Coronavirus Lockdown Highlights:

Coronavirus Lockdown Highlights: India records 1,076 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, death toll rises to 377

New Lockdown in India live update, Covid-19 guidelines:  In the last 24 hours, 1,076 new cases have been reported, while 377 people have died because of the COVID-2019 infection

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Coronavirus India Lockdown News update: The number of COVID-19 positive cases stands at 11,439 as on date, while 1,306 people have recovered. A total of 377 people in the country have died because of the COVID-2019 infection; In the last 24 hours, 1,076 new cases have been reported. Thus, based on the available data as on date, 11.41% patients have recovered and this figure is on the rise. This was informed by the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Shri Luv Aggarwal, at the daily media briefing on Wednesday. He also informed that the government has identified 170 districts as hotspots of COVID-19 and 207 districts as non-hotspots while the rest have been categorised as green zones, says health ministry on Wednesday. Addressing his daily presser, Lav Agrawal, Joint Secretary Ministry of Health told media that all districts of the country have been classified into these three categories. Hotspot districts are those where the number of cases is high, while non-hotspots are those region that have reported cases of Covid-19 but the figure is limited. The green zone refers to regions where there are no cases of novel coronavirus. The Joint Secretary informed that besides the hot spots identified by the Centre, states who are fighting the battle at field level may declare additional districts as hot spot districts and take required action accordingly. Maharashtra remains the worst affected state with 2,687 confirmed cases with 178 deaths. Delhi has pipped Tamil Nadu to become second-worst affected state with 1,561 confirmed COVID-19 cases and death toll at 30. Whereas, Tamil Nadu's tally is at 1,204 and death toll at 12, according the Health Ministry.

The Home Ministry in its guidelines issued on Wednesday following the announcement of lockdown 2.0 by PM Modi said that all public services such inter-state, inter-district movement of people, bus, metro services continue to remain barred till May 3. Domestic, international air travel, train services, educational institutions, coaching centres will continue to be shut. The ministry added that public places such as cinema halls, malls, bars, shopping complexes, swimming pools, gyms, sports complexes will also be closed till May 3. All social, religious, sports, political functions, religious places and places of worship will be shut for public till May 3, the ministry said.