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Coronavirus outbreak LAST updates: At least 14 migrant workers in Maharashtra, on their way to their home in Chhattisgarh, were killed by a freight train in the Gadhe jalgaon area of Aurangabad on Friday morning.
The tragic incident occurred when migrant workers slept on the rails between Badnapur and Karmad.
They were resting on the train tracks at the time of the accident and intended to take a train from Aurangabad to their town.
The number of victims of COVID-19 disease in India increased to 1,783, while the number of new coronavirus cases rose to 52,952 on Thursday, registering an increase of 89 deaths and 3,561 cases in the last 24 hours, the Ministry said of Health of the Union.
However, a PTI The count of numbers reported by states and UTs until 6:45 p.m. put the total number of confirmed cases at 53,950.
The number of active COVID-19 cases was 35,902, while 15,266 people recovered and one patient migrated, he said.
In what comes as troubling news, as many as 77 inmates and 26 officials at the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai have contracted coronavirus. According to India today, tests were conducted on all inmates and staff the day after a 45-year-old inmate facing drug-related charges tested positive.
Meanwhile, speaking at a virtual virtual event of Buddha Purnima, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India is doing everything possible to save the lives of all citizens from the coronavirus, but is also taking its global obligations very seriously during the pandemic.
He also said that India’s growth will always help global growth.
State cases
The largest number of confirmed cases in the country is from Maharashtra with 16,758 followed by Gujarat with 6,625, Delhi with 5,532, Tamil Nadu with 4,829, Rajasthan with 3,317, Madhya Pradesh with 3,138 and Uttar Pradesh with 2,998.
The number of COVID-19 cases increased to 1,777 in Andhra Pradesh and 1,516 in Punjab. It has increased to 1,456 in West Bengal, 1,107 in Telangana, 775 in Jammu and Kashmir, 693 in Karnataka, 594 in Haryana and 542 in Bihar.
Representative image. AP
Kerala has reported 503 coronavirus cases so far, while Odisha has 185 cases. A total of 127 people have been infected with the virus in Jharkhand and 120 in Chandigarh.
Uttarakhand has reported 61 cases, Chhattisgarh has 59 cases, Assam and Himachal Pradesh have 45 each, while Tripura has 43 and Ladakh has recorded 41 cases so far.
Up to 33 cases of COVID-19 have been reported on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Meghalaya has recorded 12 cases, Puducherry has nine, while Goa has seven COVID-19 cases.
Manipur has two cases. Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Dadar and Nagar Haveli have each reported one case.
A total of 89 deaths have been reported since Wednesday, of which 34 people died in Maharashtra, 28 in Gujarat, nine in Madhya Pradesh, four in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, three in Rajasthan, two from Punjab and Tamil Nadu and one from Delhi, Haryana and Orissa.
Of the 1,783 deaths in the country, Maharashtra tops the list with 651 deaths, Gujarat ranks second with 396 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh in 185, West Bengal in 144, Rajasthan in 92, Delhi in 65, Uttar Pradesh in 60 and Andhra Pradesh at 36.
The death toll from COVID-19 rose to 35 in Tamil Nadu, while Telangana and Karnataka have reported 29 deaths each from the disease. Punjab has recorded 27 deaths from COVID-19, Jammu and Kashmir eight, and Haryana seven. Kerala and Bihar have reported four deaths each.
Jharkhand has recorded three deaths from COVID-19. Odisha and Himachal Pradesh have reported two deaths each.
Meghalaya, Chandigarh, Assam and Uttarakhand have each reported one death, according to ministry data.
77 inmates of the Mumbai prison test positive
As many as 77 inmates and 26 staff members at Arthur Road Prison were found to have contracted coronavirus after coming into contact with a cook who had contracted the infection.
“The prisoners will be quarantined with the help of the Mumbai civic corps,” said Maharashtra Interior Minister Anil Deshmukh.
Deshmukh also said that to prevent the spread of new coronaviruses in prisons, the state government had decided to parole some 5,000 prisoners who had been sentenced to less than seven years in prison.
Hindustan Times He cited an unidentified senior police official who claims that JJ Hospital state officials have already collected swab samples from 150 people in the prison and more samples are being collected.
“The possibility that COVID-19 may have entered the prison through BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) cleaning staff, sanitation or essential services workers who used to go to jail cannot be ruled out,” the official told the newspaper. requesting anonymity.
Repatriation of Indians stranded abroad begins
The first of two flights from the United Arab Emirates carrying 177 Indian citizens departed for Kerala on Thursday, when India began its largest repatriation exercise to bring back its stranded citizens abroad amidst the blockade of international travel by the coronavirus pandemic.
A total of 354 Indian citizens, including 11 pregnant women and a pair of twins, will return home on Thursday on the two flights from the UAE to Kerala as part of the repatriation exercise called ‘Vande Bharat Mission’.
Air India Express flight IX452 took off from Abu Dhabi to Kochi, followed by a Dubai-Kozhikode flight by the same airline.
Passengers began arriving at the Abu Dhabi and Dubai airports at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday. Some of the passengers carried the Indian flags.
“They all passed the tests,” said the Indian Consul General in Dubai, Vipul, quoted by the Gulf News.
Harsh Vardhan meets with state ministers
On Thursday, the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan held a meeting with Uttar Pradesh and Odisha health ministers, and senior officials from the Center and state governments to review the situation, the actions being taken and the preparation for the management of COVID-19.
He noted that, compared to other countries, India is in better shape, as the death rate is 3.3 percent and the recovery rate is 28.83 percent.
The minister also said that among the active cases, 4.8 percent of the patients are in the ICU, 1.1 percent with ventilators and 3.3 percent with oxygen.
Test capacity has increased in the country and is 95,000 tests per day. Cumulatively, so far 13,57,442 tests have been performed for COVID-19.
There are 180 districts with no new cases in less than 7 days, 180 districts with no new cases in 7-13 days, 164 districts with no new cases reported in 14-20 days, and 136 districts with no new cases since the last 21-28 days
In view of the increase in the number of migrant workers expected to arrive in their native states in the coming days, the Union health minister noted that it is necessary to design a robust strategy and mechanism for their testing, quarantine and treatment of the positives. cases.
Japan approves Remdesivir from Gilead Sciences as drug COVID-19
Japan approved the Rmdesivir from Gilead Sciences Inc as a treatment for COVID-19, the country’s health ministry said Thursday, making it the first officially licensed drug for coronavirus disease.
Japan reached the decision just three days after the US drug maker. USA He requested fast approval for treatment.
Remdesivir will be administered to patients with severe symptoms of COVID-19, a Japanese health ministry official said at a press conference. Without other approved treatments for COVID-19, interest in the drug is growing worldwide.
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