***CORONA VIRUS UPDATES***

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Donald Trump tests negative for COVID-19 second time 

US President Donald Trump has tested negative for the novel coronavirus for a second time and is "healthy" and not displaying any symptoms for the deadly disease, the White House physician has said.

 

Sean Conley, Trump's physician, did not provide any context for the second test. The doctor, however, said the president had been tested by a new rapid-point-of-care test that delivered results in 15 minutes.

 

"The President tested negative for COVID-19," Conley, said on Thursday in a memorandum to the White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham.

 

"This morning, the President was tested again for COVID-19, utilising a new, rapid-point-of-care test capability. He is healthy and without symptoms. Sample collection took just one minute and results were reported back in 15 minutes," Conley said.

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Five new COVID-19 cases emerge in Tonk 

On Friday, five close contacts of COVID-19 patients who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi, tested positive in Tonk, taking total number of confirmed cases to 138 in Rajasthan. 

The figure included two Italians and 14 Tablighi Jamaat attendees, state health department.

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COVID-19 patient from Dharavi succumbs to infection 

The death of a COVID-19 patient from Mumbai's Dharavi, one of the biggest slums in Asia, sparked fear of its spread in highly congested area. The Union Health Ministry said contact tracing and testing as per protocol is being conducted in the area. Several small-scale industries and workshops of leather goods, pottery and textiles operate from the slum colony spread over 613 acres.

On Thursday late evening, one more positive case emerged from Dharavi after a general practitioner was found positive by a suburban lab.

As many as 88 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the state on Thursday, taking the tally to 423, while the death toll rose to 21, said health officials.

Fresh COVID-19 case in Dharavi

Another COVID-19 case emerged in Dharavi in Mumbai after a 35-year-old doctor tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Friday. His family has been quarantined and will get tested on Friday.

The doctor's residence has been sealed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

 

 

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Two nursing officers test positive in Delhi 

Two nursing officers at Delhi State Cancer Institution have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, ANI reported. According to sources, both of them have had contact history with the doctor of the institution who tested positive on 1 April.

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Maharashtra govt launches online self-assessment tool

With over 400 people testing positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra, the state government has now taken the fight against the pandemic online, by launching a COVID-19 self-assessment tool.

The government has created a digital platform, wherein citizens can assess their symptoms from the comfort of their homes and later contact authorities if they have any doubts about their condition, an official release stated.

 

 

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78-yr-old COVID-19 patient succumbs to virus in Vadodara

A 78-year-old man from Godhra, who was the first COVID-19 patient of Panchmahals district, passed away at a private hospital in Vadodara late on Thursday night.

The patient who was brought to Vadodara on Tuesday night had tested positive of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday. His family had claimed that he had no travel history.

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COVID-19 State wise Status

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Total Confirmed cases (Including 55 foreign Nationals)	Cured/Discharged/ Migrated	Death
1	Andhra Pradesh	132	1	1
2	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	10	0	0
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1	0	0
4	Assam	16	0	0
5	Bihar	24	0	1
6	Chandigarh	18	0	0
7	Chhattisgarh	9	2	0
8	Delhi	219	8	4
9	Goa	6	0	0
10	Gujarat	87	8	7
11	Haryana	43	21	0
12	Himachal Pradesh	6	1	1
13	Jammu and Kashmir	70	3	2
14	Jharkhand	2	0	0
15	Karnataka	124	10	3
16	Kerala	286	27	2
17	Ladakh	14	3	0
18	Madhya Pradesh	99	0	6
19	Maharashtra	335	42	16
20	Manipur	2	0	0
21	Mizoram	1	0	0
22	Odisha	5	0	0
23	Puducherry	3	1	0
24	Punjab	46	1	4
25	Rajasthan	133	3	0
26	Tamil Nadu	309	6	1
27	Telengana	107	1	3
28	Uttarakhand	10	2	0
28	Uttar Pradesh	113	14	2
29	West Bengal	53	3	3
Total number of confirmed cases in India		2301*	157	56
*Remaining 18 cases are being assigned to states for contact tracing

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One more tests positive in Goa; tally rises to 6

A man with international travel history has tested positive for COVID-19 in Goa, taking the number of infections in the state to six, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Friday.

The man, a resident of Mandrem in North Goa who had travelled to Mozambique recently, tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Thursday night, he said.

The person came back to Goa on 19 March and contacted the Goa Medical College and Hospital after he developed symptoms related to COVID-19, he said.

Rane said the patient has been shifted to a special hospital set up for COVID-19 patients in south Goa.

 

 

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ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్‌లో కరోనా వైరస్‌ విజృంభిస్తోంది. రాష్ట్ర వ్యాప్తంగా కరోనా కేసుల సంఖ్య 161కి చేరిందని వైద్య ఆఆరోగ్యశాఖ హెల్త్‌ బులెటిన్‌లో ప్రకటించింది. గురువారం రాత్రి 10 గంటల నుంచి శుక్రవారం ఉదయం 9గంటల వరకు కొత్తగా 12 కేసులు నమోదయ్యాయని తెలిపింది. కొత్తగా నమోదైన కేసుల్లో నెల్లూరు 8, విశాఖలో 3 ఉన్నాయి.
తూర్పుగోదావరి జిల్లాలో తొలి పాజిటివ్‌ కేసు నమోదైన వ్యక్తి ఆసుపత్రినుంచి డిశ్చార్జి అయ్యాడు. లండన్‌ నుంచి వచ్చిన రాజమహేంద్రవరానికి చెందిన విద్యార్థి కాకినాడ జీజీహెచ్‌లో చికిత్స అనంతరం పూర్తిగా కోలుకున్నట్టు వైద్యులు తెలిపారు. విద్యార్థి కుటుంబ సభ్యులు, స్నేహితుల నమూనాలు అన్నింటిలోనూ నెగిటివ్ ఫలితాలువచ్చాయని జిల్లా కలెక్టర్ మురళీధర్ రెడ్డి, ఎస్పీ నయీం హస్మీ, జీజీహెచ్ సూపరింటెండెంట్ రాఘవేంద్రరావు మీడియాకు  వివరాలు వెల్లడించారు.

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MP records eight more cases; tally rises to 119

Eight new cases of COVID-19, one of them a government employee, were reported from Madhya Pradesh since Thursday night, taking the state's tally to 119, a senior health official said on Friday.

Of the fresh cases, seven were recorded in Indore, the worst coronavirus-affected city in the state, and one in Chhindwara, he said.

The Chhindwara patient is a 36-year-old man who became the first coronavirus positive case in the district, Sub- Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Atul Singh said.

He works in a government department in Indore and came to Chhindwara on March 19 before the lockdown, in force since March 25 to stem the spread of the deadly virus, he said.

 

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Abbott’s 5-minute virus test kit likely to reach India by third-week of April 

The coronavirus test kits launched by Abbott Laboratories, which helps one to identify the infected in not more than five minutes, is likely to reach India by third week of April, CNBC-TV18 reported.

The batch samples are expected to be evaluated by ICMR by mid-April. 

The medical-device maker plans to supply 50,000 tests a day starting 1 April, said John Frels, vice president of research and development at Abbott Diagnostics. 

The price range of each kit is expected to be in the range of Rs 500-1000. 

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34 fresh cases in Uttar Pradesh in last 24 hrs

According to King George's Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 34 fresh coronavirus cases have been registered in the last 24 hours, ANI reported on Friday. 

 

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Born during lockdown, Raipur twins named 'Corona' and 'Covid'

The pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus may have brought the world to its knees, but that has not deterred a couple in Chhattisgarh to name their newborn twins as 'Corona' and 'Covid'.

I was blessed with the twins - a boy and a girl - in the early hours on 27 March. We have named them Covid (boy) and Corona (girl) for now," Preeti Verma, the 27-old mother of the newborns, told PTI.

 

 

Bit Funny but pray for healthy life of the twins....

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Odisha’s first COVID-19 patient in Bhubaneswar recovers; confirmed cases at 3 

The first COVID-19 positive case, belonging to Bhubaneswar who was being treated at Capital hospital has recovered completely and will be discharged, conveyed the Health and Family Welfare Department via a tweet.

Active COVID-19 cases in Odisha now stand at 3, the health department further said.