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As India prepares for 3.0 blockade with certain relaxations amid the new coronavirus outbreak, Covid-19 cases in the country have exceeded 40,000 today. After registering 2,487 new cases in the last 24 hours, the total number of cases increased to 40,263, according to data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The number of deaths peaked at the highest in a single day, as deaths rose to 1,306 after 83 more patients died since yesterday, he said.
The number of active Covid-19 patients now stands at 28,070, while 10,886 patients have been discharged or cured of the highly contagious disease. A patient has emigrated from the country. In addition to that, the total number of confirmed cases also includes 111 foreign citizens.
In addition, the number of RT-PCR tests performed for Covid-19 detection in the country exceeded one million on Saturday, ICMR officials said. An ICMR official also added that 10,40,000 tests were conducted as of Saturday night, of which 73,709 were performed as of 9 a.m. on Friday.
Meanwhile, among the total number of cases, Maharashtra continued to be the most affected state with infections increasing to 12,296 after 790 new cases and 36 deaths were reported since yesterday. Virus-related deaths also increased to 521.
Gujarat is the second most affected state, as it reported 5,055 cases so far, followed by Delhi with 4,122 cases, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
Here is the state count of coronavirus cases in the country:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands – 33
Andhra Pradesh – 1583
Arunachal Pradesh – 1
Assam – 43
Bihar – 482
Chandigarh – 94
Chhattisgarh – 43
Delhi – 34122
Goa – 7
Gujarat – 5055
Haryana – 394
Himachal Pradesh – 40
Jammu and Kashmir – 666
Jharkhand – 115
Karnataka – 606
Kerala – 500
Ladakh – 40
Madhya Pradesh – 2,846
Maharashtra – 12296
Manipur – 2
Meghalaya – 12
Mizoram – 1
Odisha – 160
Puducherry – 8
Punjab – 772
Rajasthan – 2,772
Tamil Nadu – 2,757
Telangana – 1,063
Tripura – 4
Uttarakhand – 59
Uttar Pradesh – 2,626
West Bengal – 922
139 cases are being assigned to states for contact tracking.
In addition, the third extension of the blockade has already been attributed to the specific guidelines of the Ministry of the Interior throughout the country. Authorities in all states will ease some closure restrictions starting tomorrow, including opening more categories of stores and commercial establishments, in areas with limited or no infection.
On Saturday, the first “Shramik Special” train carrying 1,187 stranded migrant workers from Jaipur arrived at the Danapur train station. The fare for these trains will include the fare for the overnight express train, super-fast charge of ₹30, additional charge of ₹20. The rate includes courtesy meals, drinking water for long-distance trains.
Globally, the number of new coronavirus cases has exceeded 3.5 million infections, while the number of deaths has crossed the 245,000 mark, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
The United States now has more than 1.1 million cases in the country, while the death toll has exceeded 67,000. The United States is the country most affected in the midst of the spread of the virus, followed by Spain with 245,567 cases and Italy with more than 209,000 cases.
