***CORONA VIRUS UPDATES***

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Puducherry reports 18 new cases, takes total infections to 194

Eighteen more COVID-19 cases in Puducherry took the tally of infections to 194 on Sunday, while fatalities remained at four with no fresh deaths being reported.

Of the 18 who tested positive in the last 24 hours, 13 were admitted to the Indira Gandhi Government Medical college hospital at nearby Kadirkamam, three to the centrally administered JIPMER here and two at Karaikal and Mahe, Director of Health and Family Welfare Services S Mohan Kumar said. There are presently 99 active cases in the hospitals.

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Andhra Pradesh reports 253 new cases, two deaths

Andhra Pradesh reports 253 new coronavirus cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the state to 4,841 including 2034 active cases and 84 deaths, ANI quotes the state health department as saying.

 

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Beijing logs 36 new cases linked to market cluster

Beijing on Sunday reported a record 36 new cases of COVID-19 in China’s capital, all linked to a major food wholesale market, raising concerns about the spike in a country that had sharply reduced its infections. The city has ordered testing of anyone linked to the Xinfadi market, after the district containing the market put itself on a “wartime” footing and Beijing banned tourism and sports events amid fears of a new wave of the pandemic in the country where it arose last year.

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Nepal reports 425 patients

425 new infections of the novel corona virus were reported in Nepal in the last 24 hours. Total number of cases in the country is now at 5,760, including 19 deaths, ANI quotes the Nepal Health Ministry as saying.

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India 9th worst-hit in terms of COVID-19 deaths; recoveries surpass active cases

With 9,195 fatalities till Sunday, India is the ninth worst-hit nation in terms of COVID-19 deaths while the highest spike of 11,929 cases took the tally to over 3.20 lakh of which over half have recovered from the disease. According to the Union health ministry data, the country recorded 311 new deaths in the 24-hour period till Sunday morning while the recovery rate rose to above 50 per cent with 1,62,378 patients cured so far, leaving 1,49,348 cases active. A total of 8,049 COVID-19 patients have been cured till Sunday 8 am taking the recovery rate to 50.60 percent, the health ministry said.

 

The Johns Hopkins University, which has been compiling COVID-19 data from all over the world, put India in the ninth position in terms of death toll and fourth in terms of total caseload.

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Dharavi reports 13 new cases

 

13 more infections were reported in the Dharavi area of Mumbai today. Total number of cases in the area is now at 2,043, including 77 deaths ANI quotes the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) as saying.

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Case count in Karnataka touches 7,000

The number of corona virus cases reported in Karnataka till date reached 7,000 on Sunday as the state reported 176 new cases and five deaths on Sunday. 3,955 persons have been discharged till date while 86 persons have lost their lives due to the viral infection and three have died due to non-COVID causes after testing positive for the virus, said a bulletin issued by the state health department.

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1,974 more #COVID19 cases & 38 deaths reported in Tamil Nadu today.

 

Total number of cases in the state is now at 44,661, including 19,676 active cases, 24,547 discharged & 435 deaths: State Health Department

 

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South Korea reports 37 new cases today

South Korea has reported 37 new cases, bringing its caseload to 12,121 infections, including 277 deaths. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 25 of the cases came from the Seoul area, reports AP.

In Seoul, health authorities are scrambling to trace infections linked to entertainment and leisure activities, church gatherings, warehouse workers and door-to-door sellers. At least 1,346 infections are linked to international arrivals, mostly South Koreans returning home from abroad. 

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ICMR issues advisory on antigen detection test for COVID-19

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recommended the use of Standard Q COVID-19 Ag detection assay (antigen detection test) as a point of care diagnostic assay for testing under certain settings in combination with RT-PCR test.

Those who test negative for COVID-19 by rapid antigen test should be definitely tested sequentially by RT-PCR to rule out infection, whereas a positive test should be considered as a true positive and does not need reconfirmation by RT-PCR test, said ICMR in an advisory on Sunday.

 

 

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China begins mass testing in Beijing as 67 new cases appear

China has begun the mass testing of hundreds of people who had visited a Beijing wholesale market which sparked a fresh bout of corona virus cases even as the country reported 67 new COVID-19 infections including 42 in the capital.

In a bid to stem the spread of the contagion, the authorities in Beijing have conducted the nucleic acid test on 29,386 people who had visited the Xinfadi wholesale market since May 30, Gao Xiaojun, spokesman for the Beijing Health Commission, said on Monday.

 

 

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Over 1.1 lakh samples tested in past 24 hrs

A total of 1,15,519 samples have been tested in the last 24 hours, says the Indian Council of Medical Research. So far, India has tested 57,74,133 samples.

 

 

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India reports 11,502 cases, 325 deaths in past 24 hours

India reports 11,502 new cases and 325 deaths, according to Union health ministry. The total number of cases has now gone up to 3,32,424, and the toll is at 9,520. India is now the fourth most-affected country in the world.

Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu remain worst-hit

With 1,07,958 confirmed cases of COVID-19 so far, Maharashtra remains the worst-affected state in the country, followed by Tamil Nadu (44,661) and Delhi (41,182).

 

COVID-19 INDIA as on : 15 June 2020, 08:00 IST (GMT+5:30)

 

• 153106 Active Cases
• 169797 Cured / Discharged
• 9520 Deaths
• 1 Migrated

 

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases*	Cured/Discharged/Migrated*	Deaths**	Total Confirmed cases*
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	5	33	0	38
2	Andhra Pradesh	2765	3314	84	6163
3	Arunachal Pradesh	84	7	0	91
4	Assam	2081	1960	8	4049
5	Bihar	2261	4170	39	6470
6	Chandigarh	54	293	5	352
7	Chhattisgarh	891	763	8	1662
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	34	2	0	36
9	Delhi	24032	15823	1327	41182
10	Goa	490	74	0	564
11	Gujarat	5742	16325	1477	23544
12	Haryana	4117	3003	88	7208
13	Himachal Pradesh	174	337	7	518
14	Jammu and Kashmir	2593	2389	59	5041
15	Jharkhand	832	905	8	1745
16	Karnataka	2959	3955	86	7000
17	Kerala	1340	1102	19	2461
18	Ladakh	468	80	1	549
19	Madhya Pradesh	2666	7677	459	10802
20	Maharashtra	53030	50978	3950	107958
21	Manipur	367	91	0	458
22	Meghalaya	18	25	1	44
23	Mizoram	111	1	0	112
24	Nagaland	80	88	0	168
25	Odisha	1190	2708	11	3909
26	Puducherry	98	91	5	194
27	Punjab	717	2356	67	3140
28	Rajasthan	2836	9566	292	12694
29	Sikkim	64	4	0	68
30	Tamil Nadu	19679	24547	435	44661
31	Telangana	2412	2377	185	4974
32	Tripura	760	315	1	1076
33	Uttarakhand	684	1111	24	1819
34	Uttar Pradesh	4948	8268	399	13615
35	West Bengal	5552	5060	475	11087
	Cases being reassigned to states	6972			6972
	Total#	153106	169798	9520	332424
*(Including foreign Nationals)
**( more than 70% cases due to co-morbidities )
#States wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation
#Our figures are being reconciled with ICMR