The lockdown-like curbs cast a dark shadow over India's ongoing economic revival. In fact, after the pent-up demand of July-Dec period subsided, the economy had started already losing momentum beginning January 2021, well before the second Covid wave intensified

\"People need to respond for their own good. If they don't heed then we may have to take stringent measures. If required and if the necessity arises, we will impose lockdown,\" says BS Yediyurappa

According to CAIT leaders, night curfew, lockdown and other restrictions during the last week have been futile in bringing down the number of COVID-19 cases

With 1,45,384 new cases, lockdowns are increasingly becoming a possibility. India also witnessed 77,567 discharges in the past 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said

The prime minister said the vaccination criteria in India is not different from that in rich countries of the world.

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According to data by the union health ministry, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, and Rajasthan contributed 54 per cent of the total cases and 65 per cent of the total deaths in the country

Pace at which second wave is spreading shows how new strains of coronavirus are making it difficult to contain spread, especially in Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, and Karnataka. Covid-19 spike comes even as India carries out world's biggest vaccination programme

Senior NITI Aayog Member Vinod Kumar Paul recently said that \"if the cases are more, they will eventually overwhelm the system\". Maharashtra CM said government is devising a plan to put in place curbs \"similar to a lockdown\"

Maharashtra continues to remain the worst affected state. India's richest state has more than 25.33 lakh COVID-19 cases as of March 24, 2021

The decision was taken by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan during a meeting to review the COVID-19 situation with municipal commissioners and district collectors

As per the union health ministry data, 83.91 per cent of the new cases are from Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, and Kerala

Additionally, the Gujarat Cricket Association has ordered that the next three T20 matches between India and England will be played without any spectators at the Narendra Modi Stadium in view of rising cases of coronavirus

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, to tackle the rising coronavirus infections in the state, ordered hotels and restaurants to adhere to Covid-19 protocols and not force the state to enforce drastic measures

Indore, the worst-hit district in the state by the pandemic, saw 219 new cases, taking the caseload there to 61,642

Punjab is among the five states that has been asked by the Centre to refocus on strict surveillance, containment and RT-PCR testing to check the growing number of cases

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed state authorities to make COVID-19 negative reports mandatory for travellers coming from Maharashtra

The court asked the government how COVID-19 behaviour was being checked, to which the government responded that it was holding meetings with resident welfare associations in this regard