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ASHA workers played critical role in COVID-19 management in UP, tracked 30.43 lakh migrant returnees

Over 3 lakh migrants return to UP in 268 trains

8:34 pm May 13, 2020

Lucknow: Over three lakh migrants have returned to Uttar Pradesh in 268 special trains so far, the highest in the country, a senior official said on Wednesday. All migrants are medically screened and given food packets before being sent to home quarantine, Additional Chief Secretary, Information, Awanish Awasthi told reporters. Of the total 3,26,040 migrants, […]

Uttar Pradesh: Over 2,000 workers arrive from Maharashtra, Gujarat

10:35 pm May 5, 2020

Lucknow: Over 2,000 migrant workers arrived Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday in two special trains from Maharashtra and Gujarat where they were stranded due to the coronavirus lockdown. While the train from Maharashtra’s Akola brought 1,195 labourers to Lucknow in the morning, 1,115 workers arrived at Gorakhpur around 4 pm from Gujarat’s Nadiad. On Monday, over […]

Three more die of coronavirus in UP; death toll 24

11:12 pm April 23, 2020

Lucknow: The coronavirus death toll rose to 24 in Uttar Pradesh as three more people succumbed to the infection on Thursday, an official release said. According to the release, while two deaths were reported from Kanpur, the third one took place in Agra, which has so far recorded the maximum seven fatalities in the state. […]

Record jump in COVID-19 cases; toll rises over 9K

125 fresh COVID-19 cases in UP, total count 974

12:37 am April 19, 2020

Lucknow: With 125 fresh cases, the number of people infected with the coronavirus went up to 974 in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. According to a health department bulletin, 108 COVID-19 patients have been treated in the state so far and the number of active cases is 852. Of the 125 cases reported on Saturday, 86 […]

2 more die of COVID-19 in UP, total cases climbs to 805

12:07 am April 17, 2020

Lucknow: Two more persons died of COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday while 78 people tested positive for coronavirus infection, taking the total fatalities in the state to 13 and active cases to 805, an official statement said. The state had on Wednesday had reported three deaths and 67 fresh cases, taking the death toll […]