***CORONA VIRUS UPDATES***

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9 minutes ago, snoww said:

Antey oka district lo new positive case vasthe adi next 14 days red zone ee naa.

according to this rule majority of districts will remain red zones for near future 

No only if more no.of cases consistently other wise Orange zone...

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Corona virus cases in Gujarat cross 1,000; two more die

The total number of positive cases of corona virus in Gujarat crossed the 1,000-mark on Friday after 92 new infections were reported, while the death toll reached 38 with the addition of two fatalities, health officials said.

 

 

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Zero COVID-19 cases in Odisha in two days, tally at 60 

No fresh COVID-19 cases have been reported in Odisha in the past two days, the state Health and Family Welfare department said.

As per the data released by the state health department, Odisha has so far received a total 6,734 samples till 12 am on 16 April. Of these, the number of positive cases stood at 60. The last time when a new case has been reported was 14 April.

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DRDO says have developed 'contact-less' sanitiser dispenser

DRDO's S Joshi said on Friday that the organisation has developed a "contact-less" sanitiser dispenser and installed it at its HQ. The machine dispenses sanitiser for 20 seconds without any touch and helps to disinfect people entering buildings. "Such machines can be provided to other agencies also," he said.

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ICMR says will begin study on BCG vaccine next week

The ICMR on Friday said that it will begin a study on the effectiveness of the BCG vaccine to fight coronavirus next week. "Till we have definite results, we won't recommend it even for health workers," ICMR's R Gangakhedkhar said.

He added, "This virus has been in India for three months, the mutation doesn’t happen too quickly. Whatever vaccine comes out now, it will work in the future as well (if the virus mutates)."

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COVID-19 toll in Spain nearly at 19,500

The coronavirus toll in Spain rose to nearly 19,500, after the country reported 585 new casualties in the past 24 hours, AFP reported on Friday.

 

 

 

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India seeing 40% decline in COVID-19 cases due to increased testing, says Centre

Union health ministry joint secretary Lav Aggarwal on Friday said that India was witnessing a 40 percent decline in the average growth factor in the coronavirus cases across the country, due to increased testing.

"We have been witnessing average growth factor at 1.2 since 1 April which stood at 2.1 (average) between 15 and 13 March. Hence, there is 40 percent decline in average growth factor even as we increased COVID-19 testings," he said.

He added, "The ratio between recovered COVID-19 patients and deaths stands at 80:20 in India which is higher than that in several other counties."

Rate of COVID-19 transmission has reduced since lockdown, says Centre

Doubling rate of Covid-19 cases 3 days before lockdown, now it's 6.2 days: Health min

The Union health ministry on Friday said that before the nationwide lockdown, the "doubling rate" of COVID-19 cases was about three days, "but according to data in the past seven days, the doubling rate of cases now stands at 6.2 days."

"Doubling rate in 19 states, union territories are even lower than average doubling rate. The doubling rate is lower than the national level in Kerala, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Ladakh, Puducherry, Delhi, Bihar, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh , Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Assam, Tripura etc," said Lav Aggrawal, Health Ministry.

 

 

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Migrants in Maharashtra walk to native place in MP

ANI on Friday reported that migrant workers in Maharashtra's Nagpur are cycling and walking to their homes in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh amid coronavirus lockdown. "I started my journey from Nashik five days ago and it will take another six days to reach my home," one of the workers was quoted as saying.

 

 

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COVID-19 patient passes away in Srinagar 

A 75-year-old corona virus patient from Armpora Sopore in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district on Friday died at the JVC Hospital in Srinagar, taking the toll due to the disease to five in the union territory.

35-yr-old COVID-19 patient passes away in Bihar 

An official of AIIMS, Patna said that a 35-year-old male, who had tested positive for COVID-19, lost his life at the institute on Friday. He had a history of tuberculosis and had a fever at the time he was admitted to hospital, the statement said.

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38 new COVID-19 cases take Karnataka tally to 353

Karnataka recorded another peak in COVID-19 incidence for the third consecutive day on Friday, with 38 people testing positive and taking the total number of the infected in the state to 353.

The state had recorded 19 cases on Wednesday and 36 on Thursday.

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10 lakh RT-PCR kits to be produced indigenously by May, says Centre

"We are aiming to make 10 lakh RTPCR kits by the month of May indigenously," said Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health during the daily briefing on Friday.

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Corona virus test results in 2 hours for Rs 1,000; Kerala institute develops new kit

The test called Chitra GeneLAMP-N uses the reverse transcriptase loop-mediated amplification of viral nucleic acid (RT-LAMP) for testing

Trivandrum-based government institute Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology has developed a diagnostic test kit that can deliver COVID-19 testing results in just two hours at a low cost of Rs 1,000.

The test called Chitra GeneLAMP-N uses the reverse transcriptase loop-mediated amplification of viral nucleic acid (RT-LAMP) for testing.

This is different from the popular testing methodology called RT-PCR for COVID-19. Current PCR kits in India enable detection of E gene for screening and RdRp gene for confirmation.

Chitra GeneLAMP-N gene testing will confirm the result in one test without any need for a screening test and at much lower costs.

It can take a total of 30 samples in a single batch in a single machine allowing a large number of samples to be tested each day.

The cost of testing with this new device will be less than Rs 1,000 per test for the laboratory and the testing facility can be easily set up even in the laboratories of district hospitals with limited facilities and trained laboratory technicians.

The tests performed at NIV Alappuzha (authorized by ICMR) show that Chitra GeneLAMP- N has 100 per cent accuracy and it matches with test results using the popular testing methodology called RT-PCR for COVID-19.

Funded by Department of Science and Technology, the test kit is made especially for SARS-CoV-2 N-gene and can detect two regions of the gene, which will ensure that the test does not fail even if one region of the viral gene undergoes mutation during its current spread, ensuring a high possibility of accurate test results.

The test kit was developed by the team led by Anoop Thekkuveettil, a senior Scientist of the Biomedical Technology Wing of the Institute in the last three weeks.

The results now are with the concerned authority for approval following which licence will be required from CDSCO to start manufacturing these kits.

Sree Chitra has also additionally developed the specific RNA extraction kits along with GeneLAMP-N test kits and testing devices.

The LAMP testing devices costs Rs 2.5 lakhs and the test kit for two regions of N gene costs less than Rs 1000 per test. In comparison, the RT PCR machine costs anywhere between Rs 15-40 lakh and the PCR kit costs Rs 2000-Rs 2500 per test.

The technology has been transferred for manufacturing to Agappe Diagnostics, Ernakulam-based firm that provides in-vitro diagnostics.

"Development of a novel, inexpensive, rapid confirmatory for the diagnosis of COVID-19 by Sree Chitra in record time is a compelling example of how a creative team of clinicians and scientists working together seamlessly can leverage knowledge and infrastructure to make relevant breakthroughs," said Prof Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST.

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Three new COVID-19 cases reported in Uttarakhand today

Three COVID19 positive cases reported in the state today; the total number of positive cases in the state is now 40: Uttarakhand Health Department

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1,007 new COVID-19 cases reported in last 24 hours, says Centre

1,007 new COVID-19 cases, 23 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, said Lav Agrawal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health.

 

COVID-19 INDIA as on : 17 April 2020, 17:00 GMT+5:30

 

• 11616 Active Cases
• 1766 Cured / Discharged
• 452 Deaths
• 1 Migrated

 

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Total Confirmed cases (Including 76 foreign Nationals)	Cured/Discharged/ Migrated	Death
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	11	10	0
2	Andhra Pradesh	572	36	14
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1	0	0
4	Assam	35	5	1
5	Bihar	83	37	1
6	Chandigarh	21	9	0
7	Chhattisgarh	36	23	0
8	Delhi	1640	51	38
9	Goa	7	6	0
10	Gujarat	1021	74	38
11	Haryana	205	43	3
12	Himachal Pradesh	35	16	1
13	Jammu and Kashmir	314	38	4
14	Jharkhand	29	0	2
15	Karnataka	353	82	13
16	Kerala	395	245	3
17	Ladakh	18	14	0
18	Madhya Pradesh	1308	65	57
19	Maharashtra	3205	300	194
20	Manipur	2	1	0
21	Meghalaya	9	0	1
22	Mizoram	1	0	0
23	Nagaland#	0	0	0
24	Odisha	60	19	1
25	Puducherry	7	1	0
26	Punjab	186	27	13
27	Rajasthan	1131	164	11
28	Tamil Nadu	1267	180	15
29	Telengana	743	186	18
30	Tripura	2	1	0
31	Uttarakhand	37	9	0
32	Uttar Pradesh	846	74	14
32	West Bengal	255	51	10
Total number of confirmed cases in India		13835*	1767	452
*States wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation
#Nagaland Patient shifted to Assam