INDIA ADDS MORE THAN 86,000 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES AND 1,179 DEATHS

 



New Delhi: The deadly pandemic shows no signs of quitting in the world’s second most populated country. India has reported 86, 748 new cases and 1,179 deaths in the last 24 hours. More than five-million people in India have recovered so far. India has stepped into Unlock five phase with Indian government issuing orders on Wednesday to allow movie theatres, multiplexes, swimming pools and other public and private establishments across the country to re-open for the first time since lockdown was implemented in late March.

The Central Government has stated that the states and Union Territories can allow schools and coaching institutes to reopen with their own guidelines and rules. The decisions were left to the states and union territories.

Around the people, more than 34 million people were infected with the coronavirus and this week has seen one million die of the virus. The United States remain at the top of countries in terms of cases and deaths followed by India and Brazil.