Uttar Pradesh's COVID-19 tally today rose to 16,44,851 with 7,336 fresh cases, the lowest single-day rise since April 30, while 282 more fatalities pushed the number of deaths to 18,354, an official said.
Updated:
April 16, 2021 14:03 IST
Those caught without a mask would be fined ₹1,000 while the penalty will increase 10-fold for the second offence.
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A health worker collects a nasal sample from a passenger for COVID-19 test as part of precautions, at Kaisherbagh bus station, in Lucknow, Saturday, March 27, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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Those caught without a mask would be fined ₹1,000 while the penalty will increase 10-fold for the second offence. With mounting cases of COVID-19, the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday announced that it would have a weekly shutdown in the State on Sundays.
Though the government did not use the word “lockdown,” it said all rural and urban areas would be shut on Sundays till further notice.
The active cases in the district rose to 84 from 75 the previous day
Gautam Buddh Nagar has a death toll of 91 with a mortality rate of 0.35 per cent.
Noida: Uttar Pradesh s Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded 17 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday (March 13) that pushed the district s infection tally to 25,664, official data showed.
The active cases in the district rose to 84 from 75 the previous day, according to the data released by the UP Health Department for a 24-hour period.
Another eight patients got discharged during the period with the overall recoveries reaching 25,489, the fifth highest in the state, it showed.
Gautam Buddh Nagar has a death toll of 91 with a mortality rate of 0.35 per cent. The recovery rate of patients reached 99.31 per cent, the statistics showed.
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UP Health Department has alert people against sharing Aadhar card numbers, OTPs to fraudsters.
The government said that frauds are calling people on the pretext of getting them registered for vaccine.
The expert panel of the national drugs regulator will meet on Friday.
The Uttar Pradesh Health Department has alert people against sharing Aadhar card numbers, one-time-passwords and bank details telephonically to fraudsters, saying that they are calling people on the pretext of getting them registered for vaccine to prevent COVID-19.
A Gorakhpur district health official was quoted as saying by PTI that Uttar Pradesh government is yet to launch any plan to get general people inoculated against the deadly viral disease as the state government is planning to inoculate frontline anti-Covid workers in the first phase.