After Delhi, UP Govt to impose 10-day Lockdown as COVID-19 cases surge

In the wake of the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh, the state government will likely announce a 10-day curfew.

According to the sources, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is scheduled to hold a virtual meeting with his top officials on Monday evening. Considering the alarming situation in the state, the UP government will likely announce a lockdown. The possibility of a lockdown comes after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a lockdown in the national capital on Monday.

In addition, the possibility of a lockdown will also depend on the Supreme Court's decision to put a hold on the Uttar Pradesh Gram Panchayat Elections. Meanwhile, taking stock of the situation in UP, Union Minister Rajnath Singh has provided assistance by directing the DRDO to supply oxygen to UP. The DRDO will send over 1000 oxygen cylinders to hospitals in Lucknow which is Rajnath Singh's constituency.

Week-Long Lockdown in Delhi:

National capital Delhi too has been put under a week-long lockdown starting Monday night due to an explosive surge in Covid-19 cases. Delhi reported 25,462 cases and 161 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. He said at a press conference that Delhi is facing shortages of oxygen and some medicine. "I do not say that the system has collapsed, but it has reached its limits," Kejriwal said, adding that harsh measures were necessary to "prevent a collapse of the health system".

Maharashtra and Delhi are among the 10 states that account for 78.58 per cent of the new Covid-19 cases reported in a day, the Union health ministry said on Monday. The other states in the list are Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

India's total active caseload has reached 19,29,329 and now comprises 12.81 per cent of the country's total infections, the health ministry's data showed.

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