No confusion now! Will lockdown be imposed again in this state? CM clears the air

As speculations and rumours were rife over the imposition of lockdown in Gujarat, it has been clarified by the state government that there is no plan to impose lockdown again in the state. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Monday said his government does not plan to impose lockdown again in the state. Dismissing speculations being made on social media platforms about the lockdown, the chief minister urged people not to get carried away by such unfounded rumours.

Rupani's statement came after rumours on the social media that his government may impose restrictions again as COVID-19 cases are not decreasing in the state.

Since June 1, curbs have been eased in the state following which industries, offices, shops, bus and auto-rickshaw services have resumed in non-containment zones.

"Following the unlock from June 1, daily life is gradually becoming normal. Business and trade-related activities have also picked up in the state. In such a scenario, the state government does not have any plans to impose the lockdown again," Rupani said in a statement. He said while the battle against COVID-19 pandemic is on, people are also learning to live with it.

Since the last one month, on an average 400 new coronavirus cases are emerging in the state every day.

Meanwhile, India saw a jump of over 11,000 novel coronavirus cases for the third consecutive day on Monday, taking the total number of infections to over 3.32 lakh, while the toll rose to 9,520 with 325 more deaths, the Health Ministry said. There are 1,53,106 active cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), while 1,69,797 people have recovered and a patient has migrated, according to the ministry data updated in the morning. Therefore, 51.07 per cent of the patients have recovered so far, an official said. The number of confirmed cases rose to 3,32,424 with 11,502 new infections in the last 24 hours, the ministry said.

As many as 120 out of the 325 more deaths were from Maharashtra, followed by 56 from Delhi, 38 from Tamil Nadu and 29 in Gujarat. There were 14 more fatalities in Uttar Pradesh, 12 each in West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh, and 10 each in Rajasthan and Haryana.

India is the fourth worst-hit nation by the pandemic after the US, Brazil and Russia.

According to Johns Hopkins University, which has been compiling COVID-19 data from all over the world, India is in the ninth position in terms of death toll.