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Jharkhand: Fine of ₹1 lakh for not wearing mask, 2-yr-jail term for violating lockdown

July 23, 2020, 10:55 PM

Sneha Shah | Ranchi

Representational image (Getty images)

Representational image (Getty images)

?In a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19, Jharkhand government announced ? 1 lakh fine for people who don’t wear masks and two-year-jail term for flouting lockdown norms.

The Hemant Soren cabinet on July 22 approved the newly formulated Jharkhand Contagious Disease Ordinance (IDO) 2020, which declared the penalty against violators for flouting COVID-19 norms that also included prohibition of spitting in public.

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On Tuesday, the Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FJCCI) announced the three-day closure on the weekend due to surging COVID-19 cases in the state.

As of July 22, Jharkhand reported 439 new COVID-19 cases, while three more people died due to the virus taking the death toll up to 64. The total cases of Coronavirus in the state shot up to 6,845 on July 23.

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Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

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4 years ago

January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.