According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, as many as 2,293 cases and 71 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. This is the highest number of cases in a single day yet.
The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in India crossed the 35,000-mark on Friday, while the death toll topped the 1,152-mark as well.
As of 9:30 AM on Saturday, the COVID-19 tally in India has reached 37,336 confirmed cases, which includes 26,167 active cases, 9,951 cured, discharged, or migrated patients and 1,218 deaths.
According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, as many as 2,293 cases and 71 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. This is the highest number of cases in a single day yet.
In India, the state of Maharashtra has emerged as the epicenter of coronavirus spread where cases have crossed the 10,000-mark with at least 485 deaths. The positive cases in Maharashtra have reached 11,506, including 1,879 discharged cases.
Mumbai, the financial capital of the country, has become the hotbed of the coronavirus spread in the state. Notably, one of the real challenges in Mumbai is controlling the disease contamination in Asia's biggest slum -- Dharavi, which is an extremely densely-populated region.
After Maharashtra, Gujarat has the most number of COVID-19 cases (4,721). The state has reported 236 deaths, while 735 people have been discharged.
As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak continues to spread like wildfire in India, the central and state governments are respectively amping up all of their efforts to check potential contamination. A nationwide lockdown is in place, which was further extended on Friday (May 1) by the Ministry of Home Affairs for two weeks beyond May 3. This is the second extension to the lockdown first announced on March 24 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had declared an extension of the initial nationwide lockdown till May 3 to battle the novel coronavirus.
The MHA on Friday also issued new guidelines to regulate different activities in this period, based on the risk profiling of the districts of the country into red (hotspot), green and orange zones. The guidelines have permitted considerable relaxations in the districts falling in the green and orange zones.
The new guidelines also prescribe certain measures for well being and safety of persons. Hence, movement of individuals, for all non-essential activities, shall remain strictly prohibited between 7 pm to 7 am, the MHA said. Local authorities shall issue orders under appropriate provisions of law, such as prohibitory orders [curfew] under Section 144 of CrPC, for this purpose, and ensure strict compliance, the ministry said.
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