India eases lockdown even as COVID-19 cases jump in capital

With shopping malls, places of worship, restaurants and state borders reopening Monday, some of the last vestiges of India's 10-week-long coronavirus lockdown disappeared even as the country reported its highest single-day death toll and experts said things would get worse.

Rickshaw drivers wait for customers along a road as places of religious worship, hotels, restaurants and shopping malls are allowed to operate again after more than two months of lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Kolkata.

Bikers drive through a busy street in Mumbai.

Commuters are seen inside a public transport bus after some restrictions were lifted during a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Mumbai.

India's lockdown - one of the world's most stringent - was considered mostly effective in staunching the spread of the virus. Most industry shut down, and a stay-at-home order was imposed for all but a handful of essential activities.

Traffic is seen on the road in Mumbai.

Devotees wait in a queue to pray at the Jhandewala temple in New Delhi.

People wait in a queue to board a public bus in Mumbai.

Indians wearing masks take a stroll outside a public park in Bengaluru.

Visitors wearing facemasks use the escalators at the Ambience mall.

Government employee are seen working in writers building in Kolkata.

A roadside vendor try to sell umbrella to a customer in Mumbai, India.

People wait for a bus at a bus stop in Mumbai.

People having lunch at a restaurant in New Delhi.

A salesman mop a shop in Mumbai, India.

A customer gets manicure done at the Ambience mall.

Beauticians wearing protective gear tend to their customers inside a parlor at a shopping mall in Ahmedabad.

A security staff member (top C) wearing a protective mask checks the temperature of customers before entering in a shopping mall.

A shoe seller looks on as he waits for customer in Mumbai.