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Mumbai's Dharavi records 25 new COVID-19 patients taking total positive cases to 214

As India continues its struggles against the coronavirus, the total number of cases surge to 20, 711 which includes 16,454 active cases, 4,257 cured and 681 deaths. New cases in last 24 hours 1,409, deaths 41.

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As India continues its struggles against the coronavirus, the total number of cases surge to 21, 393 which includes 16,454 active cases, 4,257 cured and 681 deaths, as on 8 am Thursday (April 23). 

Globally, the coronavirus has infected over 26 lakh people and killed around 1.83 lakh people. According to data provided by Johns Hopkins University as of 6.30 am on Thursday, the global pandemic has infected approximately 26,24,846 people and has taken more than 1,83,120 lives.

Meanwhile, the Union Cabinet in a meeting under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved an ordinance to end violence against doctors and health workers with an amendment to Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897. According to Union Minister Prakash Javadekar, the ordinance has been brought as "Health workers who are trying to save the country from this epidemic are unfortunately facing attacks." The ordinance has been implemented across India.

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23 April 2020
20:20 IST

Mumbai's Dharavi records 25 new cases taking the total number of positive cases to 214. So far, 13 people have died. 69-year-old corona positive patient died in Shastri Nagar of Dharavi.

20:20 IST

Three more COVID-19 positive cases in Bihar taking the total cases to 153.

19:56 IST

In Delhi's Mansarovar Park area, 7 people found coronavirus positive. These seven people also include an ASI posted in Delhi Police Crime Branch. The six other people are from the same family. On April 11, a 67-year-old member of the same family died and she was to be coronavirus positive, after which tests were done for the rest of the family. The ASI lives in their neighbourhood and is posted in the Delhi Police Crime Branch.

18:42 IST

First Lady Savita Kovind stitched face masks at Shakti Haat in the President’s Estate. The masks stitched at Shakti Haat are being distributed at various shelter homes of Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board.

18:22 IST

Total positive case 21700, cured 4325, dead 686. In last 24 hours 1229 cases and 34 dead For the first time in Gautam Buddh Nagar, number of cured patients is more than number of active patients

18:03 IST

India has done better than the majority of developed countries, with respect to the % of test cases yielding positive results. We need to evolve our strategy based on the current position as seen here: Chairman, Empowered Group 2 

 

18:00 IST

The facts show that our testing strategy has been focused, targeted and continues to expand, this is an evolving strategy based on our learnings as we go along. As the challenge kept expanding, strategy too kept expanding: Chairman, Empowered Group 2 

17:56 IST

We expanded our testing base, mobilizing all possible resources - both public and private, and have decentralized the activities to manage it  effectively: Chairman, Empowered Group 2 

17:51 IST

With two new cases in Balasore, total cases in Odisha reach 89.

17:43 IST

Two more corona positive cases in Rohtas of Sasaram. Total number of cases reached 150 in Bihar: Health Principal Secretary Sanjay Kumar

17:38 IST

Number of coronavirus positive patients in Kalyan Dombivali metropolitan area near Mumbai increased to 108.
• In Kalyan Dombivali, 11 cases of Corona have been reported in one day
• Of these, four are in Dombivali West, three in Kalyan West, three in Kalyan East and one in Titwala.
• In Kalyan Dombivali Manpa area, 33 people have recovered and discharged, while three have died.

17:33 IST

West Bengal: 58 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Total active cases till now rise to 334, death toll at 15. 103 discharged till date. 953 tests done till date. Total of 12 laboratories are there where testing was conducted. RG Kar and CNCI Rajarhat added new. Fresh cases in the last 24 hours have been reported from Hoogly, Kolkata, Howrah and North 24 Parganas. In Malda testing of 120 samples have been done, the results of all have come out negative. No positive cases from Malda district.

17:32 IST

Karnataka: 18 new cases since the past 24 hours. As of 5 pm on April 23, cumulatively 445 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, it includes 17 deaths and 145 discharges.

16:44 IST

The total number of COVID-19 cases is 21,393. Total active COVID-19 cases under active medical supervision is 16,454. In last 24 hours, 1,409 new cases, 388 recoveries. Total no. of recoveries is 4,257, total recovery rate - 19.89%: Govt

16:25 IST

Post-Lockdown the testing increased 24 times, while the number of new positive cases grew 16 times. Since the lockdown, no exponential growth in the number of positive cases was noticed: Govt

16:23 IST

Home Ministry has written to states to ensure that they perform their responsibility with respect to the security of medical professionals, asking them to work with local Indian Medical Association chapter & take requisite steps for security of healthcare workers: MHA

16:20 IST

Now, we have 12 districts that did not have a fresh case in the last 28 days or more (8 new districts have been added to the list). 78 districts where no case has been reported in last 14 days (33 new districts in 9 states added to the list): Govt

14:53 IST

Rajasthan on Thursday reported 47 new coronavirus cases taking its total to 1,935 while the death toll stands at 27.

14:15 IST

Total number of coronavirus cases in Bihar stands at 148 which includes 42 cured cases and 2 deaths. As many as 12,978 samples tested so far.

13:46 IST

Gujarat reports 152 new cases of coronavirus and 2 deaths within the last 12 hours taking its total to 2,559 death toll at 105.

94 cases from Ahmedabad
30 new cases in Surat
14 in Vadodara
3 from Anand
2 in Banaskantha
2 in Gandhinagar
1 each from Aravalli, Bhavnagar, Botad, Chhota Udaipur, Narmada, Panchmahal and Valsad. 

13:42 IST

Pucherry Chief Minister V Narayansamy, state Assembly Speaker VP Sivakolundu, Ministers, MP and MLAs underwent tests for COVID-19 at the legislative assembly on Thursday, reports ANI. 

13:06 IST

Most children with COVID-19 may exhibit only mild symptoms, if any, requiring only supportive care, with good prognosis and full recovery possible within one to two weeks, according to a review of studies, which presents the clinical manifestation of the disease in the young people. The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, assessed 18 studies with a total of 1065 participants from China and Singapore, who were mostly pediatric patients with the novel coronavirus infection.

13:05 IST

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has expressed hope the spread of COVID-19 in the state may see a decline due to the strict implementation of lockdown rule and containment measures undertaken as and when a positive case is identified, PTI reports.

12:32 IST

Medical Team working in Red Zone Area of Ganpat Rao Kadam Marg, Lower Parel West in Mumbai.

12:07 IST

Karnataka reports 16 new positive cases between 5 pm on April 22 2020 to 12 noon in April 23 2020, taking the total to 443 COVID-19 positive cases including 17 deaths and 141 discharges. 

11:57 IST

Maharashtra coronavirus update till 10am on April 23

Total cases: 5649, New cases: 431
Total deaths: 269, new deaths: 18
Maharashtra mortality rate 4.76 % is more than national average 3.18% but lower than world average 6.84%
 

11:53 IST

Coronavirus cases, deaths and mortality rates statewise.

11:44 IST

Four tigers and three lions have tested COVID-19 positive at the Bronx Zoo in New York, authorities announced, weeks after a Malayan tiger at the facility was confirmed positive and six other big cats were said to be exhibiting similar symptoms, aas per a report in IANS.

11:41 IST

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at CWC meet said: "Cooperation between Centre and states key to success of our fight against COVID-19," reports PTI.

11:12 IST

New laboratories have been allocated in order to test the COVID-19 samples, for all the 22 districts in Punjab, said Punjab`s Special Chief Secretary KBS Sidhu told ANI on Thursday.

10:21 IST

A total of 5,00,542 samples from 4,85,172 individuals have been tested for COVID-19 till April 23, 2020 at 09:00 am. As many as 21,797 samples have been confirmed positive, according to an update by ICMR.

09:09 IST

India's total cornavirus cases: 21,393
16454: Active Cases
4257: Cured 
681: Deaths
1: Migrated

08:10 IST

Around 12 members of a family in Delhi's Jama Masjid area test positive for coronavirus. The lane at which their house was located is being sealed.

07:35 IST

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday asked people not to panic over Centre`s health team projections on a surge of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai, stating that the number of hot spots in the state had reduced to five from 14.He also said that the rate of doubling of cases in the state had improved to 7.01 days from 3.1 days earlier this month, reported ANI.

07:02 IST

World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday (April 22) said that coronavirus will remain with us for a long time, warning that several countries were still in the early stages of tackling the pandemic. Tedros noted that  some countries that thought they had succeeded in controlling the deadly virus were witnessing a resurgence in cases, while the number of cases are increasing in Africa and the Americas. According to WHO boss, coronavirus pandemic was declared a global emergency on January 30 at the 'right time' to give time to the countries to prepare and plan their response.

06:45 IST

The United States on Wednesday recorded 1,738 deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, a lower toll than the day before, according to a running tally by Johns Hopkins University. The new deaths bring the total number of COVID-19 fatalities in the US to 46,583 since the outbreak began there, by far the highest figures recorded by any country caught in the global pandemic.

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