Coronavirus India live updates: The number of coronavirus cases in India has reached 67,152. So far, 2,206 have lost their lives due to the infection. Maharashtra alone accounts for over 20,000 infections. The death toll has gone past 2,000.
The Prime Minister is discussing the next stage in the exit from the nationwide lockdown with CMs on further easing restrictions on economic activities.
Barring containment zones, economic activities should be allowed to resume in Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal said at PM-CMs meet.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar asks Centre’s support for Covid-19 testing facilities. He also recommended that the lockdown should continue till May-end so that whosoever are coming back can be quarantined and recover.
Train movement should not be allowed, I suggest this as a former railway minister, he said.
As the nationwide coronavirus lockdown 3.0 is scheduled to end on May 17, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with Chief Ministers of various states via video conference on Monday (May 11) afternoon. According to reports, the Prime Minister will review India’s progress in containing coronavirus disease while gradually restarting economic activities in a phased manner.
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"Your enthusiasm and spirit will help us win this war against coronavirus. We are working on all the possibilities and ideas to open up economic activities. Life pre and post coronavirus will see a different culture in this country. We must all work towards engaging more technology in our education imparting systems to counter situation like this. There is ample scope in out country with regards to tourism even post coronavirus we will have to explore that," PM Modi says.
As per MHA guideline, a copy of the online railway ticket will act as your emergency pass, if you are travelling in your cab no pass is needed even for the driver who is going to drop the passenger. But they have to follow states guideline like not more than 2 passengers in a cab etc. If anybody does not have a conveyance of his own, MHA or Railways have nothing to say. Respective states may answer will they arrange or not.
One more area in Delhi was decontained on Monday. House No. A-30 in Mansarover Garden has been de-contained, reports ANI.
The total number of containment zones in the national capital now stand at 81. No new addition in containment zones today.
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan at the meeting with PM Modi: Lockdown should be full in containment and red zone. And night curfew should be imposed.
Barring containment zones, economic activities should be allowed to resume in Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal said at PM-CMs meet, PTI quoting sources
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar asks Centre's support for Covid-19 testing facilities. He also recommended that the lockdown should continue till May-end so that whosoever are coming back can be quarantined and recover.
Train movement should not be allowed, I suggest this as a former railway minister, he said.
Gujarat reports 347 new Covid-19 cases and 20 deaths, taking total case count to 8,542 and fatalities to 513: PTI quoting a health official
54 new COVID-19 cases in Punjab, total rises to 1,877; active cases 1,678
With 57 new cases, coronavirus tally in Mumbai's slum colony of Dharavi rises to 916: BMC official
Our biggest challenge will be to ensure COVID-19 doesn't spread to villages in spite of relaxations: PM Modi
7 fresh COVID-19 cases have been reported in Kerala in the past 24 hours.
Shortly after the online booking for passenger trains opened, the railways ticketing website IRCTC, burdened by the load, crashed in no time. Expressing regret, the railways said “bookings will be available shortly”.
Information about 697 potential COVID-19 hotspots was generated through Aarogya Setu app: Govt
Booking for 15 special trains delayed by two hours, will begin at 6 PM now: Railways
20,917 COVID-19 patients have been cured till now, taking recovery rate to 31.15 pc; 1,559 patients recovered in last 24 hrs: Health ministry
4,213 COVID-19 cases and 97 deaths reported in last 24 hrs till Monday 8 am, taking total cases to 67,152 and death toll to 2,206: Govt
COVID-19 cases in Indore rise to 1,935 after 77 people test positive; death toll climbs to 90 with one more fatality: Official
Chandigarh Administration has decided that public dealings in government offices to start from May 18.
Delhi government decides to provide another financial assistance of Rs 5,000 to construction workers.
Hundreds of labourers working at the Nirma Limited's detergent plant in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district allegedly went on a rampage and vandalised a staff bus in the early hours of Monday after a Shramik Special train to Uttar Pradesh from was cancelled, police said.
Delhi records 310 fresh coronavirus cases, tally now 7,233: Govt
Fight against COVID-19 cannot be an excuse to exploit workers, suppress their voice and crush their human rights: Rahul Gandhi
3 CISF personnel deployed at Ahmedabad airport test positive for COVID-19.
Constable Vijay Gaur, who was posted in police line commits suicide in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut
Corona scare in Delhi's Tihar Jail. Jailers have been sent to quarantine after an inmate tested positive for Coronavirus.
No 4G in Kashmir
SC declines to pass order for 4G connectivity.
SC sets up a committee of secys from MHA, UT Administration to examine the feasibility, requirement of 4G in Kashmir.
Shramik Special trains to now have up to 3 stoppages in destination state,run with full capacity of around 1,700 instead of 1,200:Rly order
Coronavirus cases takes a surge in Gujrat as two persons in Jamnagar and one in Bhavnagar tested positive
As many as 326 people stuck in London due to the COVID-19 lockdown arrived at the Kempegowda International Airport here in the early hours of Monday. After their arrival by an Air India evacuation flight at 4.45 am, a team of corona warriors checked the passengers' health condition before letting them go to the designated quarantine centres. All the 326 passengers were found to be asymptomatic and put up in hotels as chosen by them, a senior Karnataka government official said. The state administration has designated certain resorts and hotels as quarantine centres, especially for those stranded in foreign countries.