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The situation for COVID-19 is “especially serious” in Mumbai, Pune, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata and some other places in West Bengal, the Interior Ministry said on April 20, as India saw selective relaxation of confinement in areas without containment.
Strict restrictions continue in districts declared COVID-19 hot spots.
Also read: List of what is and what is not allowed after April 20
The Hindu He has presented an electronic book in several languages on essential information of COVID-19, in addition to covering the developments related to the coronavirus pandemic as it developed. Here is a collection of our daily cartoons on COVID-19.
Here are expert answers on your virus inquiries, a list of state hotline numbers, a state tracker for COVID-19 cases, deaths and tests, and a map of confirmed cases in India.
Here are the latest updates:
13:40 | Rajasthan
Rajasthan stops using rapid test kits as most results are invalid
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 just five percent correct or valid results and that a report was sent to the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) about it.
–PTI
13:30 h | Manipur
As Manipur relaxes the blockade, people venture to buy essential products
After the relaxation of closing and the curfew of 6 a.m. at 2 p.m. In Manipur since Tuesday, thousands of people in the State went out to buy basic products. A cabinet meeting on Monday decided to relax the curves of more than 15 sectors until May 3.
1.15 pm | Maharashtra
25 medical staff members, including 19 nurses, test positive at Ruby Hall Clinic in Pune
At least 25 hospital employees, including 19 nurses, at the city’s Ruby Hall Clinic have tested positive for Covid-19 for the past two weeks and have been quarantined in isolation facilities, hospital authorities said.
Bomi Bhote, executive director of the Ruby Hall Clinic, said that 19 nurses, three support staff members and three clinical assistants had tested positive for 1,000 of the hospital’s employees in the past 15 days.
“They are all asymptomatic and in a stable condition. They have been quarantined in a dedicated Covid-19 building on the hospital premises and all of their primary contacts have been tracked and tested, “Bhote said, adding that the case of one of the hospital employees, who came from the highly infected The Kasarwadi area of the city prompted authorities to conduct a test drive of their own personnel.
–Shoumojit Banerjee
1.00 pm | Tamil Nadu
Mother and baby admitted to isolation room in Villupuram
Two patients, including a seven-month-old baby, were admitted to the isolation ward of the Villupuram Government Medical School and Hospital (VGMCH) in the early hours of Tuesday.
12.50 pm | west of bengal
Mamata spoke about the visit of the core teams 3 hours after landing, says Derek O ‘Brien
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee received information about the core team’s visit to monitor some districts for coronaviruses three hours after the team landed, TMC MP Derek O ‘Brien said.
The TMC questioned why the central teams did not visit States such as Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, UP with a greater number of coronavirus cases, more critical points.
The party described the visit of the central inter-ministerial teams as “adventure tourism”.
Protesting at the Center to send teams to assess the “serious” situation of COVID-19 in the state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sent a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, highlighting the “unilateral” action and “undesirable”. , keeping his government in the dark.
–PTI
12.40 pm | India
Guidelines for non-coronavirus health facilities reporting patients with COVID-19
The Union Ministry of Health has issued guidelines to follow in the detection of suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 in non-coronavirus health facilities and such hospitals located near or serving COVID-19 containment areas should Treat all patients as suspicious cases until proven otherwise. .
12.35 pm | Karnataka
Cases go up to 415 in Karnataka
Three new cases have been reported from Vijayapura and Kalaburgi and one from Dakshina Kannada. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases in Karnataka to 415. – Afshan Yasmeen
12.30 p. M. | Meghalaya
A more positive test for COVID-19 in Meghalaya
A 42-year-old woman, a friend of the family of the first patient with COVID-19 in Meghalaya, tested positive for the new coronavirus, bringing the number of active cases to 11 in the state, said chief minister Conrad Sangma.
12.20 pm | Delhi
Delhi Government. will carry out the COVID-19 test in mediators in the national capital: Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Prime Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday that his government will conduct the COVID-19 test on mediators in the national capital, after 53 scribes tested positive for a new coronavirus in Mumbai.
Responding to a tweet in which a person asked the CM to organize a massive test of COVID-19 for mediators in Delhi along the lines of the one that took place in Mumbai, Mr. Kejriwal said: “Sure. We will do that. “
12.05 pm | Meghalaya
A more positive test for COVID-19 in Meghalaya
A 42-year-old woman, who is friends with the family of the first COVID-19 patient in Meghalaya, tested positive for new coronaviruses, bringing the number of active cases to 11 in the state, said chief minister Conrad Sangma.
The new case is related to the state’s first COVID-19 patient, a doctor who died on April 15.
With the new case reported from the state capital, the total number of people affected by the dreaded virus in the state is now 12. – PTI
12.00 noon | Delhi
A Lok Sabha employee who resides in Kali Bari Marg and works / Member of Parliament has tested positive for COVID-19. – Jatin Anand
11.40 am
India’s COVID-19 death crosses 600
India has reported 603 deaths so far, of which 234 are from Maharashtra alone. Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh have reported 77 deaths each. Delhi has reported 47 deaths.
11.35 am | Maharashtra
Pune reports two more deaths
Two more deaths, including that of a wife of a former army jawan, were reported from the Pune district in the past 24 hours, bringing the district’s death toll to 52, authorities said Tuesday.
The 62-year-old woman, a resident of Nigdi in the Pimpri-Chinchwad area, died at the Cardio-Thoracic Center of the Military Hospital (MH CTC) in the Wanowrie area of Pune.
Secondly, a 57-year-old woman from the Kondwa area of the city, admitted to Pune’s Sassoon General Hospital on April 19, died of acute respiratory failure on Monday afternoon. Their hyssop sample report, which arrived late Monday night, tested positive for COVID-19. – Shoumojit Banerjee
11.20 am | Gujarat
Gujarat’s COVID-19 account crosses 2,000
Acute increase in infections in Gujarat with 127 new cases and six deaths, leading to 2,066 cases and 77 deaths so far in the state.
Of the six deaths reported on Tuesday, five are from Ahmedabad and one in Bhavnagar. – Mahesh Langa
11.00 am | Madhya Pradesh
Police officer dies of COVID-19 in MP
A 59-year-old man in charge of a Ujjain police station died of COVID-19 on Tuesday morning while receiving treatment at a hospital.
“He had contracted the disease while doing his duty,” said A.G. Sinha, Ujjain Chief Medical and Health Officer. He added that the inspector was sent to the Neelganga station, which was in one of the containment areas, where infected cases had been reported.
The death toll is 77 in Madhya Pradesh now. So far, 1,503 cases have been reported in the State, with Indore, in 915, registering more than half of them. Bhopal has registered 254 cases. – Sidharath Yadav
10.10 am | New Delhi
More than 100 families in the state of the president under self-isolation
A view of Rashtrapati Bhavan during closure.
The | Photo Credit: V.V. Krishnan
More than 100 families have self-isolated inside the President’s Estate, where Rashtrapati Bhavan is located, after a person tested positive for COVID-19, a senior official said Tuesday.
Confirming the news to The HinduThe senior official said that the main Rashtrapati Bhavan where President Ram Nath Kovind and his family remain has not been affected.
9.50 am | New Delhi
Guidelines issued for the management of waste generated during the treatment of the patient COVID-19
The use of double-layer bags, mandatory labeling, and color-coded containers for handling waste generated during the diagnosis and treatment of suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients are part of the guidelines issued by the Central Board of Pollution Control.
The CPCB has also written to state pollution control boards and pollution control committees to consider the operation of common biomedical waste treatment and disposal facilities and their associated personnel as an essential part of the health infrastructure service. – PTI
9.30 am | United States
72 active trials underway in the US USA About coronavirus: Trump
United States President Donald Trump said there are 72 active trials underway across the country investigating dozens of coronavirus therapies and treatments and that tremendous progress is being made in vaccines.
According to the president, there are therapies designed to attack the virus and others that will hinder its replication, reduce the infection rate, control the immune response or transfer life-saving antibodies from the blood of recovered patients.
8.30 a.m.
Karnataka records another death
Another death has been reported in Karnataka, bringing the total death toll to 17. An 80-year-old person, who died in Kalaburgi on Monday, tested positive. The reports came early Tuesday morning.
Health Minister B. Sriramulu confirmed this in a tweet. The deceased had been suffering from Parkinson’s for the past three years. – Special correspondent
8.00 am
Five more cases in Odisha
Five other cases of COVID-19 were reported in Odisha at midnight Monday, bringing the state total to 79. With the death of one patient and the recovery of 25 people so far, the number of active cases is 53, said the State Department of Health.
7.30 am
Infections Among US deportees Reach Haiti, Mexico
Mexico and Haiti have detected coronavirus infections among recently deported migrants from the United States, officials said Tuesday, part of a growing trend of contagion among deportees.
The new infections come after an outbreak among deportees to Guatemala, where the government over the weekend linked nearly a fifth of all cases of the new coronavirus in the country to flights returning migrants from the United States last week.
4.30 am
US coronavirus deaths USA They exceed 42,000
US coronavirus deaths USA They exceeded 42,000 on April 20, according to a Reuters Tally, as more protesters gathered in state capitals to demand an early end to the closings, while officials called for patience until more evidence is available.
More than 6,000 industrial units reopened in Gujarat
More than 6,000 industrial units in Gujarat reopened after the central and state governments relaxed closure guidelines to allow economic activities in areas that have not become hot spots for infections.
2.00 am | Mumbai
Two BMC control room employees test positive; The mayor is quarantined
As the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) addresses the COVID-19 outbreak, two employees at its disaster control room have tested positive for the virus. In addition, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar decided to quarantine for 14 days on Monday when he contacted a journalist positive for COVID-19.
