COVID-19 cases in India mounts to 39,980; death toll at 1,301

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New Delhi, May 3, 2020: India has decided to extend the ongoing nationwide lockdown beyond May 3 for two more weeks till May 17 while allowing different sets of relaxations in red, orange and green zones as the total number of confirmed cases in the country surged to 39,980 with death toll mounting to 1,301 across the country.

Meanwhile, the Indian Armed has decided to salute and show solidarity to the corona warriors in India on Sunday. The gesture of thanks started with laying of flowers by the three service chiefs at the police memorial in Delhi this morning to honour police personnel deployed for enforcement of the nationwide lockdown.

Ministry of Railways on Saturday informed that few special trains which are being run for migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students and other persons stranded at different places, are being operated on request of state governments only.

In India, the state of Maharashtra has emerged as the epicenter of coronavirus spread where cases have crossed the 12,000-mark with at least 500 deaths. Mumbai, the financial capital of the country, has become the hotbed of the coronavirus spread in the state. Notably, one of the real challenges in Mumbai is controlling the disease contamination in Asia’s biggest slum - Dharavi, which is an extremely densely-populated region.

Meanwhile, the classification of districts into red, green, and orange zones is being shared by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) with the States and Union Territories (UTs) on a weekly basis, or earlier, as required. While States and UTs can include additional districts as red and orange zones, they may not lower the classification of a district included by MoHFW in the list of red or orange zones.

The coronavirus outbreak across the globe has now infected over 34.5 lakh people with claiming more than 2.42 lakh lives. The United States (US) with 11,42,700 cases has been the worst-hit country in the world. The US in the last 24 hours reported more than 11,000 COVID-19 positive cases.