Uttar Pradesh will be under lockdown from Friday night till Monday morning amid Coronavirsu pandemic. Government imposed a lockdown in the state since 10 pm today till 5 pm on 13 July.
The total confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Uttar Pradesh has reached 31,156.
The death toll has also increased to 845.
During the lockdown period from Friday night till Monday morning, all markets, food grain markets and other establishments will remain closed during this period and the supply of essentials will be ensured through doorstep delivery.
Testing for Covid-19 touched a new benchmark on Tuesday as 34,085 samples were tested in a single day. So far, over 10 lakh samples have been tested in UP, he said.
Amit Mochan Prasad said so far the teams involved in this task have visited over 84.12 lakh houses and talked to over 4.29 crore people referring to the ongoing door to door screening in all divisions of the state.