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 1015pm punjab chief minister captain amarinder singh has written to prime minister narendra modi reiterating his demand for incentive or bonus to farmers for bringing in their produce to the grain markets after may 1 to check overcrowding in the markets update at 9pm the punjab government planned to provide personal protective equipment ppe also to the police personnel in the battle against covid19 said chief minister amarinder singh update at 830pm eight more people contracted coronavirus in punjab on tuesday pushing the total number of cases in the state to 184 an official said with a covid19 patient passing away in jalandhar the overall death toll reached 13 in the state he said update at 820pm two fresh coronavirus cases were reported from haryanas faridabad district taking the total number of covid19 cases in the state to 184 on tuesday officials said update at 8pm ut administrator vp singh badnore extends curfew in chandigarh till may 3 relaxations if any will be decided on april 20 update at 750pm citing the gravity of the coronavirus situation punjab chief minister amarinder singh on tuesday announced the state would follow complete curfew till may 3 in line with the extension in the national lockdown he assured all political parties of aggressive measures including largescale testing in continuing war against the covid19 pandemic update at 7pm twelve of the 14 infected family members of the 70yearold nawanshahr resident who was the first coronavirus victim in punjab have fully recovered from the infection officials said on tuesday two of his relatives are still under treatment they said update at 6pm the punjab government on tuesday started rapid testing for the detection of coronavirus in mohali and jalandhar districts on tuesday the state has so far reported 176 coronavirus cases including 12 deaths update at 5pm punjab chief minister amarinder singh has urged prime minister narendra modi to reconsider directives to industry and commercial establishments to pay full wages to their workers during the lockdown period saying it may push them to bankruptcy update at 435pm taking its battle against covid19 to the next level the punjab government on tuesday launched rapid testing in two hotspot districts of the state mohali and jalandhar with the aim to eventually cover all the 17 hotspots in a phased manner the facility was launched by health and family welfare minister balbir singh sidhu at dera bassi town in mohali district update at 355pm hookah smoking sessions a common sight in haryana villages have now taken a break as village heads have prevailed upon locals not to share the smoking pipes to contain spread of coronavirus playing their role in spreading awareness on coronavirus in the hinterland the village heads or sarpanch are also ensuring that farmers follow social distancing norms during the harvest season update at 251pm