Passengers wait for a DTC bus outside Sarai Kale Khan Bus stand after lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic in New Delhi. Photo: PTI
Coronavirus LIVE updates: India on Tuesday saw a spike in the total number of Covid-19 cases to 492. Gujarat’s total rose to 33, with two more people testing positive, while Maharashtra’s count went up to 101. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 8 pm today to discuss aspects of the covid-19 menace/
The government has suspended all domestic flights from today to stem the spread of coronavirus, stepping up a nationwide lockdown that threatens PM Modi’s attempts to revive the economy, which has already been expanding at the slowest pace in more than a decade.
Modi joined chief ministers in urging people to take the lockdown in 30 states and Union Territories seriously, even as 75 new cases of Covid-19 were detected on Monday, taking India’s total number of cases to 471 (now 492) — more than double the number on March 20.
The pandemic has continued to spread globally, with the total number of infected cases reaching 381,761. As many as 16,558 people have died of Covid-19 so far.
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