Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated 400-bed Covid-19 Hospital in Noida, Sector 39 on Saturday (August 8). Noida District Magistrate Suhas LY was also present at the event.

The Hospital has come up in association with the Tata Trusts and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, according to officials. Aditynath also reviewed the facilities in the hospital, which is expected to begin services with 200 beds initially from Sunday and will have 400 beds in the course of time, the officials said.

Gautam Buddh Nagar MP Mahesh Sharma, Noida MLA Pankaj Singh, Dadri MLA Tejpal Nagar, Jewar MLA Dhirendra Singh, District Magistrate Suhas L Y, District''s COVID-19 response officer Narendra Bhooshan and senior government doctors were present during the inauguration.

Meanwhile, due to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath`s visit in the district Section 144 has been imposed in Noida. The Noida police on Friday told media, "Section 144 has been imposed in Noida, ahead of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath`s visit on Saturday. People are not allowed to fly drones. 15 gazetted officers and around 700 constables who are on duty are required to undergo COVID-19 testing."

The Chief Minister had arrived in Gautam Buddh Nagar on Friday evening to review the district''s preparedness in the fight against COVID-19. The virus has infected over 5,800 people in the district and claimed 43 lives so far, according to official figures.

Earlier on Friday, Yogi Adityanath had held a meeting with public representatives in Gautam Budh Nagar over the situation of COVID-19 in the district. He had asked officials to send teams of experts from the Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences and King George's Medical University to camp in Kanpur Nagar to guide and supplement the existing health infrastructure.

The coronavirus tally in Gautam Buddh Nagar on Friday surged to 5,806 including 906 active cases, 4,857 recovered and 43 deaths, according to the state`s health department. The total number of COVID -19 cases in Uttar Pradesh now stands at 1,13,378, including 44563 active cases, 66,834 recoveries and 1,918 deaths as per the Ministry of Health data on Saturday.