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On the evening of 24 March 2020, the Government of India ordered a nationwide lockdown for 21 days, limiting the movement of the entire 1.38 billion (138 crores) population of India as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic in India. [1] It was ordered after a 14-hour voluntary public curfew on 22 March, followed by enforcement of a ...
Empty roads during the lockdown in Vadodara, Gujarat. On 22 March, the Government of India announced complete lockdown in 82 districts in 22 states and the Union Territories of the country where confirmed cases were reported. [33] 80 cities including Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, [34] Chandigarh [35] and Kolkata were put under lockdown. [36]
The COVID-19 pandemic in Indiais a part of the worldwide pandemicof coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2). As of 13 September 2024, according to Indian government figures, India has the second-highest number of confirmed cases in the world (after the United States of America ...
Maharashtra, which is home to financial hub Mumbai, contributes around 15% to India's GDP. The latest lockdown in India’s richest state will cost the country’s economy $5.4 billion Skip to ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairing a video conference with the state Chief Ministers on May 11, 2020. The Indian state governments have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in India with various declarations of emergency, closure of institutions and public meeting places, and other restrictions intended to contain the spread of the virus.
India recorded 273,810 new COVID infections and 1,619 deaths nationwide. [31] Crematoriums running nonstop began to have their metal parts melt, causing experts to speculate that the death total has been severely undercounted. [32] Delhi announced a strict, six-day lockdown to help curb the spread of infections around the capital city. [33]
hmfw.ap.gov.in. The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh was reported in Nellore on 12 March 2020. A 24-year-old who was confirmed positive for coronavirus. He had travel history to Italy. [1]
Fatality rate. 1.35% [1] Government website. karunadu.karnataka.gov.in /hfw. The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Indian state of Karnataka was confirmed on 8 March 2020. Two days later, the state became the first in India to invoke the provisions of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, which was set to last for a year, to curb the spread ...