Coronavirus News Latest Updates: COVID-19 cases in India has reached 1.82 lakh, death toll tops 5,000.
New Delhi | Wizard News Desk: The number of novel coronavirus cases is increasing at an alarming rate in the country. The number of cases have surged to 1,90,535, while the death toll has risen to 5,394, according to the latest data by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Of the total number of cases, there are 93,322 active cases, while 91,819 people have been cured.
A day after guidelines were released by Home Ministry, several state governments like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh extended lockdown, and released guidelines-- easing restrictions outside containment zones.
Ministry of Home Affairs' guidelines regarding Unlock1 have come into effect today and will remain effective till June 30.
The unlock 1 phase of re-opening will have an economic focus. Shopping malls, hotels, restaurants, and religious places of worship will be allowed to open from June 8.
10:16 am: Total 38,37,207 samples have been tested till now, of which 1,00,180 samples have been tested in the last 24 hours: ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research)
10:05 am: 25 new COVID19 cases have been reported in Jharkhand, taking the total number of cases to 635: State Health Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni
9:30 am: Spike of 8,392 new COVID19 cases & 230 deaths reported in the last 24 hours in India. Total number of cases in the country now at 1,90,535 including 93322 active cases, 91819 cured/discharged/migrated and 5394 deaths: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
9 am: Salons reopen in Moradabad after state government allowed salons and beauty parlours to operate with conditions of social distancing and other precautionary measures.
8:21 am: Operation Samudra Setu: INS Jalashwa arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka today to bring back Indian citizens stranded overseas. The ship is expected to embark approximately 700 Indian nationals. Earlier, INS Jalashwa had repatriated 1286 citizens from Male, Maldives.
8:05 am: Ganga Ghats in Varanasi remain deserted on the occasion of Ganga Dussehra today, as gathering of devotees is restricted to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. Govt has allowed reopening of religious places from June 8.
7:55 am: Karnataka: KSR Bengaluru-Hubli Janshatbdi leaves from Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna (Bengaluru) Railway Station. Indian Railways has started operations of 200 passenger train services from today.
7:45 am: INS Jalashwa is ‘Fearless Pioneer’ ready to take 700 stranded Indians to their homeland from Sri Lanka. It's INS Jalashwa’s 3rd voyage under #SamudraSetu. Previously, she carried to India nearly 1400 Indians stranded in Maldives: High Commission of India in Colombo, Sri Lanka
7:30 am: Haryana: State Government has allowed inter-state and inter-district travel; visuals from Gurugram-Delhi border. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar yesterday. #Unlock1
7:15 am: Gautam Budh Nagar: Police check passes and IDs of people entering the district at Noida-Delhi border near Delhi's Mayur Vihar Extension area. Gautam Budh Nagar district administration yesterday said it will keep the Noida-Delhi border shut. As per a report of the district health department, 'source of infection in 42% of the COVID19 cases in the last 20 days has been tracked to Delhi'.
7:10 am: US records 598 coronavirus deaths, bringing its total to 104,356 since the pandemic began, with 1,788,762 overall cases of the virus, far more than any other nation: AFP news agency
7 am: Madhya Pradesh: Indore District Collector Manish Singh held a meeting with government officials over #Unlock1 yesterday. He said, "In central part of Indore, grocery shops & dairies will open but only for home delivery of goods. Fruit & vegetable sellers are allowed in the area".
Coronavirus Pandemic India News, Unlock 1.0 Latest Updates: Total number of cases in the country now at 1,82,143 including 89,995 active cases, 86,984 cured/discharged/migrated. The death toll has touched 5,164.
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Several activities have been allowed by the Home Ministry starting June 8 in Unlock 1.0. (File Photo)
Lockdown 5.0 Latest News, State Wise Tally: Highest spike of 8,380 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours has been recorded in India. As many as 193 deaths have also been reported. Total number of cases in the country now at 1,82,143 including 89,995 active cases, 86,984 cured/discharged/migrated. The death toll has touched 5,164, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in its latest update on Sunday.
The Centre on Saturday issued a detailed guidelines for lockdown 5.0 Unlock 1.0. It has allowed the opening of religious places of worship for public, hotels, restaurants and other hospitality services, shopping malls from June 8. There will be, however, no relaxation in Containment zones till June 30.
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