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Coronavirus outbreak LATEST updates: At least 25 people, including journalists, who work for a Tamil news television channel tested positive for the coronavirus here on Tuesday, a health department official said. When asked, the official said that the test results of those associated with the television channel were combining and indicated that the total number of positives could be ’27 ‘.
The number of coronavirus cases in the Rae Bareli district increased from two to 35 and several people tested positive after contacting participants from a Tablighi Jamaat congregation, officials said Tuesday.
Rajasthan stopped using the coronavirus rapid test kits on Tuesday after receiving incorrect and incorrect results for a large number of samples. Health Minister Raghu Sharma said the kits were giving only five percent correct or valid results and that a report was sent to the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) about it.
More than 100 families residing in the President’s Estate are under self-isolation as a preventive measure after a relative of a sanitation worker tested positive for coronavirus, officials said Tuesday. The relative of the sanitation worker, a resident of the farm that houses Rashtrapati Bhavan, has been admitted to a hospital for treatment, they said.
Trinamool Congressman Derek O’Brien asked why the Center did not send IMCT teams to states like Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh despite the large number of cases and critical points there.
The number of coronavirus victims rose to 77 in Gujarat when six other people succumbed to the disease, a health official said Tuesday. About 127 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the state, bringing the count to 2,066. This figure includes 131 recoveries and deaths so far.
Delhi has reported a total of 2,081 positive cases, of these 78 cases were found on Monday. The Delhi-Ghaziabad border has been sealed as a measure to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
472 more COVID-19 cases reported in Maharashtra as of 10 am Tuesday, bringing the state’s total positive cases to 4,676, reports AND ME. Nine more deaths have been reported, bringing the total number of victims in the state to 232, said the Maharashtra Government Public Health Department.
Three police officers tested positive for COVID-19 in the Nabi Karim area of Paharganj, New Delhi. A total of 11 police officers are COVID positive now in the central district. The Nabi Karim area is one of the 84 containment zones in the National Capital.
Bomi Bhote, executive director of the Ruby Hall Clinic, reported that 25 hospital employees, including 19 nurses, tested positive for COVID-19 at the Ruby Hall Clinic in Pune. AND ME. Meanwhile, according to the Worldometer, about 1,70,456 people worldwide have died so far from the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak on April 21.
The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 continues to increase steadily in Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, according to data from the Union Ministry of Health. Rajasthan has so far reported 1,628 cases. Of these, 205 patients have recovered. The toll in the state is 25.
Five more people tested positive for the new coronavirus in Odisha on Tuesday, bringing the total number of such cases to 79 in the state, a health department official said.
There are now 18,601 total cases of the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India. Active cases amount to 14,759 and recoveries to 3,251 and deaths to 590.
United States President Donald Trump said Monday that he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration to the United States.
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Monday that the rate of duplication of COVID-19 cases in the state has slowed further to seven days from five days earlier.
A positive case of coronavirus found in Rashtrapati Bhavan, 125 families sent home in quarantine, ANI reports. 125 families advised to remain in self-isolation as ordered by the guidelines of the Ministry of Health as a precautionary measure.
US crude oil rose more than $ 20 a barrel on Tuesday, but was still trading below $ 0 after falling into negative territory for the first time in history, dragged down by oversupply and falling demand for crude oil. to the coronavirus pandemic.
Confirmed cases in India increased to 17,656 and the number of victims of the coronavirus outbreak increased to 559, while several states sought to contain the economic cost of the pandemic by easing some restrictions.
However, some states preferred to maintain strict restrictions, with Tamil Nadu and Karnataka joining Delhi to decide against any relaxation until May 3.
Punjab, which had ruled out any relaxation until May 3, said part of industrial activity could resume in areas other than those identified as high-risk “containment zones”.
No new cases in 59 districts in fifteen days, says health ministry
Coronvirus cases in India rose to 17,656 on Monday. PTI
According to the Union Ministry of Health, the number of positive coronavirus cases saw a sharp increase of 1,553 between Sunday and Monday, while there has been a recovery rate of around 15 percent.
At the daily COVID-19 press conference, the joint secretary of the Ministry of Health, Law Agarwal, said that up to 59 districts in 23 states and Union territories have not reported a single case in the last 14 days and also stated that the case duplication rate has improved to 7.5 days, from 3.4 days before the crash. Last Friday, he had put the case duplication rate at 6.2 days.
The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) and Ministry of Health officials said 80 percent of the patients were asymptomatic or had only mild symptoms, but were found positive after the tests. They also said that about 15 percent of patients become severe cases, while 5 percent become critical.
Later, in its 5 pm update, the ministry said the number of COVID-19 deaths increased to 559 and that the number of cases increased to 17,656 across the country. Across the country, 2,851 people have been expelled, he said. According to data published on its website, the highest number of cases have been reported in Maharashtra (4,203), followed by Delhi (2,003), Gujarat (1,851), Uttar Pradesh (1,176) and Madhya Pradesh (1,485).
However, a PTI The count of the figures reported by various states and territories of the Union, as at 9.15 pm, showed 18,322 confirmed cases, 2,969 recoveries and 590 deaths.
Maharashtra total reaches 4,666, 53 journalists test positive in Mumbai
According to state government reports, Maharashtra alone has reported 4,666 cases, while Delhi has also crossed 2,000. Gujarat has 1,939 cases, while Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan are above 1,500 each, closely followed by Madhya Pradesh with 1,414 cases.
New cases reported from various parts of the country include those of police personnel in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, health workers in various places, journalists in Mumbai and even prisoners in the Indore of Madhya Pradesh.
In Mumbai, where 3,032 cases have been reported to date, 53 journalists have contracted the disease, they reported. Huffpost. Shiv Sena leader and member of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation health committee Amey Ghole told the publication that samples had been collected from 167 Mumbai journalists for the test and 53 of them had tested positive. Significantly, most journalists who tested positive did not show any symptoms, according to AND ME.
Gujarat reported 201 new positive coronavirus cases, bringing the number of people affected in the state to 1939, a health official said. PTI adding that most of the cases were reported from virus critical points.
The Tamil Nadu government said 43 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the state on Monday, bringing the total number of cases to 1,520 in the state. Meanwhile, 46 COVID-19 patients were discharged Monday.
Some states ease restrictions, Center rebukes Kerala, West Bengal
Despite multiple states reporting increasing numbers of cases, the first set of national blockade relaxations, which went into effect on March 25, went into action in selected locations in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Goa, among other states.
But despite the relaxations announced by state authorities, which are mostly limited to non-urban areas, industry executives said most companies have decided to expect a complete exit from the shutdown, as continued restrictions on goods and the movement of people hinder the resumption of the stagnant economy. activities, which are estimated to have already suffered a loss of Rs 7-8 lakh crores.
While attendance at government establishments also increased marginally, there have been no relaxations as such for public road transport, rail passenger services, and flights.
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said restrictions on domestic and international flights will be lifted when the government is confident that the spread of the coronavirus has been controlled and poses no danger to Indians.
Goa eased some blocking restrictions, according to central government guidelines, as there are currently no active cases in the state after the recovery of its last patient on Sunday. However, leaders there warned against any rush to declare the state a ‘green zone’ or virus-free.
Manipur Prime Minister Biren Singh said the state has broken free of COVID-19. “We have decided to relax the coronavirus blockade in rural areas, but the blockade will continue in Imphal until further orders. Essential goods stores will open between 8 am and 2 pm in urban areas,” he said.
Kerala, where the case doubling rate is among the best in the country at 72.2 days, also announced a series of relaxations, but had to rescind some after facing the attack from the Center.
In a letter to the state government, the Union Interior Ministry said Kerala’s decision to open restaurants, allow bus travel in cities, and open MSMEs in urban areas amounted to dilution of closure guidelines and also an observation from the Supreme Court. Later in the day, the state government decided not to allow bus transportation in cities, the opening of restaurants, and passenger riding on two-wheeled vehicles.
At the daily press conference, the joint secretary of the Interior Ministry, Punya Salila Srivastava, said that the states were told that some of them were issuing certain guidelines that were equivalent to “diluting” the closure and causing “serious repercussions for the health “of citizens.
She said states and UTs can take stricter measures than what is mentioned in guidelines issued by the central government to enforce the national blockade to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but cannot dilute or weaken them.
Separately, the Interior Ministry also said that the situation of COVID-19 is “especially serious” in Mumbai, Pune, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata and some other places in West Bengal, and warned that the violation of the blockade measures risks the spread of the new coronavirus. further away. The ministry said six inter-ministerial core teams will visit these identified areas in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Rajasthan in the next three days to conduct an on-site assessment and recommend corrective action in a report to the Center.
In identical orders issued to all four states Sunday, the Home Office said there have been several incidents of violence against COVID-19 frontline health care professionals, a complete violation of social distancing and vehicle movement rules in urban areas.
The Center also dispatched a team to assess the severity of the COVID-19 situation in West Bengal, which saw its highest peak of 54 cases. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sent a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Mod in which she expressed her discontent at the fact that the state government had remained in the dark about the visit, which she said violated established protocol.
Tamil Nadu, Karnataka extend blockade until May 3
Amid a growing number of cases, the Tamil Nadu government said COVID-19’s prohibitive orders and other blocking measures will continue until May 3 without any relaxation, while Karnataka’s Cabinet decided to enact an ordinance, giving it special powers to control the spread of COVID-19. These include providing protection for frontline health workers and making failure to cooperate with the government a punishable offense.
Karnataka also decided to continue COVID-19’s blockade measures until May 3 without any relaxation, said Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Law JC Madhuswamy. However, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and the COVID-19 Working Group have been authorized to meet in three to four days to review and make additional decisions on any relaxation.
Rajasthan Prime Minister Ashok Gehlot said Monday there has been some relaxation for economic activities, but that it is limited as he called on people not to violate the closing rules and to avoid leaving their homes. In Uttar Pradesh, you would not relax in Lucknow, Agra, and Firozabad.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said limited industrial activities have been allowed in certain areas of the state to restart the wheels of the economy, but this should not be seen as an indication that the threat of coronavirus has somehow diminished .
There has been an increase of 835 cases of COVID-19 in Maharashtra in the past 36 hours, but we are relaxing stringent blocking rules to restart the wheels of the economy, he said.
Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the state “will not be able” to pay its employees’ wages for May if it does not receive financial support from abroad.
Global toll crosses 1.66 lakh
According to the John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center, 1.66,794 people have died from viral disease worldwide. Italy has reported the highest number of deaths (23,660) while Spain registered 20,852. However, the US USA They now have the highest number of infections (7.61,991) while the global count has reached 2,432,092.
However, the WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned that “the worst is yet to come”, referring to the 1918 Spanish flu.
“Trust us. The worst is yet to come,” he said. “Let’s prevent this tragedy. It is a virus that many people still do not understand, “news agency AP he quoted him saying.
With contributions from agencies
Update date: April 21, 2020 15:14:22 IST
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