Maharashtra PWD Minister Ashok Chavan, who has tested positive for coronavirus, was on Monday admitted in a hospital here, a close aide said.
He left for Mumbai from Nanded earlier in the day where he tested positive for COVID-19 and was undergoing treatment, in a cardiac ambulance on Monday.
Meanwhile, the health ministry issued guidelines for domestic travel, advising passengers to download the Aarogya Setu application on their mobile devices and asking states to ensure thermal screening at the departure point of airports, railway stations, and bus terminals.
In Mumbai, the police issued orders under Section 144 of the CrPC prohibiting persons from disseminating “incorrect” or factually distorted information through messaging platforms and social media sites like WhatsApp, Twitter, and TikTok. The order also prohibits the spread of inflammatory statements that are discriminatory against a particular community and any information which could cause panic or confusion among the public.
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After a mess worker at the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) here, another staff member died from coronavirus on Monday. The deceased, Hiralal was working as senior sanitation supervisor and was posted at Rajkumari Amrit Kaur OPD in the AIIMS.
With 405 new Covid-19 cases, tally in Gujarat rose to 14,468 on Monday; 30 more patients died, taking the toll to 888, Health official said.
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A bus carrying migrant labourers to West Bengal met with an accident in Jharkhand's Sikidiri Ghati. "Several injuries feared. Police operation is underway. 20 people have been shifted to RIMS hospital so far," said Saurabh, SP Ranchi Rural.
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The Ghaziabad district magistrate sealed its border with Delhi after a spike in cases of coronavirus were reported in the district, reports said on Monday.
As the coronavirus cases spiked in Himachal Pradesh's ditrict Hamirpur it has extended the lockdown till June 30.
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Hundreds of labourers had gathered in the fields of Khalsa Senior Secondary School in Mandi Gobindgarh where they were provided temporary shelter.
With 89 fresh infections, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Andhra Pradesh climbed to 2,886, a bulletin from the government said on Monday. No death occurred due to the virus and the toll in the state remained at 56.
Of the fresh cases in the past 24 hours ending 9 am on Monday, seven were linked to the Koyambedu market in Chennai while 41 foreign returnees tested positive, the bulletin said.
A 55-year-old woman from Bengaluru Rural became the 43rd COVID-19 casualty in Karnataka as the state reported 69 new cases of coronavirus, taking the total number of infections to 2,158, the health department said on Monday.
Two COVID-19 cases were reported in Puducherry on Monday, taking the number of infections in the union territory to 31.
Two patients, both men, were admitted to Indira Gandhi Government Medical College Hospital this morning, Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao told reporters here. The new cases were from neighbouring Muthialpet and Moogambigai Nagar areas, he added.
Pending class 10, 12 board exams will be conducted at over 15,000 examination centres, as opposed to the 3,000 centres planned earlier, HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said.
He added that the examination centres have been increased to ensure social distancing and reduce travel for students.
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday during video briefing said that 3,314 people are undergoing treatment at home in the National Capital. He further said cases have increased in Delhi due to relaxations in lockdown. “But there is nothing to worry about unless the mortality rate or the number of serious cases rises rapidly,” he adds.
Two more COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Manipur on Monday, taking the total number of positive cases to 34, of which 30 are active cases, according to a press release of the Government of Manipur.
In the last 24 hours, 51 police personnel have tested positive for COVID19, says Maharashtra Police. The total number of positive cases in the force is now at 1809, including 1113 active cases, 678 recovered cases and 18 deaths, reports ANI.
With two more deaths due to novel coronavirus, Agra’s death toll due to the disease has risen to 33, even as the city has recorded a steady decline in the number of new cases in the past 10 days.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said that 30,33,591 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the country till 9.00 am on Monday. Of these, 90,170 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
Odisha on Monday reported 103 new COVID19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 1438, according to the state health department, reports ANI.
📌Alert ~ 35 new cases of #COVID19+ confirmed. 18 Golaghat, 6 Kokrajhar quarantine centre, 5 karimganj, 2 Tinsukia, 2 Sivasagar, 1 Jorhat, 1 Dhemaji↗️Total cases 427↗️Recovered 57↗️Active cases 363↗️Deaths 04↗️Migrated 03Update 8:50 am / May 25#AssamCovidCount pic.twitter.com/l62sGSq6Oo
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 25, 2020
China has reported 51 new coronavirus cases including 40 asymptomatic infections, majority of them in the contagion's first epicentre Wuhan, where over six million tests have been conducted in the last 10 days, health officials said on Monday.
Bihar has reported 180 new cases of Covid-19 from 15 districts, pushing the tally to 2,574 in the state, the health department said. Of the fresh cases, Nawada and East Champaran accounted for 11 each and the state capital Patna recorded four new infections, it said.
Four more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Himachal Pradesh, taking the number of cases in the state to 208, while a 72-year-old woman died due to the disease at a hospital here, officials said on Monday. With the latest fatality, the death toll due to COVID-19 has increased to five in the state.
With 50,231 confirmed novel coronavirus cases, Maharashtra remains the worst-affected state in the country, followed by Tamil Nadu (16,277) and Gujarat (14,056).
According to the latest data from the Union Health Ministry, Maharashtra has reported 1,635 COVID-19 deaths so far. As many as 14,600 patients have recovered.
Another 118 COVID-19 patients have died in Britain as of Saturday afternoon, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 36,793, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday.