Delhi imposes night curfew till April 30, joins ranks with Maha, Guj
The strictest of the measures are in Maharashtra, which is the worst-hit state due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The strictest of the measures are in Maharashtra, which is the worst-hit state due to the coronavirus pandemic.
While Mr Khan claims his opponents are asking people to take to the streets to topple his government by flouting distancing norms, the Opposition is determined to go ahead with its agitation and alleges that public health concerns are being raised now only to curb dissent.
Globally, the overall number of Coronavirus cases has topped 25.1 million, while the deaths have increased to over 845,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
Of the imported cases, six were reported in Shanghai, five in Tianjin, two in Fujian and one each in Shanxi, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Shaanxi, the commission said.
The country of 212 million people has now registered 120,262 deaths from the virus and 3,846,153 infections, the health ministry said in its daily update.
It was the second-largest daily increase since February and came only two days after a record of 1,962 daily new cases were reported.
The number of deaths has been ebbing in states including Rio de Janeiro and Amazonas, where people were buried in mass graves in the capital, Manaus.
China on Thursday reported only one new virus case, imported from overseas, and most of the country is classified as "low risk" for virus outbreaks.
For the past 10 days, the number of new cases being reported has been between 55,000 and 65,000 every 24 hours.
Since his diagnosis on July 7, Bolsonaro has been confined to the presidential palace alongside other people that have already contracted the virus.
