India coronavirus, COVID-19 updates, April 29: 125 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours in Delhi, total count jumps to 3,439

As India continues its fight against coronavirus COVID-19, the total number of cases reported is 31,332 which includes 7,696 cured cases and 1,0007 deaths. As many as 1,897 new cases and 73 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours which is the highest single day death toll, as per the Union Health ministry data on Wednesday morning.

Maharashtra continues to be the hit-worst hit state as the number of active cases crossed 8,500-mark, while Gujarat's total cases were recorded at 3,548.   

The official death toll from the coronavirus has crossed 2.1 lakh worldwide, with more than 31 lakh infections recorded, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University at 6.30am on Wednesday (April 29,2020) morning.

While US and Spain continue to report the most number of infections, Italy has the highest number of COVID-19 fatalities at 27, 359 followed by Spain at 23,822.

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29 April 2020

23:00 IST

Delhi: 125 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours in the national capital, total count jumps to 3,439.

22:49 IST

Delhi: There has been no addition to the list of containment zones in the national capital today. Delhi till yesterday had 100 containment zones.

22:42 IST

Rajasthan: 74 new cases of COVID-19 and 3 new deaths have been reported today, taking the total number of cases to 2,438 including 55 deaths. 814 patients have recovered from the disease till now.

21:36 IST

Maharashtra: 32 deaths and 597 new COVID-19 cases have been reported today. Total positive cases in the state stand at 9,915.

21:35 IST

Telangana: 7 new cases take the total count to 1,016.

21:34 IST

Jharkhand: COVID-19 cases in the state touch 107 while 19 patients have recovered. The death count stands at 3.

20:06 IST

Gujarat: Total cases surge to 4082. In the last 24 hours, 308 cases were reported, most in Ahmedabad (234). Active cases - 3,358. Death count - 197.

19:51 IST

Madhya Pradesh: 2,560 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the state so far and 130 people have died. Indore has recorded 1,476 cases and 65 deaths, while in Bhopal there are 483 cases and 14 deaths.

19:41 IST

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan: Of the total active COVID-19 cases in India, only 0.33 per cent patients are on ventilators, 1.5 per cent are on oxygen support and 2.34 per cent are in the ICU.

19:30 IST

Himachal Pradesh has not reported any new coronavirus infection in the past six days.

19:17 IST

Tamil Nadu: 104 positive today. 2.162 positive to date. 922 active cases. 1,210 total discharged. 2 deaths today take death count to 27.

768 total cases recorded in Chennai. 558 active cases in Chennai. 94 of today's 104 cases in Chennai.

19:15 IST

NCC Cadet S Divya Sree from Tiruvannamalai, Tamilnadu provides innovative UMBRELLA technique to maintain social distancing amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

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NCC Cadet S Divya Sree from ‘TN, Pondicherry and A&N NCC Directorate’ from Tiruvannamalai, Tamilnadu provides innovative technique to maintain social distancing amid Covid-19. @rajnathsingh @NCC_CNC @narendramodi @PMOIndia @SpokespersonMoD @pibchennai @airnewsalerts @DDNewslive pic.twitter.com/6gJHtLr6sB

— Defence PRO Chennai (@Def_PRO_Chennai) April 29, 2020

19:08 IST

Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways Shri Piyush Goyal today, through Video Conferencing, held discussions with the Export Promotion Councils (EPCs) of the country. He said, in the post-COVID-19 era, there is going to be a perceptible change in the global supply-chains & India should be looking to capture significant share in the world trade."
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19:07 IST

32 students of Maharashtra from Kota reached their homes today. They have been put under home quarantine for a minimum of 14 days. another batch to come tomorrow.

19:01 IST

Bihar: Nine more positive cases have been reported, taking the total number of positive cases to 392. 

19:00 IST

Chandigarh: 12 new positive cases have been reported today; taking the total positive cases to 68.

18:58 IST

Punjab: Total of 33 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the state today; of which 8 cases have been reported in SAS Nagar and 11 in Ludhiana. The number of COVID-19 cases touches 375 including 104 cured and 19 deaths. 73 cases have been reported in SAS Nagar, 86 in Jalandhar and 63 in Patiala.

18:57 IST

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation: 14 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Dharavi; taking the total number of cases to 344. No new death recorded today in Dharavi. 3 new COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in Mahim and no new case has been reported in Dadar.

18:43 IST

Jammu and Kashmir: 16 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in the last 24 hours. Total positive cases stand at 581 which includes 381 active cases and 8 deaths.

18:42 IST

Karnataka: The total number of positive cases surged to 535. Discharges: 216. Active cases- 297. Deaths - 21.

18:31 IST

More than 7.75 lacs tonnes (303 rakes) of PFG freight loaded by Indian Railways during the lockdown period from March 25 to April 28, 2020, as compared to about 6.62 lacs tonnes (243 rakes) last year in the same period.

18:30 IST

Centre allows inter-state movement of stranded people, issues guidelines.

18:22 IST

Assam: Currently, there are 7 active cases in Assam. Till date, 37 persons have tested positive for COVID-19, says Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

18:06 IST

The number of COVID-19 hotspot districts in India as on Wednesday morning has come down to 129 from 170 a fortnight ago, and the number of infection-free districts or green zones also decreased from 325 to 307, according to official sources.

17:57 IST

India's total COVID-19 cases jump to 31,787. Cured 7797, Total deaths 1,008. In the last 24 hours, 1,813 new cases and 71 deaths.

17:09 IST

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar: Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) has benefited farmers immensely even during this COVID-19 as the Department of Agriculture has transferred Rs 17,986 crore to farmers since March 24.

16:55 IST

West Bengal: 33 new cases have been reported in the state; total active cases in the state stand at 550.

16:52 IST

Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi Adityanath has also ordered that testings should be done on an extensive level. He also gave directions that pool testing should be done for the people coming from outside the state, says Awanish K Awasthi, State Additional Chief Secretary.

16:45 IST

Uttar Pradesh: There are 2,115 positive cases in the state right now. Out of these, 477 have been discharged after making a complete recovery while 36 people have died. There are 1,602 active cases in the state.

16:44 IST

Bihar: 5 more COVID-19 confirmed cases take state's total count to 383.

16:40 IST

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan: "The country is progressively moving towards better overall situation day by day as the doubling rate of #COVID19 stands at 10.9 days over the last three days."

16:21 IST

Punjab CM announces easing of few restrictions in curfew/lockdown from tomorrow in areas not marked as Red/Containment Zones, subject to strict adherence to COVID-19 safety protocols. Certain shops to open by rotation from 7 to 11 AM.

16:20 IST

Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh announces extension of curfew/lockdown in Punjab till May 17, with limited lifting of restrictions in non-containment & non-red zones beginning tomorrow.

Chief Minister @capt_amarinder Singh announces extension of curfew/lockdown in #Punjab till May 17, with limited lifting of restrictions in non containment & non red zones beginning tomorrow. #PunjabFightsCorona #coronavirus #lockdown

— CMO Punjab (@CMOPb) April 29, 2020

15:24 IST

Bihar: 12 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Buxar, taking the total number of cases to 378 in the state.

15:22 IST

Conrad Sangma Meghalaya CM: 6 family members of the index patient were tested again, including the 8 who were positive. Their test results came in today and they have all tested negative. 8 positive cases will need to be tested again after 24 hours as per protocol to completely declare them as recovered.

13:51 IST

Haryana's Faridabad seals border as COVID-19 cases rise.

12:31 IST

Maharashtra coronavirus update:

* New cases 728

* New deaths 31

Total cases at 9,318, Total deaths at 400, Mortality at 64.29%

12:22 IST

The vegetable supply in Mumbai could be interrupted as the Health Department of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has written a letter advising to shut down the APMC for 14 days. The development is followed by reports of 10 people contracting the COVID-19 infection in the APMC area.

12:07 IST

In Odisha, ITI Bhubaneswar is making gowns and masks for COVID-19 patients in quarantine facility for different hospitals of Odisha. Old alumni of the institute have rendered their services in making the products in this pandemic situation.

11:20 IST

Andhra Pradesh latest COVID-19 update: 73 new positive cases since last one day. Total infections at 1,332, deaths at 31 

11:14 IST

Rajasthan reports 19 fresh cases, total 2,364 infections with 51 deaths

11:10 IST

As many as 11 traders from Delhi's Azadpur tested positive for coronavirus. After this, 14 shops have been sealed and contact tracing is being done.

10:39 IST

Maharashtra has deployed SRPF at Santrajipura in Nagpur, there are atleast 80 COVID-19 cases in the area making it a coronavirus hotspot. Nagpur has reported 133 infections.

09:54 IST

Fate of lockdown in West Bengal to be decided today (April 29). CM Mamata Banerjee to hold a cabinet meeting at 3pm. Decision regarding the extension of lockdown to be taken in this meeting. 

08:45 IST

India's total coronavirus cases rose to 31,322 which includes 7,696 recovered cases while the death toll is at 1,007, according to Health Ministry's latest data

07:59 IST

Faridabad District Deputy Commissioner has ordered for the sealing of Faridabad border from April 28. The doctors,  paramedical staff, bank personnel will be allowed to enter Faridabad by showing identity card, but after 12:00 pm on April 29 even the policemen will not be able to enter Faridabad. Entry inside will be allowed only for pass holders issued by the Central Government. The border will remain sealed till May 3.

07:19 IST

China on Tuesday went on the offensive against international criticism over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, accusing US politicians of "barefaced lies". The novel coronavirus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year before spreading across the world, and countries including the United States and Australia have called for an investigation into how the disease transformed into a global pandemic.

But Beijing came out swinging on Tuesday in response to foreign criticism, saying the US was attacking China to divert attention from its own handling of the outbreak. China also defended its ambassador to Australia who has warned that Chinese people could boycott imported goods in retaliation to the demands for a virus inquiry. "American politicians have repeatedly ignored the truth and have been telling barefaced lies," foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters at a press briefing, reported Reuters.

07:10 IST

Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives have decided that they will not return to work next week as planned due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, Democratic leaders said on Tuesday (April 28). House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told the media that the decision to not return to House of Representatives was taken by him and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after discussing the situation with the official House physician, as well as House members.