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The death toll due to coronavirus in India reached 75 and the total number of cases crossed 3000 mark even after India is observing lockdown for the past 12 days. As per the Ministry of Health data, the total number of coronavirus cases in India inched to 3,072, out of which 2784 are active cases, 212 are recovered cases, 1 migrated patient and 75 deaths as st 6.30 am IST.
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Dr Dangs Lab to launch India's first drive-through COVID-19 testing centre.
ÂRohit Sharma requests everyone to stay indoor.
Â"Stay indoors India, don’t go out on the streets celebrating. World Cup is still some time away."
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Gujarat: People have turned off the lights of their houses and lighted earthen lamps in Ahmedabad.Â
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Gujarat: Mother of PM Modi, Heeraben, lights an earthen lamp after turning off all lights at her residence. India switched off all the lights for 9 minutes at 9 PM today & just lit a candle, 'diya', or flashlight, to mark India's fight against Coronavirus as per PM's appeal
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh lights up earthen lamps along with his family. PM had appealed to the nation to switch off all lights of houses today at 9 PM for 9 minutes,& just light a candle, 'diya', or flashlight, to mark India's fight against COVID-19.
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Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad lights up candles in his house. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had appealed to the nation to switch off all lights of houses today at 9 PM for 9 minutes,& just light a candle, 'diya', or flashlight, to mark India's fight against Coronavirus.
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Amit Shah, Venkaiah Naidu, CM Yogi light up diyas, candles to dispel coronavirus darkness.
Delhi: Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan lights an earthen lamp, to show support for the call by PM Modi to switch off all lights of houses today at 9 PM for 9 minutes&just light candles, 'diyas' or mobile's flashlight, to mark the fight against #Coronavirus
ÂGhaziabad: People light up candles following the call of PM Modi to switch off all the lights of houses today at 9 PM for 9 minutes, and just light a candle, 'diya', or mobile's flashlight, to mark India's fight against Coronavirus.
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Vice President Venkaiah Naidu turns off all the lights of his residence & lights earthen lamps. PM had appealed to the nation to switch off all lights of houses today at 9 PM for 9 minutes, & just light a candle, 'diya', or flashlight, to mark India's fight against coronvirus.
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Delhi: BJP President JP Nadda turns off all the lights of his residence & lights earthen lamps. PM had appealed to the nation to switch off all lights of houses today at 9 PM for 9 minutes, & just light a candle, 'diya', or flashlight, to mark India's fight against Coronavirus.
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West Bengal: Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar turns off all the lights of his residence & lights earthen lamps. PM had appealed to the nation to switch off all lights of houses today at 9 PM for 9 minutes, & just light a candle, 'diya', or flashlight, to mark India's fight against coronavirus.
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Telanagana: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao light up a candle following the call of PM Modi to switch off all the lights of houses today at 9 PM for 9 minutes, and just light a candle, 'diya', or mobile's flashlight, to mark India's fight against Coronavirus.
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Lucknow: UP CM Yogi Adityanath lights earthen lamps to form an 'Om', at his residence. PM Modi had appealed to the nation to switch off all lights of houses today at 9 PM for 9 minutes, and just light a candle, 'diya', or flashlight, to mark India's fight against Coronavirus.
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India goes dark to come in solidarity to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
India shows solidarity by lighting diyas.Â
Uttar Pradesh: 44 more Coronavirus positive cases have been reported in the state in last 24 hours, the total positive cases in the state increases to 278.
Maharashtra Health Department: Total number of Coronavirus positive cases in Maharashtra rises to 748 after 113 positive cases reported in the state today so far, 56 people have been discharged after recovering from the disease.
ÂMadhya Pradesh: The total number of Coronavirus positive cases increases to 193 with 12 deaths so far in the state, says State Principal Secretary Health, Pallavi Jain Govil.
ÂCoronavirus positive cases rise to 3577, death toll increases to 83. There has been a spike of 505 positive cases in the last 24 hours.
ÂKerala: 8 new COVID-19 cases reported in the state, which include 6 imports & 2 contact cases while 6 have recovered today. There's a decrease in number of people under surveillance, which now stands at 1,58,617. 9300 (of a total 10,221) samples tested negative, says Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan.
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Delhi:Â 58 new Coronavirus positive cases reported in Delhi today. Total number of positive cases here increases to 503 (including 320 who had attended Tablighi Jamaat event, 61 who have a foreign travel history & 18 people who were discharged from hospital after recovering).
Karnataka: 7 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the state. Total 151 cases now.
ÂTamil Nadu: 86 new COVID-19 cases reported in the state today (85 of these are jamaat conference attendees). Total of 571 positive cases recorded in Tamil Nadu. 571 includes 5 deaths and 8 people who have recovered.
ÂDirectorate of Health Services, Uttarakhand: 4 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Uttarakhand today, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 26. 4 persons have been treated and discharged till date.
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Worldwide coronavirus cases rise to 12,16,422, the death toll stands at 65,711.
Madhya Pradesh: All shops, except dairies & medical stores, in Bhopal to remain closed till further orders. Food distribution by Municipality and home delivery permitted by the concerned officer will be allowed. This will come into effect from 12 AM today till further orders.
ÂDifferent educational institutions, under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, have donated Rs 38 Crores to PM CARES Fund to fight Coronavirus.
ÂMadhya Pradesh: 'A 53-year-old woman, passed away at MGM hospital today', says Dr Jyoti Bindal, Dean, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore. Total of 9 deaths have been reported so far in Indore.
ÂDeputy Commissioner Ludhiana, Pradeep Agrawal: A 69-year-old woman, who was COVID-19 positive and was admitted to hospital on March 31 with fever, cough and diarrhoea, died today after she suffered a cardiac arrest.
ÂLav Aggarwal, Joint Secy, Health Ministry: Total 3374 confirmed COVID-19 cases reported in India till now; an additional 472 new cases reported since yesterday. A total of 79 deaths reported; 11 additional deaths have been reported since yesterday. 267 persons have recovered.
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Punya Salila Srivastava, Joint Secy, Home Ministry: 27,661 relief camps and shelters have been set up in all states across India - 23,924 by govt and 3,737 by NGOs. 12.5 Lakh people are taking shelter in them. 19,460 food camps have also been set up - 9,951 by govt and 9,509 by NGOs.
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HRD minister says, 'Will ensure no academic loss to students', amid COVID-19 lockdown.
Health Ministry: COVID-19 cases doubling in 4.1 days presently, had Tablighi Jamaat incident not happened it would have taken 7.4 days.
ÂDepartment of Health & Family Welfare, Punjab: Total of 68 patients have tested positive for COVID-19 till now in the state; of which 1 patient is critical and on ventilator support. 4 patients have been cured. Total of 6 COVID-19 patients have passed away till now.
Â472 new cases reported in last 24 hours.
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Dept of Health & Family Welfare, Odisha: 2 more COVID-19 positive cases in Bhubaneswar. AÂ 70-yr-old man of Kapila Prasad Housing Board Colony Phase II who had returned from Australia on March 22 (home quarantine case) and a 29-yr-old male from Bomikhal found during active surveillance.
ÂJammu and Kashmir: 14 new COVID-19 cases detected in Kashmir, total crosses 100 in Jammu and Kashmir.
ÂMadhya Pradesh: Death toll in Indore rises to 8 after a 50-year-old man died here, says Indore Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr Praveen Jadia.
ÂMaharashtra's total number of COVID-19 cases touches 690.
ÂHealth Department, Government of Haryana: Till date, 76 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the state (including 4 from Sri Lanka, 1 from Nepal and 20 from other states). 1 death is reported from Ambala.
ÂGujarat: A 70-year-old COVID-19 positive man was discharged today from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Hospital, Ahmedabad after he recovered fully. After the recovery, he tested negative in the last 24 hours.
ÂJharkhand: One more coronavirus case reported from Bokaro district on Sunday.Â
COVID-19 effect: Air Deccan says it is ceasing its operations until further notice, all employees to go on sabbatical without pay. (PTI input)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with former Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and Deve Gowda to discuss issues related to COVID-19. He also called up leaders of various political parties including Sonia Gandhi, Mulayam Singh, Akhilesh Yadav, Mamta Banerjee, Naveen Patnaik, K Chandrashekar Rao, Stalin, Parkash Singh Badal.
PM Narendra Modi interacts with two former Presidents Pranab Mukherjee and Pratibha Patil to discuss issues related to COVID19.
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Karnataka: 2 new cases reported in the state between 5 pm (April 4) and 10 am (April 5). Total cases rise to 146 in the state including 4 deaths and 11 cured.
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8 Malaysian nationals, who attended Delhi's Tablighi Jamaat event, caught at IGI airport: At least eight Tablighi Jamaat members were on Sunday (April 05) intercepted at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport by the immigration department when they tried to board Malindo air relief flight for Malaysia.
Uttar Pradesh: Section 144 imposed in Noida till April 30 due to rising cases of coronavirus.Â
Gujarat: 14 new COVID-19 cases in Gujarat; tally jumps to 122. (PTI report)
Agriculture Sector: The Ministry of Home Affairs has directed all states to ensure that harvesting and sowing operations go on smoothly in the country during the lockdown, informed Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, G Kishan Reddy on Sunday. The Ministry has also asked states to allow establishments that are core to the agriculture sector to operate during the lockdown. Â
Suspected COVID-19 patient attempts to commit suicide at AIIMS Trauma Centre: A suspected coronavirus patient allegedly attempted to commit suicide by jumping from the AIIMS Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre building in the national capital on Sunday. (ANI input)
Delhi Police Crime Branch conducts an investigation at Markaz Nizamuddin; Around 2300 people were brought out from Markaz on April 1. An FIR has been registered against Tablighi Jamaat head Maulana Saad and others under the Epidemic Disease Act.
Maharashtra:Â 26 new coronavirus positive cases reported; state tally jumps to 661. (PTI report)
Uttar Pradesh: No schools and colleges in Noida to charge fees from children during lockdown, orders Noida DM.
Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi Adityanath orders to open lockdown on April 15, gives instruction to all MLAs.Â
Mumbai: Case registered against 10 people in Navi Mumbai including 3 Philipinnes nationals. All these people returned to Mumbai after attending the Tablighi Jamaat event held in Nizamuddin, Delhi. A case was registered at Vashi Police Station. These people have been accused of not giving any information about the citizen of the Philippines. All these people were hiding out in the mosque of Vashi.
PM Modi urges people to switch off lights for 9 minutes at 9 pm, shares the hashtag #9pm9minute.
Gujarat: One more coronavirus positive patient dies in Surat; death toll in Gujarat rises to 11.Â
Chhattisgarh: 7 out of 10 coronavirus patients get cured of coronavirus. CM Bhupesh Baghel says, '3 more to go.'Â
Tamil Nadu: Two more deaths reported in Tamil Nadu. The deceased include - a 71-year-old man from Ramanathapuram district and a 60-year-old old male from Chennai. The death toll rises to 5 in the state.Â
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Rajasthan:Â Six new positive cases (including 1 Tablighi Jamaat returnee) of Coronavirus reported in the state; the total number of positive cases in the state now stands at 210. (ANI report)
COVID-19 data: Total number of coronavirus cases in India rises to 3374 cases which include 3030 active case, 266 recovered case, 1 migrant patient and 77 deaths as per the Ministry of Health data at 9.40 am IST.
Total number of coronavirus cases cross 12 lakh mark globally, 64,753 deaths reported as per Johns Hopkins data at 8.50 am IST.Â
ICMR testing labs: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved the COVID-19 testing in more than 200 laboratories across the country.Â
Agra: Three more coronavirus positive cases reported in Agra, total number of cases stands at 48 in the city. (ANI report)
President Donald Trump says US is taking every possible measure to get back to normal. He said, ''US was not made for this, we need to open our country soon.''
Himachal Pradesh:Â Seven new cases reported, states tally rise to 14. (PTI report)
US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that he has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to supply Hydroxychloroquine tablets that can be used to treat COVID-19 patients. "After call today with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is giving serious consideration to releasing the hold it put on a US order for hydroxychloroquine," Trump announced at the White House Coronavirus task force briefing that he requested PM Narendra Modi for more Hydroxychloroquine tablets. (ANI report)
Spain records lowest rise in COVID-19 deaths, says Authorities: Spain reported 809 new deaths due to the coronavirus on Saturday bringing up the total to 11,744 deaths, however, Spanish authorities are viewing a silver lining here as it is the lowest increase since March 26. Spanish Authorities said that the new deaths represent a rise of 7.3 percent, which is the lowest rise to be recorded since March 26. (ANI report)
Uttar Pradesh: Over 300 people arrested for violating lockdown in UP's Gautam Buddh Nagar district so far, said Police. (PTI report)
Bihar:Â Total number of coronavirus cases rises to 32.
The death toll due to coronavirus in India reached 77 and the total number of cases crossed 3300 even after India is observing lockdown for the past 12 days. As per the Ministry of Health data, the total number of coronavirus cases in India inched to 3,072, out of which 2784 are active cases, 212 are recovered cases, 1 migrated patient and 75 deaths as st 6.30 am IST.
Union Health Ministry on Saturday stated that an age-wise profile analysis of all the positive cases so far have shown that 80 percent of patients are below the age of 60. In contrast to the global trend, the data of the Health Ministry highlights that only 16.69 percent of infected cases in India have been found in the age group of that above 60 years. However, it is to be noted that most of the deaths are being reported from elderly people or people having co-morbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, kidney or cardiac issues, etc.
The total number of positive cases across 181 nations on Sunday (April 5) stood at 1,197,405 and death toll reached 64,606, according to the data released Johns Hopkins University`s Coronavirus Resource Centre. The US remained at the top with the maximum number of positive cases at 308,850, followed by Spain with 126,168 infected cases, Italy with 124,632 cases, Germany with 92,150 cases and France at the fifth spot with 83,031 cases.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked Indians to light a candle, Diya, torch, mobile flash for 9 minutes on April 5 at 9 pm to dispel coronavirus COVID-19 darkness.
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