Coronavirus India Updates: Biggest Single-Day Spike In Nationwide Count; Maharashtra Eases Curbs

Not Allowed

• Schools, colleges, educational, training, coaching institutions.
• International air travel of passengers, except as permitted by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
• Metro rail.
• Passenger movement by trains and domestic air travel unless specifically allowed through separate orders and standard operating procedure.
• Cinema halls, gymnasiums, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theatres, bars and auditoriums, assembly halls and similar places.
• Social, political, sports/entertainment, academic/cultural, religious functions and large congregations.
• Religious places or places of worship for public
• Barber Shops, spas, saloons, beauty parlours.
• Shopping malls, hotels, restaurants and other hospitality services.

Tamil Nadu on Sunday announced extension of the ongoing lockdown till June 30, albeit with more relaxations that included partially opening public transport and allowing more employees at the workplace.

Chief Minister K Palaniswami said the curbs on religious places, inter-state bus transport, and metro and suburban rails would continue. Pubic transport will resume with reduced services from June 1, but buses will not be operated in Chennai, Kancheepurm, Tiruvallur and Chengalpet districts having the highest concentration of Covid-19 cases in the state, he said. Private stage carriers will be allowed to operate in authorised routes, Palaniswami said.

Tamil Nadu is among the states worst affected by the new coronavirus pandemic with total infections of more than 21,000.

Source: PTI

Globally, cases crossed 6 million, with more than 369,000 deaths.

Brazil reported a 3.4% rise in new deaths on Saturday, to 28,834. It surpassed France and now has the fourth-most fatalities worldwide. The Latin American nation’s toll trails the U.S., U.K. and Italy. France has 28,774 fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins data. New cases increased 7.2% to 498,440, trailing only the U.S.

The U.S. will quit the World Health Organization after President Donald Trump faulted its actions with China and the virus.

Cases in the U.S. increased 1.7% from the same time Friday, to 1.76 million, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg News. The national increase exceeded the average daily increase of 1.3% for the past week and was the biggest percentage rise since May 22. Deaths climbed 1.2% to 103,389.

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