As the country is combating Covid-19 pandemic, the Delhi government has decided on Monday to provide another financial assistance of Rs 5,000 to the construction workers in the wake of the extended coronavirus lockdown. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Construction Workers' Welfare Board. There are around 40,000 construction workers registered with the board.

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It has also decided to launch an online portal where construction workers can register themselves. The government had also given Rs 5,000 recently to the construction workers due to the lockdown over the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the health bulletin, the national capital recorded 310 fresh cases of coronavirus, taking the tally to 7,233, the Delhi government said on Monday. As per the health bulletin, no fresh casualties were reported due to the deadly virus between May 9 and May 10 midnight and the toll stood at 73. Sixty patients have recovered during the duration.

However, in the entire country, the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 2,206 and the number of cases climbed to 67,152 on Monday, registering an increase of 97 deaths and a record jump of 4,213 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry.

The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 44,029. While 20,916 people have recovered, one patient has migrated, it said. "Thus, around 31.15 per cent patients have recovered so far," a senior health ministry official said. A total 97 deaths were reported since Sunday morning, of which 53 were in Maharashtra, 21 in Gujarat, 14 in West Bengal, three from Tamil Nadu and one each from Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Karnataka, Haryana and Rajasthan.

According to the bulletin, 97 patients are in ICU and 22 are on ventilator support. While the number of active cases stands at 5,031, 2,129 patients have recovered so far.