Coronavirus India live updates: A noted health expert has predicted India may witness Covid cases peaking in mid-July if the current lockdown is lifted on May 30. Speaking to PTI, Professor and Head of Life Course Epidemiology at the Public Health Foundation of India Giridhara R Babu said that the country at present is definitely at a lower trajectory in terms of COVID-19 deaths compared to anywhere in the world which means it has contained the transmission of the virus to a great extent. “If the lockdown is lifted on May 30, then we will have peak around mid-July because if you take three incubations period, which is one-and-half months, that will be enough for you to know how the disease spreads when nothing is controlled,” he told PTI.
After a shut down of all activities which lasted 55 days, buses and private vehicles were allowed to ply the roads with certain restrictions in place; most shops have also been allowed to reopen, though different states have imposed their own rules.
Meanwhile, the ICMR said that a total of 25,12,388 samples have been tested by 9 am of Wednesday, and the testing capacity has been scaled up to 1 lakh tests per day. With less than 100 COVID-19 tests per day just two months ago, to a 1000-fold increase in just 60 days.
Globally, as many as 49 lakh confirmed cases have been reported worldwide with 3.2 lakh fatalities.
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IndiGo on Thursday said it would be operating 97 repatriation flights between Kerala and four countries in the Middle East to bring back Indians stranded there amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"Adhering to all precautionary measures, the flights will be operated between Kerala and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Doha, Kuwait and Muscat," the airline said in a press release.
IndiGo has been granted nearly half of the total 180 repatriation flights allotted to private airlines, the budget carrier said.
For the third consecutive day, Delhi saw the highest single-day spike of coronavirus cases on Thursday with 571 fresh infections being recorded and death toll nearing 200, even as Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal exuded confidence that the city will soon have more Covid-19 recovered patients than active cases.
A 41-year-old Nepalese man died on Thursday, becoming the third person to succumb to the coronavirus in the country on a day when 26 new Covid-19 cases were reported, the health ministry said.
Uttar Pradesh on Thursday reported 341 new Covid-19 cases, recording the highest single-day spike so far, taking the states coronavirus tally to 5,515. As many 138 persons have succumbed to the dreaded virus till now.
Four deaths - two in Jaipur and one each in Bharatpur and Sikar - take the COVID-19 related mortality figures in Rajasthan to 151. A total of 212 new COVID-19 positive cases were detected in the State today, taking the tally to 6,227. Of the total number of patients, 3,485 have recovered and 3,115 have been discharged. As of now, the State has 2,591 active cases.
Maharashtra crossed the grim milestone of 40,000 cases on Thursday with the State reporting 2,345 Covid-19 cases to take the cumulative tally to 41,642.
While this was the second-highest single-day surge till date , it was offset by the highest single-day recoveries in the State, with 1408 patients being discharged to take the total number of discharged till date to 11,726.
64 new deaths were reported today, taking the total number of fatalities to 1454. Mumbai's case tally has now crossed the 25,000 mark to reach 25,550 cases, while it's death toll has risen to 882. As many as 41 of the new deaths reported today were from Mumbai city, nine from Malegaon city in Nashik district and seven from Pune district among other parts of the state.
The Cypriot government ended a strict coronavirus lockdown Thursday, reopening outdoor restaurants and barber shops, but keeping the Mediterranean resort island's vital airports and hotels closed for now.
Tamil Nadu has reported 776 new COVID-19 cases today, taking the total number of cases in the state to 13,967. With seven new deaths, the total number of deaths in the state have risen to 94. Chennai accounts for 8,975 of these
The Karnataka health department confirmed143 new coronavirus in the state from 5pm on Wednesday till 5 pm on Thursday, taking the total number of positive cases to 1,605. There are 992 active cases.
The Jammu and Kashmir government said that 83,334 residents stranded in other states and UTs have been brought back. This includes 63,109 residents brought back by road, 19,724 by special COVID-19 and Shramik trains and 501 passengers including students through special flights.
A petition has been moved in Delhi HC seeking the release of 916 foreign nationals related to 'Nizamuddin Markaz' lodged at an institutional quarantine facility in Delhi. The plea states that they have been lodged there despite being tested negative for Coronavirus.
9 new coronavirus positive patients have been found in Gautam Buddh Nagar, Noida. The tally crossed 300.
We have divided routes in seven sections for fare control; first section is where flight duration is less than 40 mins: Aviation Minister
A self-declaration or Aarogya Setu App status on a compatible device would be obtained to ensure that a passenger is free of #COVID19 symptoms. Passenger with red status on Aarogya Setu App will not be allowed to travel: Hardeep Singh Puri, Civil Aviation Minister
We've set a minimum & a maximum fare. In the case of Delhi, Mumbai the minimum fare would be Rs 3500 for a journey between 90-120 minutes, maximum fare would be Rs 10,000. This is operative for 3 months - till one minute to midnight on 24th Aug: HS Puri, Civil Aviation Minister
A police constable died of coronavirus at a hospital here, Telangana’s Director General of Police Mahender Reddy said on Thursday. It’s the first fatality in Telangana police force due to Covid-19.
We've set a minimum and a maximum fare. In the case of Delhi, Mumbai the minimum fare would be Rs 3500 for a journey between 90-120 minutes, maximum fare would be Rs 10,000. This is operative for 3 months - till one minute to midnight on 24th August: Civil aviation minister HS Puri
40 per cent seats in flights would have to be sold at mid-point of lower and upper air fare limit set for the route: Aviation Secretary
Online food delivery platform Swiggy has started alcohol home delivery service in Jharkhand starting Thursday, even as the company revealed it is also in advanced stages of discussions with multiple state governments for providing similar service. Read more
Singapore on Thursday reported 448 new coronavirus cases, most of them foreign workers living in dormitories, taking the total number of positive cases in the city-state to 29,812.
131 Covid-19 positive cases, 3 deaths, 18 recovered & 41 discharged in Rajasthan today so far. The total number of positive cases in the state rises to 6146, including 150 deaths and 3422 recovered and 3041 discharged: Rajasthan Health Department
70-year-old woman from Budgam district who had tested positive for coronavirus dies at hospital in Srinagar, taking Covid-19 related death toll in Jammu and Kashmir to 19: Officials
Almost 1.50 lakh tickets were booked within two hours of opening the bookings for the 100 pairs of passenger trains that the railways will operationalise on June 1, officials said Thursday. On Wednesday, railways issued a list of 100 pairs of trains that it will operate from June 1.
While shootings can take place only indoors, outdoor shoots can take place in rural areas. Maximum of 20 people are allowed to be present, while producers have to adhere to social distancing norms and other Covid protocol in place.
Andhra Pradesh's coronavirus cases surges, reports 45 new Covid-19 cases, tally rises to 2,452
The Indian Railway has begin the booking of tickets for 69 special trains on IRCTC by 11 am
Take-away to be encouraged to prevent crowding. Promote digital payments, self-ordering booths at F&B and retails outlets: Airports Authority of India (AAI) SOP to its Airports
Airport operators must make appropriate arrangement for sanitisation of passengers' baggage before entry into terminal building: AAI
Coronavirus cases surge in Uttarakhand, 8 new Covid cases today
Total number of cases in the country now at 1,12,359, including 63,624 active cases and 3435 deaths: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Wednesday said that strict action will be taken against those found flouting the quarantine rules. "A strict action will be taken against those who violate the home quarantine rules. The reports submitted by the ASHA workers, Angadwadi workers will be taken seriously," he said.
The number of coronavirus cases in Bengal crossed 3,000 on Wednesday, with 142 fresh cases emerging from different parts of the state.
The Central Railway on Tuesday started local trains only for railway workwers engaged in essential services. These trains- CSMT Panvel, CSMT Karjat and CSMT Kasara will make a total of eight trips every day.
According to the reports, the HBSE is likely to release the result in end on May. There are rumours doing round which says that Board of School Education Haryana (BSEH) class 10 exam results will be announced on Wednesday, BSEH secretary Rajiv Prasad said that the news was fake. READ MORE
Five more COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Manipur on Wednesday, taking the total number of positive cases to 25, according to the state government. India's COVID-19 tally reached 1,06,750 on Wednesday, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
The DM on Wednesday held a meeting with local shop association and sought suggestions from them on fresh lockdown guidelines as Ghaziabad has once again become a red zone.
Global coronavirus cases surpassed 5 million on Wednesday, with Latin America overtaking the United States and Europe in the past week to report the largest portion of new daily cases globally.It represents a new phase in the virus' spread, which initially peaked in China in February, before large-scale outbreaks followed in Europe and the United States.
A 71-year-old man died of pneumonia and sepsis hours before his coronavirus test report came back positive on Wednesday. The man was admitted to GIMS on Tuesday at 11 PM with severe respiratory infection.
Chhattisgarh reports 14 new Covid-19 cases, total 115 (ANI)
Both Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka are seeing a surge in fresh Covid-19 cases fuelled by returnees to the states. With approximately 20 lakh migrant workers having returned to UP in one and half months, it is going through, what health officials called, a ‘fourth Covid surge’.
The United States recorded 1,561 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 93,406, AFP news agency quoting Johns Hopkins University.