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COVID-19 cases at 40 in Himachal Pradesh, says state health department

The Himachal Pradesh Health Department put the total number confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state at 40, out of which 15 are active, ANI said. The department also said that 20 people have recovered so far while ones person has died from the virus.

As of now, 4,623 samples have been tested for coronavirus. While 4,363 have tested negative, result is awaited for 220 samples. The state has 9,374 people under surveillance, according to ANI.

 

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కృష్ణలంకలో ఓ లారీడ్రైవర్‌ లాక్‌డౌన్‌ నిబంధనలు ఉల్లంఘించాడనీ.. అంతేకాకుండా కాలక్షేపం కోసం ఇరుగుపొరుగు వాళ్లను పిలిచి పేకాట ఆడాడన్నారు. ఆ తర్వాత పిల్లలు, మహిళలు హౌసీ ఆడారనీ.. ఈ ఒక్కరి నిర్లక్ష్యం వల్ల 24 మందికి కరోనా సోకిందని చెప్పారు.

అలాగే, విజయవాడలోని కార్మికనగర్‌లో మరో డ్రైవర్‌ నిర్లక్ష్యం వల్ల 15 మందికి పైగా కరోనా సోకిందన్నారు. భౌతికదూరం పాటించకుండా వివిధ కార్యక్రమాల్లో పాల్గొనడం వల్లే ఇలా జరిగిందన్నారు. ఈ ఇద్దరి నిర్వాకం వల్ల జిల్లాలో దాదాపు 40 మందికి కరోనా పాజిటివ్ అని తేలిందన్నారు. రెడ్‌ జోన్లలో ఉండే ప్రజలు ఇప్పటికైనా ఇళ్ల నుంచి బయటకు రావొద్దని కలెక్టర్‌ కోరారు.

 

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Gujarat reports 256 positive cases

 

256 new positive cases of #COVID19 were reported in Gujarat on Saturday, ANI quotes state health department data.Total corona virus cases in the state have risen to 3,071 which includes 282 discharged/cured and 133 deaths.

 

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57-year-old constable dies of COVID-19 in Mumbai

A 57-year-old police constable who had been diagnosed with COVID-19 passed away at aprivate hospital in Mumbai on Saturday, officials said. This is the first known case of a police personnel dying due to corona virus infection in Maharashtra. The constable was attached to a police station in western suburbs. He lived in Worli Naka area in south Mumbai.

 

A total of 96 police personnel, including 15 officers, have contracted corona virus infection in Maharashtra so far, officials had said earlier in the day. PTI

 

281 new cases detected in Mumbai

281 new positive cases and 12 deaths were reported in Mumbai on Saturday.Total number of cases in the city stands at 4,870. A total of 762 persons have been discharged till date of which 167 were discharged today. With this the toll in the metropolis has reached 191 now, ANI quotes the Public Health Department of Mumbai as saying.

 

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No new cases in Uttarakhand today, count stands at 48

 

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Maharashtra reports 811 new cases, tally climbs to 7,628

Covid-19 Maharashtra updates : Total new cases in Maharashtra in the last 24 hours stood at 811. The total deaths in the state in the last 24 hours is 22. Data below

Total deaths due to coronavirus in Maharashtra --- 323

Total cases in Maharashtra -- 7,628

Total cases in Mumbai -- 5.049

Total deaths in Mumbai in alone -- 191

13 deaths in Mumbai in last 24 hours.

New Cases in Mumbai in last 24 hours -- 602

1,076 patients have been discharged till date after full recovery.

811 New COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra surge to 7,628, toll touches 323

 

811 new COVID19 cases and 22 deaths have been reported in the state today, taking the total number of positive cases to 7628 and death toll to 323, ANI quotes the Maharashtra Health Department as saying.With 119 patients discharged after recovery, their number rose to 1,076 so far,according to the health department.

 

 

 

 

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Telangana reports 7 new cases, tally rises to 990

Telangana on Saturday reported seven new Covid-19 cases. Out of these, six were reported from Hyderabad alone. Here are the further details.

Total cases -- 990
Discharged -- 307
Death -- 25
Active -- 658

 

 

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Iran deaths rise, hardest hit in Middle East

Iran says it registered 76 more deaths in the previous 24 hours.

That puts the reported death toll from Covid-19 at 5,650 and confirmed cases at over 89,000. Iran is the country hardest hit by the virus in the Middle East.

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Spain reports nearly 3,000 daily virus cases

Spain's health authorities say 2,944 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed in the previous 24 hours, taking the total to nearly 206,000 cases.

Authorities say the daily figure is a 1.5 per cent increase from Friday, compared to over 20 per cent from a month before. There were 378 reported deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll since the start of the pandemic in Spain to nearly 23,000.

 

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Confirmed cases in Rajasthan mount to 2,083

49 more tested positive for the novel corona virus in Rajasthan, taking the case count in the state to 2,083. 15 cases were detected in Jaipur while 10 were found in Jodhpur.

 

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Madhya Pradesh starts bringing back migrant labourers stranded in other states

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the he had spoken to his counterparts in Gujarat, Maharahstra, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to bring back migrant labourers stranded in those states. Over 2,400 labourers have boarded about 98 buses in Gujarat and migrant workers are also being brought back from Rajasthan, he said. Health check up were conducted before their departure and will also be conducted at the state borders, he said.

Additionally, over 8000 labourers stranded in different districts of the state have been allowed to return home, said the chief minister.

Shops to be opened in rural areas of Madhya Pradesh: CM

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that shops in rural areas of the state, except those in containment areas, would be allowed to open from tomorrow. In urban areas, shops in market places will be allowed to open however only those selling esential items will be allowed to in residential complexes. Additionally, shops will remain close in containment areas and shops and in shopping malls. Cinema halls, hotels, gyms and beauty parlours will continue being closed. 

Shops will also remain closed in Indore, Bhopal, Ujjain, Jabalpur and Khargone keeping in mind the safety of the residents of these cities, he said.

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Cases in Delhi jump by 111 to 2,625

With 111 new COVID19 cases and one death reported today in Delhi, the total number of positive cases in the state rose to 2625 and the death toll increased to 54, according to the latest update provided by the Government of Delhi.

 

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Two new COVID-19 cases in Ladakh

Two persons tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Ladakh on Saturday, taking the number of confirmed cases in the Union Territory to 20, reports PTI.  The number of active COVID-19 cases in Ladakh are four and all of them are stable. Sixteen patients have recovered and were discharged from hospitals, the official said. A new case was reported from Bogdang village in Nubra area of Leh district, and the other from Sankoo in Kargil district, said Rigzin Samphel, commissioner secretary (health).

 

The family members of the two have been shifted to quarantine centres. The person in Sankoo had a travel history to Iran and had reached Delhi on February 26 before travelling to Leh on March 5, Samphel said. The person in Bogdang had a travel history to Gujarat and had reached Chandigarh on 2 February. He had reached Thoise in Nubra on 9 March. The samples of all the co-passengers will be collected and tested, according to the official.

 

The area of Sankoo is already under containment and contact tracing will be carried out. Moreover, 500 samples from Bogdang will be sent for testing, he said. Meanwhile, Leh District Magistrate Sachin Kumar issued an order declaring Bogdang as a containment area. 

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Latur reports COVID-19 case after over fortnight

A 70-year-old woman from Maharashtra's Latur district, which had not reported any coronavirus positive case in more than 14 days, died on

Saturday of the infection, a Health official said. Notably, the Union Health ministry had on Monday added Latur, Osmanabad, Hingoli and Washim districts in Maharashtra in its list of districts from 23 States/UT that have not reported any fresh cases in the last 14 days (preceding April

20).

 

"A 70-year-old woman from Udgir died at the COVID facility there at 4:15 pm. She was admitted on April 23. The woman was suffering from diabetes and hypertension. Her report for COVID-19 came positive this afternoon," said district civil surgeon Dr Sanjay Dhage.Following the death of the woman, state minister Sanjay Bansode has appealed to people from Udgir to remain indoors and to follow social distancing norms.