 | This article needs to be updated. (April 2021) |
COVID-19 Pandemic spread to Uttar Pradesh in March 2020. While the World Health Organization praised the UP government for its contact tracing efforts,[1] there were several other issues in its management of the pandemic, including under reportage of cases by the government,[2] vaccine shortages[3] and dismal conditions of COVID-19 hospitals.[4]
| COVID-19 pandemic in Uttar Pradesh | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Uttar Pradesh, India |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Ghaziabad |
| Arrival date | 4 March 2020 (4 years, 8 months and 3 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 5,51,179 (4 December 2020) |
| Active cases | 22,665 |
| Recovered | 5,20,637 |
Deaths | 7,877 |
| Fatality rate | 1.4 % |
Territories | All districts |
| Government website | |
| MoHFW | Home Coronavirus in India: Latest Map and Case Count | |
- ^ "WHO Praises UP Government's "Exemplary" Efforts For Covid Management". NDTV.com. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ Yadav, Jyoti (16 April 2021). "'Dead bodies all over': Lucknow funerals tell a story starkly different from UP govt's claims". ThePrint. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ Gaur, Vatsala. "Not just Maharashtra, shortage of vaccines in Uttar Pradesh, too". The Economic Times. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ ""Are We Animals?": COVID Patients On "Inhuman Conditions" At UP Hospital". NDTV.com. Retrieved 16 April 2021.