20 Indian Navy staff members tested positive at INS Angre base in Mumbai, quarantined in Colaba

Coronavirus outbreak LATEST updates: 20 Navy staff members tested positive for COVID-19 at a naval base in Mumbai. The first case was reported on April 7 at the INS Angre base there. All other people who came into contact with affected personnel were also examined: Navy officers

Meanwhile, the number of deaths related to the new coronavirus reached 150,000, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University.

The Union Ministry of Health claimed a decrease in the doubling rate of infections in the past week, even as India witnessed an increase in cases with 1,076 infections and 32 recent deaths in the past 24 hours, and Gujarat became in the sixth state to cross the 1,000 mark in confirmed cases of coronavirus.

The total number of confirmed cases in the country rose to 13,835 on Friday with 452 victims of the COVID-19 disease, according to the latest update released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW). Of the total cases, 11,616 are active, while 1,766 have been cured / discharged and one has migrated.

However, according to a PTI According to state reports, the total number of confirmed cases in the country is 14,173, while the number is 479.

Meanwhile, even as the Union Home Office updated its containment plan for coronavirus hot spots, Maharashtra, the most affected state in the country, relaxed restrictions on sugarcane workers and launched plans to allow some industrial and commercial activities, including MNREGA works since April 20 in areas that are not marked as containment zones.

Activities related to the supply chain of essential goods, whether in the manufacture, wholesale or retail of essential goods, will also be allowed through local stores, large physical stores or e-commerce companies, except in containment areas.

On Friday, the number of confirmed cases in the state crossed the 3,000 mark and the number of victims of the virus approached 200.

Mumbai, Indore, the worst critical points

Mumbai once again remained the hardest hit access point in Maharashtra (and the country), with 77 more people testing positive in the financial capital of India on Friday. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the city has 2,120 confirmed cases as of Friday. The number in Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum, reached 101 with 15 new infections reported on Friday, PTI reported.

Indore, which is the second most affected city in the country (and the most affected city in Madhya Pradesh), the number of confirmed cases was 842, while 47 patients have died since the outbreak began less than a month ago. With a death rate of 5.58 percent, Indore’s coronavirus mortality is above the national average, state health officials said.

Gujarat becomes the sixth state to cross 1, ooo mark

While Maharashtra continues to lead in terms of total confirmed cases with 3,205 infections, Delhi is the second most affected state with 1,640 cases, followed by Tamil Nadu with 1,323 cases, Rajasthan with 1,193 cases and Madhya Pradesh with 1,164 infections.

In Gujarat, the total number of confirmed cases reached 1,021 after 92 new cases were reported on Friday, while the death toll reached 38 (the third highest in the country and the same as that of Delhi) with the addition of two deaths, health officials in Ahmedabad said

State officials attributed the sudden outbreak in the Gujarat cases to intensive surveillance and evidence at coronavirus hot spots, including those that have been under curfew until April 21 in the walled city of Ahmedabad.

Meanwhile, Karnataka, which recorded 38 new positive cases, its highest single-day count so far, increased the number of tests for coronavirus by five times, state officials said. The state has 353 confirmed cases so far.

Of the total of 452 deaths listed by the health ministry on Friday, Maharashtra tops the list with 194 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 57, Gujarat and Delhi at 38 each and Telangana 18.

Tamil Nadu has reported 15 deaths, while Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh reported 14 deaths each.

Punjab and Karnataka reported 13 deaths each.

Rajasthan has recorded 11 deaths, while West Bengal reported 10 fatalities. Some states have reported less than 10 deaths.

According to the latest updated data from the Ministry of Health, the recovery rate of patients with COVID-19 in India is 12.7 percent, while the death rate is 3.27 percent.

Case duplication rate has slowed, says health ministry

In a daily press conference on updates on the status of COVID-19, the joint secretary of the Ministry of Health, Lav Agarwal, argued that there had been a 40 percent decrease in the growth of new cases.

The average growth factor of the cases as of April 1 was 1.2, while between March 15 and 31 it was 2.1.

This 40 percent decrease was due to increased evidence, including for cases with severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) and flu-like illness (ILI). he said.

The health ministry official also said that the rate at which coronavirus cases doubled has decreased.

“Before closing, the rate of duplication of coronavirus cases was 3 days. Based on the number of cases in the past seven days, the rate of duplication has been 6.2 days. In 19 states and Union territories, the doubling rate is less than the national average. “he said

Agarwal also stated that India has fared better than many other countries in the outcome ratio, which is the number of recoveries from coronavirus infection versus the number of deaths.

“If 80 percent of patients in India are recovering and deaths are reported in 20 percent of cases, then by that standard India has done a little better than many other nations in the outcome ratio “, said.

He also informed journalists that 1,919 COVID-19 hospitals with 1.73 lakh isolation beds and 21,800 ICU beds have been prepared so far.

In a letter to all state chief secretaries and chief secretaries (health), ICMR Director-General Dr. Balram Bharagava listed the protocol for using the rapid antibody test ‘in the hotspot area for epidemiological studies and surveillance.

India received five lakh antibody rapid test kits from China on Thursday and these, health ministry officials said are being distributed to states for districts with high infection rates.

In case the state does not have an access point, these tests can be used for: any access point that may arise in the future or as a surveillance tool for epidemiological purposes in areas where cases have not arisen so far, ICMR said.

The ICMR said that 28,542 samples were analyzed on Friday and that the total number of samples analyzed so far was 3.32,583.

The ICMR also said it will carry out a study to find the efficacy of the BCG vaccine against COVID-19 and until a definitive result is reached, it will not recommend the vaccine even for healthcare workers, officials said Friday.

Maharashtra Seeks Relief From Center, Allows Conditional Travel For Sugar Cane Workers

The Maharashtra government sought financial assistance from the Center on Friday. While Maharashtra’s Finance Minister Ajit Pawar wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting a grant of Rs 10 billion for five months, the Minister of State Revenue and Maharashtra Chief of Congress Balasaheb Thorat demanded on Friday a package of Rs 25 billion from the Center to help the State tackle the coronavirus outbreak.

Thorat said the state deals with 7.5 lakh of poor and migrant workers in 6,500 camps.

“We have demanded PPE kits from the Center, but have not yet received them. We want the Center to give us a package of Rs 25,000 crore, as well as a refund of Rs 16,500 GST to address the outbreak,” he added.

On Friday, the Maharashtra government relaxed some of the restrictions imposed on the movement of people, including allowing more than one lakh of migrant sugarcane workers to return to their native villages amid the shutdown subject to medical testing in relationship with the coronavirus outbreak.

A statement issued by the office of Social Justice Minister Dhananjay Munde said the decision will benefit the Beed and Ahmednagar sugarcane workers who are stranded in western Maharashtra, the border areas with Karnataka and other parts of the state.

The statement says those who operate these factories will have to have the workers and their families tested and certified, and report to the authorities, including the gram panchayats, and then obtain the necessary permits for their safe return.

Health ministry updates containment plan, extends waiting period to four weeks

The Health Ministry said on Friday that containment operations will be reduced if a secondary positive case of COVID-19 is not reported from a quarantine area for at least four weeks after the last confirmed test has been isolated and followed up. to all your contacts for 28 days

According to the Ministry’s updated containment plan for large outbreaks COVID-19, a containment operation (large outbreak or conglomerate) is considered to be more than 28 days old from the date the last case in that area negative.

The plan said the authorities will conduct extensive contact tracing and an active case search in the containment area, evaluate all suspected cases and high-risk contacts, isolate all suspected or confirmed cases, implement social distancing and communication measures. intensive risk as part of the containment of the strategy group.

“The objective of this containment plan is to stop the transmission chain, thus reducing morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19,” the ministry said.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan also said that the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Science and Technology based in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala has developed a low-cost diagnostic test kit that can confirm COVID-19 infection in two hours.

The kit can detect the coronavirus in 10 minutes, and the sample that will result in time will be less than two hours, Vardhan tweeted.

A total of 30 samples can be analyzed in a single batch on a single machine, he added.

Meawnhwile, the Union’s interior minister, Amit Shah, said the Modi government leaves no stone unturned to deal with the coronavirus crisis.

“The Modi government leaves no stone unturned in this fight against COVID-19, ensuring minimal disruption to people’s lives while planning a strong and stable India in the coming days,” he tweeted.

With contributions from agencies

Update date: April 18, 2020 08:36:07 IST

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