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Facing 'social boycott', man hangs self to death in Himachal's Una

 A 37-year-old man hanged self to death in Himachal Pradesh's Una district on Sunday morning after allegedly facing "social boycott" by some villagers, who suspected him to be suffering from COVID-19 despite testing negative for it, reports PTI. Mohammad Dilshad committed suicide under a shed at his residence in Una's  Bangarh village, a day after health officials dropped him at his village following his negative report, an official said.    He was taken to a quarantine facility a few days ago where he tested negative for the disease. Una Sadar SHO Darshan Singh said Dilshad was one of the contacts of a Tablighi Jamaat member who had returned from New Delhi's Nizam-mudin.

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Come forward for testing by 5 pm or face action: Himachal CM warms Tablighi attendees

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur  asked all Tablighi Jamaat members who had attended the group's congregation in Delhi's Nizam-mudin, a COVID-19 hotspot, to come forward for testing by 5 pm, failing which action will be taken against them, reports PTI.Three of the seven persons who tested positive for coronavirus in the state on Saturday were Tablighi Jamaat members, he said. 

 

Thakur claimed Tablighi Jamaat members are not cooperating with the authorities. The chief minister said the three members of the group who tested positive on Saturday were hiding in a mosque in Solan district's Nalagarh and their samples were collected from there.

 

 

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Toll in Indore reaches 9

 

The toll in Indore rose to 9 with the death of a woman patient at the MGM hopistal in Indore. 'One COVID19 patient, a 53-year-old woman, passed away at MGM hospital today', ANI quotes Dr Jyoti Bindal, Dean, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore as saying.

 

 

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With 42 more cases, count touches 276 in Uttar Pradesh

The number of coronavirus patients in Uttar Pradesh jumped to 276 on Sunday, an increase of 42 cases in the past one day, reports PTI. Principal Secretary (Medical and Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said half of the cases (138) were linked to the Tablighi Jamaat.   Most cases related to the Jamaat were detected from Agra (29), Ghaziabad (14), Meerut (13), Shamli (8), Maharajganj (6), Kanpur (6) and Ghazipur (5), he said.

 

The official said so far 31 districts in the state have been affected by the coronavirus outbreak.   He said 21 patients have been discharged after treatment so far while three deaths have been reported from the state till date

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Six people recovered today: Pinarayi Vijayan

ANI quoted Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan as saying, "Six people recovered today. There's a decrease in number of people under surveillance, which now stands at 1,58,617. Out of a total of 10,221 samples, 9300 tested negative."

 

 

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COVID-19 cases in Kerala rise to 256

Eight more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Kerala, taking the number of cases in the state to 256, PTI quotes health Minister KK Shailaja as saying.

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Karnataka tally rises to 151

According to data releases by the Karnataka health department, seven new coronavirus cases were reported in the state in the last 24 hours taking the tally to 151. This number includes 4 deaths and 12 discharges it said adding that the number of active cases thus stood at 135.

Out of the 7 people found COVID-19 positive on Sunday, two people from Bengaluru had returned from Dubai on 22 March; four from Belagavi and one from Ballari had attended Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi, reports News18.

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Four Markaz attendees test positive in Buldhana

Four persons who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi's Nizabackn have tested positive in Buldhana, reports PTI.

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522 of 571 COVID-19 patient in Tamil Nadu had attended Tablighi event, says state health secretary

Tamil Nadu health secretary Beela Rajesh said 86 new cases were reported in the state on Sunday of which 85 had participated in the Jamaat  congregation which had taken place in New Delhi in mid-March. She also said that of the total 571 cases in the state, 522 were Tablighi attendees.

 

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Uttarakhand reports four more cases, total reaches 26

Four more patients were diagnosed with COVID-19 on Sunday, taking the total in Uttarakhand to 26, said a statement by the health department.

 

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COVID-19 State wise Status

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Total Confirmed cases (Including 65 foreign Nationals)	Cured/Discharged/ Migrated	Death
1	Andhra Pradesh	190	1	1
2	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	10	0	0
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1	0	0
4	Assam	26	0	0
5	Bihar	30	0	1
6	Chandigarh	18	0	0
7	Chhattisgarh	9	3	0
8	Delhi	503	18	7
9	Goa	7	0	0
10	Gujarat	122	18	11
11	Haryana	59	25	1
12	Himachal Pradesh	6	1	1
13	Jammu and Kashmir	106	4	2
14	Jharkhand	3	0	0
15	Karnataka	144	12	4
16	Kerala	306	49	2
17	Ladakh	14	10	0
18	Madhya Pradesh	165	0	9
19	Maharashtra	490	42	24
20	Manipur	2	0	0
21	Mizoram	1	0	0
22	Odisha	20	0	0
23	Puducherry	5	1	0
24	Punjab	57	1	5
25	Rajasthan	200	21	0
26	Tamil Nadu	485	6	3
27	Telengana	269	32	7
28	Uttarakhand	22	2	0
29	Uttar Pradesh	227	19	2
30	West Bengal	80	10	3
Total number of confirmed cases in India		3577*	275	83
*States wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation

 

 

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Tally reaches 3,577; 83 deaths so far

Total number of COVID19 positive cases  has risen to 3,577, death toll has reached to 83, according to the latest data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare According to ANI, there has been a spike of 505 positive cases in the last 24 hours.

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PPE samples made by Northern Railway clear DRDO test

Two samples of Perosnal Protective Equipment (PPE) made at northern railway workshop clear DRDO test, PTI quotes Northern Railway as saying. It is expected that the Railways can now contribute in mitigating the shortfall of PPE’s to the extent possible by manufacturing it in- house.

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Count in Delhi climbs to 503

The number of coronavirus cases climbed to 503 and the death toll rose to seven in the National Capital on Sunday, with 58 fresh cases and one death being reported in a day, PTI quotes Delhi government authorities as saying. The cases include 320 people who took part in a religious congregation in Nizam-mudin last month, they said. Of the total cases, 18 have been discharged and one has migrated out of the country.

 

Till Saturday night, the number of cases of the deadly virus stood at 445 in the city, including six deaths.

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Random testing conducted on experimental basis in Vishakhapatnam

Andhra Pradesh Special Chief Secretary (Health) K S Jawahar Reddy said that a special approach undertaken on an experimental basis in Visakhapatnam city, where the identified red zones (having Corona positive patients) were divided into eight clusters and 20 samples were tested on a random basis from each cluster. Those who returned from abroad and persons in the high- risk age groups (below 10 and above 65 years) were chosen at random and their blood samples were tested.  "All these samples turned negative in the tests," the Special CS said.