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India coronavirus, COVID-19, April 1: Total COVID-19 cases in India touch 1834, 437 cases reported in 24 hours
The total number of coronavirus COVID-19 positive cases in India rose to 1,637 with a death toll of 38 on Wednesday (April 1). According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India witnessed a spike of 146 new cases in the last 24 hours. Also three deaths were reported from Gujarat, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh.
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Global coronavirus cases cross 9 lakh, with over 45,000 deaths.
Total COVID-19 India cases touch 1834. 437 cases reported in last 24 hours which is the highest rise in the country to date.
Maharashtra Health Department: 4 more deaths, due to Coronavirus, have taken place in Maharashtra today taking the total death toll in the state to 16. The total number of positive cases in the state has risen to 335, including 41 people who have been discharged.
Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla has asked Chief Secretaries of all states and union territories to create a mechanism at state -level where people can verify facts and unverified news promptly, similar, to the web portal being created by Govt of India.
Andhra Pradesh Nodal Officer Dr Arja Srikanth: 24 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Andhra Pradesh; the total number of positive cases rises to 111.
A 56-year old man who tested corona positive in Mumbai’s Dharavi has died.
Odisha Information and Public Relations Dept: 15 out of 20 people who had returned to Odisha from Markaz Nizamuddin have tested negative for COVID-19. Reports of 5 remaining persons are awaited.
UEFA suspends Champions League, Europa League "until further notice".
India's COVID-19 cases rise to 1,637. While 132 people have been recovered, 38 people have lost their lives.
The second COVID-19 positive case in Odisha, belonging to Bhubaneswar has completely recovered and tested negative for COVID-19. He is being discharged.
Maharashtra govt launches Mobile App to surveillance COVID-19 suspects /patients. Digital vigilance on Coronavirus suspects, the government launched a mobile phone App - "MahaKavach".
A digital platform for Contact Tracing & Quarantine Tracking for Corona Virus suspects.
Wimbledon: It is with great regret that the AELTC has today decided that The Championships 2020 will be cancelled due to public health concerns linked to the coronavirus epidemic. The 134th Championships will instead be staged from 28 June to 11 July 2021.
Germany extends coronavirus restrictions on public life by two weeks until April 19
Priyanka Chopra to donate $1,00,000 to women doing their bit in coronavirus COVID-19 crisis.
JEE (Advanced) 2020 postponed.
The UK records over 500 coronavirus deaths in a day for the first time.
32 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi today. Total stands at 152.
Union Minister for State Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy has donated Rs 1 Crore from his MPLADs fund to PM CARES Fund, Rs 50 lakhs to Telangana CM Relief Fund and Rs 50 lakhs to Hyderabad District to fight COVID -19.
18 evacuees from Iran at Army Camp in Rajasthan tested COVID-19 positive.
Karnataka: 5 more cases reported in Karnataka. Total cases 110.
Total 335 positive cases in Maharashtra now. 15 news cases include: Buldhana 1 Mumbai 14
J&K Principal Secretary: Process of transferring Rs 1000 to each registered construction worker through DBT mode has started. An advisory has been issued to public & private employers not to terminate employees or reduce their wages in the wake of Coronavirus lockdown.
Union HRD Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank: In view of the current situation due to COVID-19, all CBSE school students studying in classes I-VIII to be promoted to the next class; Students of classes IX and XI to be promoted based on internal assessment of schools.
Kerala: There are 24 new COVID-19 positive cases in the state including 12 in Kasargod, 3-Ernakulam and 2 each in Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Malappuram & Kannur and 1 in Palakkad. Total number of COVID-19 cases in the state is 265, says Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan.
Karnataka Health Min B Sriramulu: We got a report that 300 people participated in the event at Markaz Nizamuddin. We've identified 40 people out of the 300. Saliva tests of 12 people have come negative. Request all those who attended the event at Delhi's Nizamuddin to come forward.
Decision has been taken to accept a contribution from abroad on PM Cares fund, say sources.
France death toll has also crossed China. Now, Italy, Spain, USA, and France are the top 4 in deaths.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal: 120 positive cases reported till this morning. Total 766 people are admitted to the hospitals of Delhi due to Coronavirus. Out of them 112 are positive, rest are possibly infected and are being tested.
Delhi: One more doctor at safdarjung positive. 6 doctors positive in Delhi.
England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler to auction his World Cup winning shirt to raise funds to fight coronavirus.
Delhi govt evacuates 205 passersby from Majnu Ka Tila gurudwara, quarantines them in school.
COVID-19: Hockey India donates Rs 25 lakh to PM-CARES Fund to fight coronavirus.
New Delhi: A doctor in Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Hospital has also been tested to be Coronavirus positive. Doctors who came in contact with him have also been quarentine.
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope meets Disaster Management officials to review measures taken to stop spread of coronavirus.
Security checkpoint traffic jam at Shadipur depot in Delhi
Andhra Pradesh reported 43 news cases of COVID-19 infections today (April 1).
Noida community kitchen maintaining social distancing while food distribution at Bhangel.
Delhi Police informed Nanded Police in Maharashtra about the participation of 13 people from Nanded city at the Tablighi meet in Delhi. Information about one person was given while the remaining 12 are being traced by the local police.
PM Narendra Modi called up Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and urged him to step up tracing, testing and treating of those who arrived in Mumbai and the rest of state after attending Tablighi in Delhi meet to avoid coronavirus spread and transmission.
India registers total 1637 coronavirus cases, with 1466 active cases, 133 cured while death is at 38
The Delhi administration has evacuated 190 people from a gurudwara in Majnu Ka Tilla. The gurudwara has been sealed and the evacuees are being shifted to a school where they will be quarantined.
Railways will be providing meals to the poor at five locations i.e. Hazrat Nizamuddin, Ghaziabad, Old Delhi, Delhi Safdarjung and Shakurbasti from 12 pm to 1 pm on Wednesday, April 1, 2020.
Bihar Health Secretary Sanjay Kumar after the meeting said that 81 people were involved in Markaj at Bihar, 17 from Patna and 13 from Buxar. The search for remaining participants continue. All 30 samples have been collected for further investigation.
Rukuna rathayatra of lord Lingaraj in Bhubaneswar stopped by Odisha government due to coronavirus scare.
In Gujarat, 8 new positive cases have been reported, all the cases are from Ahmedabad. Total infections in the state rise to 82.
State Bank of India defers EMI payment by 3 months to ease pressure on customers amid COVID-19 scare
All the banks and ATMs in Uttar Pradesh will remain open from 10 am to 4 pm.
Police on alert at Delhi-Haryana border, they are keeping an eye out on people who are violating the lockdown rules without any prope cause. A drone camera is being used for the purpose.
BMC starts Mumbai helpline number: - 1800221292. The call time is between 9am to 9pm, the concerned Ward will be reached and necessary help will be provided. The facility in BMC jurisdiction only.
Fourth COVID-19 case confirmed in Odisha. The patient had a travel history to Dubai. Tested positive by AIIMS.
The Markaz at Nizamuddin was vacated by Delhi Police at 4 am on Wednesday (April 1), around 2,100 people evacuated.
One coronavirus death in Maharashtra's Palghar of a 50-year-old male with no apparent history of foreign travel. Maharashtra reports 18 new cases; 16 from Mumbai and 2 from Pune, total cases 320.
Mumbai Police's Twitter handle does its part in educating people about social distancing as a measure to stop spread of COVID-19.
The 2.65 lakh employees in SBI have decided to donate their two days' salary, around Rs 100 crores, to PM-CARES fund to fight COVID-19.
Madhya Pradesh reported 20 new COVID-19 cases, 19 from Indore and one case from Khargone district. The total number of coronavirus cases is 63, while 3 have been declared dead.
Three coronavirus deaths reported from West Bengal in last 24 hourrs, death toll at 5, while 15 new positive cases of Coronavirus reported in the state. Total number of COVID-19 cases in the state rises to 37.
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First case of coronavirus positive has been reported from Haryana's Hisar. An elderly woman with a travel history to US was found to be COVID-19 positive on Monday, March 30. She returned from the US on March 17 and on March 23 she was put under home quarantine. After she developed symptoms, she was transferred to Civil Hospital in Hisar where she was tested.
Recently, the government recognised Delhi`s Nizamuddin as one of the nine hotspots after 1,746 people had assembled at the Markaz building there for a religious congregation earlier in March and 24 positive cases have been detected so far. As on March 21, of the 1,746 persons staying in Hazrat Nizamuddin Markaz, 216 were foreigners and 1,530 were Indians. Read more here
President Trump once again urged Americans to follow strict social distancing measures ahead of a "tough two weeks" that may lead to the death of around 100,000 people from the coronavirus. "It`s absolutely critical for the American people to follow the guidelines for the next 30 days. It`s a matter of life and death," Trump said during a news conference at the White House. "We want Americans to be prepared for the hard days that lie ahead," Trump said. Read more here
The total number of coronavirus COVID-19 positive cases in India rose to 1,637 with a death toll of 38 on Wednesday (April 1). According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India witnessed a spike of 146 new cases in the last 24 hours. Also three deaths were reported from Gujarat, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh.
While, the world wide number of positive cases touched 8,57,487 out of which the death toll stood at 42,107 till 6.25 am (IST) on Wednesday as per Johns Hopkins University data. The US has reported the most number of infections with 188,172 cases and Italy has the most number of fatalities with 12,428.
Meanwhile, the government identified a total of nine hotspots across India where higher transmission have been detected, according to sources on Tuesday. The hotspots identified are — Ladakh, Saheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Punjab), Dilshad Garden (Delhi), Nizamuddin (Delhi), Bhilwara (Rajasthan), Pune (Maharashtra), Mumbai (Maharashtra), Kasaragod (Kerala) and Pathanamthitta (Kerala).
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