Here is a look at the latest updates on the outbreak of coronavirus from various Indian cities — 1 Delhi Hindu Rao Hospital has resumed services of casualty and emergency wards including the Flu Clinic and the 3 OPDs (Gynae, paediatrics, medicine) with a restricted entry of patients and attendants.

The availability of vegetables and fruits may get affected in the next few days with a large number of traders at the Azadpur auction yard staying away from their businesses following the reports of more people getting infected by the novel coronavirus.

After a 32-year-old nurse working at Hindu Rao Hospital was found Covid-positive, sanitisation started on Sunday and the entry and exit gates were temporarily shut to ensure no identified contacts left the premises. All emergency and OPD services were also suspended.

Covid-19 infections in Delhi showed a major surge on Sunday, when the city reported 293 fresh cases after over 10 days of relatively low figures, even as worst-hit Maharashtra saw a nearly 50% fall in new cases from Saturday’s record high numbers. 2 Mumbai Blood samples of 4 Covid-19 survivors have tested positive for antibodies. Their plasma will now be used to treat other patients. BMC appeals others also who've recovered to come forward and help others recover by opting for plasma donation.

Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday indicated that the lockdown in the worst-hit red zones, especially Mumbai and Pune, may be extended beyond May 3 while a few, relatively incident-free districts in rural areas could see the easing of curbs to allow “economic activity to resume”.

To keep a tight check on containment zones, the BMC and the police have appointed nodal officers in each of the 24 wards for better implementation of lockdown rules.

The city and three other districts in the state will be part of a pan-India seroprevalence study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research to gauge the community spread of Covid-19. 3 Bengaluru Bengaluru has emerged as the hub for coverall (PPE, or personal protection equipment) manufacturing in the country, accounting for nearly 50% of the 1 lakh PPEs produced daily, said Centre on Sunday.

Owners of social clubs in Karnataka want the government to allow them to clear the liquor stock, at least two hours every day or two days in a week.

A Bengaluru doctor has built a robot that uses UV light to disable the virus causing Covid-19. UV light in specific doses is capable of inactivating microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses, thus disinfecting both air and solid surfaces. 4 Chennai The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday issued an ordinance that seeks to sentence people to three years in prison for disrupting or preventing the burial of patients who die due to notified diseases.

Southern Railway played the role of a Good Samaritan and helped a family in Chidambaram to source a cancer drug from Chennai on April 23. 5 Hyderabad There is no relief in sight for shopkeepers, especially for those who have taken shops on rent to run small businesses in the Hyderabad, as the state government is unlikely to allow them to open up despite the Central government’s order.

The 1500-bed exclusive Covid-19 hospital at the Gachibowli sports complex has been designated as a medical and research institute.

With the lockdown in the wake of coronavirus increasing screen-time among people, cybercrime cases have been on the rise, especially marketplace frauds.

Over 250 horses and ponies could starve with coronavirus pandemic slashing revenues for caretakers of these animals in the city. These horses, mainly used for marriage processions, joy rides and film shootings, are emaciated to a point where their ribs are visible beneath their patchy skin. 6 Chandigarh Sector 15 will remain a containment zone for 28 days and not two weeks from April 15.

Chandigarh traffic police department has started an e-pass system for the release of impounded vehicles from the traffic lines, Sector 29 in the city during the lockdown period.

For the first time, city-based jewellers witnessed zero sales on the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya on Sunday. Some jewellers made efforts to go online to take orders and deliver later. They had also offered attractive offers, but nothing worked.

Many shops selling educational books, electric appliances like fans and bulbs and other non-essential goods and services opened in Panchkula on Sunday. 7 Lucknow Iftar parties for 'rozedars' in the city of Nawabs no longer conjure up the image of mouth-watering galouti kebabs with the aroma of lip-smacking biryani wafting all over.

Out of the 461 samples tested yesterday for Covid-19, results of 6 are positive: King George's Medical University, Lucknow.

After TOI highlighted how public pressure made Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) clean a vacant plot in Daliganj which was being used as a garbage dumping site for eight years, the civic body on Saturday launched a drive to identify similar vacant plots used as dumping grounds across the city.

A 21-point advisory was issued by Lucknow police on Sunday for strictly implementing lockdown during upcoming festivals Buddha Poornima, Eid-ul Fitr and Bada Mangal.

Exploiting pandemic-triggered insecurities among citizens and cashing in on the surge in online transactions in a time of lockdown, cyber crooks in the city are making merry and laughing all the way to the bank. 8 Ahemdabad CM Vijay Rupani appealed to the people of Gujarat on Sunday to not give heed to the rumours being spread by some quarters on lockdown rules relaxation. He said that the decision to continue restriction in four cities — Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot — was taken after receiving feedback from several sections of society.

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is all set to increase the Covid bed capacity. AMC has taken over a private hospital in Naroda and has set up another Covid care centre at a five-star hotel on the Iskcon-Ambli road. 9 Kolkata Gold buying in Kolkata, although a lot muted compared to other years, continued online and city jewellers were swamped with inquiries.

The Bidhannagar civic authorities and police are on an overdrive to restrict movement and conduct massive sanitizing in Duttabad, which falls under Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation area.

The police have started urging residents of north and central Kolkata not to assemble on their terraces amid the lockdown restrictions after drone images revealed a large number of people mingling on the roofs of their apartment buildings.

The city police, KMC and the health department are working on a plan to continue with the dynamic containment model in all micro-clusters where Covid cases are reported for a fortnight more, even if lockdown norms are eased in non-affected zones.

NEW DELHI: Major cities across the country remained under strict lockdown as the number of cases rose to 27,892 on Monday morning. In Mumbai, 324 new cases and 13 deaths took the total number of cases to 5,194 and deaths to 204. On Sunday, Gujarat, the second worst-affected state in the country, reported 18 deaths — all from the city of Ahemdabad.