Covid-19 in India: No major lockdown relaxation as cases top 17,000

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Coronavirus tally in India stood at 17,615 on Sunday
  • According to ICMR data, India reported 1,135 new positive Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours
  • The Covid-19 death toll in India climbed to 519

As Republic of India completed twenty six days of the nationwide internment on Sunday, the coronavirus tally within the country stood at seventeen,615, whereas the Covid-19 toll climbed to 519.

According to the Indian Council of Medical analysis (ICMR), as on nine pm on Sunday, Republic of India reportable a complete of one,135 new positive Covid-19 cases.

The union health ministry on Sunday aforementioned that selective relaxations are given to non-containment zones in Republic of India when Gregorian calendar month twenty time of day, however, strict restrictions can continue in districts declared Covid-19 hotspots.

Meanwhile, many states on Sunday declared that they're going to not be reposeful the internment when Gregorian calendar month twenty.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal aforementioned that his government won't relax the internment for a minimum of per week because the coronavirus unfold "appears to possess gained pace".

The geographic area government conjointly on Sunday dominated out any relaxation within the curfew until might three exclusion the wheat procural.

On the opposite hand, Telangana extended the internment until might seven with Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao speech communication that the state can currently impose a "stricter" internment.

Posted in News on Apr 20, 2020


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