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The Uttarakhand government has lifted night curfew after over one-and-a-half months and allowed various other economic activities to resume fully following a decline in daily new coronavirus cases.
As per the revised coronavirus guidelines, night curfew imposed in Uttarakhand on 27 December to rein in a spike in pandemic cases has been lifted, and gyms, shopping malls, cinema halls, spas, salons, theatres, auditoriums and meeting halls allowed to open with full capacity.
However, swimming pools and water parks will remain closed till February-end.
The ban on political rallies and dharnas will also continue till February 28, the standard operating procedure (SOP) said.
Hotels, restaurants and dhabas can also open for dining with their full capacity, but will have to strictly follow Covid norms.
Meanwhile, India logged 30,615 new coronavirus infections, taking the country's tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,27,23,558, while the active cases dipped to 3,70,240, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.
The death toll climbed to 5,09,872 with 514 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The daily COVID-19 cases were recorded less than one lakh for ten consecutive days
The active cases comprise 0.87 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has further improved to 97.94 per cent, the health ministry said.
A reduction of 52,887 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.45 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 3.32 per cent, according to the ministry.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,18,43,446, while the case fatality rate was recorded as 1.19 per cent.
The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 173.86 crore.
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