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Coronavirus outbreak LAST updates: Air India’s first special flight, which took off from San Francisco with 225 Indians on board, landed in Mumbai on Monday. Passengers departed from San Francisco International Airport on Saturday (local time) under the Government of India’s Vande Bharat mission on Sunday.
India has reported a total of 62,939 cases of COVID-19 as of Sunday, with Maharashtra alone reporting 20,228 of these infections, according to a report by the Union health ministry.
However, the report says India’s death rate is 3.35 percent, compared to the world average of 6.9 percent.
The number of active COVID-19 cases was 41,472, while 19,357 people recovered and one patient migrated, the ministry said. The recovery rate is around 30.75 percent.
Meanwhile, in what can be seen as a step toward facilitating the national blockade, an official statement said the Railways plan to gradually restart passenger trains starting May 12.
Cases and deaths by state
A total of 128 deaths were reported in the country since Saturday morning: 48 in Maharashtra, 23 in Gujarat, 15 in Madhya Pradesh, 11 in West Bengal, eight in Uttar Pradesh, five in Rajasthan and Delhi, four in Tamil Nadu three in Andhra Pradesh, two in Punjab and one in Telangana, Haryana, Chandigarh and Assam.
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Of the 2,109 deaths, Maharashtra tops the list with 779 deaths. Gujarat is second with 472 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 215, West Bengal at 171, Rajasthan at 106, Uttar Pradesh at 74, Delhi at 73 and Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu at 44.
The death toll is 31 in Punjab, 30 each in Karnataka and Telangana. Jammu, Kashmir and Haryana have recorded nine deaths from COVID-19, Bihar five and Kerala four.
Jharkhand has recorded three deaths from COVID-19. Odisha, Chandigarh, Assam and Himachal Pradesh have reported two deaths each.
Meghalaya and Uttarakhand have each reported one death.
According to data from the Ministry of Health updated in the morning, the highest number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country are from Maharashtra with 20,228, followed by Gujarat with 7,796, Delhi with 6,542, Tamil Nadu with 6,535, Rajasthan with 3,708, Madhya Pradesh at 3,614 and Uttar Pradesh at 3,373.
The number of coronavirus cases has increased to 1,930 in Andhra Pradesh, 1,786 in West Bengal and 1,762 in Punjab.
They have increased to 1,163 in Telangana, 836 in Jammu and Kashmir, 794 in Karnataka, 675 in Haryana and 591 in Bihar.
Kerala has reported 505 cases of coronavirus so far, while Odisha has 294 cases. A total of 169 people have been infected with the virus in Chandigarh and 156 in Jharkhand.
Tripura has reported 134 cases, Uttarakhand has 67 cases, Assam 63 and Chhattisgarh 59. Himachal Pradesh has 50 and Ladakh has recorded 42 cases so far.
33 cases of COVID-19 have been reported from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Meghalaya has registered 13 cases, Puducherry has nine, while Goa has seven COVID-19 cases. Manipur has two cases. Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Dadar and Nagar Haveli have each reported one case.
West Bengal reports highest death rate, says Union health ministry
According to the Ministry of Health, the highest mortality rate was recorded in West Bengal at 9.57 percent, where 1,786 cases and 171 deaths have been reported. On May 5, the Interministerial Central Team (IMCT) sent to the state had said that the death rate in West Bengal was 12.8 percent. This figure remained lower in Maharashtra, where the death rate was 3.85 percent, higher than the national average. Of the 128 new COVID-19 deaths in India, 48 were reported in the financial capital of India.
With 7,796 infections, Gujarat reported a death rate of 6.05 percent. The figure in Delhi, which has the third highest number of cases in the country, stood at 1.12 percent.
India carried out 86,000 tests for COVID-19 on Saturday and India’s testing capacity is now 95,000 samples per day, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan told reporters after inspecting a COVID care center- 19 in the Mandoli area in the national capital.
India started from a laboratory and now there are 472 laboratories that test for COVID-19, he said.
There are 4,362 corona care centers across the country where 3.46,856 patients with mild or very mild symptoms can be maintained, he said.
“We are moving rapidly on the path to success in fighting COVID-19. The doubling rate for the past three days is 12 (days). The recovery rate has crossed 30 percent. From about 60,000 patients in COVID-19, approximately 20,000 have recovered and gone home, “said Vardhan.
“Our death rate is still 3.3 percent … In the past 24 hours, there have been no cases in 10 states and Union territories. There are four states or Union territories where there have been no only one case so far. ” Vardhan said.
Three migrant workers die near the border between Maharashtra and MP
Three migrant workers on their way to Uttar Pradesh from Maharashtra, mostly on foot, died in the Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, authorities said.
The trio were among the thousands of migrant workers who made their way to Maharashtra to their home states in recent weeks amid a coronavirus lockdown.
While autopsy reports were not yet available, doctors said the possible cause of death was fatigue and dehydration in the peak summer heat.
The deceased, traveling separately, were identified as Lalluram (55), a resident of the Chhudiya village in the Prayagraj district, Prem Bahadur (50), a resident of Siddharth Nagar and Anees Ahmed (42) of the Hardas Girja village of Fatehpur .
Railroads to partially resume passenger train operations starting May 12
Indian Railways will resume passenger train operations starting May 12, almost after two months, when services stopped due to the national coronavirus-induced blockade.
Initially, the railways will run 15 pairs of trains and the reservation for the reservation of these trains will begin at 4 pm on May 11.
An official press release on Sunday said: “Indian Railways plans to gradually restart passenger train operations starting May 12, initially with 15 pairs of trains (30 return trips).”
“These trains will run as special trains from the New Delhi station connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Central Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi,” he added. the launch.
“Thereafter, Indian Railways will begin more special services on new routes, based on available coaches after reserving 20,000 coaches for COVID-19 service centers and an adequate number of reserved coaches to allow the operation of up to 300 trains all days like ‘Special Shramik “for stranded migrants,” the statement said.
Only online reservations are allowed and ticket reservation desks at railway stations will be closed.
According to the statement, the reservation for the reservation of these trains will begin at 4 pm on May 11 and will be available only on the IRCTC website (https://www.irctc.co.in/). Ticket reservation counters at railway stations will remain closed and no counter tickets will be issued, including platform tickets.
Only passengers with confirmed valid tickets will be able to enter the railway stations.
“Only passengers with confirmed valid tickets will be able to enter the railway stations. Passengers will be required to cover their faces and undergo a check-out, and only asymptomatic passengers will be able to board the train. More details, including the Train schedule will be issued separately in due time, “added the press release issued by GDP.
With contributions from agencies
Update date: 11 May 2020 08:04:38 IST
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