50% Covid cases during Lockdown 4.0

New Delhi, May 31

The fourth phase of the Covid pandemic-induced lockdown, which began on May 18, saw 85,974 Covid-19 cases till 8 am on Sunday, which is nearly half of the total cases reported in the country so far.

Lockdown 4.0, which ended on May 31 midnight, has accounted for 47.20 per cent of the total infection cases, number crunching from the Union Health Ministry data reveals.

The lockdown, which was first clamped on March 25 and spanned for 21 days, registered 10,877 cases, while the second phase of the curbs that began on April 15 and stretched for 19 days till May 3, saw 31,094 cases.

The third phase that was in effect for 14 days ending on May 17 recorded 53,636 cases. The country had registered 512 Covid cases till March 24. India is the ninth worst-hit nation by the Covid-19 pandemic as of now.

India registered its highest single-day spike of Covid-19 cases on Sunday, with 8,380 new infections reported in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s tally to 1,82,143, while the death toll rose to 5,164. Delhi, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha recorded the biggest spurt in cases in a single day so far. — PTI