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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath issued the fresh directions during a review meeting at his 5-Kalidas Marg residence here.
The CM has directed the closure of schools for students up to Class 8 till April 4, an official spokesperson said, adding that it has been ordered to ensure that the COVID-19 protocol is followed for other classes.
The CM asked officials to step up testing with focus on old age homes, orphanages, residential schools and other such places.
The CM said the dedicated COVID hospitals made earlier should be reactivated.
The state had reported 10 more COVID-19 fatalities on Tuesday, pushing the death toll to 8,800, while 918 new cases took the infection tally to 6,15,996.
Four deaths were reported from Lucknow, two from Kanpur and one each from Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Unnao and Auraiya, a health bulletin issued here said.
The bulletin said the state has so far tested over 3.47 crore samples for COVID-19, including 64,519 on Monday.
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