India has confirmed 592 total deaths and 18,601 cases till Tuesday.

A total of 3,273 people have recovered from the disease, according to the worldometer.

A total of 31 people have died while 945 confirmed cases have been reported since last evening.

Globally, there are over 2.4 million infections with 170,455 deaths.

The Indian Union government is looking at various options for “gradual” lifting of the lockdown post-May 3 and hopes that the doubling time of COVID-19 cases will increase to 12 days by then, but sources have said that the government is preparing for a second wave in late May or early June, as restrictions are eased.

There is a sense that area-specific lockdowns and relaxations will have to be the norm, depending on the rise and fall in cases, till September at least.

BDST: 1245 HRS, APR 21, 2020
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