Coronavirus live updates: Delhi records 3,000 new cases, tally nearly 60,000

It has proposed fresh delineation of containments zones, strict monitoring, aggressive contact tracing & quarantining. Committee has called for enlisting and monitoring of households outside containment zones as well. Covid positive cases should be spread across hospitals, Covid care centres or placed under home isolation. Covid care centres should engage independent and NGO volunteers. A serological survey to be undertaken in Delhi between June 27 and July 10 covering 20,000 residents whose samples will be tested. This will help assess the extent of spread of infection in Delhi and help in formulating a comprehensive strategy.

Truck operators' body AIMTC on Sunday said 65 per cent of the total trucks in the country are sitting idle due to spiralling fuel prices, corruption and no tangible relief to transporters, hit hard by Covid-19. All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) is the apex body of transporters, representing about 95 lakh truckers and other entities. Read full story

"District deputy commissioners have been asked to issue extension of night curfew orders and directives to extend ban on inter-state movement of people," a senior government official told. The official orders, however, will not apply to security forces, medical teams on duty, wholesale and retail pharmacies and other essential services, he said.