[ad_1]
After registering more than 1,900 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the Covid-19 case count in India increased to 26,917 today, according to data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The number of deaths due to the highly contagious infection also increased to 826, as 47 new deaths were reported since yesterday, he added.
Active cases in India went over 20,000 and now stands at 20,117. There are also 77 foreign citizens affected by the virus, the ministry said.
Apart from that, 5,913 patients who were infected with Covid-19 have been discharged or cured of the virus while one has emigrated from the country.
In addition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation today through the monthly radio show ‘Mann Ki Baat’ amid the national shutdown. By labeling the fight against the Covid-19 fight in India as driven, Modi strongly urged citizens to stay away from the assumption that the virus will not reach their states, cities, and colonies.
The radio show came just a day before the prime minister held a video conference with the chief ministers to discuss the steps necessary to stop the spread of the deadly virus. In this context, the second phase of the national closure is scheduled to end on May 3, 2020.
Modi also mentioned how India is helping other countries by sending shipments of life-saving drugs as gifts amid the Covid-19 crisis.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra remained the worst affected state with a total number of positive cases rising to 7,628, followed by Gujarat with 3,071 cases, Delhi with 2,625 cases and Rajasthan with 2,083 cases, according to the data.
The states most affected by recorded deaths are Maharashtra (323), Delhi (54), Gujarat (133), Madhya Pradesh (83), Telangana (26), Andhra Pradesh (29), Uttar Pradesh (24), Punjab (16 ), Karnataka (18), Tamil Nadu (20), Rajasthan (27), West Bengal (15), Jammu and Kashmir (5), Kerala (3), Jharkhand (3), Haryana (3) and Bihar (2) Meghalaya, Odisha, Assam, Himachal Pradesh and have reported one death each.
However, on a positive note, all coronavirus cases in Tripura, Goa and Manipur are now negative, the respective state officials reported. Additionally, the health ministry added that Covid-19 growth has slowed in Odisha and Kerala.
Here are cases of total coronaviruses in India, as for the state:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands – 33
Andhra Pradesh – 1061
Arunachal Pradesh – 1
Assam – 36
Bihar – 243
Chandigarh – 28
Chhattisgarh – 37
Delhi -2625
Goa – 7
Gujarat – 3071
Haryana – 289
Himachal Pradesh – 40
Jammu and Kashmir – 494
Jharkhand – 67
Karnataka – 500
Kerala – 457
Ladakh – 20
Madhya Pradesh – 2096
Maharashtra – 7628
Manipur – 2
Meghalaya – 12
Mizoram – 1
Odisha – 94
Puducherry – 7
Punjab – 298
Rajasthan – 2083
Tamil nadu – 1821
Telangana -991
Tripura – 2
Uttarakhand – 48
Uttar Pradesh – 1793
West Bengal – 611
Globally, the number of deaths from the new coronavirus exceeded 200,000, while the number of positive cases exceeded 2.9 million, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.
The United States recorded 2,494 more coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, for a total of 53,511 deaths, with 936,293 confirmed infections, according to a count by the Baltimore-based university.
The United Nations launched an international push for a vaccine to defeat the pandemic as governments around the world are fighting to limit the economic devastation unleashed by the virus and left half of humanity under some form of blockade.
