Here is a look at the latest developments on the outbreak of coronavirus from major cities of India — 1 Mumbai Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar has announced that CM's and MLA'S salaries will be slashed by 60% and A and B class officers will get 50% salary while C class will get paid 75% salary and D will get full salaries.

Five more cases reported in the state, four from Mumbai and one from Pune; total cases in the state rise to 230.

In line with the cooperative departments’ directive to housing societies to disallow its members to step out unless it is an emergency, several societies have got their neighbourhood vegetable and grocery vendors to set up shop in their building premises. 2 Delhi Army Wives Welfare Association prepares 2,500 food packets for migrant labourers. The packets will be handed over to government representatives in Delhi Cantonment on Tuesday.

It has been decided to increase the number of food distribution centres from present 500 to 2,500 so that social distancing is adhered to effectively. Home quarantine has to be strictly monitored. More than 20,000 homes have been identified for home quarantine, says lieutenant governor Anil Baijal.

Twenty-four people who attended Jamaat event in Nizamuddin have tested positive. The government is not certain of the number but it is estimated that 1,500-1,700 people had assembled at the Markaz building.

The Delhi health minister said that 1,033 people have been evacuated so far of which 334 have been sent to the hospital and 700 have been sent to the quarantine centre. 3 Chandigarh To effectively address and resolve medical and stress-related issues during the lockdown, chief minister Capt Amrinder Singh led Punjab government launched special helpline 18001804104 for citizens to connect with a network of senior doctors over teleconference & get medical advice.

In what might be the first community spread case of Covid-19 in the city, a 65-year-old Nayagaon patient admitted to the PGI tested positive for the virus on Monday. He has no history of contact or travel. 4 Hyderabad 17 fresh Covid-19 cases reported in Andhra Pradesh. Nine people among the infected attended a congregation at a mosque in Delhi's Nizamuddin.

As many as 46 new Annapurna canteens will come up across the GHMC’s Charminar zone over the next two days.

Call the police if you need essentials or food, Hyderabad cops urge residents. 5 Ahmedabad Police detained a total of 89 persons who allegedly violated the notification of 144 Crpc on Monday.

Three more tests positive for coronavirus in Gujarat, taking the total number of cases in the state to 73. 6 Kolkata The State Fisheries Development Corporation (SFDC) that retails fish from mobile vans in some markets, will reach out to more localities in the north and south Kolkata. The decision to augment its retail initiative was taken following complaints of a steep rise in fish price across Kolkata markets.

The state’s healthcare system would be closely monitoring the latest positive case from Kolkata — the 77-year-old trader from Sovabazar. He was admitted to hospital on Saturday with pneumonia and his swab sample report on Monday confirmed he was suffering from Covid-19.

West Bengal government has booked 700-odd rooms in various hotels and guest houses to put up doctors and nurses. 7 Lucknow The Uttar Pradesh assembly will remain closed till April 14.

The special insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh each for health workers engaged in Covid-19 duties has been implemented from Monday and offers risk coverage to private, contractual and outsourced employees as well. The scheme will also include staff or volunteers engaged by state governments – such as in sanitation work.

Given hardships faced by the non-Corona patients, the state government has ordered that all private hospitals and nursing homes should start their operation immediately. 8 Chennai Desisting from passing any orders on a PIL that alleged 'police excesses' on people and motorists on roads, the Madras high court has said it did not expect people to come out from their houses unnecessarily during the lockdown period. It, however, counselled police to "adopt a sympathetic, balanced and humane approach towards the people."

About one lakh doctors engaged in private practice in the state are idle with clinics shut, but Tamil Nadu is yet to ready them to tackle coronavirus cases should there be an outbreak. 9 Bengaluru Over 12,000 fake N95 face masks were seized in Bengaluru from a warehouse by the Central Crime Branch, police said on Tuesday. The filtering masks have been in demand since the outbreak of the coronavirus.

The Karnataka government has directed district hospitals to recruits doctors, nurses and other staff on a temporary basis for six months to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

Karnataka’s first six Covid-19 patients are all home now, after more than 14 days of hospitalisation and testing negative twice in a gap of 24 hours.

NEW DELHI: As the country entered the seventh day of lockdown, the number of people infected with the novel coronavirus cases continued to rise. The local administration and state governments have introduced a series of steps to ease people's suffering and check the outbreak of the virus.