India is the fourth hardest-hit country by the COVID-19 pandemic in the world after the U.S., Russia and Brazil.
Indias health ministry said Tuesday that the nationwide tally had reached 440,215 cases, including 14,011 deaths.
States remote from the capital including Assam in the northeast that initially reported few cases have plans to reimpose stringent lockdowns in certain districts.
Port officials and workers earlier on Tuesday agreed to halt unloading cargo from the ship and another Russian ship at the port.
South Korea reported 46 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, including 30 linked to international arrivals.