THE SPREAD OF COVID-19
Total confirmed cases including new cases added on May 17
UT J&K
1,183 62
Punjab
1,964
Haryana
910
DELHI
9,755
Rajasthan
Gujarat
575 5,202 278 3,055 11,380 391 4,499
Shramik Special trains and special passenger trains will run apart from goods and parcel trains,” a ministry official said.
The movement of passengers in trains had been permitted earlier by the MHA through an order dated May 11, allowing 15 premium trains to resume operations. The Centre had also said that bookings made for regular trains before and during the lockdown stood cancelled and affected passengers will receive full refunds.
Kerala
601
New cases
Till Sunday, 348,634 passengers had booked tickets worth ₹69.33 crore for the premium trains, according to the railways ministry. “In order to facilitate the movement of persons, various modes of transport have already been opened up. Further, the evacuation of foreign nationals from India, the return of stranded Indian nationals from abroad, and the intra- and interstate movement of stranded persons by bus and train will continue to be allowed,” the home
Recovered cases
UT Ladakh
43 78 191 92 4,464
Bihar
223
Odisha
828 2,380 17 11,224 0
Himachal Pradesh
1
Chandigarh
0
Uttarakhand
1
Uttar Pradesh
206
Jharkhand
6 91 25
Puducherry
1
Tamil Nadu
639 40 51 1,284 139 475
Andhra Pradesh
9
ministry said.
India has launched a concerted repatriation programme, by sea and air, to bring back stranded citizens stuck in various parts of the world, but with a strict set of preconditions to prevent the spread of Covid-19. “More than 13,000 stranded Indians have returned on various flights under the Vande Bharat mission,” union civil aviation minister Hardeep Puri tweeted.
Airports had begun preparing for the resumption of services following
Arunachal Pradesh
101
Assam
98 6 42
Meghalaya
13 0
Manipur
Mizoram
101
Tripura
165 0
2,677 959
Total number of cases across India*
Deaths due to Covid-19 across I ndia
11 602
West Bengal
101
Andaman and Nicobar
33 0 33
the government’s nod. The Airports Authority of India has also issued guidelines for the resumption of flights in a “graded manner” asking passengers to wear a mask and other protective gear and maintain at least fourfeet physical distance from co-passengers. Puri has confirmed airport operations are likely to open only in a graded manner with nearly 25-30% of its capacity initially. They will be scaled up to their original level in a gradual manner.