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India coronavirus, COVID-19 updates, May 5: Over 16.10 lakh litre liquor worth Rs 62.55 cr sold today in Maharashtra
The coronavirus lockdown has been extended for the third time. The lockdown 3.0 will be in place from May 4 till May 17. The government has introduced a new set of guidelines and relaxations for the country to follow until the end of the lockdown.
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Close to 37 lakh COVID-19 global cases, more than 2.55 lakh dead.
Maharashtra: Liquor and non-essential service shops to shut in Mumbai from May 6.
West Bengal: Five more BSF jawans who were in IMCT convoy in Kolkata tested positive for COVID-19. These five jawans came in immediate contact with the BSF driver of the pilot car who tested positive yesterday. A total of 18 jawans who came in his contact gave their samples. Five tested positive taking the total cases in BSF Kolkata to 6.
Rajasthan: 97 new positive cases of COVID-19 and 12 deaths have been reported today. The total number of cases rise to 3,158 with the death toll at 89.
1,120 people have been cured/discharged until now.
Telangana: Till today, 1,096 positive cases have been reported in the state, of which 628 patients were discharged. Today 11 new positive cases have been reported. There are 439 active cases in the state now.
Himachal Pradesh: 1 new death has been reported in the state today taking the death toll to 2. The number of active cases stands at 2. Total of 34 people have been cured/discharged.
Odisha: One new positive case has been reported in Jajpur; taking the total number of positive cases to 176 in the state.
Lockdown in Telangana extended till May 29.
Maharashtra: 16.10 lakh litre liquor worth Rs 62.55 cr sold today.
Assam: Total positive cases in the state now stand at 43, active cases at 10.
Jammu and Kashmir: 15 new cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir today; 1 from Jammu division and 14 from Kashmir division. Total positive cases in the Union Territory stand at 741, including 413 active cases.
Wipro Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Maharashtra under which it will repurpose one of its IT-campuses in Hinjewadi, Pune to 450-bed intermediary care COVID-19 hospital and hand it over to State Govt by May 30.
Haryana: 31 fresh COVID-19 positive cases take the total number of positive cases in the state to 548.
Delhi: 206 new cases registered in the national capital in the last 24 hours. The total count touches 5,104.
Maharashtra: The total number of COVID-19 cases in the state surged to 15,525. New cases today - 841. Death count increased by 34 to 617.
Tamil Nadu: 508 new cases have been reported in the state, taking the total number of positive cases to 4,058. Two deaths have been reported today; the death toll is at 33.
Gujarat: In the last 24 hours, 49 deaths and 441 new positive cases have been reported. 39 deaths and 349 new cases are from Ahmedabad. Total positive cases stand at 6,245 and the death toll is at 368.
Delhi: Two more containment zones in the national capital have been de-contained today. The total number of containment zones in the national capital now stands at 88.
Gautam Buddha Nagar District Magistrate: Those living in the containment zone should register on the Arogya Setu App. This is meant for your well being.
Uttar Pradesh: 118 new patients have been confirmed as COVID-19 positive since yesterday evening. The total number of positive cases jumped to 2,880. Out of the total cases, 987 patients have been discharged while 56 have lost their lives in the state.
Mumbai: 635 new positive cases, 26 deaths recorded today, taking the total number of positive cases to 9,758, death toll to 387.
Karnataka: 22 new cases as of 5:00 PM today. COVID-19 positive cases in the state jumped to 673, it includes 29 deaths and 331 discharges.
Bihar: 6 more coronavirus confirmed cases in the state take the total to 535.
Jharkhand: COVID-19 cases in the state increased to 119.
West Bengal: A traffic sergeant from Jorabagan Traffic Guard, Kolkata Police has tested COVID-19 positive. Earlier, a constable from the same TG had tested positive. A total of seven policemen from Kolkata Police have been tested positive for Coronavirus so far.
India's total cases jumped to 46,711. Cured - 13,161. Deaths - 1,583.
In the last 24 hours, 3,875 new cases, 194 dead. The new cases and death toll in 24 hours is the second-highest in 24 hours. Today morning data showed the highest spike in cases and deaths at 3900 and 195 respectively.
Maharashtra: Coronavirus positive patients touch 2,202 in the Pune district. In the last 24 hours, 99 new cases were reported in Pune. So far 553 patients have been discharged.
Mumbai: 11 new patients in Kalyan Dombivali. A total of 224 patients in the Kalyan Dombivali metropolitan area while so far 74 people have been discharged after recovery.
In the first week starting May 7, the Government of India plans to evacuate approximately 14,800 stranded Indians. Air India to undertake 40 of these flights and Air India Express 24.
Here is the evacuation plan for Indians stranded in 12 countries abroad by 64 flights by Air India starting May 7.
Health Ministry: Some states had not been reporting cases timely; after persuading them, they have reported such cases. This is the reason for the sudden spurt in the number of cases since yesterday. Lockdown has yielded very positive results, doubling time has improved from 3.4 days before lockdown to 12 days now. At the same time, it is important that we sustain the momentum.
Health Ministry: It is important that each and every contact of positive patients needs to be traced. Conducting surveillance for SARI and ILI symptoms in facilities in containment zones and otherwise, yields very valuable data and guides further action.
The Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) has revealed a breakthrough coronavirus vaccine that attacks the virus and neutralizes it in the body.
Health Ministry: As we relax the lockdown, every citizen should contribute to break the chain of transmission, as part of his/her social responsibility, by following all precautionary measures.
Health Ministry: Group of Ministers held its 14th meeting on COVID-19 today, under the chairpersonship of the Health Minister. Infrastructure, such as PPE, oxygen and oxygen cylinders, ventilators, and N95 masks, has been reviewed.
Health Ministry: IN INDIA, Total number of people COVID-19 – 46,433. The number of people under active medical supervision – 32,138. In last 24 hours – 3,900 new cases, 195 deaths, 1,020 recoveries. The total number of deaths – 1,568. Recoveries – 12,726, recovery rate - 27.41%.
Home Ministry: At workplaces, thermal scanning, hand wash, sanitizers need to be made available in adequate quantity. Social distancing needs to be ensured. Staggered shifts and lunch breaks need to be provided. Employees need to be registered on the Aarogya Setu app.
Home Ministry: No organization is allowed to gather 5 or more people in one place; not more than 50 people can be allowed to gather in wedding-related functions, Not more than 20 people permitted at funerals; social distancing too needs to be followed on all these occasions.
Home Ministry: Return of nationals would be arranged via either non-scheduled commercial flights or ships of the Indian Navy.
Home Ministry: Everyone has to wear face covers/masks and maintain "Do Gaj Ki Doori" in public places, spitting in public places is a punishable offence, use of paan, gutka, alcohol and tobacco in these places is prohibited.
Indian Railways has so far run 62 Shramik Special Trains for migrant labourers, and around 70,000 people are taking advantage of this facility; 13 more trains are expected to run today.
GoI will operate two special flights from Doha to India. First on May 7 from Doha to Kochi and second on May 10 from Doha to Thiruvananthapuram.
Maharashtra: An Officer in Mumbai's Ministry found corona positive. The officer associated with the Home Ministry has been admitted to the hospital. So far, a total of five employees of the ministry have been tested positive. Earlier, two sanitation workers of the ministry, contract worker working in PWD, and an ambulance doctor were found positive.
Maharashtra: Three people, including an 11-year-old child, died of COVID-19 in Pune district. The total death toll in the Pune district increased to 118. Total active cases in Pune district - 2,132.
Delhi: More than 15 COVID-19 positive cases at AIIMS Delhi. The doctors and staff from the Department of Emergency Medicine, Nephrology, Gastroenterology, and Neurology have contracted the deadly virus.
Rajasthan: 66 new cases reported from Rajasthan taking the total tally to 3127 out of which 1581 are active cases, 1464 are cured/discharged cases and 82 death. 3563 sample reports yet to come.
Maharashtra: 14 SRPF jawans test coronavirus positive in Hingoli. After the new cases, the total number of cases in security force jawans rises to 83. Total 90 cases reported in Hingoli till date.
Vistara airlines: Vistara CEO says senior employees to go on leave without pay for up to 4 days per month in May and June. (PTI info)
Karnataka: 8 new positive cases reported in the state, total tally rises to 659 which includes 28 deaths and 324 recovered cases.
Delhi: People kept in the shelter home of Delhi's Chand Nagar escaped by breaking the lock of the school. The school is in the Vishnu Garden area of West Delhi.
Rajnath Singh lauds the role of NCC in India's fight against pandemic: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the contribution of 17 NCC directorates in India’s fight against Covid-19 via video conference on Tuesday. "The NCC cadets played a significant role in assisting the civilian administration by performing various tasks. I congratulate the NCC directorates for their positive role and contribution," he said in a tweet.
Delhi: Coronavirus social distancing norms flouted at wine shops, police orders closure in Karol Bagh. (Read here)
Andhra Pradesh: State government once again hiked liquor price by 50 % taking the total percent to 75. On Monday, the govt had hiked 25%. This is done in view of controlling liquor consumption.
Rajasthan: Total number of COVID-19 cases in the state at 3099 out of which 1,577 are active cases, 1,440 patients recovered and 82 died.
GoM meets to review COVID-19 situation in the country: Union Group of Ministers (GoM) is holding a meeting on COVID-19 pandemic here at the Health Ministry on Tuesday.Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat are among those present at the meeting.The meeting is currently underway.
Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee to Rahul Gandhi on COVID-19: India needs a stimulus package; we have not dedicated on large enough financial package yet. We should try to be optimistic about overall economic revival in India post-lockdown. Give temporary ration cards to everybody; use those for transferring money, wheat and rice to them. Aadhaar-based claims for PDS would have saved a lot of misery for poor; bunch of poor still not in system. (PTI input)
58 jawans from ITBP, BSF, & CISF are admitted in Referral hospital, Greater Noida, says, DG ITBP SS Deswal.
Migrant workers from UP, Bihar protest in Bengaluru amid coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown, block Tumakuru highway. (Read here)
Maharashtra: 12 police personnel have tested positive including 6 sub-inspectors from JJ Marg police station. An IPS officer is also quarantined. 8 of them are asymptomatic. 40 other people who had come in contact with them have been quarantined as a precautionary measure.
Maharashtra: 24 new cases reported in Aurangabad, the total number rises to 321 in the district.
India COVID-19 data: Recovery rate in India stands at 27.40 percent.
India COVID-19 data: With 3900 new cases and 195 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, India records massive jump in coronavirus cases. This is the highest spike reported in the country till date.
India COVID-19 data: Total number of cases rises to 46,433 which includes 32,138 active cases, 12,726 recovered cases, 1 migrant patient and 1,568 deaths as per Ministry of Health data.
Maharashtra: 35 NRPF jawans test coronavirus positive in Hingoli. The 35 infected army personnel were in the group of 87 jawans who came from Hingoli to Mumbai.
Delhi: People stand-in queue outside a liquor shop in Delhi's Laxmi Nagar as govt uplifts few restrictions.
Three ships sent to evacuate Indians from the Maldives and UAE, says Defence Official. (Read here)
COVID-19 Global data: Total number of cases rise to 35,80,247 and the total number of deaths at 251,365 as per Johns Hopkins University data at 7 am IST.
Special train for migrant labourers: 905 migrant labourers of Jharkhand reached Barkakana railway station of Ramgarh district, from Rajasthan's Nagaur, on Monday.
Delhi: Total number of containment zones in the national capital stands at 90.
Telangana: State govt proposes 40 special trains a day for one week from Tuesday to send back home stranded migrant workers. (PTI input)
Maharashtra: Death toll in Pune rises to 115 with 4 more fatalities; total cases in the district up by 71 to 2,122.
Madhya Pradesh: The death toll due to coronavirus in the state rises to 165 with 9 more fatalities, including 5 in Ujjain; total cases 2,942 after 106 people, including 43 in Indore & 31 in Bhopal, test positive. (PTI report)
The coronavirus lockdown has been extended for the third time. The lockdown 3.0 will be in place from May 4 till May 17. The government has introduced a new set of guidelines and relaxations for the country to follow until the end of the lockdown.
The Centre has classified districts across the country into 3 categories – Red Zone, Orange Zone, and Green Zone – according to the severity of the coronavirus situation in the areas.
Meanwhile, the number of coronavirus cases in India stands at 46,433 and 1,568 people have died already. Currently, there are 32,138 active cases in India and 12,726 people have recovered.
The total number of coronavirus cases in the world has crossed 36.6 lakh while the death toll has crossed 2.52 lakh with the US being the most-affected country. Several countries have started work on vaccines while US President Donald Trump has said the country is hoping to get the coronavirus vaccine by the end of this year.
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