Kolkata lockdown news: Today's updates from your city

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.
*Over 3,000 hawkers at Gariahat-Golpark-Rashbehari Avenue became the first union to agree to the “odd-and-even” number theory as suggested by chief minister Mamata Banerjee to reopen their stalls.
*After conforming to lockdown rules for over two months, Kolkata’s hawkers are expected to be back in business from May 27 — the on-ground preparations for which started from Tuesday itself.
*Update at 1.30pm: Evacuees being given masks in cyclone shelters in Kolkata

*The auto drivers are likely to follow odd-even method — while vehicles with odd registration numbers will ply on Day One, those with even registration numbers will ply on Day Two.
*Auto, the second biggest carrier of daily passengers in Kolkata after bus, will start plying from May 27 following the announcement of chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday.
*Hospitals bank on retired nurses in hour of crisis in Kolkata
*Update at 9.15am: Highest ever spike of 5,611 Covid-19 cases & 140 deaths in the last 24 hours. Total number of cases in the country now at 106750.
*The new zone-wise classification of city wards is yet to be finalized as the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, in consultation with Kolkata Police, is following up on some last-minute developments, but the good news is the number of high-risk areas is set to shrink.
*Though fresh cases were reported from some pockets in south Kolkata on Tuesday, at least 20 wards in Kolkata are likely to be categorized under Group C or Group Clean, as they are yet to report a single Covid case till date or no new case in the past two weeks.
*With the number of swab samples tested crossing one lakh, the positivity rate in West Bengal has slipped below the national average.
*As on Tuesday, Bengal had tested 1,02,282 samples and its positivity rate had declined as low as 2.9%, against the national average that has been pegged at around 3%. Health experts said that this was a good sign but warned that this should not be a reason to reduce testing.
*164 containment zones in Kolkata are divided in the 43 remaining wards. In certain areas like Belgachhia, Mukundapukur and places where there are slums, like Tiljala and Topsia, chances are that total lockdown will continue for a few more days.