Sunday 19 April 2020

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: No relaxations in 88 hotspots in Kerala, restrictions to be eased in Orange-B and Green zones from 20 April

23:53 (IST)

Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates

Thane district declared as containment zone

Thane district neighbouring Mumbai was on Sunday night declared as a containment zone in light of surge in the number of COVID-19 cases, a senior official said. All the restrictions in place under the ongoing lockdown will remain in force without any change, and the relief stated in the April 17 notification for certain zones will not be available for Thane district, stated the order issued by district collector Rajesh Narvekar.
 
PTI

23:41 (IST)

Coronavirus in Kerala Latest Updates

34 cases in Assam so far

 
Assam has tested a total of 4,865 samples for COVID-19 so far, of which 34 have come out positive, the state's Health and Family Welfare Departmentsaid on Sunday. According to the daily bulletin by the state government, 17 persons recovered and were discharged from hospitals, while 16 others are undergoing treatment. One patient has died. However, as per figures of the Union health ministry, Assam has reported 35 confirmed cases thus far.

23:25 (IST)

Coronavirus in Kerala Latest Updates

Kerala to ease restrictions in Green, Orange-B zones

State police chief Loknath Behera said the relaxations of restrictions imposed would come into effect in the Green and Orange-B zones in the state from Monday, allowing among other the movement of private vehicles on odd-even basis,an official release said. Earlier, the Left government had colour-coded 14 districts of the state into four zones— Red, Green, Orange-A and Orange-B, for containing the Covid-19 pandemic. Orange-B zone comprises Alappuzha,
Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Thrissur and Wayanad. The lockdown will be in effect until April 24 in this zone and then partial relaxation will be allowed. Kottayam and Idukki come under the Green zone, in which lockdown will be in effect until April 20 and then regulations will be eased.

Restrictions in 88 hotspots identified across the state will not be relaxed, reports News18.

23:19 (IST)

Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates

Pune city declared as containment zone

Pune Municipal Corporation has passed an order to declare the complete area under the jurisdiction of the civic body a Containment Zone, from today midnight till 27 April, reports ANI.

 

23:15 (IST)

Coronavirus in Rajasthan Latest Updates

COVID-19 patient dies in Rajasthan, toll rises to 23

Onee more person died of coronavirus in Rajasthan's worst-hit Jaipur, pushing the death toll to 23 in the state, whose infection count soared to 1,478 with 127 fresh cases on Sunday. So far, Jaipur has reported 535 cases, including 13 deaths. 
"One death has been reported in Jaipur. The patient was admitted to a private hospital after he complained of fever and breathlessness," Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Rohit Kumar Singh said.   Officials said the 62-year-old man from the Raja Park area of Jaipur was admitted to the private hospital on 16 April. He died on Saturday night. 
 
PTI

23:07 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

Total of 17,615 have tested positive till date, says ICMR

A total of 4,01,586 samples from 3,83,985 individuals have been tested till date, 17,615 individuals confirmed positive among suspected cases and contacts of known positive cases. 27,824 samples have been reported till 9 pm on Sunday of these, 1,135 were positive, said ICMR.

22:59 (IST)

Coronavirus in Delhi Latest Updates

Coronavirus cases in National Capital cross 2,000, toll rises to 45

 
110 new cases have been reported in the National Capital in last 24 hours, taking the total to 2,003. The toll rose to 45 as two patients died due to infection today, said the state health department.

22:52 (IST)

Coronavirus in Delhi Latest Updates

35 more people test positive for COVID-19 in Delhi's Tughlakabad Extension containment zone

Thirty-five more people have tested positive for coronavirus in a containment zone in south Delhi's Tughlakabad Extension area, authorities said on Sunday, making it possibly one of the largest such zones in the National Capital in terms of number of cases. Earlier, three coronavirus cases were reported from this neighbourhood, prompting authorities to declare the area a containment zone. "After 35 new positive coronavirus cases were found, some more lanes in Tughlakabad area have been sealed," Deputy Commissioner of Police (South East) RP Meena said.
PTI

22:45 (IST)

Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates

57 persons test positive in Pune

 
No new death due to coronavirus infection was reported in Pune district of Maharashtra on Sunday but 57 new cases were detected, taking their total to 669, a Health official said.  Giving the break-up, the official said, "So far 562 cases are reported in the Pune Municipal Corporation limits, 57 in neighbouring PCMC, and 50 in rural areas." Up to Saturday, the COVID-19 death toll stood at 51 in Pune district.
 
Meanwhile, 18 patients including two from state-run Sassoon Hospital in the city have been discharged after theirrepeat samples tested negative for coronavirus.

22:37 (IST)

Coronavirus in Italy Latest Updates

With 433 COVID-19 deaths, Italy records lowest daily toll in a week

Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 433 on Sunday, the lowest daily toll in a week, and the number of new cases also slowed to 3,047 from a previous 3,491,  Reuters quotes the Civil Protection Agency as saying.The death toll had risen by 482 on Saturday, down from 575 on Friday

 

22:30 (IST)

Coronavirus in Uttarakhand Latest Updates

Count in Uttarakhand climbs to 44

Two more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Uttarakhand, taking the total to 44.  Eleven persons have been cured and discharged till date, said a health bulletin.

 
 

22:24 (IST)

Coronavirus in Haryana Latest Updates

Haryana permits select industries outside containment zones to begin operations from Monday

 
The Haryana government is set to give conditional relaxations in select sectors outside the coronavirus containment zones from Monday to kickstart the economic activities amid lockdown, PTI quotes an official as saying.  Haryana Chief Secretary Keshni Anand Arora said that starting 20 April some industries, which do not come under containment zones, will resume operation while following the guidelines issued by the Centre.  She further said owners of industries and factories will have to get permission to operate from the government through the SARAL portal and only then will passes be issued to labourers and other employees working there.
 
Presiding over a meeting \on Sunday, Arora said that three types of 'colored passes' will be issued, in which green 'ordinary pass' will be issued to industries and business organisations, a red 'special pass' will be issued to those providing essential services in containment zones while a blue pass will be issued to those involved in construction work.

22:11 (IST)

Coronavirus in Delhi Latest Updates

Delhi now has 79 containment zones

With three new containment zones being identified in Delhi on Sunday, the number of containment zones in the National Capital has reached 79. An area in Tilak Nagar is among one of the new containment zones.

22:05 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

Cases in Rajasthan jump to 1,478

Rajasthan reported 127 fresh cases, taking the total in the state to 1,478, ANI reports the state health department as saying. Two more persons suffering from the infection have died, taking the death count to 23.

21:52 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

Doubling rate down to 7.4 percent due to lockdown, says Hardh Vadhan

 
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the hallmark of India's efforts in dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak has been a pre-emptive and proactive approach as well as creating a people's movement to combat the pandemic. Speaking at a meeting of G20 ministers organised by the grouping's chair Saudi Arabia via video-conferencing, Vardhan said India has completed 25 days of the lockdown which will further extend till 3 May and its positive results were evident. 
 
"The results of the same were realised when our case doubling rate which was about 3.4 days on March 17, dropped to 4.4 days by March 25, and is currently about 7.4 days," he told the G20 health ministers. India has successfully tackled public health emergencies of international concern and pandemic in the past as well, Vardhan asserted.
 
"This time the hallmark of our approach has been fivefold —maintaining a continuous situation awareness; pre-emptive and proactive approach; graded response as per continuously evolving scenario; inter-sectoral coordination at all levels, and lastly but most importantly creating a people's movement to combat this disease," he said.
 
"Our efforts have been preemptive and proactive. We started surveillance of flights from COVID-affected countries twelve days before we even had the first case in India on 30 of January, 2020 ," Vardhan said. By 22 March, with less than 400 cases India banned all international flights to and from India, and by 25 March implemented a nationwide lockdown, he pointed out.
 
PTI

21:48 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

India has taken steps to ensure supply of drugs like HCQ to many countries: Harsh Vardhan at G20 meet

"India as a global leader in pharmaceuticals, has stepped to make sure supplies of drugs like Hydroxychloroquine is made available to countries around the world. India is working with global partners to ensure that effective drugs and vaccines can be developed, and made available to all of us as soon as possible," Union health minister Harsh Vardhan said at a meeting of health ministers of G20 countries, according to reports.

21:33 (IST)

Coronavirus in Karnataka  Latest Updates

Karnataka extends lockdown till 21 April midnight

The Karnataka government on Sunday issued fresh orders to continue the stringent lockdown measures issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs till the midnight of 21 April. The government is considering lockdown relaxation after April 21, and the state cabinet that is scheduled to meet on Monday is likely to discuss this, sources told PTI.
 
 

21:28 (IST)

Coronavirus in Punjab Latest Updates

Ten fresh cases detected in Punjab, total now 244

Ten more people, including a one-month-old girl and three of her family members in Mohali, tested positive for novel coronavirus in Punjab on Sunday, pushing the total count to 244 in the state. The family members from Mohali are all contacts of a person who had earlier tested positive for the virus, according to the medical bulletin issued on Sunday.  The remaining six new cases belong to Jalandhar.
 
Of the total confirmed cases, Mohali district tops the list with 61 in Punjab, followed by Jalandhar which has so far reported 47 cases. Twenty-six cases were in Patiala, 24 four in Pathankot, 19 in Nawanshahr, 16 in Ludhiana,  11 each in Mansa and Amritsar, seven in Hoshiarpur, four in Moga, three each in Rupnagar, Sangrur and Faridkot, two each in Fatehgarh Sahib, Kapurthala, and Barnala, and one each in Muktsar, Gurdsapur and Ferozepur, the medical bulletin said.
One patient is on oxygen support, it added.
 
Sixteen COVID-19 patients have died while 37 have been discharged from hospital.
PTI
 

21:23 (IST)

Coronavirus in Telangana  Latest Updates

Telangana extends lockdown til 7 May

According to reports, the Telangana government has decided to extend lockdwon in the state till 7 May. During this period, food delivery services will not be permitted to function and no religious congregation will be allowed in any place. 

21:05 (IST)

Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh Latest Updates

Two new COVID-19 cases in Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar's tally now 97

Two more positive cases of coronavirus were reported in Noida on Sunday, taking the tally in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar to 97 so far, PTI quotes officialsas saying.The new cases, including a minor, were detected from Sector 8 and Kendriya Vihar in Sector 82 areas of the city, they said. So far, 38 of the 97 patients have been cured and discharged from hospitals, the district administration said in a statement

21:03 (IST)

Coronavirus in Himachal Pradesh Latest Updates

Recovered COVID-19 patient tests positive again in Himachal Pradesh

A man who had recovered from coronavirus was again found suffering from the infection in Himachal Pradesh, PTI quotes officials  as saying. The man, a Tablighi Jamaat member, tested positive for the infection at Tanda's Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College (RPGMC) in Kangra on Saturday, within a week of his two reports coming out negative, they said. Additional Chief Secretary (Health) RD Dhiman said the state Health Department was aware of reports of recurrence of the virus in some patients in some countries.  So, it was already decided to re-conduct tests despite negative reports, he added. The man has once again been admitted to the the Tanda hospital, he said.  
 
From now onwards, the persons testing positive for COVID-19 will be retested after 14 days and if they test negative twice, they will be kept in a quarantine centre for the next 14 days for monitoring to increase their immunity, he added.

21:00 (IST)

Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates

Four cops from Dharavi's Shahu Nagar Police Station test positive 

 
Four constables from Shahu Nagar police station, which has jurisdiction over a large part of Dharavi, one of Mumbai's coronavirus hotspots, tested positive
on Sunday, officials said. They have been admitted in an isolation centre in Dadar's Shivaji Park area, they added. "All 70 personnel at Shahu Nagar police station were tested for the virus on 16 April and reports came in today. The four were posted as operator, duty in charge and meal special. Two reside in Mahim police colony while the rest are from Dharavi and Kalyan," an official said.
 
PTI

20:51 (IST)

Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates

Maharashtra registers spike in cases, total now 4,200

 
552 new  COVID19 cases and 12 deaths were reported in Maharashtra today. The total number of positive cases stands at 4200 now. Total 223 deaths reported till now, while 507 patients have been discharged after full recovery, ANI quotes the state health department as saying.

20:48 (IST)

Coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh Latest Updates

NSA detainee COVID-19 patient escapes from hospital

 A man detained under the National Security Act (NSA), who had recently tested coronavirus positive, escaped from a hospital  on Sunday while undergoing treatment, an official said. He escaped when he and other patients were being shifted to a super-specialty facility in the medical college and hospital, District Collector Bharat Yadav said. This person and three others had been detained under the NSA for attacking health workers and police in Indore. They had been shifted from a jail in Indore to Jabalpur, he said. The detainee had tested coronavirus positive on 11 April, Yadav said.
PTI

 

 

20:37 (IST)

Coronavirus in Jharkhand Latest Updates

Five more COVID-19 cases in Jharkhand, count rises to 38

Five more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in Jharkhand, taking the total number of cases in the state to 38, officials said on Sunday. Three people have tested positive in Ranchi district while one person each tested positive in Dhanbad and Simdega districts, they said. 

A news report quoting Dhanbad Deputy Commissioner Amit Kumar said the samples of a railway trackman working with the East Central Railways tested positive for the disease on Saturday. The man, a resident of a Railway Colony in Hirapur area, was being treated at the Divisional Railway Hospital here for fever, he said. He had visited his  in-laws' house at Chas in neighbouring Bokaro district to meet his pregnant wife and returned to Dhanbad on a bicycle on March 26. He complained of fever the next day, health officials said.
PTI

20:21 (IST)

Coronavirus in Gujarat Latest Updates

Toll in Gujarat reaches 63

Gujarat reported five more deaths due to COVID-19, taking the toll in the state to  63, PTI quotes health officials as saying. 139 new COVID19 positive cases have been detected, taking the aggregate to 1,743. In all, 367 new cases and 10 deaths have been recorded in a single day, according to The Hindu.

20:12 (IST)

Coronavirus in Haryana Latest Updates

Haryana case count at 250

A total of 250 COVID-19 cases have been reported in Haryana so far, said the state health department, adding that the number includes 14 foreign nationals, two deaths. 104 people have been cured of the disease so far, it said.

 

20:08 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak Latest Updates

OIC-IPHRC condemns maligning of Muslims for spread of COVID-19 in India

The Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) established by the Organisation for Islamic Co-operation has urged the Indian government to stop the campaign blaming Muslims for the spread of COVID-19 in the country, saying that the "negative profiling" of the community in the media was leading to discrimination and violence against them.

 

19:59 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

Total cases in West Bengal rise to 198

The West Bengal government has said, "The number of active cases in the state stands at 198 now. Sixty-six persons have been discharged after treatment and 12 persons have died due to COVID-19."

19:49 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

DGCA tells airlines not to allow booking of tickets

The DGCA has directed airlines to refrain from booking tickets, saying, "It is brought to the notice of all concerned that no decision to commence the operation of domestic/international flights with effect from 4 May, 2020 has been taken yet."

19:45 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

20 new cases in Dharavi

According to a statement by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Dharavi has recorded 20 new cases on Sunday. The area has recorded 138 coronavirus cases in all, including 11 deaths.

19:29 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

Rajya Sabha secretariat also to resume work from Monday

Rajya Sabha Secretariat to resume work from Monday, PTI quotes an official order as saying. Both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were shut on March 24 after both Houses were adjourned sine die following the passage of the Finance Bill for 2020-21, bringing a premature end to the Budget Session of Parliament, which was slated to conclude on 3 April.

19:24 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

Maharashtra has 3,651 infections, Delhi 1,893

According to the 5 pm update provided by the health ministry, the highest number of cases in the country has been recorded in Maharashtra (3,651 infections) while Delhi follows with 1,893 cases detected so far. The states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu have all recorded more than a 1,000 cases. 

The health ministry said that the data was being revised to reconcile it with ICMR figures.

 

19:17 (IST)

Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu Latest Updates

Cases in Tamil Nadu surge to 1,477

As many as 105 test positive for COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu, taking the total number of cases to 1,477, PTI quotes the state governemnt as saying. Two journalists have tested positive in the state, the news agency reported.  A reporter working for a Tamil daily and a sub-editor with a Tamil news television channel have tested positive for coronavirus, officials told PTI.  While the reporter has been admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, the other is being treated at Government Stanley Hospital, they said, adding both are in 'stable' condition.

 

19:06 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

Total cases in India climb to 16,116

According to the latest update put out by the Union health ministry, the total number of coronavirus cases has reached 16,116 while 2,301 have been cured or discharged and 519 deaths have been reported.  The number of active cases stands at 13,295, it said. 

19:01 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

Lok Sabha secretariat to resume work from Monday

The Lok Sabha Secretariat will resume work from Monday after it was shut in the last week of March in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to an official order. The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were shut on March 24 after both houses were adjourned sine die following the passage of the Finance Bill for 2020-21, bringing a premature end to the budget session of Parliament, which was slated to conclude on 3 April.

According to the order issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, it will resume work from Monday and all officers of the joint secretary rank and above will join office.

Besides them, the other staff will work on a rotational basis. The order further said while working, the secretariat staff will ensure that social distancing norms are observed.  
 
PTI

18:53 (IST)

Coronavirus in  India Latest Updates

Cop in Delhi, infant in Madhya Pradesh test positive

A police constable with Delhi's Tilak Vihar police station has tested positive for the coronavirus, reports PTI. "His test was conducted on 17 April at the  DDU dispensary in Tilak Vihar and he tested positive on April 18,"  PTI quotes a senior officer  as saying..His family members and his colleagues who came in contact with him have been asked to isolate themselves at home, he said, adding that the constable was "fine and doing well".

Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh reports what could possible be the youngest COVID-19 patient in the state after a 12-day-old girl tested positive in Bhopal. She was born on April 7 and her father said it was possible she got the infection from a woman health worker who was on duty during the birth and tested positive later. Her mother also tested positive, a health officer told PTI.

 

18:42 (IST)

Coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir Latest Updates

Jammu and Kashmir reports nine new cases

Nine new cases were reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, taking the total in the state to 350, said principal secretary (Planning), Rohit Kansal. Eight in the new cases were detected in the Kashmir division while one person from the Jammu division tested positive, he said.
 

18:37 (IST)

Coronavirus in Punjab Latest Updates

Curfew won't be relaxed in Punjab till 3 May, says Amarinder Singh

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh stated that no relaxation will be given in the Covid-19 curfew in the state, except as needed to ensure coronavirus free procurement of wheat, till 3 May, reports News18. The situation will be reviewed again, he added. 

However, sand and gravel mining and stone crushing have been permitted as part of the construction-related activities from Monday, according to the state home department. Also in view of the new academic session, shops dealing in distribution of books to school and college students have also been allowed to operate, PTI quotes an official release as saying.In view of approaching summer season, the sale of air-conditioners, air-coolers, fans and their repair shops have also been brought under ambit of essential goods or services and have been allowed to remain open and operate.
In line with the Centre's guidelines, industrial activity is allowed in the state's rural areas and 'dhabas' have also been allowed to remain open but they will serve only packed food, the statement said. However, any activity in the containment zones would continue to be banned, it said.
 

18:34 (IST)

Coronavirus in Kerala Latest Updates

Kerala reports two new cases

18:21 (IST)

Coronavirus in Karnataka Latest Updates

Karnataka case count increases to 390, toll reaches 16

Two more COVID-19 related fatalities  were reported in Karnataka, taking the toll in state 16, reports PTI. Six more infections were detected in the state, taking the count to 390, reports The Hindu.  A 65-year old woman, who is a resident of Bengaluru, and a 50-year old woman, who is a resident of Uppinangadi in Dakshina Kannada, with case of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), have died on 19 April at designated hospitals in their respective districts, the  health department said in its bulletin.

 

18:11 (IST)

Coronavirus in India  Latest Updates

We are in this together, says Narendra Modi

"COVID-19 does not see race, religion, colour, caste, creed, language or borders before striking.  Our response and conduct thereafter should attach primacy to unity and brotherhood.  We are in this together," said Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

18:08 (IST)

Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh Latest Updates

44 more test positive in Andhra Pradesh, total rises to 647

The number of positive cases in Andhra Pradesh climbed further up on Sunday to 647 in the last 24 hours and the toll to 17, reports PTI. In all, 44 new cases were added to the tally in the last 24 hours ending 9 am on Sunday, as the state government said a record 5,508 tests were carried out during the period. With a total of 65 discharged and 17 deceased, the number of active coronavirus cases in the state stood at 565.

 

17:53 (IST)

Coronavirus in Bihar Latest Updates

Case count in Bihar reaches 93

A 25-year-old tested coronavirus positive in Bihar's Bhojpur, taking the total number of infections in the state to 93.

 

17:46 (IST)

Coronavirus in Russia Latest Updates

Russia records 6,060 new cases in 24 hours

Russia on Sunday reported a record rise of 6,060 new coronavirus cases over the previous 24 hours, bringing its nationwide tally to 42,853,  Reuters quotes the Russian coronavirus crisis response center as saying.

The number of coronavirus cases in Russia began rising sharply this month, although it had reported far fewer infections than many western European countries in the outbreak’s early stages.

 

17:37 (IST)

Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh Latest Updates

Migrant worker dies in Roorkee relief camp, inquiry ordered

A magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the death of a migrant worker at a relief camp in Uttarakhand's Roorkee, PTI quotes officials as saying. The victim's family in Aligarh alleged that Netrapal (42) died as he had stopped eating because he was given barely boiled rice which he was unable to eat. AICC secretary Vivek Bansal, in a letter to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, called for urgent financial assistance to the man's family. 
 
The victim's son Ajay told PTI that his father worked at a hairdressing salon in Rishikesh and had come to Uttar Pradesh to meet his family on Holi. He left for Rishikesh again on 18 March. Ajay said when the lockdown was enforced nationwide, Netrapal became jobless and decided to walk back to Aligarh on March 28. After a day's walk, he decided to take shelter in a village near Roorkee where the pradhan provided him with a meal. But a little later police took him away to a relief camp in Roorkee, Ajay said. He added that his father last called him on April 15 and complained of stomachache. 
 
Haridwar District Magistrate C Ravishankar said the labourer died at the relief camp set up at Grand Vedantam Banquet Hall in Roorkee on 16 April. He said a magisterial probe has been ordered into the incident. “Joint Magistate Roorkee has been assigned to probe the incident. He has been asked to submit a detailed report in a fortnight,” he said.

17:24 (IST)

Coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh Latest Updates

Count in Madhya Pradesh rises to 1,407; Indore worst-hit district

 
The number of coronavirus cases in Madhya Pradesh rose to 1,407 with five more people testing positive for the disease on Sunday, PTI quotes authorities as saying. The state also reported three more deaths due to the disease, taking the toll to 72, according to the latest health bulletin. Of these total deaths, 50 have been reported from Indore, the state's industrial hub.
 
The viral disease expanded its footprint to Rajgarh​ district, which reported one case in last 24 hours. So far, 26 out of the total 52 districts in the state have reported COVID-19 cases. Indore, which has till now reported 890 cases, has been the state's worst hit district.

17:21 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

India's innovative youth can show way to healthier, prosperous future, says Narendra Modi

Observing that the coronavirus pandemic has changed the contours of professional life,Prime Minister Narednra Modi  said that India can take the lead in providing a new work culture. In a post on LinkedIn, he said that the world was going digital in light of the COVID-18 pandemic and called upon youth to adopt a mantra of five vowels - Adaptability, efficiency, inclusivity , oppotunity and universalism to redefine work cultures.

"Today, the world is in pursuit of new business models. India, a youthful nation known for its innovative zeal can take the lead in providing a new work culture," he said. 

 

17:11 (IST)

Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh Latest Updates

Uttar Pradesh sees jump in cases, count now 1,084

The number of coronavirus cases in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday mounted to 1,084, with 110 fresh cases and three deaths being reported in a day, PTI quotes officials  as saying. The virus has claimed 17 lives in the state so far.

During a daily briefing on COVID-19, Principal Secretary (Medical and Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said the state has 959 active cases. At least 1,084 people in 49 districts of the state are infected, he said, adding that 108 of them have been cured and discharged.Around 18.5 per cent of the patients are in the age group of 0-20 years, 47.3 per cent 21-40 years, 24.7 per cent 41-60 years and 9 per cent are aged above 60 years, Prasad said. Males account for 78 per cent of the total cases, while females 22 per cent, he said
 

16:54 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

Last COVID-19 patient in Goa tests negative

Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant said that the last active COVID-19 case in Goa had tested negative and no new cases had been reported in the state since 3 April.

Coronavirus Outbreak LATEST Updates: Kerala police chief Loknath Behera said the relaxations of restrictions imposed would come into effect in the Green and Orange-B zones in the state from Monday, allowing among other the movement of private vehicles on odd-even basis,an official release said.

110 new cases have been reported in the National Capital in last 24 hours, taking the total to 2,003. The toll rose to 45 as two patients died due to infection today, said the state health department.

Two more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Uttarakhand, taking the total to 44.  Eleven persons have been cured and discharged till date, said a health bulletin.

'India as a global leader in pharmaceuticals, has stepped to make sure supplies of drugs like Hydroxychloroquine is made available to countries around the world. India is working with global partners to ensure that effective drugs and vaccines can be developed, and made available to all of us as soon as possible,' Union health minister Harsh Vardhan said at a meeting of health ministers of G20 countries, according to reports.

 Ten more people, including a one-month-old girl and three of her family members in Mohali, tested positive for novel coronavirus in Punjab on Sunday, pushing the total count to 244 in the state.

Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao says he has proposed to the Cabinet that full lockdown in the state be extended till 7 May. During this period, no food delivery shall be permitted, he said.

552 new  COVID19 cases and 12 deaths were reported in Maharashtra  on Sunday. The total number of positive cases stands at 4,200 now. Total 223 deaths  have been reported till now, while 507 patients have been discharged after full recovery, ANI quotes the state health department as saying.

The DGCA has directed airlines to refrain from booking tickets, saying, "It is brought to the notice of all concerned that no decision to commence the operation of domestic/international flights with effect from 4 May, 2020 has been taken yet."

According to the latest update put out by the Union health ministry, the total number of coronavirus cases has reached 16,116 while 2,301 have been cured or discharged and 519 deaths have been reported.  The number of active cases stands at 13,295, it said.

 

The Lok Sabha Secretariat will resume work from Monday after it was shut in the last week of March in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to an official order. The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were shut on March 24 after both houses were adjourned sine die following the passage of the Finance Bill for 2020-21, bringing a premature end to the budget session of Parliament, which was slated to conclude on 3 April.

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh stated that no relaxation will be given in the Covid-19 curfew in the state, except as needed to ensure coronavirus free procurement of wheat, till 3 May, reports News18. The situation will be reviewed again, he added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to point out that COVID-19 strikes without looking at parameters like color, caste, creed, religion and language and called for a response to be based on unity and brotherhood.

The number of coronavirus cases in Madhya Pradesh rose to 1,407 with five more people testing positive for the disease on Sunday, reports PTI. The state also reported three more deaths due to the disease, taking the toll to 72, according to the latest health bulletin. Of these total deaths, 50 have been reported from Indore, the state's industrial hub.

Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant said that the last active COVID-19 case in Goa had tested negative and no new cases had been reported in the state since 3 April.

The health ministry and the Indian Council of Medical Research said the rate of doubling of coronavirus cases in districts that have been designated as hotspots is less than four days, against the national average of six days.  However, the rate of recovery of Covid-19 patients has improved to a little over 14 percent, officials said

507 deaths have been reported, of which 27 deaths were reported since yesterday, says health ministry. With 1334 new COVID19 cases, the total cases have reached 15,712. 2,231 people have been cured so far.

Soon after procuring rapid antibody test kits, the Delhi government on Sunday began testing people for coronavirus in various containment zones spread across the city, officials said. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday said the AAP government has acquired 42,000 such kits.

 The Home Ministry issued an order on Sunday saying that there movement of labourers outside the state/Union Territory where they are currently located will be prohibited amid the nationwide lockdown.

If a group of migrants who wish to return to their places of work within the State where they are presently located, they would be thermally screened. Those who test asymptomatic would be transported to their respective places of work.

The MHA order read that during the journey, social distancing norms must be followed and the buses used for transport must be sanitised.

Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Sunday said the state no longer has any COVID 19- positive case, as the second patient, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Imphal, tested negative for the disease.

The 65-year-old patient was found to have contracted the disease following his return from the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi's Nizamudddin.

UPSC, SSC examinations that were put on hold due to lockdown, will definitely take place. We will take a call after 3 May and reschedule dates in a manner that it gives sufficient time to all the aspirants to reach to their designated examination centers, said Union Minister Jitendra Singh.

Uddhav Thackeray said that the state government has allowed certain economic activities in orange and green zones. He said the government has demarcated red, orange and green zones across the state.

"Intra-district movement in green and orange zones may be allowed," said Thackeray.

"In Mumbai and Pune, which are red zones, door-to-door delivery of newspapers will not be allowed," said Thackeray said, adding that he was aware he would be criticised by journalists for this step.

"In other areas, a rethink of the decision will be done in the next 2 to 3 days."

During the briefing on Sunday, Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray said of the total confirmed coronavirus cases in the state, 70-75 percent cases are asymptomatic while, 52 percent are in serious conditions.

Suggesting that few districts in Maharashtra have shown decrease in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, CM Uddhav Thackeray said that the districts will be divided into red, orange and green zones.

He further highlighted that district borders will remain closed.

From 20 April we are planning to restart the industrial and commercial activities in states, said said CM Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Maharashtra's Thane district rose to 364 after 44 more people tested positive for the infectious disease, authorities said on Sunday.

One more person died of the viral infection, taking the toll in the district to 12, they said.

Stressing on the importance of a complete shutdown in view of the novel coronavirus, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that there will be no relaxation in the lockdown restrictions in the hotspot areas across the city.

"On 27 April, a review meeting will be held again," said Kejriwal.

The Ministry of Home Affairs in its latest advisory on Sunday said that the supply of non-essential goods by e-Commerce companies will remain restricted during the nationwide lockdown imposed in view of the novel coronavirus.

"Vehicles used by e-commerce operators will be allowed to ply with necessary permissions," read the order.

Kerala to ease lockdown restrictions in five orange zone and two green zone districts from Monday. The Orange (B) zone comprises Alappuzha, Thrissur, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram and Wayanad. While the green zone comprises Kottayam and Idukki.

According to data released by the Union health ministry, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India has risen to 15,707. The overall death count reaches 507.

The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 12,969 while 2,230 people have been cured and discharged, and one had migrated, the health ministry said.

A person, who had earlier recovered from the novel coronavirus, tested positive for the infectious disease again on Saturday, taking the number of active cases in Himachal Pradesh to 23, officials said.

One more person tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, taking the total number of positive coronavirus cases in the state to 40, according to the officials.

Recurrence of COVID-19 in one of the patients who had recovered from the infection has been reported from Una district, a health official said.

With 21 new COVID-19 positive cases registered in Malegaon city in just 24 hours, the total number of positive coronavirus cases in Nashik district has gone up from mere two cases on 7 April to 69 on Friday.

Of the 21 positive cases, the throat swab samples of seven people came out positive late on Thursday, while the remaining 14 tested positive on Friday evening.

On its fourth week into the coronavirus lockdown, the Union health ministry on Saturday reported a positive trend in 47 districts, however, the day sent alarm bells ringing for its military brass after 26 Indian Navy personnel tested positive at the strategically-located Western Naval Command in Mumbai.

This is first case of a major outbreak of the deadly virus in the armed forces, PTI said.

According to data from the Union health ministry, India reported 957 infections while 36 people lost their lives in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 14,792 and the the toll from the virus to 488. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 12,289 while 2,014 people have been cured and discharged, and one had migrated, the health ministry said.

India has been under lockdown since 25 March due to coronavirus. AP

Of the 488 people who have died so far, 75 percent seems to be of age 60 and above, the health ministry said on Saturday. According to the ministry, over 13 percent patients have recovered so far, while the mortality rate in India is  3.3 percent.

Globally, the virus's mortality rate has been higher with the virus killing 1,56,140 across the world while infecting 22,74,800 people at the time of publishing this report, according to data maintained by John Hopkins University.

As of Saturday, the US is the worst-affected by the virus with 7,06,856 testing positive and 37,087 deaths. Spain, which is the second-worst affected country in the world crossed 20,000 deaths on Saturday while confirmed infections reached 1,91,726.

Italy, another country, which has been hit hard by the virus has lost 22,745 people due to the infection. In France, 18,681 have died from the virus while the toll is 15,464 in the United Kingdom.

Gujarat reports 251 cases; Delhi sees dip in fresh cases

Meanwhile in India, Gujarat registered the highest single-day jump among all Indian states on Saturday with 251 people testing positive of COVID-19, overtaking Rajasthan which has 1,229 confirmed cases as of today.  Gujarat also reported the second-highest toll with 10 people losing their lives.

Except for Madhya Pradesh, which reported 191 new patients and 12 deaths, several of the five worst-affected states seemed to fare comparatively better on Saturday.

Maharashtra which has 3,323 cases, the highest in India, reported 118 new cases and seven deaths, while Delhi, which has the second highest confirmed infections registered 67 new cases taking the total to 1,707 cases. Confirmed cases have surged in the National Capital lately after the state government ramped up testing across Delhi. Four people died in Delhi till Saturday evening.

Though the health ministry reported no new infections in Tamil Nadu, which has fourth highest COVID-19 patients (1,323), state officials reported that 49 people have tested positive on Saturday.

Uttar Pradesh, on the other hand, recorded a total of 969 cases as of Saturday. Telangana has 791 cases, followed by Andhra Pradesh at 603 and Kerala at 396.

One person died in Andhra Pradesh,  Bihar and Jammu and Kashmir each since Friday evening, according to the ministry data.

The number of novel coronavirus cases has risen to 371 in Karanataka, 328 in Jammu and Kashmir, 287 in West Bengal, 225 in Haryana and 202 in Punjab.

Bihar has reported 85 infection cases, while Odisha has 60 coronavirus cases.

Forty-two people were infected with the virus in Uttarakhand, while Himachal Pradesh has 38 cases. Chhattisgarh has 36 cases and Assam has registered 35 cases each.

Jharkhand has 33 cases, Chandigarh has 21 cases and Ladakh has 18, while 12 cases have been reported from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Meghalaya has reported 11 cases while Goa and Puducherry have reported seven COVID-19 infections each. Manipur and Tripura have two cases each, while Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh have reported a case each.

Maharashtra accounts for 201 of 488 deaths in India

Of the total 488 deaths, Maharashtra tops the list with 201 fatalities, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 69, Gujarat at 48 and Delhi at 42 and Telangana at 18.

Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have reported 15 deaths each till Saturday while Uttar Pradesh has reported 14 fatalities.

Punjab and Karnataka have reported 13 deaths each.

Rajasthan has registered 11 deaths while West Bengal has reported 10 fatalities.

Five people have lost their lives in Jammu and Kashmir while Kerala and Haryana have recorded three deaths each. Jharkhand and Bihar have reported two deaths each.

Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Assam reported one fatality each, according to the health ministry data.

75% deaths among those aged 6o and above, says health ministry

Meanwhile, the Union health ministry on Saturday said the mortality rate for COVID-19 cases in India is around 3.3 percent, while over 13 percent patients have recovered so far.

Addressing a daily media briefing about the novel coronavirus situation in the country, Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry Lav Agarwal said data indicates that of the people who died due the infection 14.4 percent were between 0-45 years, 10.3 percent between 45-60 years, 33.1 percent between 60-75 years and 42.2 percent were aged 75 and above.

"We saw that 75.3 per cent deaths were among those aged 60 or above and in 83 per cent cases there were co-morbidities," he said and reiterated that the elderly and those with co-morbid conditions are at high risk.

About containment strategies implemented along with the lockdown, Agarwal said field-level actions are fetching positive results in several places.

"A positive trend has been noted in 47 districts of 23 states and Union Territories. Kodaggu in Karnataka is a new district added to this list along with Mahe in Puducherry that has not reported any fresh cases during the last 28 days," the official said.

Twenty-two new districts in 12 states have not reported any fresh case in the last 14 days. These districts include Lakhisarai, Bhagalpur and Gopalganj in Bihar, Udaipur and Dholpur in Rajasthan, Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, Rohtak in Haryana and Vishakhaptnam in Andhra Pradesh, Agarwal said.

He, however, stated that Patna in Bihar, Nadia in West Bengal and Panipat in Haryana where there were no COVID-19 positive cases in the first two weeks, have now reported incidents of the infection.

Ludhiana ACP dies of COVID-19

On Saturday, a 52-year-old Ludhiana assistant commissioner of police, who was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at a private hospital, died from the disease.

ACP (North) Anil Kohli breathed his last at the SPS Hospital, Ludhiana, Civil Surgeon Rajesh Bagga said.

On Friday, the Punjab government had given its go-ahead to the hospital to conduct plasma therapy on the police officer.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced Rs 50 lakh ex gratia to the next of kin of the deceased. He said a similar amount will be paid to the family of any officer who dies in the line of duty due to coronavirus.

Representational image. AP

The officer had tested positive for coronavirus on 12 April. His wife, a security guard and a station house officer tested positive on Friday.

Govt approval compulsory for FDI from neighbouring countries, including China

The government has amended the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy to discourage opportunistic investment in Indian companies by neighbouring countries, including China, in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic.

The amendment specifies that transfer of ownership of Indian companies arising out of FDI investments from neighbouring countries will now also be subject to government approval. Similar FDI restrictions were earlier placed on Pakistan and Bangladesh.

With inputs from PTI



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