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Coronavirus outbreak LATEST updates: Sixty-eight staff members, including doctors and nurses from a Delhi hospital, have been sent to home quarantine after a 25-year-old pregnant woman admitted that she died possibly from the new coronavirus, officials said Thursday.
The decision was made by authorities at the government-run Bhagwan Mahavir Hospital (BMH), who alleged that the woman did not disclose her travel history or “home quarantine” status to hospital authorities.
Meghalaya has reported two other positive cases of the new coronavirus and they are both family members of the first patient with COVID-19, who died early Wednesday morning and was buried in the Riatsamthiah Prebiterian Church Cemetery in Lawmali on Thursday.
The total number of confirmed cases in Meghalaya was nine.
India recorded 826 new cases and 28 new deaths on Thursday, with a total number of confirmed cases amounting to 12,759. Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh crossed the 1,000 mark in their COVID-19 patient count.
According to data from the Union Ministry of Health, India has 10,824 active patients, while 1,514 have been cured / discharged after testing negative for the virus while one patient has migrated. The toll due to the virus is 42nd.
Indian municipal workers spray disinfectants in Jammu. AP
As of Thursday night, Maharashtra with 2,919 patients remained at the top, followed by Delhi with 1,578 and Tamil Nadu with 1,242. The number of cases in Madhya Pradesh increased to 1,120 cases.
Madhya Pradesh now also represents 53 deaths, the second highest number due to COVID-19, in India. Maharashtra leads in the number of deaths with 187 patients who succumb to the virus in the state.
In Rajasthan, the total number of confirmed cases now is 1,023 with three deaths so far.
Globally, according to estimates by Johns Hopkins University, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases exceeded two million on Thursday and 1.39,419 people have died so far. The United States is the most affected with more than 6,40,000 cases of COVID-19 and 31,000 deaths.
Amid this, a UN report said the coronavirus pandemic could plunge 42-66 million children into extreme poverty and the economic recession resulting from the outbreak could lead to hundreds of thousands of additional child deaths in 2020.
State figures put India’s count above 13,000
While the health ministry set the number of confirmed cases at 12,759 as of Thursday, according to a PTI According to state reports, the total number of cases was 13,201, while 1,594 patients had recovered. The death toll was 444.
Coronavirus cases crossed 1,000 in Madhya Pradesh (1,164) and Rajasthan (1,131), bringing five states that have passed this mark.
Maharashtra topped the count at 3,262 with Mumbai (2,043) being the worst hit, followed by Delhi (1,578) and Tamil Nadu (1,267). Cases in the country’s commercial capital have doubled in six days.
According to data from the website of the ministry of health, there are 871 patients with COVID-19 in Gujarat and 773 in Uttar Pradesh.
Telangana has 698 cases, followed by Andhra Pradesh with 534 and Kerala with 388.
The number of new coronavirus cases has increased to 315 in Karanataka, 300 in Jammu and Kashmir, 271 in West Bengal, 205 in Haryana and 186 in Punjab.
Bihar has reported 74 cases of COVID-19, while Odisha has 60 cases of coronavirus. Thirty-seven people were infected with the virus in Uttarakhand, while Himachal Pradesh has 35 cases and Assam and Chhattisgarh have recorded 33 cases each.
Jharkhand has 28 cases, Chandigarh has 21 cases and Ladakh has 17, while 11 cases have been reported from the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
Meghalaya, Goa and Puducherry have reported seven COVID-19 infections each, Manipur and Tripura have two cases each, while Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh have reported one case each.
According to the health ministry, of the total 420 deaths, Maharashtra tops the count with 187 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 53, Gujarat 36, Delhi 32 and Telengana 18.
Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have reported 14 deaths each, while Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka 13 deaths each.
West Bengal has reported seven deaths from COVID-19.
Four people lost their lives in Jammu and Kashmir, while Kerala, Haryana and Rajasthan each recorded three deaths. Jharkhand has reported two deaths.
Meghalaya, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Assam have each reported one death, according to data from the health ministry.
ICMR defends India’s testing rate
The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) also defended the Central Government’s test strategy on Thursday following new criticism, saying the test rate is not low, adding that there have been no COVID-19 infections in 325 of the 736 districts.
“In countries like Japan, one of the 11.7 tests is positive, which is among the highest in the world. Italy tests 6.7 people for a positive test while the United States tests 5.3 people and the United Kingdom 3.4,” said the Dr. Raman R Gangakhedkar, chief of epidemiology and communicable diseases at ICMR.
“Given their population base, it is difficult to comment on our assessment rate. In India, we are conducting 24 tests, one of which is positive. In addition, we have a large population and not all people belong to vulnerable groups. Therefore, it cannot be said that our evidence rate is low, “he said at the daily press conference.
Supporting the official’s assessment, Lav Agarwal, joint secretary of the health ministry, said the data can be interpreted in many ways and that the government’s effort is aimed at ensuring that not a single positive case is lost.
Earlier on Thursday, Rahul Gandhi had criticized the government saying that the scale of testing in India has so far been low at 199 for every 10 lakh people, around 350 tests per district, which he says is not enough. to tell in which direction the virus is moving.
Gandhi told reporters via video conference that aggressive testing is the primary weapon in defeating the coronavirus and must be used strategically.
At the briefing, Agarwal also said that the implementation of containment strategies in some districts that had previously reported cases of COVID-19 have yielded positive results, he said. One of those places is Mahe, a Puducherry enclave in Kerala, where no cases have been reported in the last 28 days.
There are 27 other districts in the country also where no positive cases have been reported in a fortnight, he added.
The Center on Thursday also declared 170 hotspots, 123 hotspots with large outbreaks and 47 hotspots with clusters, in 25 states and Union territories.
In addition, it has identified 207 districts that are not hotspots with clusters in 27 states that may be potential hotspots if there are no containment strategies.
India Receives Delivery of Rapid Test Kits from China
On Thursday, India also received China’s long-awaited five-lakh rapid test kits of COVID-19, the government said.
Gangakhedkar said that China’s test kits will be used for surveillance and to monitor whether coronavirus hot spots in the country are increasing or decreasing.
In response to reports suggesting that Chinese kits may be defective, Gangakhedkar acknowledged that the sensitivity and specificity of such kits are lower.
“Rapid antibody tests are for monitoring surveillance, not for early diagnosis. Therefore, there is no concern regarding the test kits being defective, that concern was regarding the immune response alone,” he explained.
Delhi can do a clinical assessment of food delivery staff
In Delhi, authorities are considering the clinical evaluation of all food delivery personnel in South Delhi, and the scores are quarantined after a pizza delivery agent in the area tested positive for coronavirus.
The 19-year-old boy tested positive for the virus on April 14. People in 72 households where he delivered pizza to be quarantined, said BM Mishra, district magistrate for South Delhi. The total number of people in households was not immediately known.
“In light of this incident, we are considering that everyone involved in home delivery of food undergoes a clinical examination so that those who show symptoms cannot visit homes,” Mishra said. PTI.
The infected man’s 17 front-line contacts, including his colleagues, were quarantined at an institutional facility in Chhatarpur, Mishra said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the impact of COVID-19 on the Indian economy, and discussed a possible second stimulus with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to boost sectors affected by the pandemic.
Modi held talks with the finance minister as the pandemic hit sectors from small industries to the aviation sector with millions of jobs at stake.
Last month, the finance minister announced a stimulus of Rs 1.7 lakh crore that included free food grains and cooking gas for the poor for three months, and cash for poor women and seniors as he sought alleviate the economic impact of the national blockade.
3,336 Indians abroad infected with coronavirus
Official sources said that a total of 3,336 Indians in 53 countries were infected with the coronavirus, while 25 lost their lives due to the disease.
They said Indians stranded abroad will have to show patience as the government is not evacuating them as part of a broader political decision to control the spread of the virus in the country.
Sources said India decided to supply hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug, to 55 countries on a commercial basis, as well as subsidies.
Regarding the supply of medical equipment from abroad, they said that India is acquiring coronavirus test kits from South Korea and China.
India is seeking to acquire medical equipment from Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Japan and France to fight COVID-19, they said.
The COVID-19 pandemic could plunge 42-66 million children into extreme poverty: UN
Meanwhile, the United Nations said that approximately 42-66 million children could fall into extreme poverty as a result of the choroanvirus crisis this year, adding to the 386 million children already in extreme poverty in 2019. .
“Children are not the face of this pandemic. But they are at risk of being its greatest victims,” said a new Policy Brief: The impact of COVID-19 on children released by the United Nations on Thursday.
“This is a universal crisis of unprecedented scale. All children, of all ages and in all countries, are affected. However, some children are destined to bear the greatest costs. Among those who will be severely affected are children living in slums, refugee and IDP camps, and areas of active conflict. Children with disabilities. Children living in institutions and detention centers, “said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Urging nations to act now on the threats children face, Guterres said leaders must do everything in their power to cushion the impact of the pandemic.
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Update date: April 17, 2020 09:30:15 IST
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