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With more than 500 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, India’s new coronavirus cases rose to 5,865, according to data from the Union Ministry of Health. 169 deaths have been reported in India since the virus outbreak.
There are 5,218 active patients with COVID-19 in the country, while 478 patients have been discharged or cured of the highly contagious disease. Of these, one patient has emigrated from the country.
With more than 5,800 confirmed cases, including 71 foreign nationals, Maharashtra remained the worst affected state, having recorded 1,135 total Covid-19 cases and 72 deaths so far. More than 650 people positively diagnosed with coronavirus disease in Mumbai. Following the COVID-19 outbreak in the state, authorities decided to ban all vegetable and fruit markets, street vendors and vendors in the Dharavi containment area or buffer zone in Mumbai following the coronavirus outbreak. Only medical establishments were allowed to operate in that area.
Maharashtra was followed by Tamil Nadu (738) and Delhi (669) in terms of the largest number of cases in the country, at the state level.
In addition to Maharashtra, the other states most affected by recorded deaths are Delhi (9), Gujarat (16), Telangana (7), Madhya Pradesh (16), Punjab (8), Karnataka (4), West Bengal (5)). , Jammu and Kashmir (4), Uttar Pradesh (4) Kerala (2), Andhra Pradesh (4) Rajasthan (3) Haryana (3) and Tamil Nadu (8). Bihar, Odisha and Mizoram have each reported one death.
Here are cases of total coronaviruses in India, as for the state:
Around 1,30,000 samples have been tested so far. Of these 5,734 samples have tested positive to date, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) stated. He also added that the positivity rate ranges from 3-5% in the last 1-1.5 months and has not increased substantially.
To combat the deadly virus, Indian Railways has deployed more than 2,500 doctors and 35,000 paramedics, reported Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health. He also added, “To prepare 80,000 isolation beds, the Indian Railways are converting 5,000 wagons into isolation units, of which 3,250 have been converted.”
The new coronavirus has infected 1.5 million people and killed 88,000 people globally, according to the latest data from John Hopkins University. The death toll in the United States stands at more than 14,800 after the country recorded 1,922 deaths on Wednesday, the most in a single day. Italy witnessed the highest number of victims with 15,362. The death toll reached 12,418 in Spain. Britain reported 938 deaths on Wednesday, and its death toll exceeded 7,000.
The economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic could increase global poverty by up to 500 million, said a UN study on the financial and human cost of the global crisis.
