COVID-19 in India: Places of worship open today
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid rising COVID-19 cases across the country, temples and other religious places were opened for worshipping from Monday.
According to Health Ministry data, there were over 2.46 lakh Covid-19 cases including 6,929 deaths in India till Sunday.
Taking steps to further ease the lockdown, Delhi and several other states allowed restaurants and shopping malls to open from Monday.
However, all these establishments need to follow guidelines laid down by the Centre and social distancing norms to avoid spread of the infectious disease.
The religious places across India were opened after more than two months since they were shut amid rising cases of COVID-19 in India.
The number of coronavirus cases confirmed all over the world has surpassed 7 million, while the global COVID-19 death toll stands at over 402,000 according to data from the Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center.
As of 05:00 Moscow time on Monday (02:00 GMT), there are 7,006,436 confirmed coronavirus cases in the world. The global death toll from COVID-19 stands at 402,699. The number of recovered individuals stands at 3,140,718, reports Sputnik news agency.
The United States remains the country with the largest number of cases (1,940,468) and the highest COVID-19 death toll (110,503), according to the latest data from the Johns Hopkins University.
Images: UNI and Xinhua
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