***CORONA VIRUS UPDATES***

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India registers 3,277 cases, 127 deaths in past 24 hours

India on Sunday reported a spike of 3,277 COVID-19 cases and 127 deaths in the last 24 hours. The total cases in the country now at 62,939, including 41,472 active cases, 19,358 cured/discharged/migrated and 2109 deaths, according to the latest update by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

 

Maharashtra, Gujarat continue to remain worst affected states in India

With 20,228 COVID-19 cases, Maharashtra has reported the highest number of infections, followed by Gujarat (7,796) and Delhi (6,542).

 

COVID-19 INDIA as on : 10 May 2020, 08:00 IST (GMT+5:30)

 

• 41472 Active Cases
• 19357 Cured / Discharged
• 2109 Deaths
• 1 Migrated

 

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Total Confirmed cases (Including 111 foreign Nationals)	Cured/Discharged/ Migrated	Deaths ( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities )
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	33	33	0
2	Andhra Pradesh	1930	887	44
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1	1	0
4	Assam	63	34	2
5	Bihar	591	322	5
6	Chandigarh	169	24	2
7	Chhattisgarh	59	43	0
8	Dadar Nagar Haveli	1	0	0
9	Delhi	6542	2020	73
10	Goa	7	7	0
11	Gujarat	7796	2091	472
12	Haryana	675	290	9
13	Himachal Pradesh	50	38	2
14	Jammu and Kashmir	836	368	9
15	Jharkhand	156	78	3
16	Karnataka	794	386	30
17	Kerala	505	485	4
18	Ladakh	42	17	0
19	Madhya Pradesh	3614	1676	215
20	Maharashtra	20228	3800	779
21	Manipur	2	2	0
22	Meghalaya	13	10	1
23	Mizoram	1	1	0
24	Odisha	294	63	2
25	Puducherry	9	6	0
26	Punjab	1762	157	31
27	Rajasthan	3708	2026	106
28	Tamil Nadu	6535	1824	44
29	Telengana	1163	750	30
30	Tripura	134	2	0
31	Uttarakhand	67	46	1
32	Uttar Pradesh	3373	1499	74
33	West Bengal	1786	372	171
Total number of confirmed cases in India		62939*	19358	2109
*States wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation
*Our figures are being reconciled with ICMR

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Cabinet to meet with state health secys to discuss COVID-19 situation at 11 am

Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba will be holding a video conference at 11.00 am today with Chief Secretaries and Health Secretaries of all states and Union Territories.

Discussion is likely to focus on seeking state’s views on easing lock down regulations and the need for strengthening enforcement of stringent measures in containment zones, reports suggest.

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5 Air India pilots test positive for COVID-19

Five pilots of Air India found COVID-19 positive, during the pre-flight COVID test which is carried out 72 hours before they are rostered for flight duties. All of them are asymptomatic and based in Mumbai. "They had undertaken cargo flights to China," Air India sources told ANI.

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Andhra Pradesh registers 50 new cases, taking total to 1,980

Andhra Pradesh reported 50 new COVID19 cases ( including 26 returned from Gujarat and 1 returned from Karnataka) in the state in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 1,980, said Andhra Pradesh, Nodal Officer, reports ANI.

 

 

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5 Air India pilots test positive for COVID-19

Five pilots of Air India found COVID-19 positive, during the pre-flight COVID test which is carried out 72 hours before they are rostered for flight duties. All of them are asymptomatic and based in Mumbai. "They had undertaken cargo flights to China," Air India sources told ANI.

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COVID-19 cases in Indore rise to 1,858, with toll now at 89

The number of COVID-19 cases in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district rose to 1,858 after 78 more people tested positive for the disease in last 24 hours, a senior health official said on Sunday.

Also, two more people died of coronavirus in last two days, taking the death toll in the state's worst hit district to 89, Chief Medical and Health Officer Praveen Jadia said."An 85-year-old woman and a 69-year-old man died due to the disease at a private hospital in the last two days, the official said.

Both the victims hailed from the district's Mhow town and were also suffering from other health conditions, including hypertension.

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How Chennai's Koyambedu market emerged as a COVID-19 hotspot

 

 

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More than 60,000 confirmed corona virus cases registered in Africa

Africa has more than 60,000 confirmed corona virus cases, according to a tally from the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Africa CDC says that all but one of the continent's 54 countries, tiny Lesotho, has confirmed cases of the virus. South Africa has the most with more than 9,400 registered.

The widespread shortage of testing capacity continues to be a challenge and means the true figures are likely to be much higher.

 

 

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Russia records highest single-day spike in new cases

Russia's count of corona virus infections has climbed above 2,00,000 after its highest daily tally of new cases. Figures released Sunday recorded 11,012 new cases of the virus for a total of 209,688, with 1,915 deaths attributed to COVID-19.

Russian officials say the sharp rise in numbers can be attributed to increased testing, at least in part.

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Rajasthan reports 33 new cases, taking total to  3,741

Rajasthan reported one more corona virus death on Sunday morning as the number of people testing positive for the infection rose to 3,741 with 33 fresh cases. The death reported from Jaipur took the total number of fatalities in the state to 107.

Of the new 33 cases, 10 are from Jaipur, nine each from Udaipur and Kota, two each from Ajmer and Pali and one from Dungarpur. With this, the total number of positive cases in the state has gone up to 3,741, according to an official.

Jaipur accounts for more than half deaths (57) and maximum positive cases (1,206). As of now, there are 1,458 active cases in the state.

 

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Bangladesh records highest COVID-19 cases in single day; tally rises to 14,657

Bangladesh has reported 14 more deaths due to corona virus and registered a record 887 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 14,657, officials said on Sunday. "Fourteen more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 228,” Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Additional Director General Nasima Sultana said. Addressing a virtual press conference, she said the tally of corona virus infections climbed to 14,657 after 887 new COVID-19 cases were detected, marking the biggest spike in a 24-hour count. She said the fresh cases were detected after examining 5,738 samples at 36 authorized laboratories across the country during the period. Sultana, however, said the recovery count rose to 2,650 in the last 24 hours after 236 patients were discharged from hospitals.

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Death rate in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain nearly 19%

Even as Indore in Madhya Pradesh continues to be among the country's most worrisome corona virus hotpots, a city some 54 kilometres from here, Ujjain, is making health officials uneasy as the latter's death rate from the infection as on Sunday stood at a whopping 19 per cent, far higher than the 3.35 per cent national average. Ujjain, famous for the Mahakal Temple and a city with seven lakh inhabitants, has seen 45 of 237 COVID-19 patients succumbing to the infection, the death rate being a shade below 19 per cent at 18.9 per cent, as per official data. Among those who have died are a police inspector and a BJP corporator, leading to major political parties pointing out to the city's creaky health infrastructure, and the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government responding by shunting out the district collector and the superintendent of police.

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334 'super-spreaders' found in Ahmedabad, say civic officials

 

As many as 334 coronavirus 'super-spreaders' have been found in Ahmedabad so far, and it is the main reason for the order to keep shops of groceries and vegetables closed till 15 May, PTI quotes officials as saying. 'Super-spreaders' are the infectious disease carriers who could transmit the pathogen to a large number of people. They could be vegetable vendors, grocery and milk shop owners, petrol pump attendants or garbage collectors, who by the nature of their job carry the risk of getting infected and infecting others.

 

Till Saturday, Gujarat reported 7,797 coronavirus positive cases and 472 deaths. Of these, Ahmedabad alone has reported 5,540 cases and 363 deaths.

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7,740 dedicated COVID-19 facilities identified across 483 districts, says health ministry

 

A total of 7,740 dedicated COVID-19 facilities in 483 districts have been identified, the Union health ministry said on Sunday, asserting that adequate health infrastructure is in place to fight the pandemic. The public health facilities dedicated to COVID-19 management are categorised into three categories — Dedicated COVID Hospital (DCH), Dedicated COVID Health Centre (DCHC) and Dedicated COVID Care Centre (DCCC).

 

As on Sunday, 7,740 facilities in 483 districts have been identified in all States/Union Territories that include hospitals and facilities of the State/UT governments as well as the central government, a health ministry statement said.  There are 6,56,769 isolation beds, 3,05,567 beds for confirmed cases, 3,51,204 for suspected cases, 99,492 oxygen-supported beds, 1,696 facilities with oxygen manifold and 34,076 ICU beds, it said.