COVID-19 lockdown extended in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Puducherry
Extending the lockdown till May 31, the Haryana government said the positivity and fatality rates have to be brought down further, though it did allow some relaxations in the curbs
PTI | May 24, 2021 | Updated 08:44 IST
Lockdown was extended on Sunday in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Puducherry, with many states already imposing COVID-induced restrictions till May-end to rein in the spread of infection and the mounting deaths which crossed the three lakh mark.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that the ongoing lockdown in the national capital will continue for another week and said the process of unlock will start from May 31 in a phased manner if the number of COVID-19 cases continues to decline.
Lockdown extended in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan
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Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Telangana have also extended lockdown this month
Lockdown was extended on Sunday in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Puducherry, with many States already imposing Covid-induced restrictions till May-end to rein in the spread of infection and the mounting deaths which crossed the three lakh mark.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that the ongoing lockdown in the national capital will continue for another week and said the process of unlock will start from May 31 in a phased manner, if the number of Covid-19 cases continues to decline.
NEW DELHI/PATNA: Lockdown was extended in Bihar and Himachal Pradesh on Monday till May end while Uttarakhand too decided to continue with the Covid-induced curfew, as several states said that the restrictions have led to an improvement in the pandemic situation.
States and Union Territories started imposing restrictions from mid-April for varying periods as the deadly second wave of coronavirus hit the country and most of them have now extended the curbs till the end of this month to rein in the spread of infection and the mounting deaths which have crossed the three lakh mark.
The Union Health Ministry on Monday said a steady decline in daily new Covid-19 cases has been observed since the last 17 days in India.
Telangana has extended the lockdown till May 30
Bengal has announced a complete lockdown until May 30
New Delhi: Lockdown was extended in Bihar and Himachal Pradesh on Monday (May 24) till May end while Uttarakhand too decided to continue with the COVID-induced curfew, as several states said that the restrictions have led to an improvement in the pandemic situation.
States and Union Territories started imposing restrictions from mid-April for varying periods as the deadly second wave of coronavirus hit the country and most of them have now extended the curbs till the end of this month to rein in the spread of infection and the mounting deaths which have crossed the three lakh mark.
Lockdown restrictions extended in Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand
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States and Union Territories started imposing restrictions from mid-April for varying periods as the deadly second wave of coronavirus hit the country and most of them have now extended the curbs till the end of this month to rein in the spread of infection and the mounting deaths which have crossed the three lakh mark.
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India had registered 2,17,353 new infections on April 16.
Lockdown was extended in Bihar and Himachal Pradesh on Monday till May end while Uttarakhand too decided to continue with the COVID-induced curfew, as several states said that the restrictions have led to an improvement in the pandemic situation. States and Union Territories started imposing restrictions from mid-April for varying periods as the deadly second wave of coronavirus hit the country and most of them have now extended the curbs till the end of this mon