Coronavirus India : Biggest one-day spike; lockdown 4.0 guidelines to be announced today

Coronavirus (Covid-19) Tracker India Live Updates: Tamil Nadu, which has witnessed a sudden surge in the coronavirus cases, Sunday extended the lockdown till May 31. Prior to the announcement of new guidelines for lockdown 4.0, Maharashtra, Mizoram and Punjab too extended their lockdown till May 31, while Telangana has announced curbs till May 29.

India will enter into the fourth phase of lockdown from May 18 but with a different set of rules and guidelines as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his address to the nation on May 11. The guidelines for lockdown 4.0 are expected to be unveiled today. Follow lockdown 4.0 guidelines live updates

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also announced the fifth and the last tranche of the Rs 20-lakh crore Covid economic package today. Today's announcements focused on MNREGA, health, and education-related sector, businesses, and COVID-19, decriminalisation of Companies Act, Ease of Doing Business, Public Sector Enterprises- related steps, state governments, and related resources. On Saturday, the government pushed for reforms in Coal, Mineral, Defence, Civil Aviation, Power, Social, Space and Atomic energy.

Coronavirus cases in India Sunday rose to 90,927. Of these, 53,649 are active cases; while 34,109 have already been cured. The death toll stands at 2872. Over 4.6 million have been infected with the virus globally, while over 3 lakh have died so far, with the most number of fatalities from the United States, followed by the UK and Italy.

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