Coronavirus India Updates: Total Covid-19 Cases Reach 3,072, Death Toll At 75

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Seven people have tested positive for coronavirus in Goa so far, according to the state’s health minister, Vishwajit Rane.

The seventh person, a man from St Estevam village, 20 kilometres from Panaji, had recently returned from abroad, he said. "After he showed symptoms of Covid-19, he approached the Goa Medical College and Hospital and a test was conducted. His reports confirmed that he is coronavirus positive," Rane said. The patient has been admitted to a specially-designated Covid-19 hospital in South Goa.

"This is the seventh case in the state," the minister said. Five of the earlier six patients had worked on a ship abroad before returning to the state.

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A 60-year old woman who tested positive for coronavirus, but with no travel history, died at a hospital in Rajasthan's Bikaner on Saturday, an official said. The state reported 17 fresh cases of infection, taking the total tally to 196.

"A 60-year old woman admitted at a government hospital at Bikaner for last four days died today. She had no travel history. She was handicapped and on ventilator," Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Rohit Kumar Singh said.

Of the 17 new cases, eight can be linked to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi in mid-March, he said. The entire state has been in a lockdown since March 22 and massive survey and screening is underway to trace possible infected people.

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With two more people having succumbed to Covid-19 in Madhya Pradesh, the death toll in the state reached 10 on Saturday, officials said.

"A 36-year old government employee, who had tested positive for coronavirus in Chhindwara town of Madhya Pradesh two days back, died on Saturday morning," an official said. His father also tested positive.

The other death was reported from Indore, a health official said, "The 42-year old resident of North Hathipala area was undergoing treatment at government-run MRTB hospital. He was obese. Apart from breathing problems, he was also suffering from high blood pressure and had a fever."

Earlier, five people died of Covid-19 in Indore, two in Ujjain and one in Khargone, an official said.

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Muzaffarnagar police will register cases against people found violating the lockdown restrictions imposed across the country, and copies of the FIRs will be delivered at their doorsteps, a senior official said on Saturday.

SSP Abhishek Yadav told reporters that the violators will not be arrested during the first instance, but police will arrest them the second time.

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Another 16 Covid-19 positive cases were reported in Andhra Pradesh overnight, taking the total number of patients in the state to 180.

The Medical and Health Department on Saturday said in its latest bulletin that four fresh cases were reported each in Kadapa and Krishna districts, three each in Guntur and Kurnool and one each in Chittoor and Prakasam districts. All these cases relate to the Tablighi Jamaat.

Of the 180 cases of infection reported in Andhra Pradesh, four patients recovered and were discharged from the respective hospitals. A 55-year old man, father of a Jamaat participant who tested positive, was the only Coronavirus-related death in the state.

Flipkart had temporarily suspended operations last week and later resumed services the same day, after assurance of safe passage of its supply chain and delivery executives by local law enforcement authorities. However, many of the household items still remain unavailable on the platform.

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Ten more people tested positive for coronavirus in Gujarat on Saturday, taking the state tally to 105, an official said.

Five of the fresh cases are from Ahmedabad, two each from Gandhinagar and Bhavnagar and one from Patan, Principal Secretary (Health) Jayanthi Ravi said. "Most of these are local transmission cases," she said.

With the five new cases in Ahmedabad, the number of Covid-19 patients in the city went up to 43, the highest in the state.

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A 93-year old man, India's oldest Covid-19 survivor, and his wife were discharged from the government Medical College Hospital in Kottayam on Friday, days after they fully recovered, officials said. The case is being dubbed by the medical community as a "miracle cure".

Thomas Abraham and 88-year old Mariyamma recovered after days of life-and-death battle against the deadly coronavirus since their admission to the hospital on March 9, state Health department officials said. A nurse, who contracted coronavirus while taking care of the elderly couple at the hospital, also recovered and was discharged on Friday, they said.

The couple hailing from Ranni village in Pathanamthitta district had contracted the virus from their son, daughter-in-law and grandson who returned from Italy last month. They too were discharged from a hospital in Pathanamthitta after recovering from Covid-19.

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In a major relief during the Covid-19 lockdown, the Maharashtra police will now issue passes for inter-district travel to people in need.

In an order issued on Friday, Special Inspector General of Police Milind Bharambe directed all police units to issue inter-district travel passes to citizens who are in need. The order also directed officials not to intercept vehicles transporting commodities and to ensure their smooth movement.

Bharambe issued the order after observing the high demand for online passes at the Director General of Police's office. He directed concerned Superintendents of Police and Deputy Commissioners to issue travel passes after verifying reasons cited in the applications.

People who wish to travel outside the state will have to contact the DGP's office in Mumbai, the order stated.

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With 47 fresh cases of coronavirus infection in Maharashtra, the total number of patients in the state jumped to 537 on Saturday, officials said.

There were 28 new cases in Mumbai in the last 12 hours, 15 in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (excluding Mumbai), two in Pune and one each in Amravati and Pimpri Chinchwad, as per the public health department update.

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All the positive cases in the state, except one, were linked to the religious congregation in Delhi's Nizamuddin West last month, Sarma added. He appealed to all those who attended the congregation from Assam to call the helpline number 104 or contact health workers so that their samples can be tested and their contacts traced.

Three people tested positive for coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, taking the number of cases in the Union Territory to 78, a government official said.

The fresh cases were reported from Narsoo village in Udhampur district of Jammu region, according to Rohil Kansal, Principal Secretary (Planning and Information). "All contacts of a patient from Udhampur with travel history abroad," Kansal tweeted.

Two patients died of the Covid-19 in Kashmir, while over 23,000 people are under surveillance. Over 1,218 tests have been conducted in the Union Territory so far, officials said.

A total of 34 hotspots have been identified in J&K. These include seven in Pulwama, five in Srinagar and four each in Bandipora and Budgam, two in Shopian and one each in Ganderbal and Baramulla in Kashmir division, and five in Rajouri, four in Jammu and one in Udhampur of Jammu division.

In a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus in Mumbai, the local civic body has started ten Covid-19 clinics in the containment zones and densely-populated areas which are at the risk of rapid transmission, an official said on Saturday.

Screening for symptoms will be conducted in these clinics between 10 am and 1 pm every day, he said.

“A screening clinic is being opened in each zone of the MCGM (Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai) and one more additional clinic will be opened in Zone -II, IV and V, where Covid-19 cases were observed in large numbers,” he said, adding that Municipal Commissioner Pravin Pardeshi issued instructions on Friday.

The official said that social distancing will be strictly adhered to at these clinics.

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The current count of COVID19 patients in the state of Maharashtra is 537.Yesterday, Mumbai 28, Thane Region 15, Amravati 01,PCMC 01, Pune 02 such new 47 positive cases have been identified.
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India added 525 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday taking the total in the country to 3,072 infections.

• Active cases: 2,784
• Cured/discharged/migrated: 213
• Deaths: 75

The health ministry has issued guidelines for the states on the method of supplying oxygen to the medical facilities handling Covid-19 patients and said all hospitals and staff concerned must be told to ensure timely requisitions and payments so that there is no disruption in the oxygen supply.

In a letter to the additional chief secretaries, health secretaries and mission directors of the National Health Mission of all states and Union territories, the ministry said the COVID-19 pandemic is throwing up unique challenges for our health systems and also leading to challenges of not only ensuring an adequate oxygen supply but also regarding the protocols related to handling the major sources of supplies.

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