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The Union Health Ministry revised its discharge guidelines for COVID-19 on Saturday, declaring that only seriously ill patients should be tested (via a swab test) and obtain a negative report prior to discharge.
Worldwide, the virus has infected at least 3.9 million people and has killed more than 2.70,000, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University based on data reported by governments.
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 VIR queries, a list of state hotline numbers, a state tracker for COVID-19 cases, deaths and evidence, and a map of confirmed cases in India.
Here are the latest updates:
11.10 am | Bangalore
Commercial street, adjacent streets closed
The shopping street and adjacent roads now look deserted, along with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) that orders the closure of all stores and commercial establishments.
On Friday, the BBMP Joint Commissioner (Eastern zone) issued an order to this effect. In addition to Commercial Street, the other roads that have been closed are: Narayana Pillai Street, Dharmaraja Koil Street, OPH Road, Jain Temple Road, Jumma Masjid Road, Evening Bazaar Road, and Mir Obedulla Road. All these roads are under the jurisdiction of the Shivajinagar (92) and Sampangiramanagar (110) neighborhoods.
11 am | India
Only serious patients with COVID-19 will be evaluated before discharge: Union Health Ministry
The Union Ministry of Health has revised its discharge guidelines for COVID-19 stating that only seriously ill patients should be tested (using a swab test) and obtain a negative laboratory report prior to discharge.
This last guideline adds that another category of patients, including very mild, mild, pre-symptomatic and moderate cases, do not need to be evaluated before discharge.
The revised two-page guidelines replace the previously existing rule that patients (laboratory-confirmed case) were discharged after two negative tests on days 14 and 21.
The guideline states that this revised discharge policy is aligned with the guidelines in the 3-level Covid-19 health centers and the categorization of patients according to clinical severity: mild, moderate and severe.
11 am | Bihar
Another positive case of COVID-19 was detected in Bihar, bringing the total number of cases in the State to 580.
The last patient is an 18-year-old man from the Sheikhpura area of Patna.
10.45 am | cashmere
365 Kashmiri students will return home from Bhopal on 18 buses
at the close he will be sent back to his hometown by air-conditioned bus from Bhopal on Saturday, an official said.
Up to 365 Kashmiri students trapped in different districts of the state will return home on 18 AC buses from Bhopal, said a public relations department official.
The students are currently housed at a private school in the Gandhinagar town of Bhopal, he said, adding that they will be leaving around 2 p.m. on Saturday.
10.30 am | west of bengal
WB government does not allow trains with migrants to reach the state: Amit Shah writes to Mamata
The West Bengal government does not allow trains with migrants arriving in the state, Union Interior Minister Amit Shah told West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday.
Shah said the central government has helped more than 2 lakh migrants reach their places of origin.
“Migrants from West Bengal are also eager to get home. The central government is facilitating this, but we are not receiving the expected support from West Bengal,” Mr. Shah wrote in a letter to the CM.
He said the West Bengal government does not allow trains to reach the state.
“This is an injustice to migrant workers in West Bengal. This will create more difficulties for them,” he wrote in the letter.
10 am | China
China reports 15 new cases of asymptomatic coronavirus
China reported 15 new cases of asymptomatic coronaviruses, totaling 836, while a new imported COVID-19 infection was confirmed, health officials said on Saturday.
According to China’s National Health Commission (CNH), as of Friday, 836 asymptomatic cases, including 63 from abroad, were still under medical observation.
The NHC said an imported case of coronavirus was reported on Friday and 15 new asymptomatic cases, all national, were confirmed in the country.
Most asymptomatic cases were reported from the first coronavirus epicenters in Hubei province and its capital Wuhan, where no confirmed cases were reported during the 35 days, the local health commission said.
– PTI
9.30 am | India
95 deaths in the last 24 hours, says the Ministry of Health
India has recorded 3,320 new positive cases of COVID-19 and 95 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to an update from the Union Health Ministry on Saturday, a slight decrease in the count on Friday.
With this, the total number of cases in the country is now 59,662, according to data from the Ministry of the Union. Of this, 39,834 are active cases. Up to 1,981 people have succumbed to the infection, while 17,847 people have been cured.
9 am | India
While the government is pushing the use of India’s contact search app, Aarogya Setu, advocacy groups argue that there should be more transparency in the app’s inner workings. Why?
8.40 am | Italy
COVID-19 deaths in Italy exceed 30,000
The number of people in Italy who died with COVID-19 infections has exceeded 30,000. The Health Ministry recorded 243 deaths on Friday, bringing the total number of people who died in the country to 30,201.
Italy was the first country in Europe with a major coronavirus outbreak. Authorities say many more likely died of the infection at home or in nursing homes without being diagnosed.
With 1,327 more cases reported in the 24-hour period ending Friday night, Italy now has 217,185 confirmed coronavirus infections.
About 11,000 more people have recovered from the disease who are currently positive for the infection.
– PTI
8.20 am | Odisha
Odisha reports 17 new cases
In Odisha, 17 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported, bringing the state count to 287.
Ganjam District leads the table with 83 cases. Three of the cases were detected in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha.
8 am | Bihar
Five Bihar Military Police soldiers in the Khajpura area of Patna in Bihar have tested positive for coronavirus. With this, the number of positive people for COVID-19 in Bihar is now 579.
The newly infected patients are all male.
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