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On 22 March, the state government announced a state-wide lockdown as five more cases emerged. [102] While supporting the Prime Minister's Janata curfew call, the Chief Minister of Telangana , K. Chandrashekar Rao appealed to the people of Telangana to stay indoors for 24hrs from 6 am on Sunday (22-03-2020) in order to contain the possible ...
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] Some states sealed their borders barring inter ...
The Government of India confirmed India's first case of COVID-19 on 30 January 2020 in the state of Kerala, when a university student from Wuhan travelled back to the state. [24] As the number of confirmed COVID-19 -positive cases approached 500, Modi on 19 March, asked all citizens to observe the 'Janata Curfew' (people's curfew) on Sunday, 22 ...
Observers stated that the lockdown had slowed the growth rate of the pandemic by 6 April to a rate of doubling every six days, [177] and by 18 April, to a rate of doubling every eight days. [178] As the end of the first lockdown period approached, state governments and other advisory committees recommended extending the lockdown. [179]
As of 9 January 2025, according to Indian government figures, India has the second-highest number of confirmed cases in the world (after the United States of America) with 45,044,549 [4] reported cases of COVID-19 infection and the third-highest number of COVID-19 deaths (after the United States and Brazil) at 533,661 [4] deaths.
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 ...
On 22 March, the Government of India announced complete lockdown in 82 districts in 22 states and Union Territories of country where confirmed cases were reported. [53] 80 cities including Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, [54] Chandigarh [55] and Kolkata were put under lockdown. [56] Some states sealed their borders barring inter-state ...
The Tablighi Jamaat gathering emerged as one of India's major coronavirus hotspots, [34] On 18 April 2020, Central Government of India said that 4,291 cases (or 29.8% of the 14,378 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in India) were linked to the Tablighi Jamaat, and these cases were spread across 23 states and Union Territories.