COVID-19 pandemic in Uttar Pradesh

The COVID-19 pandemic in Uttar Pradesh, India was first confirmed on 4 March 2020, with the first positive case in Ghaziabad. As of 7 August 2020, the state has 1,26,722 confirmed cases, resulting in 2,120 deaths and 76,724 recoveries.[1] Case fatality rate in the state stands at 1.67%.

COVID-19 pandemic in Uttar Pradesh
Map of districts with confirmed cases
Map of deaths due to COVID-19
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Uttar Pradesh, India
First outbreak	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Index case	Ghaziabad
Arrival date	4 March 2020 (5 months, 1 week and 4 days)
Confirmed cases	1,26,722 (10 August 2020)
Active cases	47,878
Recovered	76,724
Deaths	2,120
Fatality rate	1.67 %
Territories	All districts
Government website
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Timeline

COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh, India  ()      Deaths        Recoveries        Active cases Mar Mar Apr Apr May May Jun Jun Jul Jul Aug Aug Last 15 days Last 15 days
Date			# of cases	# of deaths
2020-03-04		​	6(n.a.)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-05		​	7(+17%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-06		​	7(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-07		​	7(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-08		​	7(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-09		​	8(+14%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-10		​	8(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-11		​	8(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-12		​ ​	10(+25%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-13		​ ​	11(+10%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-14		​ ​	12(+9.1%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-15		​ ​	13(+8.3%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-16		​ ​	13(=)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-17		​ ​	15(+15%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-18		​ ​	17(+13%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-19		​ ​	20(+18%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-20		​ ​	24(+20%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-21		​ ​	28(+17%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-22		​ ​	30(+7.1%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-23		​ ​	32(+6.7%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-24		​ ​	35(+9.4%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-25		​ ​	38(+8.6%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-26		​ ​	42(+11%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-27		​ ​	49(+17%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-28		​ ​	65(+33%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-29		​ ​	72(+11%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-30		​ ​	96(+33%)	0(n.a.)
2020-03-31		​ ​	104(+8.3%)	0(n.a.)
2020-04-01		​ ​	117(+12%)	2(n.a.)
2020-04-02		​ ​	128(+9.4%)	2(=)
2020-04-03		​ ​	174(+36%)	2(=)
2020-04-04		​ ​	234(+34%)	2(=)
2020-04-05		​ ​ ​	278(+19%)	3(+50%)
2020-04-06		​ ​ ​	305(+9.7%)	3(=)
2020-04-07		​ ​ ​	332(+8.9%)	3(=)
2020-04-08		​ ​ ​	361(+8.7%)	4(+33%)
2020-04-09		​ ​ ​	410(+14%)	4(=)
2020-04-10		​ ​ ​	433(+5.6%)	4(=)
2020-04-11		​ ​ ​	452(+4.4%)	5(+25%)
2020-04-12		​ ​ ​	483(+6.9%)	5(=)
2020-04-13		​ ​ ​	558(+16%)	5(=)
2020-04-14		​ ​ ​	660(+18%)	8(+60%)
2020-04-15		​ ​ ​	735(+11%)	11(+38%)
2020-04-16		​ ​ ​	805(+9.5%)	13(+18%)
2020-04-17		​ ​ ​	849(+5.5%)	14(+7.7%)
2020-04-18		​ ​ ​	975(+15%)	14(=)
2020-04-19		​ ​ ​	1,100(+13%)	17(+21%)
2020-04-20		​ ​ ​	1,184(+7.6%)	18(+5.9%)
2020-04-21		​ ​ ​	1,337(+13%)	21(+17%)
2020-04-22		​ ​ ​	1,449(+8.4%)	21(=)
2020-04-23		​ ​ ​	1,510(+4.2%)	24(+14%)
2020-04-24		​ ​ ​	1,621(+7.4%)	25(+4.2%)
2020-04-25		​ ​ ​	1,793(+11%)	27(+8%)
2020-04-26		​ ​ ​	1,873(+4.5%)	30(+11%)
2020-04-27		​ ​ ​	1,986(+6%)	31(+3.3%)
2020-04-28		​ ​ ​	2,053(+3.4%)	34(+9.7%)
2020-04-29		​ ​ ​	2,134(+3.9%)	39(+15%)
2020-04-30		​ ​ ​	2,211(+3.6%)	40(+2.6%)
2020-05-01		​ ​ ​	2,328(+5.3%)	42(+5%)
2020-05-02		​ ​ ​	2,487(+6.8%)	43(+2.4%)
2020-05-03		​ ​ ​	2,645(+6.4%)	43(=)
2020-05-04		​ ​ ​	2,766(+4.6%)	50(+16%)
2020-05-05		​ ​ ​	2,880(+4.1%)	56(+12%)
2020-05-06		​ ​ ​	2,998(+4.1%)	60(+7.1%)
2020-05-07		​ ​ ​	3,071(+2.4%)	62(+3.3%)
2020-05-08		​ ​ ​	3,214(+4.7%)	66(+6.5%)
2020-05-09		​ ​ ​	3,373(+4.9%)	74(+12%)
2020-05-10		​ ​ ​	3,467(+2.8%)	79(+6.8%)
2020-05-11		​ ​ ​	3,573(+3.1%)	80(+1.3%)
2020-05-12		​ ​ ​	3,664(+2.5%)	82(+2.5%)
2020-05-13		​ ​ ​	3,758(+2.6%)	86(+4.9%)
2020-05-14		​ ​ ​	3,902(+3.8%)	88(+2.3%)
2020-05-15		​ ​ ​	4,057(+4%)	95(+8%)
2020-05-16		​ ​ ​	4,258(+5%)	104(+9.5%)
2020-05-17		​ ​ ​	4,464(+4.8%)	112(+7.7%)
2020-05-18		​ ​ ​	4,605(+3.2%)	118(+5.4%)
2020-05-19		​ ​ ​	4,926(+7%)	123(+4.2%)
2020-05-20		​ ​ ​	5,175(+5.1%)	127(+3.3%)
2020-05-21		​ ​ ​	5,515(+6.6%)	138(+8.7%)
2020-05-22		​ ​ ​	5,735(+4%)	152(+10%)
2020-05-23		​ ​ ​	6,017(+4.9%)	155(+2%)
2020-05-24		​ ​ ​	6,268(+4.2%)	161(+3.9%)
2020-05-25		​ ​ ​	6,497(+3.7%)	169(+5%)
2020-05-26		​ ​ ​	6,724(+3.5%)	177(+4.7%)
2020-05-27		​ ​ ​	6,991(+4%)	182(+2.8%)
2020-05-28		​ ​ ​	7,170(+2.6%)	197(+8.2%)
2020-05-29		​ ​ ​	7,445(+3.8%)	201(+2%)
2020-05-30		​ ​ ​	7,701(+3.4%)	213(+6%)
2020-05-31		​ ​ ​	8,075(+4.9%)	217(+1.9%)
2020-06-01		​ ​ ​	8,361(+3.5%)	222(+2.3%)
2020-06-02		​ ​ ​	8,729(+4.4%)	229(+3.2%)
2020-06-03		​ ​ ​	8,870(+1.6%)	230(+0.44%)
2020-06-04		​ ​ ​	9,237(+4.1%)	245(+6.5%)
2020-06-05		​ ​ ​	9,733(+5.4%)	257(+4.9%)
2020-06-06		​ ​ ​	10,103(+3.8%)	268(+4.3%)
2020-06-07		​ ​ ​	10,536(+4.3%)	275(+2.6%)
2020-06-08		​ ​ ​	10,947(+3.9%)	283(+2.9%)
2020-06-09		​ ​ ​	11,335(+3.5%)	301(+6.4%)
2020-06-10		​ ​ ​	11,610(+2.4%)	321(+6.6%)
2020-06-11		​ ​ ​	12,088(+4.1%)	345(+7.5%)
2020-06-12		​ ​ ​	12,616(+4.4%)	365(+5.8%)
2020-06-13		​ ​ ​	13,118(+4%)	385(+5.5%)
2020-06-14		​ ​ ​	13,615(+3.8%)	399(+3.6%)
2020-06-15		​ ​ ​	14,091(+3.5%)	417(+4.5%)
2020-06-16		​ ​ ​	14,598(+3.6%)	435(+4.3%)
2020-06-17		​ ​ ​	15,181(+4%)	465(+6.9%)
2020-06-18		​ ​ ​	15,785(+4%)	488(+4.9%)
2020-06-19		​ ​ ​	16,594(+5.1%)	507(+3.9%)
2020-06-20		​ ​ ​	17,135(+3.3%)	529(+4.3%)
2020-06-21		​ ​ ​	17,731(+3.5%)	550(+4%)
2020-06-22		​ ​ ​	18,322(+3.3%)	569(+3.5%)
2020-06-23		​ ​ ​	18,893(+3.1%)	588(+3.3%)
2020-06-24		​ ​ ​	19,557(+3.5%)	596(+1.4%)
2020-06-25		​ ​ ​	20,193(+3.3%)	611(+2.5%)
2020-06-26		​ ​ ​	20,943(+3.7%)	630(+3.1%)
2020-06-27		​ ​ ​	21,549(+2.9%)	649(+3%)
2020-06-28		​ ​ ​	22,147(+2.8%)	660(+1.7%)
2020-06-29		​ ​ ​	22,828(+3.1%)	672(+1.8%)
2020-06-30		​ ​ ​	23,492(+2.9%)	697(+3.7%)
2020-07-01		​ ​ ​	24,056(+2.4%)	718(+3%)
2020-07-02		​ ​ ​	24,825(+3.2%)	735(+2.4%)
2020-07-03		​ ​ ​	25,797(+3.9%)	749(+1.9%)
2020-07-04		​ ​ ​	26,554(+2.9%)	773(+3.2%)
2020-07-05		​ ​ ​	27,707(+4.3%)	785(+1.6%)
2020-07-06		​ ​ ​	28,636(+3.4%)	809(+3.1%)
2020-07-07		​ ​ ​	29,968(+4.7%)	827(+2.2%)
2020-07-08		​ ​ ​	31,156(+4%)	845(+2.2%)
2020-07-09		​ ​ ​	32,362(+3.9%)	862(+2%)
2020-07-10		​ ​ ​	33,700(+4.1%)	889(+3.1%)
2020-07-11		​ ​ ​	35,092(+4.1%)	913(+2.7%)
2020-07-12		​ ​ ​	36,476(+3.9%)	934(+2.3%)
2020-07-13		​ ​ ​	38,130(+4.5%)	955(+2.2%)
2020-07-14		​ ​ ​	39,724(+4.2%)	983(+2.9%)
2020-07-15		​ ​ ​	41,383(+4.2%)	1,012(+3%)
2020-07-16		​ ​ ​	43,441(+5%)	1,046(+3.4%)
2020-07-17		​ ​ ​	45,163(+4%)	1,084(+3.6%)
2020-07-18		​ ​ ​	47,036(+4.1%)	1,108(+2.2%)
2020-07-19		​ ​ ​	49,247(+4.7%)	1,146(+3.4%)
2020-07-20		​ ​ ​	51,160(+3.9%)	1,192(+4%)
2020-07-21		​ ​ ​	53,288(+4.2%)	1,229(+3.1%)
2020-07-22		​ ​ ​	55,588(+4.3%)	1,263(+2.8%)
2020-07-23		​ ​ ​	58,104(+4.5%)	1,298(+2.8%)
2020-07-24		​ ​ ​	60,771(+4.6%)	1,348(+3.9%)
2020-07-25		​ ​ ​	63,742(+4.9%)	1,387(+2.9%)
2020-07-26		​ ​ ​	66,988(+5.1%)	1,426(+2.8%)
2020-07-27		​ ​ ​	70,493(+5.2%)	1,456(+2.1%)
2020-07-28		​ ​ ​	73,951(+4.9%)	1,497(+2.8%)
2020-07-29		​ ​ ​	77,334(+4.6%)	1,530(+2.2%)
2020-07-30		​ ​ ​	81,039(+4.8%)	1,587(+3.7%)
2020-07-31		​ ​ ​	85,461(+5.5%)	1,630(+2.7%)
2020-08-01		​ ​ ​	89,048(+4.2%)	1,677(+2.9%)
2020-08-02		​ ​ ​	92,921(+4.3%)	1,730(+3.2%)
2020-08-03		​ ​ ​	97,362(+4.8%)	1,778(+2.8%)
2020-08-04		​ ​ ​	100,310(+3%)	1,817(+2.2%)
2020-08-05		​ ​ ​	104,388(+4.1%)	1,857(+2.2%)
2020-08-06		​ ​ ​	108,974(+4.4%)	1,918(+3.3%)
2020-08-07		​ ​ ​	113,378(+4%)	1,981(+3.3%)
2020-08-08		​ ​ ​	118,038(+4.1%)	2,028(+2.4%)
2020-08-09		​ ​ ​	122,609(+3.9%)	2,069(+2%)
2020-08-10		​ ​ ​	126,722(+3.4%)	2,120(+2.5%)
Sources: MOHFW

March

• 5 March - A middle-aged man in Ghaziabad who had travel history to Iran tested positive.[2]
• 9 March - A factory worker was tested positive after he came in contact with the coronavirus positive businessman from Agra. Earlier, five members from the businessman's family were tested positive.[3]
• 12 March - A tourist guide in Noida, who came in contact with Italian guests was tested positive.[4] Also a woman doctor from Canada tested positive in state capital Lucknow, taking the total cases in the state to ten.[5]
• 13 March - An employee of a private firm in Noida tested positive who had travelled to Italy and Switzerland.[6] Five patients were recovered.[7]
• 15 March - State's twelfth case was reported in Lucknow.[8]
• 17 March - Two people who returned from France tested positive in Noida[9]
• 18 March - A man from Gautam Buddha Nagar district in Noida who had returned from Indonesia tested positive.[10]
• 19 March - Two more people in state, one from Lucknow and the other from Lakhimpur Kheri district, tested positive. Later, an HCL employee in Noida who had returned from international travel tested positive.[11][12]
• 20 March - Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor who returned from London tested positive in Lucknow.[13] Four more people tested positive in Lucknow - three related to a previously-infected doctor and one with a travel history to Gulf.[14]
• 21 March - Noida confirmed a case in Supertech CapeTown society.[15]

April

• 1 April - 2 deaths reported in single day. First death in the state in Basti and other in Meerut.
• 3 April - 59 new cases reported in a single day out of which 54 are returned from Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi.
• 4 April - 70 new cases reported. 25 in Agra, 8 in Noida, 7 in Meerut, 6 in Maharajganj.
• 5 April - Third death in the state reported in Varanasi.[16]
• 8 April - 4th death reported in state. First death in Agra.[17]
• 11 April - 5th death in state. An ayurveda Doctor from Bulandshahr died in Delhi hospital.[18] 13 People cured from the disease in a single day. Recovered people data raised to 45.[19]
• 13 April - 75 new cases reported, 35 from Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi.[20] 6th death in state and the first in Kanpur.[21]
• 14 April - 102 new cases and 4 deaths in the state reported in a single day. Two each in Agra and Moradabad.
• 15 April - 67 new cases and two deaths in state. 4th in Agra. 1st in Lucknow.[22]
• 16 April - 78 new cases and one death in state.
• 23 April - 61 new cases, 8 in Bahraich, 3 in Shravasti, 1 in Balrampur.[23]
• 23 April - Uttar Pradesh minorities commission demands ban on Tablighi Jamaat in the state.[24]
• 24 April - 111 new cases- 25 in Saharanpur, 29 in Kanpur, 9 in Varanasi, 1 in Ayodhya.

Response

State Government Response

Public Health Strategy

30 April - UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has also directed officials to add 52,000 additional beds in the COVID-19 hospitals in the state. Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Avanish Awasthi told reporters on Wednesday that while 17,000 beds would be added by the Health Department, 35,000 beds would be added by the Medical Educational Department. "The Health Department will increase 10,000 beds in level one, 5,000 beds in level two (with oxygen) and 2,000 beds in level three (with ventilator). The Medical Education Department will increase 20,000 beds in level one, 10,000 beds in level two and 5,000 beds in level three," he said.[25]

Containment and Quarantine strategy

17 March - The Uttar Pradesh government extended the closure of all educational institutions, cinemas, shopping malls, swimming pool, gyms, multiplexes and tourists places in the state till April 2.[26]

Slaughterhouses in state were ordered to be closed from 22 to 24 March.[27]

22 March - Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced the lockdown of fifteen districts in state, from 22 to 25 March, including Noida, Ghaziabad, Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Kanpur, Varanasi, Bareilly, Lucknow, Saharanpur, Meerut, Lakhimpur, Azamgarh, Firozabad, Gorakhpur and others.[28]

26 May - The Uttar Pradesh government has decided that arriving flight passengers will have to follow 14-day quarantine at their own homes. On sixth day of home quarantine, flyers can get themselves tested and end the quarantine. Business travellers with return ticket within 6 days will be exempt but will not be allowed to enter containment zones.[29]

Public Awareness

17 March - District magistrates were instructed to spread awareness through posters and banners on the viral disease. Additionally, an appeal was made to religious leaders to avoid crowding in temples, mosques, gurudwaras and churches.[30]

Unlock 1.0

June 1 - The Government of UP released a new order that allowed the following to open up:[31]

• Opening of all offices from June 1, 2020
• Markets opening on a rotation basis from 9 am to 9 pm
• Supermarkets, beauty parlours and salons were allowed to open
• No passes are required for inter-state travel except in Noida and Ghaziabad
• Taxis and rickshaws can take passengers as per the seating capacity in the vehicle
• Roadways buses are allowed to ply, but no passenger is allowed to stand in these buses
• Sweet shops have been allowed to open, but without the dining space
• Wedding halls could open, but they were not allowed to accommodate more than 30 people
• Two people (rider and pillion) are allowed on two-wheelers but with face masks

The lockdown will remain in place in the state till June 30, shopping malls, religious places and hotels and restaurants will open from June 8. The decision on reopening schools and colleges will be taken in July.[32]

Migrant workers crisis

Transportation to home state

On 28 March, the Uttar Pradesh government arranged for 1,000 buses to ferry migrant labourers who were stranded on the border districts owing to a countrywide lockdown without consulting Delhi State Government that resulted in huge chaos on border. Officials of the Transport Department, bus drivers and conductors were contacted on Friday night to help the people who were stranded in Noida, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr and Aligarh, among other places.[33]

On 25 April, a day after the Yogi Adityanath government announced that it would bring back UP labourers stranded in other states, the first batch of 2,224 workers, who had completed quarantine period of two weeks in Haryana, were brought back to the state in the first phase of the exercise on Saturday.[34]

On 5 May the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish K Awasthi informed that over 65000 workers have been brought back from different states. He said that anyone from another state who is stranded in UP can register on 'Jansunwai' portal to seek help. “People from UP stranded in other states can get themselves registered”[35] On 7 May the Additional Chief Secretary informed that around 51,371 had reached UP so far.

“Today 43 trains have arrived in the state carrying migrant laborers. With the help of these trains, 51,371 workers arrived from different states. Today, 13 more trains will come before 12 pm, about 15,500-15,600 laborers will come. We have given permission for about 43 trains,” These 43 trains arrived at stations such as Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Jaunpur, Gorakhpur, Pratapgarh, Rae Bareli, Kannauj, Banda, Azamgarh, Barabanki, Sitapur and Unnao. There were 51,371 workers and labourers on these 43 trains.[36] On 9 May the Additional Chief Secretary informed that so far, 97 trains carrying migrant workers have entered into Uttar Pradesh from other states and 17 more trains will arrive by evening today. Government has allowed plying of 98 more trains which will arrive tomorrow and day after tomorrow.[37]

An Air India Express flight also brought back 182 Indians to Lucknow from Sharjah, UAE.[38] By 11 May, 184 trains had brought 2.26 lakh migrant workers from other states. 55 more trains will arrive in Uttar Pradesh today. Around 1 lakh migrant workers also returned by their own conveyance.[39] On 12 May the Additional Chief Secretary informed that so far, 233 trains had brought 2,81,408 migrant workers to the state. Today 13 trains have arrived till now and more will come in the coming days. All the passengers will be screened and medical checkups will be conducted.[40] On 14 May it was reported that so far, 318 'Shramik Special' trains have brought back 3,84,260 people to Uttar Pradesh. 67 more special trains will arrive in the state today. Permission has been granted for plying of 174 more such trains.[41]

Relief and essentials

On 21 March, CM Yogi Adityanath announced that the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to give ₹1,000 (US$14) to all daily wage laborers affected due to coronavirus in the state.[42] On 1 May, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath directed that any worker or labourer of UP who is stranded in another state due to lockdown, can use his/her ration card number & avail its benefits there. Those who do not have a ration card, then under State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), food packets are being provided.[43]

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath transferred Rs 225.39 Crores to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) beneficiaries through direct bank transfer.[44] The state government has instructed to provide Rs 1000 to migrant workers who have been asked to remain in home quarantine after their return from other states.[45] On 25 May the CM directed that the migration commission that is being constituted will be named Kaamgar, Shramik (Seva Ayojan and Rojgaar) Kalyan Ayog, to employ migrant workers/labourers. Under this Commission, social security will be guaranteed to workers/labourers by providing employment to them.[46]

Administrative changes

• 30 March - CM Yogi Adityanath dismissed District Magistrate of Gautam Buddh Nagar district BN Singh and appointed Suhas L. Y. as New DM.[47]

Transportation for non-migrants stranded in other states

• 18 April - 9,000 Stranded Students in Kota Leave for Their Homes in UP after Thorough Screening. About 250 buses from Uttar Pradesh on Friday reached Kota in Rajasthan to pick up about 9,000 stranded students and drop them to their native districts. Each bus accommodated a maximum of 30 students.[48]
• 27 April - Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered for making necessary arrangements to send students preparing for competitive exams in Prayagraj to their homes in 300 UPSRTC buses. The students will be sent in these buses in two rounds. In the first round, students will sent to their homes in Sonbhadra, Mirzapur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Jaunpur, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Fatehpur & Chitrakoot. Students from other districts will be sent in the second round.[49]
• 24 May - Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish K Awasthi informed that Around 23 lakh people have been brought back to the state of Uttar Pradesh from different states, amid Coronavirus Lockdown.[50]

Legal Actions

Amendment of Laws

The Uttar Pradesh government has said that Perpetrators be charged under the stringent National Security Act, Epidemic Act and the Disaster Management Act for resorting to violence and preventing the health and police officials from doing their duty. The state government has decided to use the UP Recovery of Public and Private Property Ordinance, 2020 against those indulging in violence.

Following several attacks on doctors and other health officials, and subsequent demands from ICMR and Resident Doctors Association, the Union Government brought an ordinance to amend The Epidemic Diseases Act.[51] Under it, the guilty can be sent to jail for three months to five years, with a fine of Rs.50,000 to Rs.2 lakh. However, if there is grievous injury then the guilty could be sent to jail for six months to seven years and fined Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 5 lakh.[52]

Action against 'perpetrators' or those who violate norms

• More than 8000 people have been fined in the state till date for violation of social distancing norms and for not wearing masks.[53]
• Court hearing at 3 am, jail by 5 am: All 17 Moradabad stone-pelters, accused of attacking medical team, sent to police custody.

Prisons for 'Jamaatis'

• Out of total patients of COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh, 1304 (till 19 May) are attendees and contacts of Tablighi Jamaat.
• UP govt decided to set up 34 temporary jails to lodge members of the Tablighi Jamaat.
• Many Tablighi Jamaat members among 295 shifted to temporary jails in UP after completing quarantine period. Giving a break-up, 64 people, including 54 foreign nationals, were lodged in a Saharanpur juvenile home that was converted into a temporary jail. 46 people, including 15 foreign nationals, were lodged in a Jaunpur temporary jail, he said. 45 people, including 16 foreign nationals, were shifted to a temporary jail in Bulandshahr. The numbers for the other districts are: Prayagraj (30, including 16 foreign nationals), Lucknow (23 foreign nationals), Varanasi (22 locals), Sultanpur (17, including 10 foreign nationals) Gyanpur in Bhadohi (14 including 11 foreigners), Moradabad (14), Bijnor (eight foreign nationals), Sitapur (four, including three foreigners) and Agra (seven). All the foreign nationals were members of the Tablighi Jamaat who came to India from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal, Sudan, Thailand, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, France, Palestine, Syria, Mali and Morocco to attend a religious congregation.

Unlock phase 1- Kanpur railway station on 4 June 2020

Impact

Environment

Due to lower pollution levels in state during the imposition of lockdown, Himalayan range became visible from Saharanpur.[54]

Education

Since the closure of educational institutions in lockdown, alternate education strategies like online classes have been adopted in urban areas. While lakhs of children living in villages are deprived of the alternative.[55]

Social

Violence against medical staff and police

People attacked medical staff and cops were attacked by villagers while trying to enforce lockdown in Meerut and Muzaffarnagar, respectively.[56][57] In Moradabad, a mob tried to stop a medical team from taking a coronavirus-infected man into isolation by pelting stones at the ambulance while damaging a police vehicle.[58] Five of the seventeen arrested stone pelters tested positive in COVID-19 tests.[59] Locals in Aligarh also pelted stones at police as they tried to enforce lockdown, while in Bahraich people attached police team for refusing to offer namaz in mosque.[60][61] [62] Healthcare workers and police were attacked and stone pelted in Kanpur when nine members of a family who had been in close contact with a coronavirus positive patient were being taken to a quarantine facility.[63]

Testing statistics

Total samples tested	32,09,587
Sample Tested per million population	14,265
COVID-19 Positive	1,26,722
Negative	30,82,865
Positive Percentage	3.95%
As of 10 August[64]

Till 16 July, there are 7,43,281 persons have been identified and tracked by district surveillance units, WHO-NPSP teams and supervisors of RNTCP. 5,60,386 persons are under home isolation, 4,938 admitted at different health facilities, 46,898 contacts of various positive cases are tracked and have good health. Out of this 1,77,405 travellers have completed 28 days of observation period. 10,822 People are under Institutional quarantine. 1,64,788 team deployed for containment activities. 3,775 areas are identified as containment zones. 6,11,43,056 (6.11 crore+) persons living in 1,19,64,948 (1.19 crore+) household surveyed.[65]

Testing Costs

On 19 June 2019, the Uttar Pradesh government announced that it has fixed the maximum price for COVID-19 tests at ₹2,500. "The price has been fixed in two categories. The first one relates to the corona testing at private or corporate hospitals. In this case, the charges will not be more than  ₹2,000 per person. The same applies to a situation where these hospitals tie up with private labs. The second category is that of private pathology or diagnostic labs where the rate cannot exceed  ₹2,500," a government spokesperson said.[66]

Testing labs (137)

There are 118 government laboratories where testing of corona cases currently open:[67]

1. King George Medical University, Lucknow
2. Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
3. Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
4. Command Hospital, Lucknow
5. Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College, Meerut
6. Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute, Lucknow
7. Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Allahabad
8. Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences (Formerly Uttar Pradesh RIMS), Saifai
9. Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College, Jhansi
10. Regional Medical Research Centre, Gorakhpur
11. Sarojini Naidu Medical College, Agra
12. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Lucknow
13. Govt. Institute of Medical Sciences, Noida
14. Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, Kanpur
15. National Institute of Biologicals, Noida (High throughput Laboratory)
16. Baba Raghav Das Medical College, Gorakhpur
17. Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow
18. Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow
19. Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow
20. National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Agra
21. ICAR- Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izzatnagar, Bareilly
22. Super specialty Pediatric Hospital and Postgraduate Teaching Institute (SSPHPGTI), Noida
23. College of Veterinary Sciences and animal husbandry, Mathura
24. CSIR - National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow
25. Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Combined Hospital, Aligarh
26. District Combined Hospital, Balrampur
27. District Combined Hospital, Basti
28. Sarojini Naidu Smarak Hospital, Firozabad
29. Babu Eswar Saran District Hospital, Gonda
30. Amar Shahid late Uma Nath Singh District Hospital, Jaunpur
31. District Hospital, Bahraich
32. District Male Hospital, Ayodhya
33. District Combined Hospital, Maharajganj
34. District Female Hospital, Muzaffarnagar
35. District Male Hospital, Pratapgarh
36. District Hospital, Ballia
37. Pt. Ramprasad Bismil District Combined Hospital, Shahjahanpur
38. Bairister Yusuf Emam Divisional Hospital, Mirzapur
39. Mahatma Gandhi District Combined Hospital, Siddharthnagar
40. Balrampur Hospital, Lucknow
41. Malkhan Singh Joint District Hospital, Aligarh
42. District Hospital, Ambedkar Nagar
43. Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay District Combined Hospital, Moradabad
44. Motilal Nehru Divisional Hospital, Prayagraj
45. Divisional Hospital, Azamgarh
46. District Male Hospital, Budaun
47. Babu Mohan Singh Joint District Hospital, Deoria
48. Bhimrao Ambedkar Multi Superspeciality District Hospital, Gautam Buddh Nagar
49. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose District Hospital, Gorakhpur
50. Rana Devi Madhav Singh District Hospital, Raebareli
51. District Hospital, Sultanpur
52. Maharana Pratap Joint District Hospital, Bareilly
53. Rafi Ahmad Kidwai memorial District Hospital, Barabanki
54. District Hospital, Etah
55. M. M. G. District Hospital, Ghaziabad
56. Joint District Hospital, Manjhanpur, Kaushambi
57. District Male Hospital, Sitapur
58. District Male Hospital, Kheri
59. Babu Banarasi Das Government District Hospital, Bulandshahr
60. District Hospital, Agra
61. Joint District Hospital, Amethi
62. District Hospital, Baghpat
63. District Male and Eye Hospital, Padrauna, Kushinagar
64. Ursula Horsman Memorial Hospital, Kanpur
65. P.L. Sharma District Hospital, Meerut
66. Shadilal Memorial Community Health Center, Shamli
67. Uma Shankar Dixit Joint District Hospital, Unnao
68. S.S.P.G. Joint District Hospital, Varanasi
69. 100 Beded District Hospital, Auraiya
70. District Hospital, Banda
71. District Combined Hospital, Bijnor
72. Pt. Kamlapati Tripathi District Combined Hospital, Chandauli
73. Joint District Hospital, Chitrakoot
74. Dr. Bheemrao Ambedkar District Hospital, Etawah
75. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia District Hospital, Farrukhabad
76. District Hospital, Fatehpur
77. Dr. Mukhtar Ansari District Hospital, Ghazipur
78. Deewan Shatrughan District Hospital, Hamirpur
79. District Hospital, Hapur
80. Pt. Ramdayal Trivedi District Hospital, Hardoi
81. Bangla District Hospital, Hathras
82. Joint District Hospital, Amroha
83. District Male Hospital, Jalaun
84. Divisional District Hospital, Jhansi
85. 100 Beded District Hospital, Kannauj
86. Joint District Hospital, Akbarpur, Kanpur Dehat
87. Joint District Hospital, Kasganj
88. Manywar Kanshiram Joint District Hospital, Lalitpur
89. District Hospital, Mahoba
90. Maharaja Tez Singh Joint District Hospital, Mainpuri
91. Mahrishi Dayanand Saraswati District Hospital, Mathura
92. District Hospital, Ghazipur Tiraha, Mau
93. Joint District Hospital, Pilibhit
94. District Hospital, Rampur
95. Seth Baldev Das District Hospital, Saharanpur
96. Joint District Hospital, Manjhanpur, Sambhal
97. Joint District Hospital, Sant Kabir Nagar
98. Maharaja Balwant District Hospital, Bhadohi
99. Joint District Hospital, Bhinga, Shravasti
100. Joint District Hospital, Robertsganj, Sonbhadra
101. 12 Air Force Hospital, Gorakhpur
102. Central Hospital, North Central Railway, Prayagraj
103. State Medical College, Banda
104. State Medical College, Saharanpur
105. State Medical College, Jalaun
106. State Medical College, Kannauj
107. State Medical College, Azamgarh
108. 11 Air Force Hospital, Hindon, Ghaziabad
109. Autonomous State Medical College, Ayodhya
110. Autonomous State Medical College, Shahjahanpur
111. Autonomous State Medical College, Budaun
112. Autonomous State Medical College, Basti
113. Autonomous State Medical College, Bahraich
114. Autonomous State Medical College, Firozabad
115. State Medical College, Ambedkar Nagar
116. Dr. S.P.M. Hospital, Lucknow
117. L.B.R.N. Combined Hospital, Kanpur Road, Lucknow
118. Divisional District Hospital, Jhansi

Further, private testing was allowed in the following 19 labs.

1. RML Mehrotra Pathology Pvt Ltd, Nirala Nagar, Lucknow
2. Dept of Lab Medicine, Jaypee Hospital, Sector 128, Noida
3. Central Lab, Sharda Hospital, Plot no 32,34, Knowledge Park-III, Greater Noida
4. Medical Testing Lab, Yashoda Superspeciality Hospital, H-1, Kaushambi, Ghaziabad
5. Chandan Speciality Lab, Biotech Park, Kursi Road, Sec-G, Jankipuram, Lucknow
6. Gian Life Care Ltd, 7/216(6), Swaroop Nagar, Kanpur
7. Dept of Microbiology, Apollomedics Super Speciality Hospital, KBC-31, Sector B, LDA Colony, Kanpur Road, Lucknow
8. Scientific Pathology Agra, Durga Commercial Complex, Hariparwat Delhi Gate, Agra
9. Heritage Speciality Lab, Lanka, Varanasi
10. Department of Lab Sciences, Regency Hospital, A-2, Sarvodaya Nagar, Kanpur
11. Charakdhar Diagnostic Pvt Ltd Basement, 292/05 Tulsidas Marg, Chowk, Near King George Medical University, Lucknow
12. Central Lab, Subharti Medical College, Meerut
13. Dr. Chopra's Path Clinic, III F/8 Rakesh Marg, Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad
14. Saral Diagnostic Classic Pvt Ltd, E-1B, Sector 39, Noida
15. Medanta Lucknow, Sector A, Pocket 1, Sushant Golf City, Lucknow
16. Pathology Laboratory - Narinder Mohan Hospital & Heart Care, Mohan Nagar, Ghaziabad
17. Tilak Pathology, Government Jubilee College Road, Gorakhpur
18. Guru Shree Gorakhnath Chikitsalaya Mandir Parisar Gorakhnath, Gorakhpur
19. Life Diagnostic Center, Kasya Road, Betiyahata, Gorakhpur

Statistics

#	District	Active Cases	Recovered	Deaths	Total
1	Agra	153	1192	96	1441
2	Aligarh	400	404	25	829
3	Ambedkar Nagar	17	124	5	146
4	Amethi	13	310	1	324
5	Amroha	135	122	9	266
6	Auraiya	23	104	2	129
7	Ayodhya	232	318	6	556
8	Azamgarh	125	268	10	403
9	Baghpat	149	331	7	487
10	Bahraich	62	133	1	196
11	Ballia	320	286	5	611
12	Balrampur	34	87	3	124
13	Banda	48	52	0	100
14	Barabanki	180	479	3	662
15	Bareilly	439	285	19	743
16	Basti	107	357	17	481
17	Bhadohi	81	146	1	228
18	Bijnor	101	331	6	438
19	Budaun	73	169	2	244
20	Bulandshahr	237	718	25	980
21	Chandauli	248	168	4	420
22	Chitrakoot	13	98	2	113
23	Deoria	257	255	4	516
24	Etah	57	114	10	181
25	Etawah	124	285	19	428
26	Farrukhabad	96	192	9	297
27	Fatehpur	84	159	6	249
28	Firozabad	49	502	34	585
29	Gautam Buddh Nagar (Noida)	947	2878	37	3862
30	Ghaziabad	1497	2205	63	3765
31	Ghazipur	59	366	6	431
32	Gonda	70	177	7	254
33	Gorakhpur	398	447	19	864
34	Hamirpur	46	86	2	134
35	Hapur	242	703	18	963
36	Hardoi	205	242	7	454
37	Hathras	26	189	4	219
38	Jalaun	23	186	8	217
39	Jaunpur	189	556	11	756
40	Jhansi	620	254	42	916
41	Kannauj	100	261	3	364
42	Kanpur Dehat	32	64	1	97
43	Kanpur Nagar	735	1214	102	2051
44	Kasganj	98	112	0	210
45	Kaushambi	101	158	1	260
46	Kushinagar	168	161	4	336
47	Lakhimpur Kheri	66	127	0	193
48	Lalitpur	73	9	3	85
49	Lucknow	1971	1221	43	3235
50	Maharajganj	105	199	3	307
51	Mahoba	46	59	2	107
52	Mainpuri	109	264	11	384
53	Mathura	175	366	25	566
54	Mau	187	114	4	305
55	Meerut	485	1146	93	1724
56	Mirzapur	115	150	4	269
57	Moradabad	351	500	33	884
58	Muzaffarnagar	170	319	15	504
59	Pilibhit	46	147	0	193
60	Pratapgarh	30	115	10	155
61	Prayagraj	324	396	27	747
62	Raebareli	54	145	4	203
63	Rampur	101	368	7	476
64	Saharanpur	163	435	4	602
65	Sambhal	250	392	12	654
66	Sant Kabir Nagar	199	279	7	485
67	Shahjahanpur	116	140	1	257
68	Shamli	48	171	5	224
69	Shravasti	22	72	2	96
70	Siddharthnagar	70	264	10	344
71	Sitapur	49	64	1	114
72	Sonbhadra	151	41	1	193
73	Sultanpur	109	200	8	317
74	Unnao	202	187	4	393
75	Varanasi	520	537	38	1095
Total (all districts)		15720	26675	1046	43441
As of 16 July 2020[68]

Charts

The numbers are from data published by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on their website.[69]
Source: covid19india.org

Graph source: Data from MoHFW
Graph source: Data from covid19india.org 297

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in India
• COVID-19 pandemic in Assam
• COVID-19 pandemic in Bihar
• COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi
• COVID-19 pandemic in Goa
• COVID-19 pandemic in Gujarat
• COVID-19 pandemic in Haryana
• COVID-19 pandemic in Karnataka
• COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala
• COVID-19 pandemic in Madhya Pradesh
• COVID-19 pandemic in Maharashtra
• COVID-19 pandemic in Punjab
• COVID-19 pandemic in Rajasthan
• COVID-19 pandemic in Tamil Nadu
• COVID-19 pandemic in Telangana
• COVID-19 pandemic in Uttarakhand
• COVID-19 pandemic in West Bengal

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