Gujarat, May 02, 2020: A school in Rajkot district in Gujarat reopened and asked students to attend classes today despite the nationwide lockdown. Videos showed students at the Pardi Swami Vivekananda School despite the education department’s orders to keep the school closed as to News18 reports.
As citizens gear up for easing of curbs with the phase-3 of the lockdown from May 4, the total number of novel coronavirus cases in the country has increased to 37,336 while the death toll has increased to 1218, according to health ministry data. The rise of 2,293 case is the biggest single-day jump while the number of deaths increased by 71 in the last 24 hours.