In the 24 hours ending 8 am on Tuesday, India recorded 86,498 new cases, taking the country’s total infections to over 2.89 crore. This was the lowest spike of daily cases in 66 days. This is also the first time in over 2 months that the ‘daily-cases of infection’ have fallen below 1 lakh mark. Active cases have further declined to over 13 lakh and over 2.73 crore people recovered after testing positive. With 2,123 new deaths, the death-toll is now at 3,51,309.

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On Tuesday, the Uttar Pradesh government decided to lift its coronavirus curfew from 7 am to 7 pm in all districts. An official spokesperson said that the night curfew and the weekend curfew will still be continued in all districts.

He said, “There will be relaxation in coronavirus curfew in all the districts of the state from Wednesday onwards, from 7 am to 7 pm, for five days as the active Covid cases have come below 600.” Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed the Covid-19 situation in a high-level meeting convened through virtual medium on Tuesday. He decided to give the relaxations in the Covid curfew.

While announcing easing of several restrictions, Puducherry government too extended its ongoing lockdown by another week from June 7 midnight to June 14. Public transport services were allowed to operate till 5 pm. The opening of liquor shops is allowed from 9 am to 5 pm.

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Puducherry administration has permitted functioning of retail units of liquor shops, including arrack shops from 9 am to 5 pm every day by strictly adhering to COVID safety norms.

Door delivery of liquor within the Union Territory could also be permitted to reduce footfalls at the liquor and arrack shops. Goods transport, public transport facilities such as buses, autos, taxies are permitted to operate up to 5 pm every day. The Registration department is allowed to function while strictly following Covid norms.

While parks, gardens and entertainment centres, cinemas would continue to remain shut, the government has decided to allow morning walkers to use the beach road from 5 am to 9 am daily. Strollers should wear masks and maintain social distancing. All places of worship and religious institutions are now permitted to stay open till 5 pm.

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The order said that wedding ceremonies are permitted but only a maximum of 25 people can take part in it, while funerals and other rituals should have only a maximum of 20 mourners. Sale of vegetables and fruits will be allowed from 5 am to 5 pm. All commercial establishments can function from 9 am to 5 pm without an AC facility.

Some states have started the process of ‘unlocking’ by gradually easing coronavirus-induced restrictions and curfews, with the number of daily cases declining. Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh are some of these states unlocking. On the other hand, states like Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh and Goa, have decided to continue with lockdown.