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Uttar Pradesh: No hike in electricity prices in the city amid Covid-19 pandemic

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The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday (May 28) decided not to increase the prices of electricity in the state.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath issued orders against increasing the electricity prices after attending a meeting related to the issue. This decision comes in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic as UP recovers from the onslaught of the second wave.

On Thursday, the UP CM claimed that the state has moved into a COVID ‘safe zone’.

“Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the state with the most COVID tests and at the vanguard of the vaccination campaign. Till Wednesday, we have conducted 48.7 million corona tests,” Adityanath said.

He also applauded his government’s performance in managing the pandemic. “More than 3 lakh COVID tests are being conducted every day in the state. We started from scratch, and today we are conducting almost 3.5 lakh COVID tests every day,” CM Adityanath said while speaking to Zee News.

Attending a press conference in Siddharth Nagar in Thursday, he said, “The apprehensions of the increase in Covid infection in villages forced me to hit the ground to assess the situation myself.”

Further, the UP CM informed that to protect the children from the third wave of the coronavirus, the government will “identify and vaccinate parents of children below 12 years on a priority basis from June 1,” PTI reported.

Uttar Pradesh recorded 3,278 fresh cases, while 188 people succumbed to the coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours. The death toll reached 19,900, along with the total caseload mounting to 16,83,866, as per state officials on Thursday.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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