***CORONA VIRUS UPDATES***

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Five more test positive in Jharkhand; state tally at 9

Five more persons have tested positive for coronavirus in Jharkhand, taking the total number of cases to nine in the state, said an official on Wednesday.

"Five more persons have tested positive for coronavirus in Jharkhand, taking the total number of cases to nine. Four new cases are from Ranchi's Hindipiri area and one from Bokaro," said State Health Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni to ANI. Kulkarni said they are family members of earlier positive cases from Ranchi and Bokaro.

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Indore, Bhopal, Ujjain sealed to contain spread of COVID-19

After an increase in the number of corona virus cases, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday ordered three major cities Indore, Bhopal and Ujjain to be sealed completely.

The state government also invoked the Essential Services Management Act (ESMA) in the state with immediate effect to combat COVID-19 to ensure essential supplies and services are operational during this crisis.

"The district administration should ensure the supply of essential commodities in these areas. No person will be able to go in and out of these areas. Services of all government departments and their resources should be taken in corona virus related work," Chouhan said. In other districts also, the infected areas should be completely sealed, he said.

The Chief Minister announced this after a review of the situation and control arrangements of the corona virus in the state with senior officials. The number of corona virus positive cases in Indore is 173, 96 in Bhopal, 13 in Ujjain, 12 in Khargone and 12 in Morena.

 

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First COVID-19 positive case reported from Madhya Pradesh's Dhar

One person has tested positive for COVID-19 in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar city. This is the first case that has been reported from the area. The COVID-19 patient, who is a resident of Bhaktiyar Marg, has been admitted to the district hospital for the past three days.

"First corona virus case has been reported in Dhar; an area of 3-km near the Bhaktiyar Marg has been sealed," said Shrikant Banoth, Dhar Collector. 

According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of cases in Madhya Pradesh is 229. So far, 13 deaths have been reported in the state.

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669 Covid-19 cases in Delhi

As many as 669 positive cases of novel corona virus have been reported in Delhi till Thursday. Of these 669, 426 cases are from the Markaz meet.

 

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Mumbai: BMC to procure 1 lakh test kits from South Korea

An official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has said the civic body will procure 1 lakh rapid test kits for from South Korea.

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Global toll crosses 88,000

Global death toll in the corona virus pandemic has crossed 88,000 with the maximum fatalities being recorded in Italy. So far over 17,000 people have died in Italy, followed by the US and Spain, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.

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Jalandhar resident passes away

A 59-year-old Covid-19 patient in Jalandhar passed away on Wednesday night. He was on the ventilator support for the last 2 days. The district administration is working out modalities for cremation as per standard protocol, said KBS Sidhu, Special Chief Secretary, Punjab Disaster Management (COVID19).

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Scores of detained Rohingya freed in Myanmar as virus fears mount

Cases against scores of Rohingya Muslims detained after fleeing Myanmar's restive Rakhine state have been dropped, as fears grow of a potential corona virus outbreak in the country's overcrowded prisons. A military crackdown in 2017 forced some 750,000 Rohingya to escape to Bangladesh, where they languish in sprawling refugee cities.

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With 63 new cases, China worries of second wave of infections

China has been worried of a second wave of infections in the country for the past several days. On Wednesday the country reported 63 new confirmed cases of the novel corona virus, including 61 imported ones. China has lifted the over two-month lock down of Wuhan, from where the outbreak originated. The Chinese health authority said on Thursday that two deaths were also reported taking the total death toll in the country to 3,335. The overall corona virus cases have reached 81,865 in the country.

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426 out of 669 cases in Delhi are Tablighi Jamaat attendees, says health minister

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday announced that  "Till now there have been 669 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Delhi, including 426 from the Nizam-mudin gathering," reported ANI.

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426 out of 669 cases in Delhi are Tablighi Jamaat attendees, says health minister

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday announced that  "Till now there have been 669 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Delhi, including 426 from the Nizam-mudin gathering," reported ANI.

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Global coronavirus cases top 1.5 million, reports AFP tally

More than 1.5 million cases of the novel coronavirus have been registered worldwide, according to a tally compiled by Agence France-Presse at 0530 GMT Thursday from official sources.

Of the 1,502,478 infections, 87,320 people have died across 192 countries and territories since the epidemic first emerged in China late last year.