The districts where night curfew timings have been changed are: Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi, Kanpur, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Meerut and Gorakhpur. The UP government had earlier this month announced sweeping restrictions inclduing night curfew in Noida, Lucknow, Ghaziabad, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Moradabad and several other districts in wake of the rising COVID-19 cases there.
This comes a day after Uttar Pradesh recorded its highest single-day spike of coronavirus cases as it reported 20,510 fresh infections in the last 24 hours. This is the biggest rise in daily cases in the state since the outbreak of the pandemic last year.
On Tuesday, the state had reported its highest-ever single-day spike of 18,021 cases, which further increased to over 20,000 today. The spikes in infections have taken the active cases to 1,11,835 in the state. Lucknow, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Kanpur and Gautam Buddh Nagar are the worst-hit cities in the state.
