Amil Bhatnagar

India coronavirus lockdown: While entire districts in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi will not face such stringent lockdown measures, movement of people will be completely curbed and all shops will be shut.

According to UP government officials, at the hotspots identified in the districts, the present lockdown will be enforced strictly and movement will be restricted from Wednesday midnight.

The highest single-day jump in the new cases was on Saturday when 60 cases, mostly linked to the Delhi congregation of Tablighi Jamaat, were reported.

Officials said the “positive patient” whose contacts are being traced is an electrician from a fire safety firm which has now been sealed. Two of his family members have also tested positive.

According to the administration, each team will have three members — one each from the health department, revenue department and police.

The challenges have been humongous and unprecedented. We had to ensure there is enforcement but with a human face, says Gautam Budh Nagar Police Commissioner Alok Singh.

Medical officials in Agra's District Hospital have set up a special section where the Jamaat members and their contacts are being screened.

In Madhya Pradesh too, NSA has been slapped on four of seven arrested for attacking a medical team in Tatpatti Bakhal locality of Indore on Wednesday.

The shuffle comes in the wake of a visit by CM Yogi Adityanath to the district after Noida registered the highest number of coronavirus cases in the district.

The six men had earlier attended a congregation at the Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi last month.

The alleged assault took place Wednesday evening when Morna chowki in-charge Lekhraj Singh and two constables were in the village to make announcements, asking people to stay home during the lockdown.

Officials suspect the new cases are linked to the Noida fire safety firm which was sealed Tuesday. Till Wednesday evening, Noida had the maximum number of cases in the district at 48.

According to officials, the deceased is the father-in-law of the man who came from Amravati to Meerut. Medical officials state that sixteen members of the same family were infected during his 3 day stay in Meerut.

73-year-old relative of a discharged patient in Lucknow critical, her contact ill.

According to officials, a British national had visited the firm for an audit between March 15 and 19 — a fact the firm hid from authorities. The British national is alleged to be the source of the infection.

In a purported suicide message which went viral on social media, Lyngdoh ostensibly stated he was discriminated against, and that he had “nowhere to go” in wake of the lockdown.

Noida continued to be the hotspot of coronavirus cases in the state with 38 cases. In neighbouring Meerut, all the 14 new infected persons, including six women, had come in contact with the 50-year-old man from Amravati.

At one point during the meeting Monday, sources said, the Chief Minister is learnt to have told Singh, Chief Medical Officer Dr Anurag Bhargava and other officials: “Bakwaas band karo (Stop this nonsense)”. Video clips of the incident were also shared on social media.

At least five of the six cases can be traced to a Noida fire safety firm — through which more than 20 people had been infected earlier.