But the eastern state of Bihar registered more than 160 infections on Monday, its highest one-day rise, taking its tally to more than 2,700 cases. In the past 36 hours, more than 75 people tested positive in Odisha and 35 in three isolation homes in the desert state of Rajasthan. "Dozens of labourers who travelled from New Delhi have tested positive. Economists studying reverse migration patterns said India's poorest migrant labourers have been the worst hit by the lockdown. "The migrant crisis exposes the spatial fault-lines of India's development," wrote Sai Balakrishnan, an assistant professor at Harvard University, in the Mint newspaper.

Source: bd News24 May 26, 2020 09:22 UTC