Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from your city.
*Update at 11.06pm: The West Bengal government on Thursday formed a nine-member data analysis cell, which will collect and collate Covid-19 statistics from across the state, and examine them to detect patterns and identify hotspots, a health department official said.(PTI)
*Update at 10.29pm: Twelve more people tested positive for Covid-19 in West Bengal, taking the total number of active cases in the state to 80, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. (PTI)
*Update at 9.11pm: Bengal govt launching sandhane app to detect fever prone pockets in the state. ASHA staff will be feeding data.
*Update at 8.54pm: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said her government is exploring the option of granting a partial relaxation to the transport sector and allowing some industries to operate with a small workforce amid the ongoing lockdown to combat the coronavirus outbreak.(PTI)
*Update at 7.54pm: Calcutta University has started free online counselling service as a number of students are under stress due to the lockdown in force to control the Covid-19 pandemic, a senior varsity official said on Thursday. (PTI)
*Update at 7.14pm: Twelve new coronavirus positive cases were reported in West Bengal on Thursday, informed state chief minister Mamata Banerjee. (ANI)
*Update at 5.56pm: Top official, health worker at state-run hospital test positive in West Bengal. (PTI)
*Update at 5.27pm: 12 more coronavirus positive cases reported in West Bengal, state's tally rises to 83 with 3 discharged
*Update at 4.41pm: Lake town ps carrying out an awareness drive on VIP road asking lockdown violators to stay back home.

*Update at 4.08pm: Kolkata traffic police distributing indoor game sets, scrap books for artwork, copy books and sketch pens along with the basic food items and dry ration.

*Update at 4.04pm: The vegetable prices further crashed across Kolkata markets, with most of the vegetables selling in less than Rs30/kg. With Bengal having bumper crop this year, farmers are making distress sale of their produce, 90 per cent of which are perishables.
*Update at 3.25pm: Regular work at the Calcutta high court and its circuit benches will continue to remain suspended till April 30, amid the spurt in COVID-19 cases, an official said here on Thursday. (PTI)
*With tea gardens locked down and plucking suspended, Tea Board of India said that the industry in Assam and West Bengal will suffer revenue losses to the tune of around 22%.
Update at 2.12pm: A health official of Howrah hospital admitted to ID hospital for quarantine.
*The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) has decided to allow all Class XI students studying in institutions affiliated to it to be promoted to Class XII without a final examination.
*Update at 1.56pm: Jadavpur traffic guard gives ration to daily wage earners so that it lasts till April 15

*Update at1.54pm: Sweepers at Ganguly Bagan were felicitated by locals for their service during the lockdown.

*Update at 1.33pm: 95-year-old grandma from Mizoram donates one month's pension to fight coronavirus * Update at 1.18pm: All the 17 quarantined people who were earlier considered 'high-risk' as they came in contact with Tripura's first Covid-19 positive patient, were tested negative for coronavirus (PTI)
*Many farmers with fields close to urban neighbourhoods in Panchla and Dhulagarh in Howrah are selling their produce directly to retailers at much cheaper rates. A kilo and a half of potatoes are selling for Rs 20, onion prices are down to Rs 18/kg, bhindi, tomatoes and striped gourds are all selling at Rs 20/kg while carrots and French beans are selling at Rs 25/kg at retail markets across Howrah.
*MR Bangur Hospital continued to relocate more patients to various government hospitals across Kolkata on Wednesday in a bid to clear space and make it ready to exclusively host Covid-19 patients, as instructed by the state last week.
*Forty-four more healthcare workers at NRS Medical College and Hospital have tested negative for Covid-19 on Wednesday.
* Assam CM takes stock of measures to fight Covid-19 in Barak Valley
*The Kamrup (Metro) district administration on Wednesday sealed a hotel in Guwahati and quarantined its employees after a woman from Tripura, who tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, revealed in her travel history that she had stayed there before returning home last month.
*A day after West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee appealed to the people of the state to celebrate Poila Baishakh and offer Shab-e-Barat prayers at home this year to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, citizens have responded by not only cancelling all public celebrations but by also pledging to donate a big part of that money to help the section of the society impacted badly by the pandemic.
*A case has been registered against a 23-year-old Manipur woman for illegally entering India from Myanmar during the lockdown. A case has also been registered against her family for shielding her.
*Rs 2000 each for Manipuris stuck outside the state
*Supply of personal protection equipment (PPE), which has been erratic ever since the corona outbreak, has become smooth across hospitals in West Bengal.
* Manipur CM N Biren Singh on Wednesday released a music video on coronavirus awareness entitled ‘Akiba Laanda Amani” at his residence.
*Arunachal Pradesh CM Prema Khandu said the state unit of Indian Medical Association, in collaboration with the government, has started offering a service to people who can consult doctors through telephones during the ongoing lockdown period.
*Doorstep distribution of 'Take-Home Ration' to beneficiaries underway by Anganwadi workers due to lockdown in Chungthang Tribal Project, North Sikkim district: Ministry of Women and Child Development.

*In the wake of the NRS Hospital scare where 79 healthcare workers had to be quarantined after they unknowingly came in contact with an undiagnosed Covid-19 positive patient,West Bengal health department has issued an advisory on steps to be taken to mitigate the risk of infection among healthcare professionals.
*Several schools across Kolkata are planning to advance the summer vacation
*Cops have nixed a proposal floated by the state excise department for home delivery of liquor for three hours every day in West Bengal.
*West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has decided to meet representatives of industry bodies, the hotel and hospitality industry, the tourism sector and MSMEs on Thursday to take their feedback after PM Modi hinted at an extension of the lockdown beyond April 14.
*Focus on shelters for homeless after two shifted to Covid-19 hospitals
*The Bidhannagar City Police has arrested around 20 people in the past week for violating the lockdown, with most arrests from Lake Town and Baguiati.
*Flower markets at Jagannath Ghat and Mullick Ghat on Strand Road — that opened on Wednesday after a fortnight of shutdown — saw at least 2,000 farmers arrive with their produce. With local train services suspended, they brought marigold, hibiscus, tuberose and bel flowers by trucks.
*Reports of two pavement dwellers — one from Metiabruz and the other from Bowbazar — contracting novel coronavirus have prompted Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Kolkata Police to take a closer look at shelters housing more than 10,000 vagrants and homeless across the city.