New Delhi: Lockdown was extended in Bihar and Himachal Pradesh on Monday (May 24) until May finish whereas Uttarakhand too determined to proceed with the COVID-induced curfew, as a number of states mentioned that the restrictions have led to an enchancment in the pandemic state of affairs.
States and Union Territories began imposing restrictions from mid-April for various durations because the lethal second wave of coronavirus hit the nation and most of them have now extended the curbs until the top of this month to rein in the unfold of an infection and the mounting deaths which have crossed the three lakh mark.
The Union Health Ministry on Monday mentioned a gradual decline in each day new COVID-19 instances has been noticed for the reason that final 17 days in India. Fresh COVID-19 infections in the nation dipped to 2,22,315, the bottom in round 38 days, pushing the entire tally of coronavirus instances to 2,67,52,447, whereas the demise toll climbed to 3,03,720 with 4,454 recent fatalities, in accordance to Ministry information up to date At 8 AM on Monday. India had registered 2,17,353 new infections on April 16.
The energetic instances decreased to 27,20,716 comprising 10.17 % of the entire infections, whereas the nationwide COVID-19 restoration fee has improved to 88.69 %.
The quantity of people that have recuperated from the illness surged to 2,37,28,011, whereas the case fatality fee has elevated to 1.14 %, the information acknowledged.
Bihar:
The Nitish Kumar authorities extended until June 1 the lockdown that has been in drive for almost a month in Bihar. “The lockdown has had a good impact and there has been a decline in the corona contagion. Hence, a decision has been taken to continue with the lockdown till June 01”, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar tweeted after chairing a high-level assembly convened to assessment the pandemic state of affairs in the state. More than 4 lakh individuals have been contaminated and over 2,000 have misplaced their lives since April when the devastating second wave hit the state
Uttarakhand:
The Uttarakhand authorities extended the COVID-19 associated curfew interval, which was to finish on Tuesday morning, until June 1.
Himachal Pradesh:
Himachal Pradesh authorities has extended the corona curfew in the state until May 31, an official spokesperson mentioned. The determination to prolong the curfew until six am on May 31 was taken in the state cupboard assembly chaired by the chief minister Jai Ram Thakur here on Monday, he added.
Madhya Pradesh:
With the COVID-19 positivity fee coming down to lower than 5 % in 5 districts of Madhya Pradesh, the state authorities has allowed “restricted relaxations” in the corona curfew in these districts from Monday, a senior official mentioned. On the premise of the expertise in these districts, Jhabua, Alirajpur, Khandwa, Burhanpur and Bhind, a method for implementing a graded unlocking course of will likely be thought of from June 1 onwards, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Dr Rajesh Rajora informed PTI.
The restricted relaxations have been allowed because the coronavirus positivity fee in these districts is lower than 5 %. The relaxations are relevant from May 24-31,” he mentioned. All authorities places of work in these 5 districts will likely be allowed to function with 100% energy of officers and 25 % energy of different staff. Shops of important commodities will likely be opened for the complete day in these districts.
Chandigarh:
The Chandigarh administration too determined to enable the opening of all outlets, in addition to saying to proceed with night time and weekend curfew in town. “All outlets will likely be allowed to stay open from 9 AM to 3 PM,? mentioned an official assertion here. The determination was taken in the wake of declining COVID-19 instances and the demand by merchants and shopkeepers who have been struggling due to the closure of their outlets.
Jharkhand:
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren mentioned that the each day an infection fee has declined by 50 % however until a single demise takes place in the state, the warfare in opposition to the second wave won’t be over. The authorities is making all efforts to save each “livelihood and life” and can quickly determine on the lockdown which is scheduled to come to an finish on May 27, he mentioned.
Delhi:
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had on Sunday introduced that the continuing lockdown in the nationwide capital will proceed for one more week and mentioned the method of “unlock” will begin from May 31 in a phased method if the variety of COVID-19 instances continues to decline.
Rajasthan:
The Rajasthan authorities, which extended the coronavirus lockdown by 15 days until June 8, had additionally mentioned the state might enable some relaxations in industrial actions from June 1 in districts the place the COVID-19 state of affairs will present vital enchancment.
Haryana:
Extending the lockdown until May 31, the Haryana authorities mentioned the positivity and fatality charges have to be introduced down additional, although it did enable some relaxations in the curbs.
Here is a take a look at coronavirus-induced restrictions/lockdown imposed by states and union territories:
Delhi is below lockdown from April 19 until May 31.
Haryana, which was below lockdown from May 3, has extended it until May 31.
Chandigarh administration has imposed night time and weekend curfew restrictions until May 31.
Punjab has extended all current COVID restrictions in the state until May 31, together with night time curfew.
Uttar Pradesh had extended the partial coronavirus curfew until 7 AM on May 31.
Bihar on May 4 imposed a lockdown which has now been extended until June 1.
Jharkhand had extended lockdown-like restrictions with stricter provisions until May 27.
Odisha is below lockdown until June 1.
West Bengal authorities introduced an entire lockdown from May 16 until May 30.
Rajasthan has extended lockdown until June 8.
Madhya Pradesh has extended the ‘corona curfew’ in all 52 districts of the state for various durations up to May 31.
Gujarat has extended night time curfew in 36 cities of the state until May 28. However, daytime restrictions have been relaxed and outlets, procuring malls, enterprise institutions and different enterprise actions have been allowed between 9 AM to 3 PM.
Chhattisgarh authorities has requested authorities in all of the 28 districts to prolong the COVID-19 lockdown until May 31.
Kerala has extended the entire lockdown, which was to finish on May 23, until May 30.
Tamil Nadu has extended the lockdown, which was to finish on May 24, by one other week.
Puducherry has imposed lockdown until May 31.
Karnataka has introduced an extension of lockdown for 2 weeks from May 24 to June 7.
Telangana has extended the lockdown until May 30.
Andhra Pradesh has extended the curfew until May 31.
Goa authorities has imposed curfew until May 31.
Maharashtra has extended the lockdown-like restrictions until June 1.
Assam on May 12 ordered shutting down of all places of work, spiritual locations and weekly markets for 15 days in city and semi-urban areas of the state. It has stopped all inter-district transport companies and motion of individuals throughout the state for 15 days with impact from May 21.
Nagaland has extended the lockdown until May 31.
Mizoram has extended the lockdown, which was imposed in Aizawl and different district headquarters, until May 31.
Arunachal Pradesh has imposed full lockdown in Anjaw, Dibang Valley, Lower Subansiri, Lohit and Tawang districts and the Capital Complex Region until May 31.
Manipur authorities has imposed curfew in seven districts of Imphal West, Imphal East, Bishnupur, Ukhrul, Thoubal, Kakching and Churachandpur until May 28.
Meghalaya extended lockdown in the worst-affected East Khasi Hills district until May 31.
Tripura has imposed night time curfew from May 19 until May 26.
Sikkim authorities determined to clamp an entire lockdown throughout the tiny Himalayan state from May 17 to May 24.
Jammu and Kashmir administration has extended the corona curfew until May 31 morning.
Uttarakhand has imposed a strict COVID curfew until June 1.
Himachal Pradesh has extended the coronavirus-induced curfew in the state until May 31.
