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Mangalore Today News Network

Maharstra, May 04, 2020: As India enters its third phase of lockdown today, several restrictions have been lifted and many states have announced the opening of shops selling non-essential items like clothes, shoes, stationery, paan, cigarettes, and liquor. 

 

India continued to see a spike in the number of coronavirus COVID-19 infections as the total stood at 42,533 cases and 1,373 fatalities, the total includes 11,707 recovered cases.

As many as 2,553 fresh cases and 72 deaths have been reported by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in its latest update on Monday (May 4, 2020). The recovery rate of India stands at 27.52 percent. Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has maintained that India`s COVID-19 mortality rate of 3.2% is the lowest in the world.

In Mumbai, 441 new COVID-19 infections and 21 deaths were reported on Sunday taking the city total to 8,613 with the death toll at 343 and the state’s tally to 12,296 cases and 521 deaths.

Around 20 central teams have also been constituted for deployment to as many as 20 districts in nine states across the country. These teams will visit the places with a high caseload of COVID-19 infection and help the local administration implement cluster containment measures and discuss strategies to cut the spread of the virus.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in a video conference meeting of non-alignment movement (NAM) on coronavirus COVID-19 crisis. The meeting that will happen at around 4.30 pm IST will also be attended by Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.