Chief Secretary of West Bengal Alapan Bandyopadhyay announced a Lockdown in the state for 15 days between May 16 to May 30. This comes even as the state had some restrictions in place. Covid cases have been rising in the state in the aftermath of the Assembly Elections.
Restrictions will come into force from 6 am on Sunday 16 May and to continue till 6 pm till 30 May.
On Friday registered highest single-day spike of 20,846 new cases, taking the total tally to 10,94,802, the health department bulletin showed. The toll rose to 12,993 after 136 more people, including five eminent doctors, succumbed to the infection.
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