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COVID-19: Number of containment zones in Delhi rise to 87
The total confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in India have crossed the 18,000-mark and 590 people have lost their lives.
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Uttar Pradesh has 153 new coronavirus cases, total cases reach 1337. Of these, 1154 are active cases and 814 people related to Tablighi Jamaat.
20 Delhi Police cops test positive for coronavirus.
Maharashtra coronavirus COVID-19 positive cases reach 5218, total deaths in state climb to 251. In the last 24 hours, 552 new patients and 19 deaths. In Maharashtra today, 150 patients were discharged after recovery. So far 722 patients have been recovered and discharged in Maharashtra.
Telangana: 56 new cases today and total cases reach 711. Total cured 194 and total deaths 23, till now.
Coronavirus positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir increases to 380.
Total containment zones in Delhi reach 87.
British Airways says it is operating special flights from 11 airports to take back thousands of UK nationals stranded in India amid coronavirus outbreak.
In Gujarat, exams will be conducted in all the govt and private universities, says state Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama. The state government will issue a guide to take the exam in all the universities of the state clarified the Education Minister in the video conference held in Gandhinagar. The decision has been taken based on the recommendations made by the Task Force Committee of the Central Government.
Bihar government prohibits the use of rapid test kits on the order of Indian Medical Council.
Bombay High Court decides to cancel its summer vacation from May 7 to June 7 if coronavirus-induced lockdown is lifted on May 3.
The CRPF donated one lakh surgical masks to AIIMS.
Total numbers of active cases in Punjab reaches 186.
The Cabinet will meet on Wednesday at 11 am at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg.
Howrah District Magistrate passes an order of closure of all private, state-govt, central-govt offices in the Howrah Municipal Corporation area until further notice.
102 positive patients in GB Nagar's Noida.
Heart broken to share devastating news: WHO lost a valued colleague, Pyae Sone Win Maun, who was wounded in a security incident in Myanmar, while transporting COVID-19 surveillance samples. Tragic to lose a life while keeping the world safe. My deepest condolences to the family: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Bihar: 13 more COVID-19 positive cases in Bihar taking the total to 126. 4 in Buxar, 1 in Patna, 1 in Rohtas and 7 in Munger. Buxar, Patna and Munger have COVID-19 positive cases while that in Rohtas is being confirmed.
Karnataka: 10 new cases have been confirmed in the state from 5 pm of April 20 to 5 pm on April 21. As of 5 pm, cumulatively 418 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, it includes 17 deaths and 129 discharges. Out of the remaining 272 cases, 267 COVID-19 positive patients (including 1 pregnant woman) are in isolation at designated hospitals are stable and 5 in ICU.
Coronavirus cases in Bihar rise to 115. A new district, Rohtas, has been added to the list of district with positive cases in the state.
The recovery rate of coronavirus COVID-19 in India is 17.48 per cent. 3,252 patients have been cured so far: Govt
ICMR advises all states not to use new rapid antibody test for COVID-19 for two days, says it will investigate issue of faulty kits.
Guidelines sent to states that while focus is on COVID-19, other services like dialysis, HIV and cancer treatments should be provided: Govt
Till 5.30 pm, total cases in India reached 18,985, and death toll to 603. The deaths recorded in the last 24 hours is 44 and cases is 1,329.
11 police officers and 38 constables have been found COVID-19 positive in Maharashtra.
Noida can also get sealed like Ghaziabad. This means that no one from Ghaziabad will be able to go to Noida, as well as Noida to Delhi and Ghaziabad. People have been taking the road from Ghaziabad to Delhi, via to Noida and coming back to Ghaziabad by the same route, as the road from Ghaziabad to Delhi has been sealed.
A doctor from North Kashmir’s Baramulla district, who was working in a district hospital in Baramulla, tested positive today. The test was carried out at SKIMS Srinagar. The doctor has been put under quarantine. Around 18 contacts of the doctor have been put under quarantine at GMC Baramulla. The doctor has also been kept in isolation.
Martyr status and Rs 50 lakh compensation if any healthcare staff dies of COVID-19: Odisha CM
West Bengal government sent COVID-19 testing Kits to Bankura, Purulia, Rampurhat, Alipurduar and Jhargram for Rapid Antibody Test.
Standing by Delhi Police, Railways make arrangements to provide 10,000 water bottles per day to Delhi Police personnel on COVID-19 duty. As the summer heat increases, Indian Railways with the help of its PSU IRCTC starts providing Rail Neer water bottles to policemen stationed at Road Naakas and other places. Till now more than 50,000 bottles have been distributed. The arrangements will continue till May 3.
We are just not fighting COVID-19 but fighting a more dangerous VIRUS in West Bengal & that’s the WB Govt led by Mamata Banerjee and TMC. The Uncouth Anti-People CM Mamata must go before she infects Bengal & Bengalis worldwide with more injury & insult • However, it’s just a matter of time that the antibodies against the virus called Didi will start working in West Bengal: Babul Supriyo
Maharashtra: 1,330 people booked for not wearing masks in Mumbai during lockdown. Read here
Odisha: CM Naveen Patnaik, says, any action against the health personnel is an act against the state. The state government in convergence with the Government of India initiative will ensure that Rs.50 lakh is given for all health personnel(private and public) and members of all other support services who lose their precious lives in the fight against COVID-19. The state will treat them as Martyrs and provide state funeral with state honors.
Rashtrapati Bhavan clarification on COVID-19 positive case: No employee is coronavirus positive.
Giving clarification on the ongoing media reports Rashtrapati Bhavan Press Release said, ''In view of the media reports and speculation about detection of a COVID-19 positive case in the President’s Estate, the following are the facts about the situation:
a. A COVID 19 positive patient from Central Delhi, who was neither an employee of the President's Secretariat nor a resident of the President's Estateexpired on 13.04.2020 with co-morbidities at B L Kapoor Hospital, New Delhi.
b. After contact tracing of the deceased, it was found that a family member of an employee of the President's Secretariat had been in contact with the deceased.
c. The employee along with the family is a resident of Pocket 1, Schedule A area of the President's Estate. As required under the guidelines, all the seven members of this family were moved to the quarantine facility at Mandir Marg on 16.04.2020.
d. Subsequently, one of the family members who was in contact with the deceased, tested positive. All other family members including the employee ofthe President's Secretariat have tested negative.
e. Following the instructions and guidelines of the authority designated under the Disaster Management Act 2005, read with Epidemic Diseases Act 1897, 115 houses in Pocket 1, Schedule A area of the President's Estate were identified for movement restriction and residents have been advised to remain indoors. The residents of these houses are being provided doorstep delivery of essential commodities.''
f. It may be clarified that till date no employee of President's Secretariat has tested positive for COVID-19 and the Secretariat alongwith the LocalAdministration is taking all the preventive measures required under the government guidelines.
Delhi: Shahi Imam Masjid Fatehpuri Dr Mufti Mohd Mukarram Ahmed appeals to Muslims to continue maintaining social distancing during Ramzan.
Stranded in Chennai, Odisha labourers buy boat for Rs 1.6 lakh to reach home during coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown. (Read more)
West Bengal: 425 coronavirus tests conducted everyday in the state, from today number increased to 600, said Sudip Bandyopadhyay. (PTI input)
Maharashtra: 25 paramedics, including 19 nurses, of Pune's Ruby Hall Clinic test coronavirus positive, said Hospital CEO. (PTI report)
Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi urges Muslims to hold prayers at home maintaining social distancing during Ramzan.
Delhi: CM Arvind Kejriwal and Lt Governor Anil Baijal hold meet with District Collector and Deputy Commissioner of Police of all districts of Delhi via video conferencing to discuss COVID-19 situation in the national capital
Arvind Kejriwal assures conducting COVID-19 tests for journalists in Delhi after 53 journalists were found positive in Mumbai on Monday.
Karnataka: 7 new coronavirus cases reported in the state which includes 17 deaths and 114 cured cases. Total cases stand at 415.
Sri Lanka postpones parliamentary poll for nearly 2 months: Sri Lanka's Election Commission has postponed the parliamentary elections for nearly two months in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that has killed seven people and infected 295 others in the country. (PTI report)
Rajasthan: Rajasthan recorded 52 fresh coronavirus cases on Tuesday, taking the state's virus tally to 1,628, an official said. The state has so far seen 25 deaths due to the virus, with Jaipur accounting for 13 deaths, reports PTI.
Mortailty rate percentage in India
1 - Meghalaya cases 11, death 1 , mortality rate 9.09
2 - Punjab case245 death 16, mortality rate 6.53
3 - Madhya Pradesh case1485, death74, mortality rate 74 4.98
4 - Maharashtra case 4676, death 232, mortality rate 4.96Andhra Pradesh CM Jaganmohan Reddy called upon his Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani over AP fishermen stuck in Gujarat due to the lockdown. Jaganmohan Reddy asked CM Rupani to make all the necessary arrangements to ensure that the wellbeing of these fishermen during the fight against COVID-19, to which the latter responded positively and assured the same.
Maharashtra: 472 more COVID19 cases reported in Maharashtra till 10 am today, taking total positive cases in the state to 4676. 9 more deaths have been reported, taking the total death toll in the state to 232.
Gujarat: Gujarat has developed a multiplexer device to augment the capacity of ventilators, which are in great demand in view of the rising number of coronavirus cases. Designed and developed by the Ahmedabad-based Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC), the four-way multiplexer splits oxygen supply from a single- source ventilator to four patients through inspiratory limbs or pipes simultaneously. (ANI input)
Delhi/Ghaziabad: Traffic movement between Delhi-Ghaziabad has been restricted. Police checks vehicles.
Indian Medical Association has appealed to all doctors to join protest against the attacks on them and the attempt to stop the cremation of a doctor who died due to coronavirus in Chennai by lighting candles on Wednesday at 9 pm. IMA has also demanded a stringent law to stop attacks against doctors. Doctors to sport back band on Thursday as a mark of protest.
Odisha: 5 new COVD-19 positive cases reported in Balasore. Total cases stand at 79 in the state.
US to temporarily ban immigration amid the coronavirus outbreak, says President Donald Trump.
Maharashtra: The state has maximum 43 COVID-19 testing lab ( 23 govt & 20 pvt) and maximum testing capacity in India. Maharashtra is planning another 32 (13 govt & 19 pvt) lab.
According to Health Ministry (18th April)
Out of total 14378 cases, 4291 (29.8%) cases are related to Nizamuddin Markaz cluster from single source & affected 23 States & UTs.
In States;
84% cases in TN,
63% cases in Delhi,
79% cases in Telangana,
59% cases in UP &
61% in Andhra Pradesh are related to the eventMaharashtra: State govt announces new norm for orange and green zone
- Those district which has more than 15 positive cases but not a single new case in last 14 days to come under Orange zone
- Those district which has not seen any new positive cases in last 28 days to come under Green zoneKarnataka: 80-year-old COVID-19 patient dies in Kalaburagi district; death toll in state rises to 17.
Delhi/Ghaziabad: Traffic movement between Delhi and Ghaziabad completely restricted. According to the CMO, there are 6 Corona positive patient went to Delhi from Ghaziabad. The CMO further stressed that people traveling between Delhi and Ghaziabad are in danger of spreading the infection. DM Ajay Shankar Pandey passed the order. Essential goods and vehicles of unavoidable reasons will be exempted.
COVID-19 Data India: Total number of coronavirus cases in India rise to 18601 which includes 14759 actives cases, 3251 discharged/cured cases and one migrant patient. India death toll surge to 590 as per the Ministry of Health latest data.
Rashtrapati Bhavan COVID-19 case: A family member of a cleaner in Rashtrapati Bhavan tests COVID-19 positive. Family of the patient sent to quarantine. 125 families advised to remain in self-isolation as mandated by the Health Ministry’s guidelines as a precautionary measure.
Central govt shuts canteens in all its offices to contain COVID-19 spread: The Centre on Monday closed all departmental canteens in its ministries, departments and offices with an immediate effect as a preventive measure to contain the spread of COVID-19, as per the order by the Ministry of Personnel."It has been decided with the approval of competent authority that all the departmental canteens in central government ministries/departments/offices shall be closed with immediate effect," it said in the communique to all the central government departments. (ANI report)
US appeals court lets Texas curb medication abortions during pandemic: A US appeals court on Monday allowed Texas to enforce curbs on medication-induced abortions as part of the Republican-governed state`s restrictions aimed at postponing medical procedures not deemed urgent during the coronavirus pandemic. (Reuters report)
Gujarat: Total COVID-19 cases go up to 1,939 in the state as 93 new cases get reported.
COVID-19 Global data: Total number of cases at 2,473,209, total fatalities stand at 170,042. US cases rise to 7844,599.
Delhi: Azadpur Sabzi Mandi to now remian open for 24 hours. Movement of trucks allowed from 10 pm till 6 am; vegetables and fruits will be sold from 6 am till 10 pm
PM-KISAN SCHEME: 8.89 crore farmer families have been benefitted during coronavirus lockdown under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) Scheme and an amount of Rs 17,793 crores has been released so far, informed Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. (ANI input)
Maharashtra: Coronavirus case tally crosses 3,000-mark in Mumbai as 155 new cases get reported; death toll reaches 138 after the addition of 7 fatalities, said BMC. (PTI report)
Delhi: Coronavirus cases in the national capital rise to 2081; death toll climbs to 47.
The total confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in India have crossed the 18,000-mark and 590 people have lost their lives.
As per the Union Health Ministry’s figures, 945 new cases of coronavirus were reported in these 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in India to 18,601.
The total cases include 14,759 active cases while 3,251 have either been cured or discharged while one has migrated, the ministry said. The Union Health Ministry's figure also includes 77 foreign nationals.
The highest number of confirmed cases in India is from Maharashtra (4,666), followed by Delhi (2,081), Gujarat (1,939), Madhya Pradesh (1,485) and Tamil Nadu (1,520).
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