Coronavirus cases in India continue to rise.
Three blocks in Delhi's Model Town area including G, H and I have been identified as containment zones after a Delhi Police sub-inspector, wife and child tested coronavirus positive. Following this, the three blocks have now been declared as quarantine zone, informed Vijayanta Arya, DCP, North-West has informed.
With three more areas in Delhi declared as hotspots, the number of containment zones in the national capital have increased to 56. Red zones are areas that are under complete lockdown whereas orange zones are those at high risk of coronavirus spread. Meanwhile, sanitisation is underway in all those infected areas to control the spread of COVID-19 virus. Check full list of 56 hotspots in New Delhi.
India coronavirus cases cross 12000-mark; death toll at 414
India coronavirus cases have crossed 12,000-mark taking confirmed cases toll to 12,380 including 414 deaths while 1,489 patients have recovered from the deadly disease, as per health ministry's figures released on Thursday. In the last 24 hours, the nation has witnessed 37 new deaths. Earlier between Tuesday and Wednesday, the country saw 1,076 new cases including 38 deaths. India is recording an increase in the coronavirus cases with an average rise of 1,000 cases per day now. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the lockdown for another 19 days which will now be effective till May 3 suggesting that earlier lockdown period which ended on April 15 helped India to contain the magnitude of the spread of virus adding if it had not been imposed then the situation in the country would have been devastating.
Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh worst-hit states
Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are among the worst-hit states in the country having the maximum number of coronavirus cases. Maharashtra has over 2,900 confirmed coronavirus cases with metropolitan Mumbai being the most impacted city across the nation. Following Maharashtra is Delhi that has over 1,500 cases including 32 deaths. Tamil Nadu has also been badly hit with coronavirus as total positive cases here are at 1,242 including 14 deaths while 118 people have recovered after getting infected with the virus.
