***CORONA VIRUS UPDATES***

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COVID-19 toll in Africa cross 1,00,000

Corona virus cases in Africa reportedly crossed 1,00,000, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was quoted as saying by India Today on Friday.

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India registers Higest single day Spike 6,654 cases taking total to 1,25,101, toll at 3,720 

India registers highest number of 6,654 COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, taking total confirmed cases to 1,25,101 on Saturday. After 137 individuals succumbed to the viral infection in the past 24 hours, the COVID-19 toll now stood at 3,720.

Of the total confirmed, there are 69,597 positive cases across the nation, according to the latest data released by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

 

COVID-19 INDIA as on : 23 May 2020, 08:00 IST (GMT+5:30)

• 69597 Active Cases
• 51783 Cured / Discharged
• 3720 Deaths
• 1 Migrated

 

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Total Confirmed cases*	Cured/Discharged/Migrated	Deaths**
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	33	33	0
2	Andhra Pradesh	2709	1763	55
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1	1	0
4	Assam	259	54	4
5	Bihar	2177	629	11
6	Chandigarh	218	178	3
7	Chhattisgarh	172	62	0
8	Dadar Nagar Haveli	1	0	0
9	Delhi	12319	5897	208
10	Goa	54	16	0
11	Gujarat	13268	5880	802
12	Haryana	1067	706	16
13	Himachal Pradesh	168	59	3
14	Jammu and Kashmir	1489	720	20
15	Jharkhand	308	136	3
16	Karnataka	1743	597	41
17	Kerala	732	512	4
18	Ladakh	44	43	0
19	Madhya Pradesh	6170	3089	272
20	Maharashtra	44582	12583	1517
21	Manipur	26	2	0
22	Meghalaya	14	12	1
23	Mizoram	1	1	0
24	Odisha	1189	436	7
25	Puducherry	26	10	0#
26	Punjab	2029	1847	39
27	Rajasthan	6494	3680	153
28	Tamil Nadu	14753	7128	98
29	Telengana	1761	1043	45
30	Tripura	175	152	0
31	Uttarakhand	153	56	1
32	Uttar Pradesh	5735	3238	152
33	West Bengal	3332	1221	265
	Cases being reassigned to states	1899
	Total#	125101	51784	3720
*(Including foreign Nationals)
**( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities )
#States wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation
#Our figures are being reconciled with ICMR

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No. of people with #COVID19 so far: 1,25,101

No. of people under active medical supervision: 69,597

Recoveries: 51,784

Deaths: 3,720

 

Recovery rate: improves to 41.39%

Recoveries / deaths ratio: improves to 93.29 % / 6.71 %

 

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47 new COVID-19 patients in Andhra Pradesh in last 24 hours

With 47 fresh infections, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Andhra Pradesh climbed to 2,714 while one death due to the virus was reported, taking the toll in the state to 56, a bulletin from the government said on Saturday. The lone death was reported in Krishna district.

 

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47 new COVID-19 patients in Andhra Pradesh in last 24 hours

With 47 fresh infections, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Andhra Pradesh climbed to 2,714 while one death due to the virus was reported, taking the toll in the state to 56, a bulletin from the government said on Saturday. The lone death was reported in Krishna district.

 

District wise breakdown ivvatam aapesaru since few days. Not sure why. 

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Singapore reports 642 new COVID-19 cases

Singapore has reported 642 new COVID-19 cases, a majority of them foreign workers living in dormitories, taking the total number of infections in the country to 31,068, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.

Six of the patients are either Singapore citizens or permanent residents (foreigners), it said.

Among the new 642 cases, 636 are foreign workers living in dormitories. The total number of infections has gone up to 31,068, the ministry said in its daily update.

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Delhi reports close to 600 cases in 24 hours

 

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Karnataka reports 196 new cases in 24 hrs

 

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Indore COVID-19 count nears 3,000 with 83 new cases

With 83 more people testing positive for corona virus in the last 24 hours in Indore, the overall COVID-19 case count in the worst-hit district in Madhya Pradesh has climbed to 2,933, an official said on Saturday. The death toll in the district rose to 111 after samples of a 40-year-old deceased tested positive, said Indore's chief medical and health officer Praveeen Jadia.

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Tamil Nadu reports 710 new cases, 5 deaths

Tamil Nadu has reported 710 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths in 24 hours. The total number of positive cases in the state now stands at 15,512, of which 7,915 are active cases. Death toll now stands at 103. 

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Gujarat COVID-19 patient erroneously discharged

In an embarrassing mix-up in Gujarat's Ahmedabad, a coronavirus positive man was discharged from hospital on the basis of a negative report that actually belonged to another person with the same name, officials said on Saturday. The authorities at civic-run Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Hospital admitted the mistake and issued an apology on Saturday, adding the human error was rectified soon with the wrongly discharged person being brought back and admitted in the facility within hours. 

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Same name mix-up: Gujarat COVID-19 patient erroneously discharged

Ahmedabad, May 23 (PTI) In an embarrassing mix-up in Gujarat''s Ahmedabad, a coronavirus positive man was discharged from hospital on the basis of a negative report that actually belonged to another person with the same name, officials said on Saturday.

The authorities at civic-run Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Hospital admitted the mistake and issued an apology on Saturday, adding the human error was rectified soon with the wrongly discharged person being brought back and admitted in the facility within hours.

"On Thursday, the hospital received reports of samples of two patients with the same name within a gap of around five hours. The first report the hospital received at around 2 pm was negative for corona virus, based on which one of the duo was discharged," the hospital said in a statement.

"However, the report of the sample of the second patient with the same name was received at around 7 pm and it was coronavirus positive. It was only after the second report was received that it was realised the patient discharged in the afternoon had actually tested positive for coronavirus," the hospital statement added.

On learning about the "human error", the discharged patient was informed, and an ambulance was immediately rushed to bring him back to the hospital, it said.

The medical team has been directed, in strong words by the hospital management, to take special precaution in such matters, the statement informed.

It also said SVP Hospital had so far treated 4,131 COVID-19 patients.

Till Saturday morning, Ahmedabad city reported 9,577 COVID-19 cases, including 638 deaths. The city currently has 5.190 active cases.

SVP Hospital is a super-speciality public hospital of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.

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Even after 1.3 lakhs cases is Indian government still saying there is no community spread ? 

Indian weather ki, Indian food habits ki raadu manaki ani theories sepparu gaa. 

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China reports 39 new corona virus cases

China has reported 39 new corona virus cases, including 36 asymptomatic patients -- majority of them from COVID-19 epicentre Hubei province and its capital Wuhan, health officials said on Sunday.

Of the three confirmed corona virus patients, one is locally transmitted infection and two are imported cases, China's National Health Commission (NHC) said.

The domestically transmitted case was reported in Jilin Province, it said. One of the new imported cases was reported in Shanghai and the other in Guangdong Province. Of the 36 new asymptomatic cases, 30 are from Hubei province and Wuhan, the NHC said.