3,545 New Covid-19 Cases Recorded In India In 24 Hours

More than 3,500 people recovered from the coronavirus

India recorded 3,545 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the coronavirus tally to 4,30,94,938. The country also recorded 27 covid-related fatalities, bringing the total number of deaths to 5,24,002.

According to the Health Ministry, the daily positivity rate stood at 1.07 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was 0.70 per cent.

More than 3,500 people have recovered from covid-19, now the total number of Covid recoveries in the country has reached 4,25,51,248.

As the covid cases are increasing, more than 4,500 people have been fined for ? 22 lakh in total in the city for not wearing masks since the mask mandate returned, according to government data.

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) had in a meeting last month decided to re-impose a mask mandate with a fine of ? 500 for any violation. On April 22, it made wearing masks in public places mandatory again.

Between April 23 and May 4, a total of 4,504 people were fined for not wearing masks, with the maximum fines (Rs 1,133) imposed in East district, followed by New Delhi (705), South West (588), North East (562), and South East (553). There were zero mask prosecutions in Shahdara and Central districts.

West district reported 65 such violations, while the north with 221, south with 414, New Delhi with 216, and northwest with 263 fines reported less than 500 such violations.

The government has imposed fines of ? 22,05,500 in all for mask violation and has collected ? 7,66,500 of it till now.

An official from the southeast district said, “We are averaging around 100 challans per day and targeting those areas which see mass assemblage like markets, mandis, etc. There are eight teams involved in the exercise. The numbers might be higher on weekends since more people are stepping out”.

He noted that the numbers are lower than before since the focus is now more on "educating" the masses.