In last 24 hours 1,409 Covid-19 positive cases have been reported, which takes our total confirmed cases to 21,393, says Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry. Coronavirus recovery rate stands at 19.89% in India.
For instance, police are now conducting checks at Delhi-Noida-Ghaziabad border areas, which have been completely sealed with the exception of essential services. Gujarat has now become India’s third state after Mumbai and Delhi to report over 2,000 cases. Ahmedabad, with over 1,350 cases, is Gujarat’s worst-hit city. In West Bengal, a central team sent for monitoring the situation in hotspot areas, managed to visit certain areas after a day-long political standoff between state and Centre. Meanwhile, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called off a symbolic protest after Amit Shah assured them of additional security in the wake of attacks on medical staff treating COVID-19 patients. Around the world, the situation remains bleak as cases top 2.5 million with nearly 1.8 lakh deaths. Meanwhile, the US government has banned immigration for a period of 2 months.
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- Total 21,393 cases so far; recovery rate over 19%, said Health Ministry
- 12 districts with no new cases in 28 days
- No new cases in 78 districts for 14 days
- Electrical shops, book shops will remain open
- Mosques will remain closed
UP CM Yogi Adityanath asks senior officers to camp in worst-hit 15 districts to implement government’s containment measures
In last 24 hours 1,409 Covid-19 positive cases have been reported, which takes our total confirmed cases to 21,393, says Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry.
No new cases of coronavirus reported in 78 districts of India in last 14 days: Health Ministry
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Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayansamy and Assembly Speaker V P Sivakolundu were among a host of ministers, MPs and MLAs to be tested for the coronavirus today at the legislative assembly premises.
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The order, passed late on Tuesday and addressed to district magistrates (DM)s, chief medical officers of health (CMOH)s and superintendents of Covid-19 dedicated hospitals, read: “Since mobile phones can be a potential source of spreading Covid-19 infection, no one will be allowed to carry, possess or use mobile phones inside Covid hospitals in the state.
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At least 150 members of Tablighi Jamaat, including foreign participants of Nizamuddin markaz were tracked down by Uttar Pradesh police in a gruelling 48-hour surveillance mission that concluded late Tuesday taking the quarantine-and-arrest count of Jamaatis to 3,204, including 341 preachers from abroad.
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