In pictures | As numbers rise, daily life continues on day 11 of lockdown

A sand-sculpture, by way of creating awareness about the support given by doctors in fighting the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, has been carved out at Bay of Bengal’s Eastern Coast Beach, in Puri. (Source: The Hindu)

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues spreading into the country, the Centre as well as State governments are taking stringent measures, including a 21-day lockdown, to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country. The number of COVID-19 positive cases in India exceeded 3,200 and the death toll touched over 95 on April 4, according to State and Health Ministry reports. Here are a few pictures from our photographers highlighting the situation across the country on April 4, day-11 of the nationwide lockdown.

Machinery, trucks and other vehicles are stationed at Rasulgarh depot, in Bhubaneswar. Odisha made a quantum jump in coronavirus infection by reporting as many as 15 new cases taking the total number of COVID-19 cases to 20 in the State on April 3. (Source: The Hindu)

Machinery, trucks and other vehicles are stationed at Rasulgarh depot, in Bhubaneswar. Odisha made a quantum jump in coronavirus infection by reporting as many as 15 new cases taking the total number of COVID-19 cases to 20 in the State on April 3. Of the 15 new cases, 10 belonged to the capital city of Bhubaneswar, while two were reported from Bhadrak and one each from Cuttack, Puri and Jajpur. (Source: The Hindu)

An awareness campaign on COVID-19 by artist Koti, at Mayuri Centre in Khammam. Since the announcement of the lockdown, the administration has initiated various measures to strictly enforce the rules. The borders of Khammam district with neighbouring States were sealed and rigorous social-distancing norms are being implemented. Police have barred the entry of all vehicles, except those carrying perishable goods and essentials, at all the entry points in Bonakal, Penuballi and Yerrupalem mandals in Khammam district along the inter-State border with Andhra Pradesh. (Source: The Hindu)

Senior citizens wait to collect their pension amount, maintaining social-distancing norms, at General Post Office, in Patna. On March 22, Bihar reported the first death in the State, due to coronavirus. (Source: The Hindu)

Social activists pack meals for the needy, to be distributed for free, in Patna. Of the 31 cases reported from the State so far, one person has died and two have recovered. State Epidemiologist Ragini Mishra said so far, samples of 2,291 people have been sent for examination. Of them, 2,257 have tested negative. (Source: The Hindu)

Indian Railway workers preparing an emergency COVID-19 isolation coach at Kalupur Railway Yard, Ahmedabad. On April 4, Gujarat Police traced seven more persons who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi last month, taking the total number of the attendees who have been identified so far to 110. (Source: The Hindu)

Health volunteers conduct a door-to-door survey as youngsters block entry to their street at Railway New Colony (red zone), in Visakhapatnam. Another 16 COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Andhra Pradesh, taking the total number of infected in the State to 180. The State’s Medical and Health Department said that four fresh cases were reported each in Kadapa and Krishna districts, three each in Guntur and Kurnool and one each in Chittoor and Prakasam districts. (Source: The Hindu)

Disinfectant being sprayed by East Delhi Municipal Corporation staff, in south Ganesh Nagar (East Delhi). The number of confirmed coronavirus cases stood at more than 380 in Delhi. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the situation was under control and there was no community transmission. More than 2,300 people evacuated from Markaz will be tested for the virus in next 2-3 days, the Chief Minister said. Mr. Kejriwal also said there was shortage of personal protective equipment for doctors and nurses and the Centre is yet to provide PPEs to Delhi. (Source: The Hindu)

A worker paints on a road outside a fair-price ration shop to earmark space for consumers to stand as per social-distancing norms, at Geeta Colony (East Delhi). Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said there is shortage of personal protective equipment for doctors and nurses in the national captial and the Centre is yet to provide PPEs to Delhi. (Source: The Hindu)

Local residents of Krishna Nagar Main Road, P.K.S. Garden, Palavakkam, ECR-Chennai, have restricted the entry and exit of outsiders to their area, to contain the spread of coronavirus. Tamil Nadu witnessed another surge in coronavirus cases on April 3. A total of 102 persons tested positive for COVID-19, of which 100 were linked to the Tablighi Jamaat conference held in Nizamuddin in Delhi. With this, the total COVID-19 count in the State is more than 410. (Source: The Hindu)

A worker makes arrangements to distribute the food grains to the needy, at a fair price shop in Srinagar. The State government has started home delivery of food grains to keep people in isolation and to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the State. (Source: The Hindu)

For the second day, drones were being used in Chennai’s Pudupet area, which was sealed after the attendees of Tablighi Jamaat were traced on April 3. Chennai Corporation has launched drones with support from Anna University to disinfect inaccessible neighbourhoods in the city. The Corporation is planning to get more drones from other agencies for the disinfection drive. More than 1,200 of the slum areas are inaccessible for vehicles carrying out disinfection operations, in addition to over 400 market areas. (Source: The Hindu)

Workers pack kits containing grains at a Civil Supplies godown in Palakkad. The Kerala government would begin free distribution of these kits to 87 lakh families in the State by the first week of April. The Civil Supplies authorities said that the kits, worth ₹1,000 each, would be distributed in a phased manner in April. Currently, the plan is to distribute the kits, with 16 items, via ration shops. Plans are also on to make home deliveries with the help of volunteers. As per preliminary estimates, this is expected to cost ₹800 crore to the State exchequer. (Source: The Hindu)

Stranded people from other States are being provided free food packets by Vellore City Municipal Corporation. Vellore district was put on high alert since last week, after a 49-year-old man admitted in the isolation ward of a private hospital tested positive. The patient recently returned from the U.K. (Source: The Hindu)

Youth spray disinfectant and bleaching powder at Railway New Colony (red zone), where three COVID-19 positive cases were reported, in Visakhapatnam. More than 40 persons from Visakhapatnam district who attended a religious congregation in the Nizamuddin Dargah in New Delhi have been shifted to the Isolation Ward at the Government Hospital for Chest and Communicable Diseases in the city. The District COVID-19 Prevention Cell has taken immediate action following instructions from the Union government after Telangana had reported the death of six persons who attended the congregation. (Source: The Hindu)

People throng a wholesale Azad Pur Sabzi Mandi in New Delhi to buy vegetables, without following social-distancing rules. Meanwhile, twenty-one FIRs have been registered against people in Dwarka for flouting home quarantine rules. The violators have been booked under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Section 3 of Epidemic Diseases Act. Delhi’s Dwarka district has strictly enforced the home quarantine guidelines. (Source: The Hindu)