Mumbai : The COVID-19 situation is “especially serious” in Mumbai, Pune, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata and a few other places in West Bengal, the Home Ministry said on April 20, as India saw selective relaxation of lockdown in non-containment areas. Strict restrictions continue in districts declared COVID-19 hotspots.

53 journalists test positive for COVID-19. BMC’s health committee member Amey Ghole has confirmed that 167 samples of media people were collected and of those 53 have tested positive.

They are in process of figuring out the logistics and may move the positive patients to hotels and guest houses.

Meanwhile, Italy, which had emerged as the epicentre of the infection in Europe, has registered the lowest number of coronavirus deaths in a month, with death toll rising by 433 in past 24 hours.