In pics: Activities across India on day 1 of Unlock 1.0 amid coronavirus COVID-19 scare
India on Monday recorded highest spike in coronavirus cases with over 8,000 cases in a day. The total coronavirus case tally of India now stands at 1.9 lakh with 5394 deaths. Lockdown 5.0 that began Monday will be in place till June 30. The three-phased unlock 1.0 beginning June 8 comes at a time when the novel coronavirus is raging most fiercely in the country, in terms of the number of cases and casualties due to Covid-19.
As India enters the first day of lockdown 5, the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise as 8,392 new infections and 230 deaths reported in the last 24 hours in India. Total number of cases in the country now at 1,90,535 including 93322 active cases, 91819 cured/discharged/migrated and 5394 deaths as per the data of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Lockdown 5.0 that began Monday will be in place till June 30. The three-phased unlock 1.0 beginning June 8 comes at a time when the novel coronavirus is raging most fiercely in the country, in terms of the number of cases and casualties due to Covid-19.
India has now become the world's seventh worst-hit country in terms of coronavirus cases with its tally of 1,82,143, according to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Covid-19 tracker.