Covid-19 India LIVE UPDATES:
4:48 PM | Tamil Nadu to extend lockdown till April 30
2:38 PM | Earthquake with magnitude 2.7 hits Delhi
2:34 PM | PM Narendra Modi to address the nation at 10 am tomorrow
PM Narendra Modi to address the nation at 10 am tomorrow.
1:55 PM | Police officer tests positive for COVID-19 in Ludhiana in Punjab
Police officer tests positive for #COVID19 in Ludhiana in Punjab: Health official
10:57 AM | Karim Morani’s daughters discharged after testing negative for COVID-19
Bollywood producer Karim Morani’s daughters have been discharged from the hospital after testing negative for COVID-19.
Coronavirus Break-up in Delhi Hospitals | A total of 35 healthcare workers have tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease in various hospitals of Delhi, News18 reports.
Here is the break-up:
1) Delhi State Cancer Institute – 22
2) Maharaja Agrasen Hospital – 8
3) Ganga Ram Hospital – 2
4) AIIMS – 1
5) Safdarjung Hospital- 2
Geographical Spread of Infection In India | There has been a fresh review of identification of new ‘Hot Spots’.
1) 60 district report more than 15 cases.
2) 80 districts in India — cases less 15 but still classified.
3) In total, 140 districts fall in the category of hot spots.
4) In totality, 300 districts affected in the country.
5) Maharasthra has maximum clusters- 8 districts affected.
What is Coronavirus? Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment.
Coronavirus Symptoms | COVID-19 is a respiratory disease and most infected people will develop mild to moderate symptoms and recover without requiring special treatment.
Common symptoms include:
1) fever
2) tiredness
3) dry cough
Other symptoms include:
4) shortness of breath
5) aches and pains
6) sore throat
7) and very few people will report diarrhoea, nausea or a runny nose.
10:05 AM| 150 staff members, including doctors and nurses of Max Hospital in Saket, placed under self-quarantine
150 staff members, including doctors and nurses of Max Hospital in Saket, placed under self-quarantine after they came into contact with two patients admitted for heart procedures but later tested positive for COVID-19
Cardiac patients test positive for COVID-19 at Delhi’s Max Hospital
9:55 AM| COVID-19 death toll rises to 308, cases climb to 9,152: Union Health Ministry
9:05 AM| Another COVID-19 related death has been reported in Mumbai’s Dharavi
8:27 AM| 1st positive case of Coronavirus has been reported in Nagaland
8:25 AM| South Korea reports 25 new virus cases, 3 deaths
South Korea has reported 25 new cases of the coronavirus and three more virus-related deaths, bringing its totals to 10,537 infections and 217 fatalities.South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday said at least 929 cases were linked to passengers arriving from abroad, with most of them detected over the past three weeks.
8:00 AM| 159 test negative for Covid-19 in Himachal Pradesh, state tally at 32
The total number of coronavirus cases in India crossed 9,000 while the death toll has now gone past 300. The govt is now considering expanding tests for corona even to areas that have not reported any case.
There are speculations whether the lockdown will be extended across India, the number of cases in the country rose by more than 900, taking the total cases to over 8,000. Some states including Maharashtra, Punjab, and Telangana have already announced an extension of the lockdown. In a video-conference with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, the chief ministers of several states had suggested him to extend the period of lockdown to contain the spread of novel coronavirus.
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