Covid-19 Cases and Deaths Count in India, Lockdown and Unlocking Today Live June 2: The Coronavirus spread in India has began shrinking. The nation has been witnessing a sharp fall in every day Covid-19 circumstances. The weekly positivity price has dropped beneath 5 per cent in 344 districts – practically half of India’s 718 districts. The active caseload has been witnessing a fall of just about a lakh every day for the previous couple of days. Deaths due to Covid-19 complications as dropped beneath 3,000 for the previous two days – all these indicate that the Covid-19 second wave has began waning. So the significant query: Is it the ideal time for unlocking?
States like Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir have currently began gradual (partial) unlocking in their respective states with virus infections below handle. While Delhi has extended the curfew on the movement of people in the city till 5 am on 7 June, it permitted factory and building activities. Haryana will be below lockdown for one more week but the state has relaxed the restrictions on shop timings and malls. Uttar Pradesh has lifted curfew from 64 districts. But states like Gujarat, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Punjab, and Goa have extended lockdown/restrictions in their respective states in order to limit the spread of virus infections.
With an aim to stay away from a doable third wave, the Centre on Tuesday laid down criteria for Covid unlocking for districts – positivity price of beneath 5 per cent for a week, vaccination of 70 per cent of the vulnerable population, and neighborhood ownership of Covid-suitable behaviour and care. According to Dr. Balram Bhargava, ICMR Director General and a member of India’s Covid-19 job force, “Gradual lifting of restrictions will not witness a massive surge”. He, nevertheless, mentioned districts have to “ensure that vaccination has to be prioritized”.
As various states in India weighing selections for Covid unlocking, catch all the live updates on Coronavirus from India and the world right here: