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India coronavirus, COVID-19, April 4: Asymptomatic 29-year-old man in Odisha tests positive for COVID-19 today
The highest number of cases so far has been recorded in Maharashtra (335 cases, 16 deaths), followed by Tamil Nadu (309 cases, 1 death), Kerala (286 cases, 2 deaths), Delhi (219 cases, 4 deaths) and Uttar Pradesh (172 cases, 2 deaths).
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Global COVID-19 confirmed cases touch 11,59,515 with 62,376 deaths.
Odisha Department of Health & Family Welfare: One asymptomatic 29-year-old man of Kalahandi district tested positive for COVID-19 today. He has a history of travel to Bahrain. Total positive cases in the state rise to 21.
Jammu and Kashmir administration planning to convert some railway coaches into isolation wards for coronavirus patients.
Telangana: 43 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in the state taking the total to 228.
Maharashtra: Total COVID-19 deaths 32. Total positive cases in state 635.
Punjab: Eight more test positive for coronavirus; total cases now 65 in the state.
Rajasthan: Seven more cases of coronavirus have been reported in Jodhpur today, taking total cases in the district to 17. The new cases are contacts of other infected people, says Jodhpur District Collector Prakash Rajpurohit
Tamil Nadu Health Department: Out of the 73 people who attended Markaz event in Delhi & tested positive for COVID-19 today, 17 men are from Trichy, 18 men from Ranipet, 10 men from Thiruvallur, and 5 men from Chennai among others.
Bihar: 1 more COVID-19 positive case reported in the state taking the total to 32. 65-year old from Naugachia, Bhagalpur had returned from UK on March 18.
Worldwide total number of coronavirus cases stands at 11,40,327; the total number of death stands at 60,887.
Kerala: Number of COVID-19 cases increase to 306 in the state with 11 more people testing positive today. Out of the total cases, 254 are active and 50 others have been discharged from the hospital.
BMC: 52 more COVID-19 cases reported in Mumbai today, taking the total cases in the city to 330. 4 people also lost their lives today, the city's death toll due to coronavirus now at 22. Out of the 4 deaths today, 3 patients had comorbidities & 1 had other age-related factors.
Bhopal: Two senior officials of the Madhya Pradesh Health Department have tested positive for COVID-19.
District Collector Kupwara, J&K: 6 persons from Kupwara have tested positive for COVID-19 today. All of them have a history of stay at Markaz Nizamuddin, Delhi. All were already under quarantine but as per protocol, contact tracing is being carried out.
West Bengal Health Department: 11 more COVID-19 cases reported in West Bengal in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of active coronavirus cases in the state to 49.
Gujarat: A Police Inspector & a Police Sub-Inspector have been suspended for offering prayers at a mosque in Dang district amid #CoronavirusLockdown, says Superintendent of Police Shweta Shrimal.
Air India is scheduled to operate 18 charter flights to fly back German, French, Irish and Canadian nationals stranded in India during the lockdown as requested by the embassies.
TMC not to attend PM's meeting with floor leaders of political parties on April 8: Sources
The Indian Army has recently pleaded with the Kashmiris that terrorists in Kashmir can spread the corona infection, the Kashmiris should not shelter them.
India's COVID-19 cases rise to 3,072 with 75 deaths.
PM Modi: Had an extensive telephone conversation with President Donald Trump. We had a good discussion, and agreed to deploy the full strength of the India-US partnership to fight COVID-19.
Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor's fifth COVID-19 test result comes negative. However, she will have to stay at PGI Hospital Lucknow until one more test result comes as negative.
Punjab government announces special health insurance cover of Rs 50 lakhs each for police personnel & sanitation workers, the frontline workers in battle against COVID-19, on the lines of that announced for health workers by the Centre.
TN Health secretary Beela Rajesh: Total positive cases recorded in TN 485 (This includes 3 casualties and 7 discharged). 74 new positive cases today. 422 positive cases are those who attended Delhi congregation. Results of 407 people awaited
CM Kejriwal: Those without ration cards can register for getting 5kg ration, likely to start from next week.
Uttar Pradesh: 10 new corona-infected patients have been reported in the last 24 hours in Ghaziabad. The total number of corona-positive patients in the district increased to 23 out of which 3 have returned to the home, 20 infected patients are undergoing treatment in the hospital, whereas, out of 20, 13 have returned from Jamaat.
MHA official: Nearly 22,000 Tablighi Jamaat members and their contacts quarantined so far.
CM Kejriwal: Out of around 2,300 people who were brought out from Markaz, 500 that showed symptoms have been admitted to hospitals and 1,800 are under quarantine. We are getting all of them tested, their results will come in 2-3 days, it may lead to an increase in positive cases.
J&K Health Department: Number of COVID-19 cases rise to 92 in Jammu and Kashmir, with 17 fresh cases being reported today. Out of the total cases, 86 are active (18 in Jammu, 68 in Kashmir). While two people succumbed to the disease, three others were cured/discharged.
CM Arvind Kejriwal: In Delhi, there are only 40 COVID-19 positive cases due to local transmission out of 445 total cases, other cases are due to foreign travel & #NizamuddinMarkaz. This is something that makes me believe corona is not spreading here, it is under control.
Himachal Pradesh Government: Sale and use of chewing/bubble gum and similar products prohibited till 30th June in Himachal Pradesh as a measure against the spread of COVID-19.
Haryana Health Department: 18 more COVID-19 cases reported in Haryana today (13 in Palwal, 1 in Kaithal and 2 each in Gurugram and Bhiwani), taking the total number of active cases in the state to 48. 14 people have been cured/discharged from hospitals.
Uttarakhand: 6 more COVID-19 positive cases (5 in Nainital and 1 in Haridwar) reported in Uttarakhand today taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 22. Till now, 350 Tableeghi Jamaat members have been put under quarantine in the state.
Sports Authority of India (SAI) holds video conference with Hockey India officials, draws plans for next 16 months.
Uttar Pradesh: 8 more COVID-19 cases detected in UP's Gautam Buddha Nagar district, the total rises to 55.
Karnataka: 16 new COVID-19 cases in the state; total number of infections at 144.
Prisoners at Tihar and Mandoli jails have stitched 75,000 face masks since March for traffic police, prisons' inmates, for organisations that placed orders amid COVID-19 outbreak, say Officials
CM Kejriwal on COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Six patients have died till now, out of these five were above 60.
Health Ministry: 601 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hrs, 1023 related to Tablighi Jamaat.
Health ministry official: Rate of rise in COVID-19 cases in India less than other countries.
Health ministry: Condition of 58 COVID-19 patients in Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi critical.
Health ministry: 601 COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths reported since Friday.
Golfer Anirban Lahiri pledges Rs 7 lakhs to PM-Cares Fund
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Hockey India donates Rs 75 lakhs more to PM-CARES Fund.
Odisha's Transport Department launches online quiz competition on road safety to keep people engaged amid lockdown.
Agra District Magistrate Prabhu N Singh: 31 out of 137 Tablighi Jamaat (Delhi) attendees have tested positive for Coronavirus in Agra. There are 37 active cases of COVID-19 in the district, till now.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) denies reports that some of its employees at Shatabdi Hospital, Kandivali have been infected with COVID-19. All the employees have tested negative and are on duty.
Ministry of Power: PM has appealed to voluntarily switch off lights between 9:00 p.m to 9:09 pm on April 5. Some apprehensions have been expressed that this may cause instability in grid&voltage fluctuation which may harm electrical appliances. These apprehensions are misplaced.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a meeting of Council of Ministers via video conferencing on 6th April.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray: Like COVID-19 virus, there is a communal virus too. I am warning those who are spreading wrong messages to the citizens and uploading such videos even for the sake of fun. This COVID19 virus sees no religion.
Sudhir Dehariya, Bhopal Chief Medical Health Officer: There are 14 COVID-19 positive cases in Bhopal (MP) till now. Out of these, 4 are Tablighi Jamaat (Delhi) attendees and 1 is Police constable. We've traced close contacts of these cases & we are collecting their samples.
Mask production initiated in wake of COVID-19 Pandemic under National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM). More than 132 lakh Face Masks produced by members of Self Help Groups (SHGs). The government statement said, ''In response to COVID-19, face mask production has been initiated by Self Help Groups (SHGs) members in 24 States covering 399 districts of the country under the Ministry of Rural Development’s National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM). 21,028 members of 4281 SHGs in 5 districts of Andhra Pradesh and 10,780 members of 1927 SHGs in 32 districts of Tamil Nadu produced 25,41,440 and 26,01,735 masks respectively in 10 days. Members of SHGs of various states like Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and many North Eastern states are also involved in producing masks. Total of 65,936 SHG members from 14,522 SHGs are involved and together they have manufactured 132 lakh masks.''
Traders in Dehradun's vegetable market incurring loss due to lockdown, vegetables seen thrown on roads.
Maharashtra: 47 new coronavirus positive cases reported today; state tally jumps to 537. (PTI input)
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly collaborates with ISKCON to feed the needy during coronavirus pandemic. Nearly 20,000 people will be feed starting from today. Ganguly himself reached the temple in Kolkata and handed over ration and took stock of the preparation of meals.
Delhi: 108 members of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital staff including doctors and nurses have been quarantined after they came in contact with two patients who tested coronavirus positive. Of the 108, 85 are in-home quarantine and 23 in the hospital.
Tamil Nadu: 51-year-old man dies in Tamil Nadu. He attended the Tablighi jamaat event in Delhi's Nizamuddin. Total number of cases in the state stands at 411 which includes 7 recovered patients and 2 deaths. Out of the 411 cases in Tamil Nadu 364 cases are related to Tablighi Jamaat.
Government issues advisory asking people to wear 'homemade face covers' especially when they step out of their houses. (PTI input)
Noida: Five new COVID-19 cases reported in Noida. 4 Cases from J J colony in Sector 5 and one from Vajidpur in Sector 135.
Railways has begun preparing to resume all its services from April 15 after a 21-day suspension of its passenger trains in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak: sources. (PTI input)
Hyderabad-based vaccine maker Bharat biotech is developing a unique intranasal vaccine for Coronavirus. The vaccine, likely to be named CoroFlu, will be built on a flu vaccine backbone named M2SR, which has already proved to be safe and well tolerant when given to humans, in Phase I and II of the clinical trials.
Gujarat: Ten more people test coronavirus positive; state count jumps to 105. (PTI input)
Total number of coronavirus cases crosses 11 lakh mark; total number of death stands at 58,929.
. Agriculture sector exempted from lockdown to ensure smooth harvesting.
Bihar: Election Commission of India postpones MLC elections due to coronavirus scare. The election is to be conducted on 4 seats each of Graduate and Teacher constituency. A total of 27 seats will get vacant for the Legislative Council post on May 6, 2020.
COVID-19 death: One more woman dies of COVID-19 in Ahmedabad; state death toll rises to 10. (PTI report)
States data on new COVID-19 cases: Uttar Pradesh - 200, Uttrakhand - 16, Punjab - 58 (5 deaths), Chandigarh 18, Haryana - 30.
COVI-19 death: One more death due to coronavirus reported in Indore. The patient was a resident of Chandan Nagar and was admitted in the hospital on March 30. Total number of death in Indore rises to 6.
COVID-19 Data India: Total number of coronavirus cases in India rises to 2902 which includes 2650 active cases, 183 recovered cases, 1 migrated patient and 68 deaths, as per Ministry of Health data at 10.20 am IST. 601 cases in the last 24 hours which is the highest rise in India till now.
US recorded world's highest deaths in 24 hours due to coronavirus. Over 1500 dead in a single day.
Railway salutes employees for giving their services during COVID-19 crisis.
COVID-19 death: 60-year-old coronavirus positive woman with no travel history dies in Bikaner hospital, says officials. (PTI report)
Rajasthan: 12 new coronavirus cases reported on Saturday. 8 of the positive patients linked to Tablighi Jamaat; state tally at 191.
Agra: 25 new coronavirus positive cases reported in Agra. Total number of cases rises to 45.
Global death toll due to coronavirus stands at 58,901 as per Johns Hopkins university data at 8.55 am IST.
China mourns thousands who died due to coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak in country: China declared Saturday a day of mourning for the thousands of "martyrs" who have died in the new coronavirus outbreak, flying the national flag at half-mast throughout the country and suspending all forms of entertainment. The day of mourning coincided with the start of the annual Qingming tomb-sweeping festival when millions of Chinese families pay respects to their ancestors. (Reuters report)
PIB fact check: Government urges people not to fall for rumors or unscientific reasons on the PM Modi's appeal to light Diya/candles/flash/torch on April 5.
U-17 Women's Football World Cup postpones: FIFA Postpones U-17 Women's World Cup in India Over COVID-19 fears. The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup that was to be held in India during November.
COVID-19 Healthcare workers: National Health Authority teams up with Uber to provide transportation to frontline healthcare workers.
Madhya Pradesh: The first two coronavirus positive patients from Bhopal recovered. The patient was a father-daughter duo admitted to Bhopal's AIIMS hospital. The girl had the travel history of London.
MHA sets up two new Covid-19 helpline - The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has introduced two new helpline numbers in its control room to help needy amid the coronavirus crisis. The helpline numbers are 1930 (all India toll-free number) and 1944 (dedicated to the Northeast). Earlier, seven helplines were active in the Home Ministry control room to respond to the complaints related to the Covid-19 disease.
Haryana: 11 positive cases reported in Haryana on Friday. 7 cases were detected from Palwal and 4 from the Mewat district. PGI lab conducted sample examination of 11 districts. 80 samples tested at Rohtak-PGI Lab.
G77, China demand end to sanctions amid Coronavirus pandemic - The Group of 77 and China has called for an end to unilateral sanctions against developing countries during the coronavirus crisis, warning they could hinder efforts to tackle the pandemic. In a statement implicitly aimed at the United States, which has tough sanctions against Iran and Venezuela, the coalition of developing nations on Friday said the application of "unilateral coercive economic measures will have a negative impact on the capacity of states to respond efficiently." (PTI report)
COVID-19: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee develops low-cost face shields for first-line healthcare professionals at AIIMS Rishikesh
Delhi University puts the registration process for admissions on hold till further orders due to coronavirus pandemic. (PTI report)
The government of India reserved all jobs in Jammu and Kashmir for the domicile of the Union territory - people who have stayed there for at least 15 years. On Wednesday, while laying down the rules for domiciles, the government had reserved jobs up to group 4 only.
In the last 24 hours, India witnessed the highest spike of coronavirus cases with 478 new cases reported on Friday (April 3, 2020). The total number of positive cases till 6.30 am (IST) on April 4 reached 2,547 which includes 157 recovered patients and 62 deaths, as per the latest data of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The highest number of cases so far has been recorded in Maharashtra (335 cases, 16 deaths), followed by Tamil Nadu (309 cases, 1 death), Kerala (286 cases, 2 deaths), Delhi (219 cases, 4 deaths) and Uttar Pradesh (172 cases, 2 deaths).
Joint Secretary of Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Luv Agrawal said that 647 positive cases of coronavirus infection spanning across 14 states, linked to Tablighi Jamaat, have been found till April 3. The states and UTs are--Andaman and Nicobar, Assam, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. He said that the spurt in cases is due to increase from a particular level. Hence, all need to follow social distancing more comprehensively.
The number of coronavirus deaths globally reached 1,097,909 even after hundreds of countries remain under lockdown and the United States and Italy remain the worst affected country with 276,995 and 119,827 cases respectively according to Johns Hopkins University tally at 6.30 am IST.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his video message on Friday appreciated the discipline and patience shown by 130 crore Indians and said you are not alone in this fight against coronavirus COVID-19. He further 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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