NEW DELHI: Total number of coronavirus cases in India stood at 96,169 as of Monday after a record jump of 5,242 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry. With the death of 157 more people, the total death toll stood at 3,029. As per the ministry, India’s recovery rate is 38.29 per cent.
Here is a look at the latest updates on the outbreak of coronavirus from major Indian cities:
1
DELHI
Six employees of OPPO factory in Greater Noida test positive for Covid-19. All operations at the factory have been suspended.
Monday witnessed a heavy traffic congestion at toll booth on Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) Flyway.
New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) chairman has been appointed as the chief nodal officer to help the migrant workers stuck at Delhi-UP border.
Chicken and meat shops, stationery shops, dairy, bakeries, sweet shops and photostat shops open at Delhi’s Khan Market.
Twelve new Covid-19 deaths reported in Delhi, toll climbs to 160.
Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) starts bus shuttle services for passengers arriving at New Delhi Railway Station.
2
HYDERABAD
Telangana hospitals to perform elective surgeries after a month, battle huge backlog.
After keeping medical electives services in Telangana on hold for nearly a month, state health authorities have ordered restoration of all services in government hospitals with immediate effect.
After remaining shut for nearly two months, private nursing homes and clinics have now approached the state health department seeking guidelines to restart operations.
3
KOLKATA
With work from home and online office presentations becoming the new normal in the present Covid-19 scenario, the Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco) is planning to set up neighbourhood work cocoons in residential areas across New Town.
Belgachhia slums role models in coronavirus fight.
The slums of Lal Maidan and Zarina Maidan in Belgachhia are all set to become a role model about how Kolkata Police and Kolkata Municipal Corporation plan to handle the Covid outbreak in the slums.
Shops selling footwear, bags, helmets, electronic accessories reopen in Siliguri.
4
AHMEDABAD
To start their own business and become self-reliant, many Gujaratis moved to Saudi Arabia but as the state government has not made any arrangements to bring them back, they are stranded there.
Migrants attacked cops and pelted stones after they were stopped from entering GMDC ground in Ahmedabad.
Krishnanagar police station head constable succumbs to Covid-19.
Doors unlocked for business outside containment zones in Gujarat.
5
MUMBAI
1,273 personnel of Maharashtra Police including 131 officers have contracted Covid-19 so far. Out of the total cases, 291 police personnel have recovered while 11 others succumbed to the infection, say Maharashtra Police
The body of a man from Ulwe has gone missing from the morgue of a civic hospital in Navi Mumbai.
1,273 personnel of Maharashtra Police including 131 officers have contracted Covid-19 so far.
Out of the total cases, 291 police personnel have recovered while 11 others succumbed to the infection, say Maharashtra Police.
The body of a man from Ulwe has gone missing from the morgue of a civic hospital in Navi Mumbai.
6
BENGALURU
All four state transport corporation buses allowed to operate in Karnataka, except in red and containment zones, from Tuesday, says BS Yediyurappa.
All shops will be allowed to open, all trains running within the state will be allowed, says Karnataka CM.
84 new Covid-19 cases reported in Karnataka, tally climbs to 1,231.
Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa holds meeting with state ministers and senior government officers to discuss about the guidelines issued by the Centre regarding fourth phase of coronavirus lockdown at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru.
7
CHANDIGARH
Migrant workers gather in Kundali Industrial Area in Sonipat waiting for buses to take them back to their hometown in UP.
Shops of electronic items, footwear, hardware and bicycle repair reopen in Amritsar.
Ambala to have Covid lab, will conduct 200 tests daily.
Clothes shops remain closed at Chaura Bazar in Ludhiana.
The Chandigarh International Airport is likely to resume operations by June following the Airport Authority of India (AAI) guidelines for opening the domestic sector.
8
CHENNAI
No tipplers turned up to the Tasmac outlet near Mulluwadi gate area in Salem.
Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palanisami opooses abolishing free power to farmers as mentioned by Union finance minister.
Fifty per cent of government employees start their work from today.
9
LUCKNOW
Man pushes tricycle, helps disabled friend travel 350 km.
Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, his family members placed under 14-day home quarantine after they reach Budhana town in UP for Eid, say police.
The UP government is likely to follow Centre’s guidelines on lockdown, which has been extended till May 31.
The number of Covid-19 cases in Lucknow crossed the 300-mark on Sunday, with four more corona warriors — all health workers, including a female doctor and two women staff nurses, testing positive for novel coronavirus among the nine new cases that pushed the city tally to 305.
Source : TOI
