NEW DELHI: Some of India's states are easing lockdown restrictions as coronavirus infections subside, with the world's second-most populous nation on Saturday logging its lowest daily case count in nearly two months.
"The coronavirus situation in Delhi is slowly getting better," Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said in an online news conference as he announced that the state will build oxygen storage capacity of 420 tonnes. Kejriwal said the state would in future be prepared to deal with 37,000 new cases a day. Its peak thus far was 28,395 new infections on Apr 20.In northern Uttar Pradesh, the country's most populous state, only night curfew restrictions remain for 55 of its 75 districts.
Overall, India saw 120,529 new coronavirus infections emerge over the last 24 hours, while deaths rose by 3,380. The country's total case tally stands at 28.69 million while 344,082 people have died.In the industrialised western state of Maharashtra, the local government will from Jun 7 allow malls, movie theatres, restaurants and offices to open regularly in districts where the positivity rate has fallen below 5 per cent.
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