As coronavirus cases in the National Capital Region show an upward trend, the Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday, 16 April, put all the NCR districts on alert mode, as per an official statement.
This came amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases in Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar, where 11 and 70 cases were reported on Saturday, respectively.
This came as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday chaired a meeting on COVID-19 management in the state, in which he observed that there has been a rise in COVID-19 cases in the state's neighbouring areas and its impact can be seen in the NCR districts, reported news agency PTI.
Adityanath, at the meeting, asked officials to ramp up the administration of the booster dose of COVID-19 vaccines to all adults and also directed them to send samples of COVID-19 patients for genome sequencing.
Meanwhile, a surge in COVID-19 cases has been observed in Delhi, where 366 new coronavirus infections were reported on Saturday. On Friday, 325 cases were reported in the national capital, while on Thursday, 299 infections were recorded.
Fourteen children are currently undergoing treatment in private and government hospitals in Delhi, officials said on Saturday.
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