Here is a look at the latest developments on the outbreak of coronavirus from various Indian cities — 1 Delhi In the 23 containment zones in the city, people suddenly found themselves more isolated on Thursday than since the beginning of the lockdown. The colonies had the entrances barricaded, while police and civil volunteers in other areas prevented any activity—no grocery purchases, no delivery from eateries, no movement of pedestrians or vehicles.

Delhi Police is trying to track down at least three computers, including a laptop, belonging to the officials of Alami Markaz Banglewali Masjid. These computers may have the list of those who attended the event between March 11 and March 13, say the cops.

Barricades have been put around all the 23 containment zones in Delhi created to check the spread of novel coronavirus. Arrangements for essential supplies have been made.

To keep an eye on the movement of home quarantined people and carry out a door-to-door assessment of every individual in containment zones, the Delhi government has started collecting data through mobile applications. 2 Chandigarh After Chandigarh administration, Punjab government on Thursday made it mandatory for anyone stepping out of their house to wear a face mask in view of the Covid-19 threat in the state.

On an average, 580 curfew violators have been detained from different parts of Chandigarh from March 23 to April 9. Sources said police have caught 10,441 violators in the last 18 days. 3 Kolkata The Calcutta high court has notified that the regular works of the court, along with circuit bench, tribunals and the subordinate courts under its control, will remain suspended till April 30 due to the Covid-19 situation.

Four persons have been arrested in Kolkata for allegedly using fake police and government stickers in order to defy the lockdown.

Taxi driver Md Saidul Laskar and his wife Shamima who set up a 55-bed hospital — ‘Marufa Memorial Hospital’ — at Punri village in Baruipur, South 24 Parganas, nearly 40 kilometres from Kolkata, have offered to the state government the two-storied building for a quarantine centre for Covid-19 patients. The hospital was built in memory of Saidul’s sister Marufa Khatoon. 4 Chennai Chennai Metro rail commuters with monthly passes and trips cards can make up for the days they were not able to use the service during the lockdown period once operations resume.

Tamil Nadu has to wait for at least one more day for the first batch of the rapid testing kits to arrive from China, officials from the state health department said.

Tamil Nadu has set up three committees -- a task force, a committee of medical experts and a think tank of multidisciplinary experts -- to help it contain the Covid-19 pandemic. 5 Mumbai Five new Covid-19 cases reported from Mumbai’s Dharavi area. One of the positive cases is of a 29-year-old woman whose husband, a surgeon at a South Mumbai hospital, tested positive last week.

Congested Dharavi recorded four more Covid-19 positive cases and death on Thursday. With this, Asia’s largest slum has reported 17 cases and three fatalities. BMC is considering screening all seven lakh-odd persons in the area as the virus is spreading rapidly. 6 Lucknow Several graveyards of the city were locked on Thursday as Sunni Muslims observed Shab-e-Bara’at -- the night of forgiveness and atonement staying indoors following appeals from clerics.

More than one lakh people living in 12 hotspots in the city sealed by the administration to check Covid-19 outbreak struggled for daily essentials as all shops, including pharmacies and grocery, remained closed on the first day of strict isolation on Thursday.

Lucknow medical stores either do not have or are running low on hydroxychloroquine-based medicines, a class of drug used in the treatment of malaria and rheumatoid arthritis. 7 Ahmedabad In times of lockdown, propagators of good health have been harping on the need to be active for physical and mental rejuvenation. The quintessential morning walk, however, ended up in a lockup for at least 60-odd people in Ahmedabad and Vadodara as cops booked them for violating prohibitory norms in place to arrest the spread of Covid-19.

Moved by the plight of migrant workers, a small group of citizens — Shree Sava Foundation — began with distributing milk and biscuits. They are supplying over 6,000 food packets daily to the authorities for distribution to the needy. 8 Bengaluru A huge surge in demand, combined with low production in factories and severe transport bottlenecks due to the Covid-19 pandemic, has led to an acute shortage of staples like rice, atta, dal and dry packaged foods like instant noodles, biscuits and snacks in many retail and kirana stores across the city.

In the wake of fake news on the Covid-19 crisis spreading like wildfire, the police department has launched a website that ascertains facts about online content and declares whether they are true or not. 9 Hyderabad The number of containment clusters in Hyderabad might increase depending upon the number of coronavirus cases. The restrictions in the existing clusters will continue for 14 days.

The sports village building, constructed for the World Military Games in 2007 at the Gachibowli stadium, has been renovated and is being converted into a permanent health facility.

NEW DELHI: As various state governments across the country enforced stringent lockdown measures in various hotspots, residents faced a severe shortage of essential items. The last few days have also witnessed an improvement in health infrastructure as more and more facilities were converted into hospitals to treat Covid-19 patients.