Coronavirus India Live Updates: India information over 56,000 new Covid-19 circumstances, 271 deaths

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A well being employee collects swab pattern from an individual for COVID-19 take a look at. (Express photograph by Prem Nath Pandey)Coronavirus India Live Updates: India recorded 56,211 new covid-19 circumstances within the final 24 hours ending 8 am Tuesday, taking the nation’s whole to over 1.20 crore. Out of the full circumstances, 5.40 lakh are lively whereas over 1.13 crore folks have recovered after testing constructive. With 271 new deaths, the toll is over 1.62 lakh now. Maharashtra reported 31,643 circumstances on Monday and accounts for over 3.36 lakh lively circumstances within the nation.
National Conference president and Lok Sabha MP Farooq Abdullah has examined constructive for Covid-19, his son Omar introduced on Tuesday. “My father has tested positive for Covid-19 and is showing some symptoms. I will be self-isolating along with other family members until we get ourselves tested,” Omar tweeted.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra, which is on the centre of India’s Covid resurgence, is prone to launch new customary working procedures by April 1 to curb the unfold of virus. A full lockdown, nonetheless, is unlikely as of now. A second assessment assembly with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to debate the longer term plan of action will happen right this moment.
Eight states, together with Maharashtra, Karnataka and Punjab, account for 84.5 per cent of the 68,020 recent circumstances recorded within the nation, the Union Health Ministry mentioned Monday. The nationwide capital recorded over 1,900 new circumstances on the identical day, the best in round three-and-a-half months.
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The bustling New Market space of Bhopal had an uncommon customer final week — Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. What he introduced alongside was uncommon, too — not a purchasing bag, however white paint and masks.
Chouhan’s look was a part of a transfer to advertise the ‘Mera Mask, Meri Suraksha’ initiative to fight the spurt of Covid circumstances in Madhya Pradesh. On March 23, the Chief Minister launched the statewide marketing campaign by visiting crowded locations, distributing masks to folks, and utilizing the paint to attract distancing circles exterior retailers.

THE LOOMING risk of a lockdown within the state with a day by day surge in Covid circumstances has put migrant employees on the sting with some considering plans of returning again to their native locations to keep away from being caught off guard though the state authorities is but to make any announcement of a lockdown.
After the 21-day nationwide lockdown was introduced on March 24 final yr, many stranded employees with out ration or cash had walked hundreds of kilometers or hitched overpriced rides to achieve dwelling.

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