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Second wave: How locked down are we as caseload is worse than before

India is clocking close to 300,000 new infections a day, and the death toll is going past 2,000 per day.

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India Gate area wears a deserted look during the weekend lockdown in view of the recent surge in coronavirus cases, at Rajpath in New Delhi. PTI

Abhishek Waghmare Pune
During the first wave of Covid-19 last year, the entire country was under a lockdown for more than two months. This time, as the second wave sweeps through the country, restrictions on movement and public activity are not as strict, even though the caseload and death rate is worse than before.
 
One reason is that this time, it is the states — and not the Centre — that are deciding the extent of the restrictions. This has resulted in varying degrees of restrictions across the country. This chart maps these curbs across three categories with increasing intensity: night curfew,