As the coronavirus took a heavy surge, the night curfew hours in some districts of Uttar Pradesh has been revised on Friday. The administration has revised the timings of the night curfew in –Noida, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Hapur and Muzaffarnagar. Notably, these six districts are a part of the Delhi NCR.
According to the new order, the night curfew will remain in effect in these districts from 8 PM in the evening to 8 am in the morning, instead of the earlier 9 PM- 5 AM timing.
“Those found without mask/spitting in public places to be penalised”, Meerut Divisional Commissioner has stated. Besides, movement, except essential services would remain prohibited in containment zones.
There were a total of 19,557 COVID-19 cases in the state till Wednesday while the number of active cases stood at 6,375, of which 2,166 (33.97 per cent) were in its NCR districts.
Earlier on Thursday, it was reported that Uttar Pradesh’s eight districts that lie in the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) account for about one-third of the active COVID-19 cases in the state as well as deaths linked to coronavirus.
Gautam Buddh Nagar has a maximum of 654 active cases followed by Ghaziabad (501), Hapur (318), Meerut (248), Bulandshahr (226), Muzaffarnagar (87), Baghpat (77) and Shamli (55), according to the data on COVID-19 shared by the UP Health Department.
