NEW DELHI: Streets were once again jammed with traffic and mask-wearing shoppers were seen in markets in various cities across the country as the almost two-month-long lockdown was eased earlier this week.
This was also the week when the number of coronavirus cases in the country crossed the 1,00,000-mark.
Here are the latest updates
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DELHI
- With the easing of lockdown restrictions and the commencement of vehicular movement in the capital and nearby regions, the pollution level in Delhi docked in the higher end of the ‘moderate’ category with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) at 162 at 9 am on Saturday.
- The total number of containment zones in the city reached 86 on Friday after nine new areas were declared as containment zones.
- The excise department on Friday ordered the opening of 66 private liquor stores that sell foreign and Indian-made foreign liquor in the capital. This is in addition to about 172 shops run by government agencies that were allowed to open from May 4.
- Fresh Covid-19 cases in Delhi touched another new peak on Friday, the fourth in as many days, with 660 infections added to the city’s virus count, which crossed the 12,000 mark.
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MUMBAI
- The BMC on Friday finally issued orders allowing home delivery of liquor during the lockdown; across-the-counter sale remains barred. Deliveries will not be allowed in containment zones, or areas where a Covid-19 patient or his high-risk contacts live.
- The city’s toll breached the 900 mark even as cases continued to rise by over a thousand for the sixth consecutive day. On Friday, 1,751 cases — the highest single-day rise — were registered. The on