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96 confirmed Covid-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh till now: State govt report

Uttar Pradesh Health Department released a report saying that there are 96 confirmed Covid-19 cases in the state as of now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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COVD-19 STATE WISE STATS

(*Including 49 foreign Nationals, as on 30.03.2020 at 09:30 PM)

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Total Confirmed cases *	Cured/ Discharged/Migrated	Death
1	Andhra Pradesh	23	1	0
2	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	9	0	0
3	Bihar	15	0	1
4	Chandigarh	8	0	0
5	Chhattisgarh	7	0	0
6	Delhi	87	6	2
7	Goa	5	0	0
8	Gujarat	69	1	6
9	Haryana	36	18	0
10	Himachal Pradesh	3	0	1
11	Jammu and Kashmir	48	2	2
12	Karnataka	83	5	3
13	Kerala	202	19	1
14	Ladakh	13	3	0
15	Madhya Pradesh	47	0	3
16	Maharashtra	198	25	8
17	Manipur	1	0	0
18	Mizoram	1	0	0
19	Odisha	3	0	0
20	Puducherry	1	0	0
21	Punjab	38	1	1
22	Rajasthan	59	3	0
23	Tamil Nadu	67	4	1
24	Telengana	71	1	1
25	Uttarakhand	7	2	0
26	Uttar Pradesh	82	11	0
27	West Bengal	22	0	1
Total number of confirmed cases in India		1251#	102	32
#Remaining 46 cases are being assigned to states to initiate contact tracing

 

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తెలంగాణలో కరోనాతో ఆరుగురు మృతి

హైదరాబాద్‌: తెలంగాణలో ఇప్పటి వరకు కరోనా బారిన పడి ఆరుగురు మృతి చెందినట్లు రాష్ట్ర వైద్య ఆరోగ్య శాఖ తాజాగా బులెటిన్‌ విడుదల చేసింది. గాంధీ ఆస్పత్రిలో ఇద్దరు, అపోలో ఆస్పత్రిలో ఒకరు, గ్లోబల్‌ ఆస్పత్రిలో ఒకరు, నిజామాబాద్‌ ఒకరు, గద్వాలలో ఒకరు మృతి చెందినట్లు పేర్కొంది. వీరి ద్వారా వైరస్‌ వ్యాప్తి అవకాశం ఉందని, అనుమానితులను గుర్తిస్తున్నట్లు వైద్యఆరోగ్యశాఖ తెలిపింది. కలెక్టర్ల ఆధ్వర్యంలో ప్రత్యేక బృందాలు అనుమానితులను తరలిస్తున్నట్లు పేర్కొంది.  

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తెలంగాణలో కరోనాతో ఆరుగురు మృతి

హైదరాబాద్‌: తెలంగాణలో ఇప్పటి వరకు కరోనా బారిన పడి ఆరుగురు మృతి చెందినట్లు రాష్ట్ర వైద్య ఆరోగ్య శాఖ తాజాగా బులెటిన్‌ విడుదల చేసింది. గాంధీ ఆస్పత్రిలో ఇద్దరు, అపోలో ఆస్పత్రిలో ఒకరు, గ్లోబల్‌ ఆస్పత్రిలో ఒకరు, నిజామాబాద్‌ ఒకరు, గద్వాలలో ఒకరు మృతి చెందినట్లు పేర్కొంది. వీరి ద్వారా వైరస్‌ వ్యాప్తి అవకాశం ఉందని, అనుమానితులను గుర్తిస్తున్నట్లు వైద్యఆరోగ్యశాఖ తెలిపింది. కలెక్టర్ల ఆధ్వర్యంలో ప్రత్యేక బృందాలు అనుమానితులను తరలిస్తున్నట్లు పేర్కొంది.  

They seem to Started identifying previously undetected cases. 

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తెలంగాణలో సోమవారం మరో ఆరు కరోనా పాజిటివ్‌ కేసులు నమోదయ్యాయి. దీంతో తెలంగాణలో కరోనా వైరస్‌ సోకిన వారి సంఖ్య 77కు చేరింది. ఈ మేరకు తెలంగాణ ఆరోగ్య శాఖ సోమవారం సాయంత్రం హెల్త్‌ బులిటెన్‌ విడుదల చేసింది. నేడు 13 మందిని డిశ్చార్జ్‌ చేసినట్టు తెలిపింది. ఇదివరకే డిశ్చార్జ్‌ అయిన వ్యక్తితో కలిపి మొత్తంగా రాష్ట్రంలో ఇప్పటివరకు 14 మంది కరోనా బారి నుంచి కోలుకున్నారని పేర్కొంది. ఇద్దరు వ్యక్తులు మృతి చెందినట్టు చెప్పింది. దీంతో ప్రస్తుతం తెలంగాణలో 61 కరోనా యాక్టివ్‌ కేసులు ఉన్నాయని వెల్లడించింది. 

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Nizabackn emerges as COVID-19 hotspot after area reports 87 cases

After Delhi witnessed 87 coronavirus cases, Nizabackn emerged as a hotspot after a religious meeting was held at Markaz by the Tableeghi Jamaat earlier this month, violated the lockdown conditions and several COVID-19 positive cases have been found among those who attended the gathering.

There are 79 active cases of COVID-19 in Delhi as on Monday night, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

People who attended a religious prayer meeting from 13-15 March here were sent to Lok Nayak Hospital for coronavirus test on Monday night.

 

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Italy to extend lockdown until Easter as new cases fall

Italy’s government on Monday said it would extend its nationwide lockdown measures against a coronavirus outbreak, due to end on Friday, at least until the Easter season in April, as the number of new infections declines.

The Health Ministry did not give a date for the new end of the lockdown but said it would be in law the government would propose. Easter Sunday is 12 April this year. Italy is predominantly Roman Catholic and contains the Vatican, the heart of the church.

Italians have been under lockdown for three weeks, with most shops, bars, and restaurants shut and people forbidden from leaving their homes for all but non-essential needs.

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Kerala reports its second death 

A 68-year-old man from Thiruvananthapuram who had tested positive for COVID-19 died at Thiruvananthapuram medical college early Tuesday morning, reports News18.

"He had suffered kidney failure," Medical Superintendent, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram told ANI.

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47 new cases of infection in MMR brings the case count to 170

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region's COVID-19 count reached 170 on Monday with 47 people testing positive for the novel coronavirus, officials said.

While 29 of the new infections are in Mumbai, the rest 18 are from other parts of MMR, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation officials said.

Also, an 80-year-old man, who suffered from acute respiratory distress, succumbed to COVID-19 at a private hospital here, taking the death toll in MMR to eight, including six in Mumbai, said the civic body's release.

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Migrant workers from Odisha self-quarantine outside village after returning from Kerala

A dozen migrant workers in the Kalahandi district have set up camp to self-quarantine outside their village even after testing negative for coronavirus, as a precautionary measure after returning from Kerala.

In a commendable move, which shows that people around the country and even in the rural areas are aware of the severity and the threat posed by the COVID-19 infection, the workers decided to self-quarantine themselves to protect their family.

Earlier, the testing of these migrant workers for coronavirus had been carried out after their return to the state and the result had come out as negative.

 

 

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6 US Congress members test positive for COVID-19

At least six members of the US Congress have announced that they have contracted the novel corona virus, and more than 30 others are or were self-quarantining in hopes of limiting the spread of the pandemic.

Now that Congress has passed a $2.2 trillion economic relief bill and President Donald Trump has signed it into law, neither the House of Representatives nor Senate is due back in Washington until 20 April at the earliest.

An estimated 230 House members returned to Washington to pass the relief package on Friday, despite the health risks of traveling and gathering at the Capitol, after Republican Representative Thomas Massie said he would block any effort to pass the bill without at least half of the House’s 430 current members present.

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Govt identifies 10 'hotspots' in India, says report

Indian Express reports that the government in India is set to ramp up testing in 10 identified “hotspots” where “unusual” transmission has been detected. Of these, two — Dilshad Garden and Nizabackn — are in Delhi, the others being Noida, Meerut, Bhilwara, Ahmedabad, Kasaragod, Pathanamthitta, Mumbai and Pune. 

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Moscow goes into lockdown as rest of Russia braces for same

The Russian capital, Moscow, on Monday woke up to a lockdown obliging most of its 13 million residents to stay home, and many other regions of the vast country quickly followed suit to stem the spread of the new coronavirus.

A stern-looking President Vladimir Putin warned his envoys in Russia's far-flung regions that they will be personally responsible for the availability of beds, ventilators and other key equipment.

“We have managed to win time and slow down an explosive spread of the disease in the previous weeks, and we need to use that time reserve to the full,” Putin said.

 

 

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People in Nizammudin go for checkups after 6 die in area

People continue to board buses in the Nizammudin area on Tuesday, to be taken to different hospitals for a checkup after six people died after attending who a religious congregation. A religious gathering was held in Markaz, that violated lockdown conditions and several COVID-19 positive cases have been found among those who attended the gathering

 

6 who attended Nizabackn congregation die of COVID-19

Six people from Telangana who attended a religious congregation in Delhi's Nizabackn died due to the novel coronavirus, the state government said on Monday.

"Coronavirus has spread among some of those who attended a religious prayer meeting from 13 to 15 March at Markaz in Nizabackn area in Delhi," according to an official release. "Among those who attended were some persons from Telangana."

Two of the six died at the Gandhi Hospital, one each in two private hospitals, and one each in Nizamabad and Gadwal towns, the statement said, without mentioning the time of their deaths.

The special teams under the collectors have identified the persons who came in contact with the deceased and they are shifted to the hospitals, it said.

Police and paramilitary personnel cordoned off a major area in Nizabackn West in south Delhi on Monday and over 200 people have been kept in isolation in hospitals after several people who took part in a religious congregation there showed symptoms of coronavirus.