A masked man holds a placard urging citizens to stay at home and maintain social distance outside a wine shop, after authorities permitted the opening of liquor shops with certain restrictions, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Mumbai.
Coronavirus cases in India have crossed 49,000-mark taking confirmed cases tally to 49,391 including 1694 deaths while 14183 have recovered, according to health ministry's figures released on Wednesday. There have been 126 coronavirus deaths in India in the past 24 hours, a rise of 2,958 cases and 1,456 recoveries in the past one day. The latest tally included 14,182 who have either cured, discharged, or migrated. On Tuesday, coronavirus cases in India climbed to 46,711. On May 5, the country entered its fourth extended phase of lockdown that will remain effective till May 17 i.e for two more weeks. However, the latest phase of lockdown has been imposed with certain relaxations including the opening of standalone essential, non-essential shops across the country. But the resuming of certain services will highly depend on which zone a particular area will be falling under i.e red, orange, green or containment zones.
On Tuesday, India's death toll due to coronavirus climbed to 1,568, as per health ministry's figures. Meanwhile, Maharashtra continues to remain the worst affected state hit by COVID-19 with 15,525 cases and 617 deaths. Followed by Gujarat with 6245 COVID-19 cases, Delhi that has reported 5104 infections.
The government is slowly trying to open up the economy amid coronavirus lockdown as many small businesses across the country have incurred major losses due to shutdown, therefore, with the easing of lockdown restrictions, Centre is moving towards an exit strategy from the shutdown. PM Modi meanwhile is holding meetings with Finance Minister, other cabinet ministers on deciding the economic stimulus or relief package for the businesses as they have been affected due to lockdown.
State-wise list of coronavirus cases, deaths in India
| Name of State / UT | Total Confirmed cases (Including 111 foreign Nationals) | Cured/Discharged/ Migrated |
Deaths ( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities ) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 33 | 32 | 0 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1717 | 589 | 36 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Assam | 43 | 32 | 1 |
| Bihar | 536 | 142 | 4 |
| Chandigarh | 111 | 21 | 1 |
| Chhattisgarh | 59 | 36 | 0 |
| Dadar Nagar Haveli | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Delhi | 5104 | 1468 | 64 |
| Goa | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Gujarat | 6245 | 1381 | 368 |
| Haryana | 548 | 256 | 6 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 42 | 38 | 2 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 741 | 320 | 8 |
| Jharkhand | 125 | 33 | 3 |
| Karnataka | 671 | 331 | 29 |
| Kerala | 502 | 462 | 4 |
| Ladakh | 41 | 17 | 0 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3049 | 1000 | 176 |
| Maharashtra | 15525 | 2819 | 617 |
| Manipur | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Meghalaya | 12 | 10 | 1 |
| Mizoram | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Odisha | 175 | 60 | 1 |
| Puducherry | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| Punjab | 1451 | 133 | 25 |
| Rajasthan | 3158 | 1525 | 89 |
| Tamil Nadu | 4058 | 1485 | 33 |
| Telengana | 1096 | 585 | 29 |
| Tripura | 43 | 2 | 0 |
| Uttarakhand | 61 | 39 | 1 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2880 | 987 | 56 |
| West Bengal | 1344 | 364 | 140 |
| Total number of confirmed cases in India | 49391* | 14183 | 1694 |
| *States wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation | |||
| *Our figures are being reconciled with ICMR | |||
