“The covid-19 situation in India is worsening with every passing. India today recorded the highest single-day casualties with 1,761 deaths. The country also recorded a total of 2,59,170 fresh infections. Several states like Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh are recording an upward swing in the number of cases. On the other hand, horrifying visuals are coming out from across the country about patients critically ill waiting in ambulance outside hospitals while beds are not available. Patients struggling to get oxygen or ventilator. Amid this, some visuals from Varanasi and Lucknow were viral on social media which showed horrifying sights of mass cremation. Up is the most populous state in the country and the health infra in the state is struggling just like anywhere else in India. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation on the covid-19 situation in the state on Monday, Allahabad high court pulled up the state govt. It noted that the recent surge of pandemic COVID-19 has virtually incapacitated all medical infrastructure in the State of U.P. and especially in cities like Prayagraj, Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur and Gorakhpur, the Allahabad High Court on Monday (April 19) imposed Lockdown in these cities till April 26.
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