Lockdown implemented countries in the World due to COVID19

Category : Politics & Social | Sub Category : Social Posted on 2020-04-24 14:35:37

This chart shows enforced COVID-19 lockdowns in different countries by the size of the population affected (2020).

While there are all sorts of different lockdowns currently in place, Statista counted those in which governments ordered their citizens to stay at home and only take a minimum of necessary trips outside, while announcing police enforcements and/or fines for people failing to meet the requirements.

The biggest lockdown is currently being enforced in India, where 1.3 billion people have been ordered to stay inside till 3rd May 2020. This lockdown exceeds the size of those that happened in China even at the height of the epidemic there, according to the New York Times.

Other big lockdowns are happening in US and there is a national lockdown in France,Spain,Italy And UK.Several Latin American countries have also enforced lockdowns, often with the help of the military.