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Over 5,000 people quarantined in Maharashtra

More than 5,000 people in Maharashtra have been quarantined because they were in close contact with the 162 coronavirus patients in the state, state health minister Rajesh Tope said.

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Two Safdarjung Hospital doctors test positive

Two resident doctors of the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on Wednesday tested positive for coronavirus, official sources were quoted as saying by PTI.

Reports said that the patients are a male doctor posted in the COVID-19 unit and a 3rd-year female PG student from the Biochemistry department. According to the officials, she has a past travel history to aboard.

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82 cases in Gujarat as search for Nizabackn returnees continue in state

The number of coronavirus cases in Gujarat rose to 82 on Wednesday after eight more people tested positive, officials said, adding that efforts were on to trace nearly 1,500 people from the state who recently visited Delhi's Nizabackn area. 

A religious congregation held earlier this month at Nizabackn West has turned out to be one of the major COVID-19 hotspots in the country. According to the details sent by the Centre to the Gujarat health department, around 1,500 people recently returned to the state after visiting the Nizabackn area in the National Capital.

Efforts were underway to trace these people, and information is also being gathered if those who came in contact with these people display any symptoms of the virus, the state health department said in a release.

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120 COVID-19 cases reported in Delhi till today: Kejriwal

Arvind Kejriwal, addressing a briefing via video conference, said that so far, the National Capital has reported 120 positive cases till Wednesday morning.

"Total 766 people are admitted to the hospitals of Delhi due to COVID-29. Out of them 112 are positive, rest are possibly infected and are being tested," he said.

"Out of the 112 positive cases, only one is on ventilator, two are on oxygen supply and 109 people are stable," he added.

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70 out of 87 COVID-19 cases in Andhra Pradesh are Tablighi Jamaat returnees: Jagan Mohan Reddy

Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, in a press conference over coronavirus on Wednesday said that of the 87 confirmed cases in the state so far, 70 are returnees from the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi's Nizammudin.

"A total of 1,083 people had attended Delhi's event from the state and 585 people who return from Delhi have been tested. The state government is requesting private hospital help at this juncture," he added.

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8 villages in J&K's Udhampur district declared as red zones over COVID-19

Eight villages in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district have been declared as red zones after 10 people from the district attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi's Nizabackn, PTI reported.

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70 out of 87 COVID-19 cases in Andhra Pradesh are Tablighi Jamaat returnees: Jagan Mohan Reddy

Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, in a press conference over coronavirus on Wednesday said that of the 87 confirmed cases in the state so far, 70 are returnees from the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi's Nizammudin.

"A total of 1,083 people had attended Delhi's event from the state and 585 people who return from Delhi have been tested. The state government is requesting private hospital help at this juncture," he added.

West godavari , vizag sudden ga cases perigaye Ani news choosa 

 

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COVID-19 cases rise to 62 in Jammu and Kashmir

Cases of coronavirus have risen on 62 in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the government said on Wednesday, adding that 58 of those cases are active.

"While 58 of the active cases have been reported in Kashmir division, 10 are in Jammu. 17,041 people are under active surveillance," said Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary (Planning), Jammu and Kashmir administration.

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Kerala reports 24 new COVID-19 cases

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that 24 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in the state in the last 24 hours, out of which 12 are from the Kasaragod district, three are from Ernakulam, two each from Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, and Kannur, and one from Palakkad.

He added that one patient each in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode have recovered. The total cases in the state are now 265 and 237 are undergoing treatment, he said.

 

 
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Kerala allots Rs 350 crore for free food kits

The Kerala governemnt on Wednesday allotted Rs 350 crore from the Chief Minister's Distress Fund for the distribution of free foodgrain to families across the state, The Economic Times reported.

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All CBSE students from classes 1 to 8 to be automatically promoted, says Centre

Union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal tweeted that the CBSE board has been advised to promote all the students studying in classes 1 to 8 automatically as regular schedules of exams have been disrupted by the corona virus pandemic.

 

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Mamata Banerjee urges Tablighi Jamaat attendees in Bengal to inform authorities

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday appealed to people who attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi's Nizammudin to inform the authorities so that they can be quarantined and assured that they have nothing to be scared of.

She said that so far, a total of 54 people connected to the event (including 40 foreigners and 14 Indians) have been quarantined in Kolkata. The state government is looking for information of attendees from the areas of Bankura, Uttar Dinajpur, she said.

"71 people attended from Bengal. We are hoping today we will get 30 more in quarantine. I appeal people not to use this for communal politics, one community shouldnt be defamed," she said.

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List of new confirmed COVID-19 cases related to Tablighi Jamaat event:

The health ministry has released a list of the new confirmed coronavirus cases due to the transit-related history of Tablighi Jamaat workers in the country, reports said.

Jammu and Kashmir: 23 Cases
Telangana: 20 Cases
Andhra Pradesh: 17 Cases
Andman and Nicobar Islands: 9 cases
Tamil Nadu: 65 Cases
Delhi: 18 Cases
Puducherry: 2 Cases

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Six COVID-19 deaths in Telangana were Tablighi Jamaat attendees

The Telangana government on Wednesday said that there are 77 active cases of coronavirus in the state, and 14 people have been discharged. The official also said that there have been six COVID-19 deaths in the state, who were all attendees of the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi's Nizammudin.

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