 500 COVID-19 cases in a day.
Uttar Pradesh suffered a crippling second wave of the pandemic and many restrictions were put in place to control the situation. In the past 24 hours, the state has reported 294 new Covid-19 cases and 51 deaths. The positivity rate here has come down to 0.1 per cent in the last 24 hours and recovery rate has increased to 98.4 per cent. A new set of guidelines has also been issued for the unlock process that begins on Monday.
Here are all the details about this phase of unlockdown in Uttar Pradesh.
The overall situation in India has also improved significantly. In the past 24 hours, India reported 58,419 new cases. This is the lowest in the last 81 days. The country also reported 1,576 fatalities in the same time period. This is the third consecutive day in last two months when the death toll is below the 2,000-mark.
(With inputs from IANS)