The Union Territory of Puducherry is going to impose lockdown till April 26, the authorities have revealed this in a statement. Earlier, yesterday the Union Territory only imposed a night curfew from 10 pm to 5 am amid the rising cases of coronavirus.

The announcement made in view of safety of people. All shops are requested to decide the timings of closing the shops. The motive behind this decision is to make sure that all the employees reach back to their residences by 10 pm. Additionally, hotels in the Union Territory have been asked to close down dine-in services by 8 pm only. The order also added that the home delivery services will remain open till 10 pm. On Tuesday, Puducherry reported 4,692 active cases as per the data released by Union Health Ministry. The COVID-19 situation in the country has been worsening and many states are dealing the situation with more of vaccination drive, curfews or lockdown. Past four days the country is reporting in excess of two lakh coronavirus infections and over 1,000 related deaths on a daily basis which is not less than a nightmare. 

According to latest data, the country yesterday reported 2,59,170 new COVID-19 infections and 1,761 deaths in the last 24 hours.

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