***CORONA VIRUS UPDATES***

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46 new COVID-19 cases emerge in Gujarat, state tally at 308

The 46 new cases of the novel coronavirus registered in Gujarat on Friday, took the state COVID-19 tally to 308, PTI reported.

Meanwhile, two more patients, including an elderly man, succumbed to the respiratory disease in the state. According to officials, the toll in the state is 19 as of Friday.

"The two, who died during the last 12 hours, were a 40-year-old man from Ahmedabad and an 81-year-old man from Gandhinagar," said Principal Secretary, Health, Jayanti Ravi.

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Hungary reports biggest daily-jump of 210 COVID-19 cases

Hungary’s confirmed corona virus cases have increased by 210 to 1,190, the single largest daily increase since the outbreak of the virus, government data showed on Friday.

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India to export hydroxychloroquine only to foreign govts, not private companies, says report

India will export anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine, high in demand globally, only to foreign governments and not to private companies, as the product is under prohibited or banned category of exports, sources said. Although exports of this medicine is completely banned, India has decided to export this anti-malarial drug in sync with its global commitment to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.

"Hydroxychloroquine continues to be a prohibited item. Private-to-private company or a domestic exporter-to-foreign importer trade is ban. The procedure, which the government is adopting, is to help countries which are in dire need or which are traditionally dependent on India for this medicine or friendly countries like Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan," the sources said.

Explaining the procedure, they said countries that have to import hydroxychloroquine would have to route their application through the Ministry of External Affairs.

 

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50-year-old succumbs to COVID-19 in Dewas district 

A 50-year-old newspaper agent died of COVID-19 infection at Hatpipalya town in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district, a health official said on Friday. This is the first coronavirus casualty in the district, which has two more positive patients, he added.

The deceased, who worked as an agent for a Hindi daily and as a journalist in small towns, had tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Wednesday night, the official said.

He was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Dewas town, where he succumbed to the infection on Thursday, the official said.

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10 COVID-19 patients in Andaman and Nicobar Islands recover

 

Ten persons, who tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi in mid-March, have recovered, officials said on Friday.
All of them returned to Port Blair via Kolkata on March 24, they said.

They have tested negative and will soon be shifted from the GB Pant Hospital, where they are undergoing treatment, to a quarantine facility before being discharged, a health official said.

 

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Two women doctors test positive in Bhopal taking tally to 112; Madhya Pradesh reports 440 COVID-19 cases

Fourteen more persons, including two women doctors, tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Bhopal on Friday, taking the number of COVID-19 patients in the state capital to 112 and overall tally in Madhya Pradesh to 440, a health official said.

"Test reports of these persons came on Friday morning and they were found to be infected with the viral disease," he said, adding, "efforts were on to quarantine them and start their treatment."

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Nagaland reports no COVID-19 cases so far 

No confirmed cases of the novel corona virus has been reported in Nagaland till now. Of the 69 samples, 65 of them have tested negative while result of four samples are awaited, ANI reported.

Twenty three individuals are lodged in quarantine facilities and 658 are under home quarantine.

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List of antibody based rapid tests conducted in Pune

Till date, 16 antibody based rapid tests have been validated at National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune and the
following 8 were found to be satisfactory: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) #COVID19

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Delhi reports 720 COVID-19 cases So Far; 22 patients in ICU

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday informed that so far 720 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the National Capital.

"Out of these, 22 are in ICUs and seven on ventilators," Jain said.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday said India's total number of COVID-19 positive cases now stood at 6,412. Out of these, 5,709 are active patients and 503 of them have been cured/discharged and one has migrated.

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Karnataka's COVID-19 tally at 207 after 10 fresh cases emerge

Karnataka recorded at least 10 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Friday, taking the state count to 207. The figure includes 30 individuals who have recovered from the virus and also the six casualties. 

Nine of the 10 new cases are close contacts of people who had tested positive for the virus earlier. 

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Nearly a third of Bihar's COVID-19 cases from one family

Nearly a third of Bihar's confirmed coronavirus cases have been reported from one family in Siwan district, a COVID-19 hotspot about 130 km from state capital Patna. The state has reported 60 COVID-19 cases till Friday.

The chain of infection started with one man who returned from Oman in March.

According to officials, the man, hailing from Panjwar in Siwan, had travelled to several parts in the district before returning to his village on 16 March.

Twenty-two others in the family including women and children have tested positive later. Initialy most of them did not show symptoms of the highly contagious disease.

The district has so far reported 31 coronavirus patients, over half of the state's total cases.

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Spain records lowest daily toll in 17 days

Spain records its lowest daily death toll from corona virus in 17 days, with 605 deaths, the government says, AFP reported.

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Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally at 1,385 after 12 new cases emerge

With 21 more persons testing positive for the novel coronavirus in Maharashtra, most of them in Pune and Mumbai, the number of COVID-19 patients went up to 1,385 on Friday, the state health department said.

As per the latest update provided by the health department, Pune reported nine 9 new cases followed by Akola (4), Buldhana (2) and Ratnagiri (1).

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said five new coronavirus positive patients were found in Dharavi.

 

 

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ICMR approves diagnostic machine for TB to conduct COVID-19 tests 

TrueNat, a diagnostic machine used to test drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) have been approved by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for conducting COVID-19 tests.

"ICMR has recommended use of Truenat beta CoV test on Truelab workstation validated by ICMR as a screening test. Also, use of US-FDA approved closed real time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) systems like GeneXpert and Roche Cobas - 6800/800 have been approved under emergency use," The Hindu quoted ICMR as saying. 

 

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Restrictions to continue in 34 'red zones' in J&K post lockdown 

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, GC Murmu on Friday said that restrictions will remain imposed even after Narendra Modi's call for nationwide lock down ends at 14 April, in "34 red zones" that have been identified in the Union Territory.

"There will be selective restrictions, movement and social distancing in these zones. Planning for this is underway," said Murmu.