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Coronavirus outbreak LAST updates: The Andhra Pradesh government will resume bus services within the state starting Thursday, ANI quoted Madireddy Pratap, Managing Director of the Andhra Pradesh State Highway Transportation Corporation as saying.
At least 1,683 buses will run first on 434 routes in non-containment zones, he added.
Booth aggregator Ola is laying off 1,400 travel, financial services and food business employees as revenue decreased 95 percent in the past two months due to the coronavirus pandemic, said a note from CEO Bhavish Aggarwal.
In an email to employees, Aggarwal made it clear that the future outlook for the business is “very unclear and uncertain” and that the impact of this crisis “will definitely be long for us.”
Indian Railways has stood out for its own promise to operate Shramik special trains by operating 204 of them in a single day, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday.
Goyal, through a tweet, stated that, beyond the promised 200 Shramik Special trains per day, the Railways had run 204 of those trains on May 19 to allow migrants, stranded due to the closure of COVID-19 , return to their native states.
“The Railways had promised yesterday to run 200 Shramik special trains for workers, exceeding that limit. We ran a record 204 trains serving passengers. So far, Indian Railways has operated a total of 1,773 Shramik special trains to send workers to their states of origin, “said Goyal’s tweet.
The total number of positive COVID19 cases in the Maharashtra police is now 1,388, including 948 active cases, 428 recovered and 12 deaths, reports AND ME. Meanwhile, the total number of active coronavirus cases in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) is now 96.
“An official at the Rohini prison tested positive for COVID-19. Staff living near him in staff quarters will also be asked to quarantine at home for 14 days, “said the Tihar prison official, reports AND ME. The total number of positive cases at the Rohini Prison is 17, which includes 15 inmates and two prison officials.
The Kerala government decided to postpone the SSLC or Class 10 and Plus two or Class 12 exams until the first week of June after the Center extended the coronavirus-induced blockade until May 31.
Union government guidelines will arrive in the first week of June. The Chief Minister’s Office said the date will be decided after that.
In a two-week period, as many as 74,118 people traveled back to Assam, while 17,488 left the state, said DGP GP Singh additional on Wednesday, who was appointed as the nodal officer for interstate transportation of stranded people from Assam.
With 37,136 confirmed cases of COVID-19 so far, Maharashtra remained the most affected state in the entire country, followed by Tamil Nadu with 12,448 and Gujarat with 12,140 cases.
Maharashtra continued to be the worst state affected by COVID with 37,136 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, according to the latest data from the Union Ministry of Health.
The state has reported 1,325 deaths from COVID-19 so far, while 9,639 patients have recovered, bringing the recovery rate to 26 percent.
India recorded the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases with 5,611 in the past 24 hours, according to the latest data released by the Union Ministry of Health on Wednesday. The overall count across the country was now 1.06,750.
The COVID-19 figure rose to 3,303 after 140 more patients succumbed to the viral infection as of Wednesday.
Expressing his regret at the deaths of farmers in the Etawah truck accident, Uttar Pradesh Prime Minister Yogi Adityanath announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the families of the victims and Rs 50,000 to the injured .
Six farmers died and one was injured after the truck they were traveling in collided with another truck in the Friends Colony area of Etawah in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday night.
R Singh, SP City said: “Farmers went to the market to sell jackfruit. The injured person entered Saifai Medical College.”
The number of confirmed cases in India crossed the lakh mark on Tuesday when the country reported 4,970 new infections and 134 deaths.
Health Ministry officials said the country has taken much longer to report lakh cases compared to other countries and that the death rate from the virus has also remained relatively low.
Confirmed cases cross a lakh mark
The Union health ministry, in its 8 a.m. update, said the total number of confirmed cases has reached 1.01,139 and the number has increased to 3,163. This marked an increase of almost 5,000 cases and 134 deaths in a 24 hour period. Up to 39,174 people have been cured of the viral infection and the number of active cases in the country is 58,802, according to the website of the ministry of health.
Of the 134 deaths reported since Monday morning, 51 were in Maharashtra, 35 in Gujarat, 14 in Uttar Pradesh, eight in Delhi, seven in Rajasthan, six in West Bengal, four in Madhya Pradesh, three in Tamil Nadu, two in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, and one in Bihar and Telangana.
After registering a one-day jump of 4,970 cases, the total number of # COVID19 cases in India increased more than 1 lakh on Tuesday. The total number of infections was 1.01,139. AP
Of the 3,163 deaths, Maharashtra tops the list with 1,249 deaths. Gujarat ranks second with 694 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 252, West Bengal at 244, Delhi at 168, Rajasthan at 138, Uttar Pradesh at 118, Tamil Nadu at 81 and Andhra Pradesh at 50.
The ministry also states that more than 70 percent of deaths are due to comorbidities or the existence of multiple disorders in the same person.
The largest number of confirmed cases in the country is from Maharashtra with 35,058, followed by Tamil Nadu with 11,760, Gujarat with 11,745, Delhi with 10,054, Rajasthan with 5,507, Madhya Pradesh with 5,236 and Uttar Pradesh with 4,605.
India currently reports 0.2 deaths per lakh, says health ministry
Separately, the health ministry said that for every lakh population, there are 7.1 cases of coronavirus in India so far, up from 60 worldwide.
Referring to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), the ministry said that as of Monday, 45,25,497 cases of COVID-19 had been reported worldwide, which is around 60 cases per lakh population.
Among the countries with a very high burden of coronavirus cases, the USA. With 14.09.452 cases of infection so far, they have around 431 cases per lakh population. In the United Kingdom, this ratio is 494 cases per lakh and for Italy it is 372.
Authorities also cited data that India had taken 64 days for the number of confirmed cases to rise from 100 to one lakh, which was more than double the time taken by countries like the United States and Spain.
According to data obtained from the Ministry of Health and Worldometers, cases of coronavirus infection increased from 100 to 1,00,000 in the US. USA In 25 days, while cases took 30 days to reach the 1 lakh mark in Spain, it reports PTI.
It took 35 days in Germany, 36 days in Italy, 39 days in France, and 42 days in the UK for cases of coronavirus infection to rise from 100 to 1 lakh, respectively.
Collecting more data, officials said India so far has an average of about 0.2 COVID-19 deaths per lakh population compared to the global average of 4.1.
“The relatively low numbers of deaths represent the timely identification of cases and the clinical management of cases.” PTI quotes the ministry as saying.
Officials also said a record number of 1.08,233 COVID-19 samples were analyzed Monday, bringing the total test count to more than 24 lakh.
While India’s total test count is estimated to be the seventh largest in the world, after the US. USA, Russia, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, the country ranks much lower at 139th place in terms of testing per million population, as per data website Worldometer. Countries that have performed more tests than India per million population include Russia, Italy, Australia, Singapore, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, Canada, France and Sweden.
According to the latest data, more than 48 lakh people worldwide have tested positive for the deadly virus since it first appeared in China last December, while nearly 3.2 lakh have lost their lives. More than 18 lakh have also been recovered. More than 15 lakh cases have been reported in the United States alone, while more than 90,000 have died there.
Kerala and Manipur report new cases
There is concern that in some parts of the country, including Kerala, Goa, and some northeastern states, a second or third wave of the virus outbreak is emerging, as these states have nearly flattened the curves until a few days before people from other states or countries started to get there.
Kerala on Tuesday recorded 12 more cases of COVID-19, all of which were returned from abroad and other states, bringing the total number of active patients to 142. Prime Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the increase was expected, but said that community transmission It has not happened so far. All of those who tested positive had come from out of state: four from abroad and eight from other states, including six from Maharashtra, Vijayan told reporters.
Since May 7, when the first repatriation flight landed from the Gulf, several of the Keralites returned home after being stranded in foreign countries and in other states such as Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, which have a large number of cases. of COVID-19, positive result Also on Monday, up to 28 returnees tested positive.
Also in Manipur, a woman and her daughter tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from Delhi, authorities said. Uttar Pradesh also saw 142 more people testing positive for COVID-19, bringing their number to 4,748.
The National Capital registered 500 more cases, bringing its count to 10,554, while its death toll has now risen to 166. In Assam, 20 people tested positive, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 135. All new patients they were in different quarantine centers in districts. These included people who had returned from Chennai and Darjeeling.
At least two COVID-19-related deaths were reported in Andhra Pradesh, bringing the number to 52, while 57 more tested positive. With this, the total number of infections in the state has reached 2,489. New cases include those related to the Koyambedu market in Chennai, which has become a major entry point for deadly virus infection.
Karnataka recorded its largest increase in a single day with 127 new cases. Of these, 91 have a history of interstate travel from neighboring Maharashtra, the state government said.
Maharashtra, the worst affected state, reported 2,100 new cases, bringing its overall count to 37,158, the state’s health minister, Rajesh Tope said.
Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir Issue Blocking Guidelines
Two days after the Center announced an extension of the national closure until May 31, the government of Maharashtra on Tuesday issued guidelines that delimit the state in red and non-red areas and allow shops, public transportation in non-red areas.
According to the guidelines, which will take effect from May 22, municipal corporations in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (which includes Mumbai, Thane and the surrounding cities), as well as the civic bodies of Pune, Solapur, Aurangabad, Malegaon, Nashik, Dhule, Jalgaon, Akola and Amravati fall in the red zone. In the red light district, the use of rickshaws, taxis, or taxis is not allowed, while stores may operate in accordance with previously issued guidelines.
Significantly, electronic commerce for the delivery of non-essential goods has been allowed in all areas, except for containment areas, which must be notified by local authorities. In such containment areas, only essential services will be allowed. Movement of people in and out of these areas will not be allowed, except for medical emergencies and to maintain the supply of essential goods.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration also issued orders classifying the districts into orange, red and green zones and issued guidelines for the fourth phase of the blockade. According to AND ME, hospitals, clinics and liquor stores will be able to open throughout the territory of the Union, while canteens / restaurants at bus stops, railway stations and airports will also be able to open in the UT, but with passes in the red light districts.
Likewise, the opening of hairdressers, salons and salons in all areas will be allowed, except within the limits of municipal corporations in the red and orange zones. Private offices can operate with 50 percent strength in orange areas and 100 percent strength in green areas.
In Delhi, where the closing relaxations began, several markets were buzzing with activity, but many merchants complained of a lower influx of customers even as confusion prevailed over opening stores using the odd-numbered formula.
Stock image of migrants boarding special trains. AP
The Center issues guidelines for Shramik’s special trains
New guidelines for Shramik special trains issued by the Center removed mandatory consent from destination states. In accordance with the new SOP, the train schedule, including stops and destination, will be finalized by the ministry of railways according to the requirements of the states and UT, and it will be communicated to the states and UT to make the appropriate arrangements to send and receive said stranded workers. Authorities explained that the Ministry of Railways will guarantee more stops for special trains for the comfort of migrant workers.
Sending states and UTs, and the Ministry of Railways will ensure that passengers are mandatorily screened, and only asymptomatic passengers can board the trains, he said. During boarding and travel, all passengers must observe social distancing and must comply with the health protocols prescribed by the destination state or UT upon arrival, the SOP said.
With contributions from agencies
Update date: 20 May 2020 14:19:11 IST
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