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Coronavirus outbreak LATEST updates: The total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in India reaches 35,043, 1,147 deaths registered, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday. 73 deaths and 1993 new cases reported in the last 24 hours in the country due to the new virus.
India recorded a total of 35,043 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday, according to the latest data from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The total number of deaths caused by the new coronavirus so far was 1,147.
Of the total confirmed cases, 25,007 were active cases, while one patient with COVID-19 migrated. The nation’s recovery rate was 25.4 percent with up to 8,888 COVID-19 patients cured.
With a more positive individual test for the new coronavirus in the Balasore district, the total number of confirmed cases in Odisha on Friday rose to 143. The figure also includes 143 active cases of COVID-19.
Balasore has recorded up to 20 confirmed cases of COVID-19 so far. The total number of RT-PCR tests performed at Odisha in the last 24 hours was 2437.
The number of coronavirus victims in India crossed 1,000 on Thursday after 67 new deaths were reported, and cases rose to 33,610 with 1,823 new infections in one day. State governments have also begun preparations to help thousands of migrant workers and students reach their homes from different parts of the country, where they have been stranded for more than a month due to the COVID-19 blockade.
As people waited for more clarity on the government’s next move in the national shutdown, the second phase of which ends this Sunday, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said India should open its economy in a measured way soon to save jobs and He estimated that Rs 65,000 crore would have to be spent to support the poor in the midst of the crisis.
Interacting with Congressman Rahul Gandhi via video conference, Rajan said “it is too easy to have a blockade forever”, but that is not sustainable for the economy and India does not have the capacity to support people in everything the spectrum for too long.
A medical worker takes a nasal sample from a person in an area of the red zone in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. AP
A national blockade has been in place since March 25. Initially, it was announced for 21 days until April 14, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended it until May 3, as a measure to contain the coronovirus pandemic.
Meanwhile, at the Union Health Minister’s daily briefing on Thursday, authorities said the recovery rate of patients with COVID-19 has improved to nearly 25.2 percent, from about 13 percent fifteen days ago.
The ministry’s nightly update said 1,075 people have died from COVID-19 across the country after 67 deaths were reported since Wednesday night.
However, a PTI The count of tolls reported by various states and union territories, at 8:30 pm, showed that at least 1,137 people have lost their lives, while nearly 34,500 people have been infected so far.
At the press conference, the joint secretary of the Ministry of Health, Lav Agarwal, said that the current death rate among those detected is 3.2 percent, with 65 percent men and 35 percent women.
“If we divide it according to age, 14 percent mortality has been seen in people under 45 years of age, 34.8 percent between 45 and 60 years old and 51.2 percent in those over 60 years old” , said.
Agarwal further said that the recovery rate of COVID-19 has improved from 13.06 percent to over 25 percent in the past 14 days. He added that the duplication rate for COVID-19 cases has improved to 11 days compared to 3.4 days before the block was imposed.
Furthermore, he said that the duplication rate of COVID-19 cases was found between 11 and 20 days in Delhi (11.3), Uttar Pradesh (12), Jammu and Kashmir (12.2), Odisha (13), Rajasthan (17.8) , Tamil Nadu (19.1) and Punjab (19.5).
A doubling rate of between 20 and 40 days was observed in Karnataka (21.6), Ladakh (24.2), Haryana (24.4), Uttarakhand (30.3) and Kerala (37.5), Agarwal said.
A doubling rate of more than 40 days was observed in Assam (59), Telangana (70.8), Chhattisgarh (89.7) and Himachal Pradesh (191.6), he added.
Speaking about expanding the tests, Agarwal said that starting with a single laboratory, RT-PCR tests are now available at 292 government and 97 private facilities across the country.
“On Wednesday, 58,686 tests were performed and if you look at the average number of tests performed each day in the last five days, it is 49,800 tests. It is important to understand that whatever capacity is needed, we have progressively increased it.” he said.
COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra cross 10,000 marks, Gujarat reports 313 new patients
Maharashtra only saw its account cross 10,000 with 583 new cases during the day, while 27 more people died. The state tops the national count with a total of 10,498 confirmed cases and 459 deaths so far. Mumbai alone now has 6,874 confirmed cases and 290 deaths.
Gujarat also saw its number of confirmed cases rise from 313 to 4,395, while 17 more people died on Thursday to bring the state’s death toll to 214. Ahmedabad reported more than 3,000 cases and 149 deaths.
Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Karnataka and West Bengal also reported new cases.
There are more than 24,000 active patients across the country, while more than 8,300 people have recovered and one patient has migrated. The total number of cases includes 111 foreign citizens.
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that India is better compared to other countries in all parameters in its fight against COVID-19 and that it should be able to win this decisive war in the coming weeks.
Some 60,000 foreigners from 72 countries have also been evacuated from India, while the issue of evacuation of stranded Indians abroad is also under discussion, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
States take steps to facilitate the movement of stranded people
Meanwhile, several states announced the steps they were taking to facilitate the movement of migrant workers and students, stranded in various cities due to the closure, to help them get to their respective places of origin, in line with the Interior Ministry (MHA). . ) guidelines announced Wednesday. Some states have already brought in some migrant workers from other places.
The Madhya Pradesh government said it has brought back more than 20,000 migrant workers, who were stranded in other states due to the closure of COVID-19.
Uttar Pradesh Prime Minister Yogi Adityanath called on officials to prepare quarantine centers, foster homes and community kitchens as the state prepares for the return of stranded migrant workers in different parts of the country.
Maharashtra issued a notice designating all district collectors as the nodal authority for the movement of stranded people within or outside the state and also within the state, while the Gujarat government appointed 16 bureaucrats as nodal officers to facilitate the movement of such people across borders.
The Kerala government renewed its demand for special nonstop trains to transport those who wish to depart for their respective states. There are 3.60 lakh workers in more than 20,000 camps in the state and most of them, from West Bengal, Assam, Odisha, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, wanted to return to their homes.
Punjab Prime Minister Amarinder Singh also urged the prime minister to organize special trains for the transport of migrant workers, while ordering all deputy commissioners to prepare data on migrant workers stranded in the state due to the closure.
According to the MHA order, buses will be used to transport the stranded, and these vehicles will be disinfected and must follow safe rules for social distance in the seats. A senior official said that all states and UTs should “strictly follow” these guidelines.
While the movement of trucks is already permitted for the carriage of goods during closure, the MHA separately clarified that separate passes are not required for their interstate movement, even for those who carry goods or return after delivery, and the license of the driver is enough.
There have been reports that the movement of trucks is not freely permitted and local authorities insist on separate passes on interstate borders in different parts of the country.
More than 30 million Americans apply for unemployment benefits
Grim new figures on Thursday underscored the global economic pain caused by the coronavirus: The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits has exceeded a staggering 30 million, while Europe’s economies are in an epic slump, AP reported.
Statistics are likely to increase pressure on politicians to ease blockades that have closed factories and other businesses.
In the United States, the government reported that 3.8 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week, bringing the total to approximately 30.3 million in the six weeks since the outbreak occurred. The layoffs amount to 1 in 6 American workers and cover more people than the entire population of Texas.
Some economists say that when the US unemployment rate USA By April next week, it could hit 20 percent, a figure not seen since the Depression of the 1930s, when unemployment reached 25 percent.
The virus has killed more than 2,20,000 people worldwide, including more than 61,000 in the United States, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University. Confirmed infections worldwide exceeded 3.2 million, with 1 million of them in the US. But the actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to limited evidence, differences in the death count, and concealment by some governments.
With contributions from agencies
Update date: 01 May 2020 09:36:53 IST
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