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India's first case was reported on January 30, and 54 days later on March 25, with 519 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 11 deaths, the country was put under a 21-day complete lockdown, hence starting the country's full-blown battle against the pandemic. After a three week period that ended on April 14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the countrywide lockdown for 19 additional days till May 3 to contain the spread of the pandemic. At the end of the lockdown, the total number of coronavirus cases has crossed the 23,000 mark and there are 718 deaths due to COVID-19 in the country. Let us take a look at some of the images from across the nation:
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The world's most populous democracy comes to a virtual standstill, with no or very minimal social and economic activities to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo)
Health workers wearing protective suits walk in a locality during their door-to-door surveillance to detect COVID-19 cases, in Kolkata. (PTI Photo) 
Firefighter sanitise a locality, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, at Sec-78 in Noida. (PTI Photo) 
Clear skies are seen over the city skyline, owing to lesser pollution during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Mumbai. (PTI Photo) -
Lifting of lockdown will be the real challenge. Some facilities should remain closed through the month of May like schools, colleges, malls, cinema halls, religious places and markets. (PTI Photo)
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A man drives an auto-rickshaw depicting the coronavirus to create awareness about staying at home during a nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Chennai. (Reuters Photo)
A roadside flower vendor waits for customers, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Srinagar. (PTI Photo) 
Members of Fire and Emergency Services decontaminate a road using a boom sprayer during a nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ahmedabad. (Reuters Photo) -
Police personnel question commuters for stepping out of their houses, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Kozhikode. (PTI Photo)
An artist makes a coronavirus themed idol for Puja festivities at a workshop at Kumartuli, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in Kolkata. (PTI Photo) 
Volunteers distribute food among the needy, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Birbhum district. (PTI Photo) -
Doctors conduct a mock drill inside a train coach converted into isolation ward for COVID 19 patients, during the nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, at a railway station in Prayagraj. (PTI Photo)
Deserted roads during the nationwide lockdown, imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic, at Kufri near Shimla. (PTI Photo) -
People maintain social distance as they queue to enter APMC fruit market during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Navi Mumbai. (PTI Photo)
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