Mamata Banerjee writes to PM to shutdown all flights to Bengal
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to shut all flight operation to Kolkata airport. The total number of Covid-19 cases in India rose to 415 on Monday, with 15 more people testing positive in Maharashtra. The Centre has also ordered all states to enforce lockdown strictly. Legal action would be taken against violators, said a government notification after Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that some people were still not taking the lockdown seriously. He urged people to protect themselves and their families and follow instructions laid down by the government.
Kerala and Maharashtra both have reported 67 confirmed cases of coronavirus so far. In Maharashtra, out of 67 cases three foreigners have tested positive while in Karnataka a total of seven foreigners have tested positive.
Out of 29 cases in the national capital, one foreigner has tested positive.
Fourteen foreigners have tested positive out of 21 cases in Haryana while one foreigner has tested positive out of 28 total cases in Uttar Pradesh.
Meanwhile, two foreigners tested positive in Rajasthan out of 27 confirmed cases whereas 26 confirmed cases in Telangana include 11 foreigners.
Apart from these, seven confirmed cases have been reported in West Bengal, three in Uttarakhand, 13 in Ladakh, four in J&K, five in Chandigarh, seven in Tamil Nadu including two foreigners, 21 in Punjab, one in Puducherry, two in Odisha, six in Madhya Pradesh, two in Himachal, 18 in Gujarat, one in Chhattisgarh, two in Bihar and five in Andhra Pradesh.
Seven people one each from Punjab, Bihar, Karnataka, Gujarat and Delhi and two from Maharashtra have lost their lives due to corona virus.
