COVID-19: Lucknow streets remain deserted amid weekend lockdown
Aug 23, 2020
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 23 : Streets in Lucknow on Sunday wore a deserted look and shops and establishments remained closed as Uttar Pradesh observed a complete lockdown on weekend in view of the surge in COVID-19 cases.
The lockdown will continue till 5.00 am on Monday morning.
Uttar Pradesh government on July 14 announced that to contain the spread of COVID-19 there will be complete lockdown in the state every Friday from 10 pm to 5 am on Monday till further orders.
As per Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Uttar Pradesh till Sunday has 48,291 active COVID-19 cases.
