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The data showed a rapid increase in cases and deaths in India in the past two weeks.
Cases
0 - 1,000 cases : 60 days
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50 - 100: 4 days
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150 - 200: 2 days
200-242: 1 day
Total number of coronavirus cases in Gujarat rose to 468 on Saturday with 90 new patients being detected, a health department official said.
While 54 cases came to light in the morning, another 36 were found in the evening, said Principal Secretary (Health) Jayanti Ravi.
Of 398 active cases, four patients are on ventilator, she said.
Source: PTI
State Chief Ministers Recommend Extending The Covid-19 Lockdown Till April 30
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday suggested to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the ongoing lockdown be extended for two more weeks to check the spread of coronavirus.
He made this suggestion during an interactive meeting Modi held with Chief Ministers of all states through videoconferencing.
During the lockdown, the Chief Minister said the food processing industry should be allowed to function to ensure that farmers are not put to losses and that there was no difficulty in essential commodities supply, an official release quoted him as saying.
"Lockdown has helped in containing the spread of Corona (coronavirus) to a great level. It is better to extend the lockdown for two more weeks. There is no other better solution than this, he said.
Rao also requested Modi to increase the FRBM (Fiscal Responsibility and Budgetary Management) limit to five per cent from the existing three, besides taking steps to postpone repayment of interest states' debts for six months.
Increase FBRM from 3 percent to 5 percent. The Centre should take the initiative to postpone for six months, the monthly interest paid by States on debts from the Centre, he said.
He suggested that a task force with the PM as chairman and cabinet ministers as members be set up to come out with an action plan on helping farmers and the policy to be implemented on the economic situation.
To counter (economic crisis) this we need a strategic economic policy. RBI should implement quantitative easing policy. This is called Helicopter Money. This will facilitate the States and financial institutions to accrue funds.
We can come out of the financial crisis.
Release 5 percent of funds from the GDP through Quantitative easing Policy, he suggested.
The Chief Minister said that in order to empty warehouses of Food Corporation of India, three months ration should be given to people and the depots should be filled with newly procured agricultural commodities during the current season.
To prevent crowding of farmers at one place, the Telangana government has set up 6,849 procurement centres at village level, from where foodgrains are procured, he said.
He urged Modi to link agriculture with the MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi Employment Guarantee Act) Scheme for at least two months.
Bring a policy by which farmers would pay half the wages for labourers and the other half would be from the MNAREGA funds. With this we will be able to support farmers during difficult times, he said.
Source: Health Ministry (As of April 11, 5 p.m.)
Maharashtra - the state with the highest number of infections - will remain uinder lockdown till at least April 30, said chief minister Uddhav Thackeray.
This comes after a meeting between states and Prime Minister Narendra Modi where most chief ministers asked for a two-week extension to the current lockdown which is meant to end on April 14. The center is considering the same but has no announcements to make today, a government official said, according to ANI and PTI.
Odisha and Punjab have already extended the lockdown till April 30.
6 more cases have been reported; There are 95 active patients as on 11th April in the state: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee pic.twitter.com/Ij4HxZioBP
— ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2020
More than 30 cr beneficiaries have been directly given support through Direct Benefit Transfer amounting to Rs 28,256 cr under #PradhanMantriGribKalyanPackage
— Ministry of Finance 🇮🇳 #StayHome #StaySafe (@FinMinIndia) April 11, 2020
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There is no address to the nation by PM Modi today: Government of India Sources
— ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2020
ICMR Chief epidemiologist RR Gangakhedkar:
The Home Ministry of India has issued an addendum through which fishing and marine is exempted form lockdown restrictions, according to Punya Salila Srivastava, Joint secretary, MHA.
Operations related to these industry like feeding, harvesting processing, packaging, cold chain, sale and marketing will be allowed, he told reporters. It will responsibility of the organisation heads to ensure social distancing, and proper hygienic practices, he further said.
The Centre is considering a request made by most states to extend the ongoing nationwide lockdown by two more weeks beyond April 14, government sources said on Saturday told PTI after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's interaction with chief ministers.
"Most states requested to extend the lockdown by two weeks and the Centre is considering the request," a government source said.
During the video conference with Modi, several chief ministers including Punjab's Amarinder Singh and Delhi's Arvind Kejriwal had suggested extending the lockdown at least by a fortnight.
Modi, accompanied by some senior officials, including from the Union health ministry, was wearing a white mask during the meeting which was also attended by chief ministers -- Mamata Banerjee (West Bengal), Uddhav Thackeray (Maharashtra), Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Manohar Lal (Haryana), K Chandrashekhar Rao (Telangana) and Nitish kumar (Bihar).
Source: PTI
Most state chief ministers, including West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee, asked the Prime Minister today to extend the lockdown meant to end on April 14, people in the know told BloombergQuint.
Chief Ministers of Punjab, Delhi, Kerala and Chhattisgarh also spoke the the press after the meeting, telling reporters that most states called for an extension on the lockdown.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel urged Prime Minister Modi to allow states to carry out economic activities within borders, according to PTI. At the same time, he for continuing ban on inter-state road, rail, air facilities, during a meeting with the PM over video.
This is the third such meeting held between the state chief ministers and the Prime Minister over the virus outbreak.
Chief Ministers of Delhi, Punjab and Karnataka, have revealed that states asked the Prime MInister to continue the lockdown past April 14.
The coronavirus pandemic is giving sleepless nights to a 100-member medical team, led by a chest specialist, who are hard-pressed with the task of treating patients at their hospital in the city, which has emerged as one of the Covid-19 hotspots in Madhya Pradesh.
Dr. Ravi Dosi (39), who is heading this team of doctors, nurses and paramedical staff, says keeping himself and the team motivated in these tough times is necessary as the fight against the virus is going to be "longish".
Dr. Dosi and his team members are often seen running from the Intensive Care Unit to different wards of 1,150-bed Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences.
The hospital management claims that the number of coronavirus patients it is treating simultaneously is the highest in India. However, Dr Dosi argued that the virus is not in the community transmission stage in the city yet.
Source: PTI
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa who attended video conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi about Covid-19 situation and lockdown to control it, on Saturday said the discussion was regarding "vital strategies" and "actions" to be implemented in the state.
He assured that the government was doing everything to tackle the pandemic and requested people to stay at home to get rid of the coronavirus outbreak at the earliest.
"My cabinet and I attended the video conference about #covid19 with PM @Narendramodi today. We discussed vital strategies and actions to implement around the state. We are doing and will do everything in our control to tackle this pandemic," Yediyurappa tweeted.
"I humbly request you to do your part and #StayAtHome so we can get out of this at the earliest. #Covid_19india," he said in another tweet.
Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Health Minister Sriramulu, Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Suresh Kumar, along with top officials of the state government were part of the video conference that Modi had with all state chief ministers to discuss the situation arising due to the Covid-19 pandemic and to take their feedback on whether the 21-day shutdown should be extended.
During the video conferencing, several Chief Ministers are said to have suggested for extension of the national lockdown by at least a fortnight after April 14.
The video conference, which began at 11 a.m., came amidst indications that the Central government may extend the nationwide lockdown with some possible relaxations.
Source: PTI
Mumbai: Screening of Dharavi residents has begun from today. A team of 150 doctors, from Maharashtra Medical Association, is helping Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) workers in the process. #Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/9OFwQBAL7y
— ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2020
The northern-most district of Kerala, Kasaragod, which has seen 130 Covid-19 cases so far has imposed further micro-level monitoring in four areas starting Saturday to ensure that there was no community spread.
Micro-monitoring has been launched in four areas - Thalankara, Choori, Kalanad and Nellikkunnu. Drones are also being used to monitor lockdown violations.
Kerala has 238 positive Covid-19 cases of which maximum are from the Kasaragod district, PTI reported.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has suggested that the national lockdown should be extended by at least a fortnight, PTI reports quoting sources.
Singh also suggested a slew of health and relief measures for the people in the state's Covid-19 battle.
In addition, the chief minister also asked for special concessions for the industrial and agricultural sectors on an urgent basis.
The chief minister informed the meeting that the Punjab government had already decided to go for curfew or complete lockdown till May 1, with all educational institutions to be closed till June 30.
State board examinations have also been deferred till further orders, he said.
Kurnool district has the highest number of cases in the state with 82, followed by Guntur with 58.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, in the video-conferencing of PM Modi with the Chief Ministers, suggested to PM that the lockdown should be extended till April 30 all over India. #Coronavirus (file pic) pic.twitter.com/cF4hCzhIDV
— ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2020
The total number of Covid-19 cases rose to 1,666 in Maharashtra after the state reported 92 new cases in the last 24 hours.
72 out of those cases were detected in Mumbai, according to the State Health Department.
Five others tested positive in Malegaon, four in Thane and two each in Panvel and Aurangabad. Kalyan-Dombivali, Vasai-Virar, Pume, Ahmednagar, Nashik City, Nashik Rural and Palghar reported one case each.
110 people have died due to Covid-19 in the state so far while 188 have recovered and discharged from the hospital.
Although the state did not name the areas, the local markets and all roads in those localities will be shut with nobody being allowed to enter or leave their homes.
54 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Gujarat in the last 24 hours, taking the state-wide tally to 432.
379 out of the 432 cases are active ones, according to state health department officials.
Out of the newly reported cases, 31 were from Ahmedabad, 18 from Vadodara, three from Anand and one each were reported from Surat and Bhavnagar district, as per PTI.
34 people have recovered from the disease in the state.
Among other fatalities, two were from Gujarat while one death was reported from Assam.
The collector also said that those defying the order will face serious consequences.
Jaipur has reported the highest number of cases in the state at 221, as per PTI.
10 people in the state have recovered so far from the disease, as per PTI.
Coronavirus: Prime Minister Modi To Discuss Extending India Lockdown With Chief Ministers On Saturday
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