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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday that India’s “people-led” battle against COVID-19 is the only way for the country to overcome the pandemic, and called on people to avoid any complacency that they will not be infected by the coronavirus because so far it has not affected the places where they live or work. Meanwhile, the number of deaths across the country from Covid-19 increased to 826 and the number of cases increased to 26,917, according to the Union health ministry.
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India
- In his monthly broadcast of ‘Mann ki Baat’, Modi said the country is in the midst of a ‘yudh’ (war) and stated that people must remain careful and take precautions.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with top ministers via video conference Monday morning on the way ahead in the fight against the new coronavirus, amid signs that discussions could also focus on a gradual exit from the blockade. in progress.
- Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the coronavirus situation is improving as many critical zone districts are moving to non-critical zone districts.
- The minister visited the AIIMS Trauma Center to assess the readiness to overcome Covid-19.
- The government said the PPE coverall production capacity required by medical personnel treating Covid-19 cases in the country has increased to more than 1 lakh per day, with Bengaluru emerging as a major center for its production.
- A group of top tax officials have suggested a super-rich tax and a higher tax on foreign companies to hold cash until it is implemented as part of short-term measures to help the government fight the coronavirus pandemic. The suggestions are part of a document titled ‘Force’, presented by the IRS Association to CBDT President P C Mody.
- Interministerial core teams that visited West Bengal to assess the COVID-19-related situation toured various areas of Kolkata and Siliguri on Sunday to inspect whether closure restrictions were followed. The team was escorted by Kolkata police detectives.
- The Supreme Court heard 593 cases via video conference and ruled on 215 of them in one month during the unprecedented national blockade.
- The Indian Railways Bhopal Division has converted 74 rail cars into isolation rooms to help the government combat the coronavirus pandemic.
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- Delhi: There are 2,625 coronavirus cases in Delhi, of which 111 were reported yesterday. The total number of active cases in the national capital is 1,518, while 869 people have so far recovered.
- Uttar Pradesh: UP reported two more coronavirus-related deaths, bringing their number to 29 when 50 new cases of Covid-19 appeared in the state. The total number of cases increased to 1,843.
- Haryana: The state reported seven new cases of Covid-19, with a total of 296.
- Andaman and Nicobar: Four more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, bringing the total number of cases to 33.
- Uttarakhand: Two more people, including a health professional, at AIIMS, Rishikesh have tested positive for Covid-19 in Uttarakhand.
- Maharashtra: the total number of positive cases in Maharashtra it is 7,628, which is the highest in the country.
- Andhra Pradesh: Eighty-one more Covid-19 cases have been reported by Andhra Pradesh in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 1,097.
- J&K: Twenty-nine more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir, bringing the total in Union territory to 523.
- Assam: Eight more Covid-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital, bringing the total number of people recovered from coronavirus in Assam to 27. Assam so far has 35 positive Covid-19 cases of which 27 have been discharged and a patient has died.
- Rajasthan: A 60-year-old woman infected with coronavirus died and 69 more people tested positive in Rajasthan, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 2,152 in the state.
- Kerala: A doctor and two health workers were among the 11 people detected with Covid-19 in Kerala, and the total number of positive cases so far has affected 468.
- West Bengal: A high-ranking government doctor involved in the fight against Covid-19 and a 34-year-old man, both diagnosed with the disease, died in a hospital in Kolkata, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 571.
- Karnataka: Marking a dip, Karnataka reported only 3 new cases of Covid-19, while one woman died of the disease and 24 people were discharged. The number of victims in the state increased to 19, while the total number of cases to 503.
- Jharkhand: With six new positive Covid-19 cases in Ranchi, the count of people infected with viruses in Jharkhand has increased to 73.
- Odisha: Three more people were confirmed positive for the coronavirus in Odisha, bringing the total number in the state to 103.
- Bihar: Four new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Bihar, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 255.
- Himachal Pradesh: No case of new coronavirus has been reported in Himachal Pradesh in the last 3 days. So far, 40 cases have been reported in the state, of which 13 are active.
- Chandigarh: There are 30 cases of Covid-19 in Chandigarh, of which 17 people have been cured / discharged so far.
- Tamil Nadu: 64 new cases of Covid-19 and one death have been reported in Tamil Nadu, bringing the total number of cases to 1,885 and deaths to 24.
- Madhya Pradesh: To date, 2,090 cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Madhya Pradesh and 103 people have lost their lives.
- Gujarat: 230 new positive cases of Covid-19 and 18 deaths were reported in Gujarat in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number to 3301.
- Punjab: The total number of Covid-19 cases has reached 313 in Punjab, including 84 healed and 18 deaths, so far.
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World
- The new coronavirus has claimed at least 202,994 lives worldwide since its outbreak in China in December. More than 2,902,450 cases were registered in 193 countries and territories.
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will return to work at 10 Downing Street in London on Monday, three weeks after being admitted to a hospital because his coronavirus symptoms worsened.
- President Donald Trump tweeted that his reports on the coronavirus were not worth it, two days after sparking a fury by suggesting that patients could be injected with disinfectant to kill an infection. The United States has the highest number of deaths of any country with 53,934.
- The number of patients hospitalized with Covid-19 in China’s Wuhan, where the virus first emerged before it became a pandemic, dropped to zero for the first time, marking another milestone for the city that opened on April 8. after a 76 day closure.
- The daily death toll from coronavirus in Spain fell to 288, the lowest since March 20, as the country eased its blockade. The number has brought Spain’s total toll to 23,190.
- Russia has recorded a record 6,361 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 80,949, the national coronavirus response center said.
- South Korea has confirmed 10 more cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, a continuation of the country’s decreasing workload. The new cases raised the country’s total to 10,728 with 242 deaths.
- Two new cases of Covid-19 have been identified in Birgunj, bringing the total number of infection-related cases in Nepal to 51.
- Sri Lanka has reversed plans to end its virus blockade on Monday, extending it for another week after a surge in coronavirus infections, including at a naval base. The island nation reported 460 positive cases in total with seven deaths on Sunday.
- The number of new coronavirus cases in Iran has exceeded 90,000, as Tehran announced its fewest number of new deaths in weeks. 1,153 new cases of Covid-19 disease were reported as of noon Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 90,481.
