Punjab's Ludhiana district administration has imposed a night curfew between 9 pm and 5 am to curb the spread of the virus. "We have imposed night curfew between 9 pm to 5 am till indefinite period.
We will do a review later but now it is for an indefinite period. Night curfews are intended to discourage unnecessary gatherings at night," informed Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner, Varinder Sharma.Also Read | Vaccine utilization rates lower in states witnessing second wave"For the last two weeks, the number of cases has increased quite much.
Earlier, we used to do 4,000 tests with about a 1% positivity rate, now it has gone up to 5-6%. The average number of deaths per week was seven, now it is 25-30.