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India coronavirus, COVID-19, March 31: 23 new cases reported in Delhi, total number of cases rises to 120
India saw the highest jump in the number of coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours as the government reported 227 new cases escalating the coronavirus crisis in the country. As per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare the total number of coronavirus-positive cases in India has risen to 1,251 - this includes 1,117 active cases, 102 cured/discharged/migrated people, and 32 deaths.
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As of March 31, Pakistan has 1,914 COVID-19 positive cases with 652 in Punjab, 676 in Sindh, 221 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 153 in Balochistan, 148 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 58 in Islamabad and 6 in PoK. 26 people have lost their lives due to Coronavirus.
Second batch of donation from Chinese charity organizations Jack Ma & Alibaba Foundations has arrived in Delhi today & been received by Indian Red Cross Society. Donation includes protective clothes, masks, respirators and ventilators: Sun Weidong, Chinese Envoy to India
US deaths have crossed China.
Worldwide COVID-19 cases cross 8 lakh and deaths over 40,000.
Delhi: 23 COVID-19 positive cases reported in Delhi today, taking the total number of cases in the national capital to 120.
International Society for Krishna Consciousness(ISKCON), Dwarka is providing food to needy amid Corona Lockdown. Pradyumna Priya Das of ISKCON said, "We're catering to 2 lakhs people daily, we've developed additional capacity to feed 5-6 lakhs people.Nobody will die of hunger".
Total number of coronavirus cases in India sees a jump of 146 with Kerala being the worst-hit state with 234 cases and Maharashtra at second with 216 cases. Total cases touch 1397 with 35 deaths.
Bihar: 6 persons have tested positive for Coronavirus in Bihar. 4 are from Siwan, and 1 each from Gopalganj and Gaya.
Beela Rajesh Health Secretary, Tamil Nadu: 45 people from Tamil Nadu who attended the gathering at Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi, have been tested positive for COVID-19.
Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials have donated one-day salary to #PMCARES in the fight against #Coronavirus.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal: Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service officers working in Delhi are donating their three days' salary to the Chief Minister Relief Fund. I sincerely thank all the DANICS officers.
Madhya Pradesh: Total number of positive patients in the state: 66
Indore - 44
Bhopal - 4
Gwalior - 2
Jabalpur - 8
Shivpuri - 2
Ujjain - 6
Total deaths - 5 (three Indore, two Ujjain)
Karnataka: 13 new COVID-19 cases reported in Karnataka today. Till date 101 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state which includes 3 deaths and 8 discharges.
Income Tax Department: All officers and staff of the Income Tax Department pledge to contribute their one day's salary to PMCaresFund launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. We stand with India during this national challenge.
Capt.Amarinder Singh: I have asked the DGP Punjab Police to prune my security detail & of other protectees, to release police personnel for field duties to fight against #Covid19 in various districts of Punjab. We shall go all out to win this war!
Case registered against Maulana Saad and others of Tableeqi Jamaat u/s 3 of Epidemic Disease Act 1897 read with Section 269, 270, 271 and 120-B IPC for violation of government directions given to the management of Markaz of Basti Nizamuddin regarding restriction of social/political/religious gathering and for taking safety measures, including social distancing for prevention and treatment of COVID-19 viral infection.
Maharashtra: 2 more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Maharashtra, taking the total number of cases in the state to 302. 59 from Mumbai, 3 from Nagar, 2 each from Pune, Thane, Kalyan-Dombivli, Navi Mumbai and Vashi Virar.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel have contributed one day's salary to PMCARES Fund, adding to a sum of over Rs 10 crore.
Haryana: A woman and her two children have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sirsa. The woman has been admitted to a hospital in Rohtak while her 2 children are in a hospital here, says Viresh Bhushan, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Sirsa
West Bengal: A 57-year-old man has tested positive for COVID-19 in Kolkata, West Bengal. The patient is from North 24 Parganas and has no travel history, opines Zenith Super speciality Hospital
Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Managing Director, Kochi Metro Rail Limited: Kochi Metro services will remain closed till April 14, in view of the nationwide lockdown aimed at combating #COVID19. This has been done to make sure that people stay at home & practice social distancing.
Bihar woman who was cured: Keep eating medicine with positive mind. Please fully follow what the doctor says. If you won't have a negative mindset, then soon the report will also be negative. I am an example of this.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal: Till now 1,548 people have been brought out of Markaz (Nizamuddin), 441 of them were symptomatic. They have been shifted to hospitals and their tests are being conducted. 1,107 who did not show symptoms have been sent to quarantine.
Jharkhand: First COVID-19 positive case reported in Ranchi.
Bihar: 35-year-old man with travel history to Dubai tests positive for COVID-19 in Patna, taking the tally of those afflicted in Bihar to 16.
State Bank of India: In the fight against COVID-19, around 2,56,000 employees of State Bank of India (SBI) have decided to contribute two days’ salary to the PM’s National Relief Fund. With this collective effort, Rs 100 crores will be donated to PMCARES Fund.
Tripura CM tweets those who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi must immediately report to the government.
Alapan Bandyapadhyay, Home Secretary, Govt of West Bengal: All those from WB who have participated in this event (Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi) are being identified and will be immediately tested for COVID and put under mandatory 14 days quarantine. There are 73 who had returned from Delhi’s Nizamuddin to Bengal.
Tamil Nadu govt order bars landlords from demanding rent for a period of one month from migrant workers.
Landlords who are forcing their tenants to vacate would face action.
Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO): We have decided to donate Rs 25 crores to PMCARES Fund to fight against COVID19 in India. We are also supplementing it with on the ground donation drives in villages across India.
Delhi: National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) has donated Rs 5 crore to PMCARES Fund. A cheque of the same amount was handed over to Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar by NAFED Managing Director Sanjeev Kumar Chadha.
Ministry of Tourism launches ‘Stranded in India’ portal to help foreign tourists stuck in various parts of India.
Media briefing on current Novel Coronavirus situation in the country at National Media Centre in New Delhi at 4 PM IST.
Indian Railways ready to modify 20000 coaches which can accommodate upto 3.2 lac possible beds for isolation needs
A 12-year-old girl confirmed infected with COVID-19 has died in Belgium.
Maharashtra: A similar incident like the case of Nizamuddin in Delhi was reported from Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra were 10 foreigners were kept hidden in the Markus Mosque. Police has registered case against trustees of Markus Mosque under section 188 and the suspected are now taken to the hospital were they are undergoing coronavirus test.
Assam MLA Himanta Biswa said 157 persons from Assam who were near hotspot of Tablighi Jamaat at Nizamuddin Dargarh.
Delhi: Doctor of Mohalla Clinic in Babarpur has been tested coronavirus positive.
9 Coronavirus hotspots in India
1- Laddakh
2- SBS Nagar Punjab
3- Dilshad Garden
4- Nizamuddin
5- Bhilwara, Rajasthan
6- Pune, Maharashtra
7- Mumbai, Maharashtra
8- Kasaragod, Kerala
9- Pathanamthitta, KeralaSpiceJet airlines cuts employees salary for March. The salary cut is in range from 10 - 30 percent, says sources. The highest salary salary cut is of Chairman that is of 30 percent. However, there is no salary cut for lower grade employees like Loader, lorry drivers etc.
Karnataka: 10 new cases reported in the state, total number rises to 98.
Jammu: A doctor from GMC hospital was tested COVID19 positive on Tuesday. He was from the Microbiology Department and was a part of the test team.
Tamil Nadu reports 7 news coronavirus positive cases. Patients kept at isolation center.
Delhi: Number of food distribution centres to be increased from 500 to 2,500 to ensure social distancing, says Delhi LG Anil Baijal. (PTI report)
Seven new coronavirus cases in state. All patients in isolation and are in stable condition, says Tamil Nadu Health Minister
Health Minister of Karnataka Sri Ramlu says via tweet 45 people from Karnataka took part in the Delhi Jammat congregation. 13 have been traced so far. Rest being traced to be quarantined.
17 Kyrgyzstan citizens who attended religious event at Nizamuddin traced to Patna. All 17 have been placed in isolation ward for 14 days. None of them are showing any symptoms of coronavirus so far.
Government extends validity of documents like Driving Licences, Vehicle Registration, Fitness and Permits that expired since February 1, till June 30 2020, due to lockdown.
Chairman of UP Shia Central Waqf Board, Wasim Rizvi, gave statement on Nizamuddin case said, ''Some fundamentalist Muslims are trying to violate the lock-down. A lawsuit should be filed against them.''
A total of 1830 people, including 281 foreigners, attended the religious congregation of Tablighi Jamaat in Nizamuddin area of south Delhi.
Gujarat: Three new positive cases reported in Gujarat. Total number of cases stand at 73 including 6 deaths and five recovered cases.
Coronavirus COVID-19 cases rises to 786,228 globally and the total number of deaths reached 37,820 according to Johns Hopkins University's data on 11.30 am IST.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal hold meeting via video conferencing over Nizamuddin Markaz issue.
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath calls emergency meeting with senior officials of UP government in Lucknow on Tablighi Jamaat. Yogi Adityanath canceled all his visits today and now he will directly to Lucknow from Ghaziabad. As per reports, people from UP also attended the Tablighi Jamaat program in Nizamuddin area of south Delhi.
US company Johnson & Johnson on Monday (March 30) announced a potential vaccine that is expected to hit the market in 2020 and another US firm Abbott Laboratories has announced about its plan to launch a rapid test.
Andhra Pradesh: 17 new cases has been reported in the state. Total cases stand at 40
Patient details as mentioned below:
Patient No. District Town Age Gender Travel / Contact Details
24 Anantapur Lepakshi 10 M Close Contact of Mecca Returnee in Karnataka
25 Anantapur Lepakshi 34 F Close Contact of Mecca Returnee in Karnataka
26 Prakasam - 31 M Close Contact of P16 (Attended Delhi Meeting)
27 Prakasam Chirala 32 M Attended Delhi Meeting
28 Guntur - 28 F Close Contact of P29
29 Guntur - 28 M Close Contact of P14 & Attended Delhi Meeting
30 Guntur Karampudi 39 M Attended Delhi Meeting
31 Krishna - 65 F Close Contact of Person Attended Delhi Meeting
32 Guntur - 42 M Contact of P10 & Attended Delhi Meeting
33 Guntur Guntur Town 39 M Contact of P10 & Attended Delhi Meeting
34 Prakasam Kunkala Marru 32 M Attended Delhi Meeting
35 Prakasam Chirala 59 M Attended Delhi Meeting
36 Prakasam Chirala 44 M Attended Delhi Meeting
37 Prakasam Chirala 28 M Attended Delhi Meeting
38 Prakasam Kandukuru 46 M Attended Delhi Meeting
39 Prakasam Chirala 35 M Attended Delhi Meeting
40 East Godavari - 65 M Returned From MadinaTablighi Jamaat, which is under the scanner for organising an Islamic congregation Delhi’s in Nizamuddin West which was attended by thousands of its followers from India and abroad despite lockdown in the country and is now being blamed for the spread of novel coronavirus in the national capital, is a global educational and missionary movement whose primary purpose is to encourage Muslims everywhere to be more religiously observant. Here is all you need to know bout the organisation
24 present at Markaz in Delhi's Nizamuddin test positive for coronavirus: Satyendar Jain, Delhi Health Minister
Home Ministry to blacklist 800 Tablighi preachers from Indonesia for violation of visa rules.
Maharashtra: Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's said that action would be taken against those who will spread false rumour against coronavirus to make people April Fool on April 1. He said a case will be filed under Cyber Crime.
Madhya Pradesh: Number of coronavirus positive cases reached 44 in Indore. 17 new cases were reported on Monday night. On March 29, 40 samples were sent by the health department to Bhopal labs, out of which 17 samples were tested positive.
Tamil Nadu has implemented containment plan in 12 districts which includes - Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Ranipet, Vellore, Salem, Virudhunagar, Ariyalur, Erode, Thanjavur, Tiruppur and Chengalpattu. These are the districts where positive cases have been reported. Till Monday, over 3.96 lakh people in these districts have been surveyed. The strategy involves forming a 5 km radius containment zone around the residence of those who have tested positive and an additional 2 km buffer zone. Healthcare workers would carry out active and passive surveillance on a door-to-door basis. 2271 ground workers have conducted inspection at over 1.08lakh homes and covered 3.96 lakh people.
Rajasthan: Four positive cases reported till 8 am which includes a 44-year-old man with travel history of Dubai, a 17-year-old girl and two 60-year-old patients. The total number of cases in the state has gone up to 83.
Medical team and Police reach Markaz building in Nizamuddin where around 2500 people had attended religious function after the coronavirus outbreak.
Delhi Police PCR van turns ambulance to help woman deliver baby during coronavirus lockdown. DCP Sharat Sinha told Zee News that a call was received from the Maidan Garhi locality where a woman was in sever labour pain. The woman and her family tried to call the ambulance several times, but no help came.
Bihar: First female patient who tested coronavirus positive was discharged today after the reports came negative. She was admitted in AIIMS hospital in Patna. She was a resident of Anisabad, Patna.
PM Narendra Modi shares another Yoga video on Day 7 of lockdown.
Maharashtra MP Supriya Sule lauds Pune Police for spreading awareness about coronavirus in the streets by singing song.
Maharashtra: 5 new COVID-19 cases reported in the state. Mumbai - 1, Pune - 2, Buldhana - 2. Total cases surge to 225.
Andhra Pradesh: Pyapili police station sub-inspector Maruti Shankar goes around the city during lockdown on white horse with picture of coronavirus printed on it.
West Bengal: One more person died in West Bengal's Howrah due to coronavirus taking the death toll to 3 in the state. Three new cases were also reported in Bengal. Total cases in the state stands at 26.
Bihar: A man was beaten to death by 2 people, who had returned from Maharashtra, along with their family on Monday (March 31,2020) in Sitamarhi's Madhaul village. The deceased had informed Corona help center about their return which had allegedly angered families of the 2 people.7 people have been arrested in the matter. (ANI report)
Kerala reports second death due to coronavirus as a 68-year-old man dies. (PTI report)
Hyderabad comes to standstill during lockdown. No vehicular movement seen on roads.
As the number of coronavirus cases rises in India, Agva Healthcare, Noida will manufacture 10,000 ventilators within a month to treat patients.
N95 Masks: Hospitals in the country now have 11.95 lakh N95 Masks in stock. Two domestic manufacturers are producing 50,000 N95 Masks per day, said Ministry of Health.
12 migrant workers self-quarantined themselves outside the village in Odisha's Kalahandi after returning from Kerala.
The United States has performed over one million coronavirus tests so far, said President Donald Trump during White House news conference.
Uttar Pradesh has a total of 96 coronavirus positive cases.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday (March 30) published 'life-saving' guidelines, including measures to prevent the spread of the deadly virus, while conitnuing with the basic emergency services.
Mainland China reported on Tuesday a rise in new confirmed coronavirus cases, reversing four days of declines, due to an uptick in infections involving travellers arriving from overseas.
Mainland China had 48 new cases on Monday, the National Health Commission said in a statement, up from 31 new infections a day earlier. (Reuters report)Coronavirus COVID-19 cases rises to 784,314 globally and the total number of deaths reached 37,638 according to Johns Hopkins University's data on 6.30 am IST.
Six persons from Telangana who had attended a religious event in Nizamuddin area of New Delhi from March 13-15 died due to coronavirus COVID-19 infection, said the Telangana Chief Minister's Office (CMO) on Monday (March 30).
India saw the highest jump in the number of coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours as the government reported 227 new cases escalating the coronavirus crisis in the country. As per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare the total number of coronavirus-positive cases in India has risen to 1,251 — this includes 1,117 active cases, 102 cured/discharged/migrated people, and 32 deaths.
Meanwhile, the Union Finance Ministry on Monday (March 30) denied the news circulating in some section of media that financial year has been extended, and termed it fake news amid the outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
The government also said there was no immediate plan to extend the 21-day lockdown period and the Indian Army dismissed as 'fake' social media posts about a possible emergency declaration in April.
The worldwide tally of coronavirus COVID-19 deaths reached 37,638 with 784,314 positive cases, according to Johns Hopkins University's latest data. Italy and US have been the worst-hit nations with the former witnessing the most deaths (11,591) and the latter having the most number of confirmed cases of 1,63,429.
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