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On the evening of 24 March 2020, the Government of India ordered a nationwide lockdown for 21 days, limiting the movement of the entire 1.38 billion (138 crores) population of India as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic in India. [1] It was ordered after a 14-hour voluntary public curfew on 22 March, followed by enforcement of a ...
India reported its first case of COVID-19 in January 2020, and by March 2020, the government implemented a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the virus. However, this lockdown resulted in significant economic disruption and social challenges, particularly for the millions of informal workers who lost their livelihoods.
While supporting the Prime Minister's Janata curfew call, the Chief Minister of Telangana, K. Chandrashekar Rao appealed to the people of Telangana to stay indoors for 24hrs from 6 am on Sunday (22-03-2020) in order to contain the possible spread of coronavirus. [103] On 23 March, the state government imposed night curfew from 7 pm till 6 am. [20]
The first cases of COVID-19 in India were reported on 30 January 2020 in three towns of Kerala, among three Indian medical students who had returned from Wuhan, the epicenter of the pandemic. [10][11][12] Lockdowns were announced in Kerala on 23 March, and in the rest of the country on 25 March. Infection rates started to drop in September. [13]
On 9 March 2020, 4 positive cases were reported. 76 contacts were found. [16] On 11 March 2020, a 46-year-old male who travelled to Japan, Geneva and Italy contracted the virus. [17] [18] On 12 March 2020, a 69-year-old female was infected. [19] On 13 March 2020, the mother of the 46-year-old died. She was the second COVID-19 death in India. [20]
The following is the timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in India from January 2020 through May 2020. Timeline of the pandemic spread across India (30 January 2020 to 3 April 2020) This article needs to be updated .
The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu was reported on 7 March 2020. The largest single-day spike (36,987 cases) was reported on 13 May 2021 and Tamil Nadu now has the fourth highest number of confirmed cases in India after Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka. All 38 districts [ note 1 ] of the state are ...
India's third national serological survey conducted in December 2020 and January 2021 revealed that only 3.5% of the total infections had been "detected" or "recorded". [9] In other words, for every case detected, about 30 went undetected. [11]