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The following is the timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in India from January 2020 through May 2020.
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27 January | First confirmed case |
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1 February | First airlift from Wuhan, China |
27 February | Final airlift from Wuhan, China (Total of 759 Indians and 43 foreign nationals) airlift from Japan (119 Indians and 5 foreign nationals) |
Date | Description | References |
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27 January 2020 | The first case in India was confirmed in Kerala's Thrissur district in a student who had returned for a vacation from Wuhan University in China | [3] |
6 March | International passenger screenings at airports |
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10 March | First airlift from Iran |
11 March | First airlift from Italy |
12 March | First confirmed death |
13 March | Suspension of non-essential traveller visas |
15 March | 100 confirmed cases |
16 March | Passenger land border crossing suspended |
22 March | One day Janta Curfew Passenger air travel suspended till further notice |
22 March | Final airlift from Italy (Total of 564 Indians), India observed a 14-hour curfew |
25 March | Nationwide lock-down imposed till 14 April |
28 March | 1,000 confirmed cases |
29 March | Final airlift from Iran (Total of 764 Indians) |
30 March | 100 confirmed recoveries |
31 March | Cluster identified: Delhi religious congregation event – Tablighi Jamaat |
5 April | 100 confirmed deaths |
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14 April | 10,000 confirmed cases Nationwide lock-down extended till 3 May |
13 April | 1,000 confirmed recoveries |
19 April | 500 confirmed deaths |
22 April | 20,000 confirmed cases |
25 April | 5,000 confirmed recoveries |
29 April | 30,000 confirmed cases |
29 April | 1,000 confirmed deaths |
31 deaths has been reported. [437]
40 deaths and 1,540 new cases were reported. [445]
After Goa, now Manipur has also defeated the coronavirus. Two people were infected with the coronavirus there, but now both have recovered and returned home. Manipur has become a COVID-19 free state. [446]
44 deaths has been reported. [453]
Madhya Pradesh: 18 cases taking the total tally in a state to 915. [454]
Uttar Pradesh: 28 cases were reported in Agra. Taking the total tally in Agra to 295. [455] 31 cases were reported in Raebareli. [456]
West Bengalː 29 cases were reported, taking the total tally in a state to 274. [457]
Maharashtraː 12 cases were reported in Dharavi, taking the total tally in dharavi to 179. [458]
Punjabː One new case confirmed from Mohali where a 25 years old boy tested corona positive and 5 corona positive cases confirmed in Patiala and all came into contact with the corona positive patient. [459]
49 deaths has been reported. [460]
India stops rapid tests over faulty Chinese testing kits. [461]
Rajasthan: 64 cases were reported in Rajasthan, taking the total tally in a state to 1799. [462]
Uttar Pradesh: Six cases were reported in Meerut. [463] 2 cases were reported in Kanpur. [464] 26 cases were reported in Saharanpur. [465]
Maharashtraː Nine cases were reported in Mumbai from Dharavi. [466]
Tamil Naduː 33 cases were reported in a state. [467]
Keralaː 11 cases were reported in a state. [468]
Jammu and Kashmirː 27 cases were reported in a state. [469]
34 deaths & 1299 new cases has been reported. [470]
Rajasthan: 47 positive cases have been reported in Rajasthan – 20 in Jodhpur, 12 in Jaipur, 10 in Nagaur, 2 each in Hanumangarh & Kota, 1 in Ajmer. [471]
Andhra Pradesh: 80 cases were reported in a state. [472]
Uttar Pradesh: 13 cases were reported in Saharanpur. [473] 2 cases were reported in Kanpur, taking the total tally in Kanpur to 79. [474]
Maharashtraː 25 cases were reported in Mumbai from Dharavi. [475]
37 deaths & 1752 cases reported. [476]
Rajasthan: 70 new cases were reported, taking total cases in the state to 2,034. [477]
Maharastra: 6 cases were reported from Dharavi in Mumbai. [478]
Uttarakhandː 1 case was reported in a state. [479]
Punjabː A 35 years old lady tested corona positive in Ludhiana [480] and one new case in Jalandhar. [481] Later on 6 cases confirmed from Patiala, 2 from Mansa and 1 from Amritsar. [482]
Tamil Nadu: 72 new cases were reported, of which 52 belonged to Chennai. [483]
56 deaths & 1490 cases were reported. [484]
Bihar: 2 cases were reported in Bihar. [485]
Maharashtra: 21 cases were reported from Dharavi in Mumbai. [486] 96 police personnel reported positive in a state.
Karnataka: 26 cases were reported in a state. [487]
Jharkhand: 4 cases were reported positive in Ranchi. [488]
Punjabː A lady doctor tested corona positive in Pathankot. [489] Six more cases confirmed in Rajpura of Patiala District and all came into contact with corona positive patients. [490] Near about after one month a new COVID-19 case reported in Nawanshahr where a 35 years old man tested corona positive who returned from Jammu. [491] 18th death reported in Punjab from Jalandhar district where a 48 years old man died at morning and later on tested positive. [492]
Rajasthan: 49 cases and 2 deaths were reported. [493]
47 deaths & 1975 cases were reported. [494] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Madhya Pradesh: 91 cases were reported in Indore. [495]
Bihar: 15 cases [496]
Uttar Pradesh: 13 cases were reported in Saharanpur. [497]
Haryana; 9 cases [498]
Maharashtraː 440 cases [499]
Punjabː 9 positive cases confirmed in Jalandhar. [500]
Tamil Naduː 64 positive cases confirmed in the state. [501]
Rajasthan: 102 cases confirmed in the state. [502]
60 deaths & 1463 cases were reported. [503] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Jharkhand: First cases were reported in Jamtara city. Taking the total tally in the state to 83. [504] 7 cases were reported in Ranchi. [505]
Maharashtraː 13 cases were reported from Dharavi in Mumbai. [506]
Chandigarhː 4 cases. [507]
Tamil Naduː 52 cases [508]
Rajasthan: 77 cases [509]
51 deaths & 1594 cases were reported. [510] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Andhra Pradesh: 82 cases [511]
Madhya Pradesh: 19 cases were reported in Indore. [512]
Gujratː 226 cases [513]
Maharashtraː 42 cases were reported from Dharavi. [514]
Punjabː 2 cases were reported in Mohali. [515]
Tamil Nadu: 121 cases were reported of which, 103 were from Chennai. [516]
Uttarakhandː only 1 case was reported in Dehradun. [517]
Jammu and Kashmirː 23 cases [518]
Rajasthan: 102 cases were reported the state. [519]
71 deaths & 1813 cases were reported. [520] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Chandigarhː 12 cases. [521]
Odishaː 7 cases [522]
Biharː9 cases [523]
Keralaː10 cases [524]
Jharkhandː 106 cases [525]
West Bengalː 33 cases were reported in state. [526]
Punjabː 2 cases confirmed in Faridkot who returned from Nanded, Maharashtra. [527] 11 cases confirmed in Ludhiana, out of these 7 returned from Nanded and 4 returned from Kota University in Rajasthan and 3 cases confirmed in Hoshiarpur [528] 2 new cases reported in Mohali. [529]
Rajasthanː 74 cases [530]
Tamil Nadu: 104 cases [531]
67 deaths & 1823 cases were reported. [532] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Haryana: 18 cases [533]
Andhra Pradesh: 71 cases [534]
Maharashtra: 25 cases were reported from Dharavi. [535]
Punjab: 105 cases [536]
Chandigarhː 5 cases. [537]
Tamil Naduː 161 cases [538]
Odishaː 14 cases [539]
Rajasthan: 146 cases [540]
1 May | Nationwide lock-down further extended till 17 May |
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2 May | 10,000 confirmed recoveries |
7 May | 50,000 confirmed cases |
10 May | 2,000 confirmed deaths |
11 May | 20,000 confirmed recoveries |
17 May | Nationwide lockdown further extended till 31 May |
19 May | 100,000 confirmed cases |
23 May | 50,000 confirmed recoveries |
27 May | 150,000 confirmed cases |
31 May | 5,000 confirmed deaths |
77 deaths & 1755 cases were reported. [541] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
The Government of India extended nationwide lockdown further by two weeks until 17 May. [542] New cases reported in following states/UTs were as:
Karnataka: 11 cases [543]
Odisha: 1 case was reported in the state. [544]
Maharashtra: 583 cases [545]
jharkhandː 4 cases [546]
Telanganaː 22 cases [547]
Rajasthanː 82 cases [548]
Gujaratː 313 cases [549]
77 deaths & 2411 cases were reported. [550] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Andhra Pradesh: 62 cases [551]
Punjab: 195 cases [552] 2 cases reported in Mohali. [553]
Maharashtra: 11 cases were reported in Nagpur. [554] 790 cases were reported in a state [555]
Haryana: 47 cases [556]
Odisha: 2 cases [557]
Tamil Nadu: 231 cases [558]
Rajasthan: 106 new cases [559]
83 deaths & 2487 cases were reported. [560] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Andhra Pradesh: 58 cases [561]
Punjabː 331 cases [562]
Jammu and Kashmirː 35 cases [563]
Karnatakaː 3 cases [564]
Uttarakhandː only 1 case was reported in the state. [565]
Odishaː 2 cases [566]
Rajasthan: 114 cases [567]
83 deaths & 2573 cases were reported. [568]
Andhra Pradesh: 67 cases [569]
Haryanaː 75 cases [570]
Punjabː132 cases [571]
Tamil Naduː 527 cases [572]
Chandigarhː 5 cases. [573]
Biharː 6 cases [574]
Rajasthan: 175 cases [575]
194 deaths & 3875 cases were reported. [576] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Tripura: 13 border security force personnel tested positive in the state. [577]
Karnataka: 8 cases [578]
Chandigarhː 13 cases. [579]
Jharkhandː 4 cases [580]
Punjabː 219 cases [581]
Rajasthanː 97 cases [582]
111 deaths & 2680 cases were reported. [583] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Telangana government announced for extension of lockdown until 29 May in the state. [584]
Odisha: 1 case was reported in the state. [585]
West Bengal: 122 cases [586]
Maharashtra: 1233 cases& 68 cases were reported from Dharavi in Mumbai. [587]
Karnataka: 20 cases [588]
Jammu and Kashmirː 34 cases [589]
Tamil Naduː 771 cases [590]
Rajasthan: 159 cases 30 BSF soldiers tested positive who returned from Delhi after COVID-19 management duty. [591]
89 deaths & 3561 cases were reported. [592] The tally of total cases in country crosses 50,000-mark. [593] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Andhra Pradesh: 56 cases [594]
Karnataka: 8 cases [595]
Jharkhandː 5 cases [596]
Haryanaː 31 cases [597]
Tamil Naduː 580 cases [598]
Karnatakaː 12 cases [599]
Maharashtraː 1,216 cases in the state & 250 policeman cases were reported in a Mumbai city & tally of total cases in Mumbai crosses 10,000-mark till. [600]
West Bengal: 92 cases [601]
Rajasthan: 110 cases [602]
103 deaths & 3390 cases were reported. [603] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Odisha: 26 cases [604]
Andhra Pradesh: 54 cases [605]
Tamil Nadu: 600 cases [606]
Jammu and Kashmirː30 cases [607]
Punjab: 87 cases [608]
Chandigarhː 146 cases. [609]
Uttarakhandː 2 cases [610]
West Bengal: 130 cases [611]
Rajasthan: 152 cases [612]
95 deaths & 3320 cases were reported. [613] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Uttarakhand: 4 cases [614]
Andhra Pradesh: 43 cases [615]
Chandigarhː 23 cases.
Punjabː 31 cases [616]
Maharashtraˑ 25 cases were reported from Dharavi in Mumbai. [617]
Karnataka: 41 cases [618]
Gujarat: 394 cases [619]
Tamil Nadu: 526 cases [620]
Rajasthan: 129 cases [621]
128 deaths & 3277 cases were reported. [622] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Haryana: 20 cases [623]
Karnataka: 53 cases [624]
Tamil Nadu: 669 cases [625]
Maharashtraː 26 cases were reported from Dharavi in Mumbai. [626]
Odishaː 23 cases [627]
Delhiː 224 cases [628]
Andhra Pradeshː 43 cases [629]
Uttar Pradeshː 84 cases [630]
Rajasthan: 106 cases [631]
97 deaths & 4213 cases were reported. [632]
The total of 20,000 recoveries reported until 11 may. [633] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Bihar: 11 cases [634]
Karnataka: 14 cases [635]
Punjab: 54 cases [636]
Jammu and Kashmir: 18 cases [637]
Delhi: 310 cases. [638]
Andhra Pradesh: 38 cases [639]
Rajasthan: 174 cases [640]
87 deaths & 3604 cases were reported. [641] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Andhra Pradesh: 33 cases [642]
Himachal Pradesh: 4 cases [643]
Tamil Nadu: 716 cases [644]
Jammu and Kashmir: 55 cases [645]
Punjabː37 cases [646]
West Bengalː37 cases [647]
Maharashtraː 46 cases were reported from Dharavi in Mumbai. [648]
Biharː 34 cases [649]
Delhiː 406 cases [650]
Rajasthan: 138 cases [651]
122 deaths & 3525 cases were reported. [652] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Chandigarh: 2 cases. [653]
Karnataka: 26 cases [654]
Maharashtraː 1495 cases& 46 cases were reported from Dharavi in Mumbai. [655] [656]
Andhra Pradesh: 48 cases [657]
Punjab: 37 cases [658]
Tamil Nadu: 509 cases [659]
Bihar: 84 cases [660]
Jammu and Kashmir: 37 cases [661]
Gujarat: 364 cases [662]
Rajasthan: 202 cases [663]
134 deaths & 3722cases were reported. [664] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Uttarakhand:3 cases [665]
Delhi: 472 cases [666]
Andhra Pradesh: 68 cases [667]
Karnataka: 22 cases [668]
Maharashtraː In total of 1602 cases, out of which 1001 policeman reported positive in a state. [669] [670]
Punjabː 11 cases [671]
Jammu and Kashmir: 12 cases [672]
Tamil Nadu: 447 cases [673]
West Bengal: 87 cases [674]
Rajasthan: 206 cases [675]
100 deaths & 3997 cases were reported. [676] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Rajasthan: 213 cases [677]
Andhra Pradesh: 57 cases [678]
Uttar Pradesh: 43 cases [679]
Kerala: 16 cases [680]
Karnatakaː 69 cases [681]
Jharkhandː 2 cases [682]
Maharashtraː 1576 cases [683]
West Bengalː 84 cases [684]
Punjabː 13 cases [685]
100 deaths & 3970 cases were reported. [686]
Punjab government announced for extension of lockdown until 31 May. [687] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Delhi: 438 cases [688]
Bihar: 46 cases [689]
Tamil Nadu: 447 cases [690]
Kerala: 87 cases [691]
Karnataka: 36 cases [692]
West Bengal: 115 cases [693]
Andhra Pradesh: 102 cases [694]
Uttar Pradesh: 155 cases [695]
Maharashtraː 884 cases were reported in the Mumbai city.
Jammu and Kashmirː 108 cases [696]
Gujaratː1057 cases [697]
Rajasthan: 213 cases from which 119 were inmates from District Jail, Jaipur. [698]
120 deaths & 4987 cases were reported. [699]
Maharashtra, Mizoram & Tamil Nadu government extended the lockdown until 31 May. [700] [701] [702] But later NDMA extended the lockdown until 31 May in all Indian states. [703] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Andhra Pradesh: 25 cases [704]
Karnataka: 54 cases [705]
Tamil Nadu: 639 cases [706]
Punjab: 18 cases [707]
Bihar: 58 cases [708]
Kerala: 14 cases [709]
Himachal Pradesh: 2 cases [710]
Maharashtraː 2347 cases [711]
Jammu and Kashmirː 62 cases [712]
Rajasthan: 242 cases [713]
157 deaths & 5242 cases were reported. [714] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Uttarakhand: 1 case was reported in the state. [715]
Bihar: 37 cases [716]
Himachal Pradesh: 5 cases [717]
Karnataka: 99 cases [718]
Kerala: 29 cases [719]
Assam: 2 cases [720]
Tamil Nadu: 536 cases [721]
Punjab: 16 cases [722]
Delhi: 299 cases& taking the total tally in the state to 10000 mark. [723]
Gujaratː 366 cases [724]
Odishaː 48 cases [725]
Rajasthanː 305 cases [726]
Maharashtraː 2033 cases [727]
134 deaths & 4970 cases were reported. [728]
The total tally of cases crosses 100,000 mark. [729] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Karnataka: 127 cases [730]
Andhra Pradesh: 57 cases [731]
Chhattisgarh : 57 cases [732]
Himachal Pradesh: 10 cases [733]
Kerala: 12 cases [734]
Bihar: 53 cases [735]
Uttarakhand: 8 cases [736]
Assam: 13 cases [737]
Gujarat: 395 cases [738]
Tamil Nadu: 601 cases [739]
Jammu and Kashmirː 28 cases [740]
West Bengalː 136 cases [741]
Punjabː 22 cases& taking the total tally in state to 2000 mark. [742]
Rajasthanː 338 cases [743]
Maharashtraː 2127 cases [744]
140 deaths & 5611 cases were reported. [745] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Delhi: 534 cases [746]
Uttarakhand: 18 cases [747]
Karnataka: 67 cases [748]
Kerala: 24 cases [749]
Gujarat: 398 cases [750]
Assam: 13 cases [751]
Punjab: 3 cases [752]
Tamil Nadu: 743 cases& total tally of cases in a state crosses 13,000-mark. [753]
West Bengal: 142 cases [754]
Maharashtra: 2250 cases [755]
Jammu and Kashmirː 73 cases [756]
Haryana: 29 cases [757]
Jharkhand: 33 cases [758]
Rajasthan: 170 cases [759]
132 deaths & 5609 cases were reported. [760] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Uttrakhand: 10 cases [761]
Bihar: 96 cases [762]
Tamil Nadu: 776 cases [763]
Punjab: 23 cases
Karnataka: 143 cases [764]
Delhi: 571 cases [765]
Gujarat: 371 cases [766]
Maharashtra: 2345 cases [767]
Rajasthan: 212 cases [768]
148 deaths & 6088 cases were reported. [769] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Uttrakhand: 5 cases [770]
Chhattisgarh: 16 cases [771]
Tamil Nadu: 786 cases [772]
Assam: 12 cases [773]
Bihar: 118 cases [774]
Kerala: 42 cases [775]
Karnataka: 138 cases [776]
Gujarat: 363 cases [777]
Maharashtra: 2940 cases [778]
Rajasthan: 267 cases [779]
137 deaths & 6654 cases were reported. [780] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Delhi: 591 cases [781]
Assam: 53 cases [782]
Tamil Nadu: 710 cases [783]
Karnataka: 262 cases
Punjab: 16 cases [784]
Maharashtra: 2608 cases [785]
Rajasthan: 248 cases [786]
New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Uttrakhand: 53 cases [787]
Haryana: 21 cases [788]
Tamil Nadu: 765 cases [789]
Assam: 4 cases [790]
Maharashtra: 3041 cases [791]
Rajasthan: 286 cases [792]
154 deaths & 6977 cases were reported. [793] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Uttarakhand: 25 cases [794]
Karnataka: 69 cases [795]
Tamil Nadu: 805 cases [796]
Punjab: 21 cases [797]
Gujarat: 405 cases [798]
Maharashtra: 2436 cases [799]
Delhi: 635 cases [800]
Rajasthan: 272 cases [801]
146 deaths & 6535 cases were reported. [802] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Kerala: 67 cases [803]
Uttarakhand: 51 cases [804]
Punjab: 25 cases [805]
Tamil Nadu: 646 cases [806]
West Bengal: 193 cases [807]
Maharashtra: 2091 cases [808]
Rajasthan: 236 cases [809]
New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Assam: 18 cases [810]
Uttarakhand: 38 cases [811]
Tamil Nadu: 817 cases [812]
Karnataka:122 cases [813]
Andhra Pradesh: 68 cases [814]
Maharashtra: 2190 cases [815]
Rajasthan: 280 cases [816]
194 deaths & 6566 cases were reported. [817] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Andhra Pradesh: 54 cases [818]
Odisha: 67 cases [819]
West Bengal: 344 cases [820]
Tamil Nadu: 827 cases [821]
Karnataka: 115 cases [822]
Rajasthan: 251 cases[ citation needed ]
265 deaths & 7964 cases were reported. [823] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Uttarakhand: 102 cases [824]
Karnataka: 248 cases [825]
Tamil Nadu: 874 cases [826]
Jammu and Kashmirː 128 cases [827]
Maharashtraː 2682 cases [827]
Rajasthan: 298 cases [828]
Ministry of Home Affairs extended the lockdown until 30 June. [829] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Bihar: 150 cases
Andhra Pradesh: 131 cases [830]
Haryana: 202 cases [831]
Karnataka: 141 cases [832]
Tamil Nadu: 856 cases
Gujaratː 412 cases [833]
Delhiː 1163 cases [834]
Maharashtraː 2940 cases [835]
Rajasthan: 252 cases [836]
New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Uttarakhand: 53 cases [837]
West Bengal: 371 cases [838]
Tamil Nadu: 1149 cases [839]
Kerala: 1149 cases [840]
Delhi: 1295 cases [841]
Maharashtraː 2487 cases [842]
Rajasthan: 214 cases [843]
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