Total 297 covid19 cases in India !
21-03-2020 at 06.22 PM
Three more test positive for COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu
Three more persons — two nationals of Thailand and one from New Zealand — have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Tamil Nadu. This takes the total number of persons who have tested positive for COVID-19 in the State to six. Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar, in a tweet, said “the three patients were already quarantined and under their radar. They were admitted to isolation wards in government hospitals and undergoing treatment. He added that so far, all six COVID-19 patients were “imported cases” from different regions with travel history and not “community transmitted”. He added that screening was intensified at railway stations, domestic and international airports and inter-State borders.
21-03-2020 at 01-55 PM
India Covid19 cases increased to 297
All Delhi malls to be closed in view of COVID-19 threat, barring supermarkets pharmacies and other uber-essential outlets. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region is shutdown and from the midnight, all workplaces will remain closed till 31st March in Mumbai. West Bengal reported its third positive case on Saturday. Maharashtra has detected 11 new cases, while Punjab has reported 3. One more case has been detected in Noida and Gujarat respectively. Karnataka has detected one more positive case. Ladakh has reported 3 more cases. Gujarat’s tally climbs to 13, taking India’s total to 293.
12.30PM | Maharastra
Woman in Pune with no foreign travel history tests positive
A Pune woman in her early 40s with no history of foreign travel has tested positive for COVID-19, confirmed Pune district authorities on Saturday taking the total tally of positive cases in the district to 23.
The woman, presently on ventilator support at the city’s Bharti Hospital, tested positive for COVID-19 after her throat swabs were sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) to check for the possibility of H1N1 (swine flu) infection, said an official.
Mumbai Metro suspends operations on Sunday due to Janata Curfew
As a part of the ‘Janata Curfew’ announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mumbai Metro announced that it would not be operating on March 22.
“In continuation of its fight against COVID-19 and in support of Hon’ble PM’s appeal of Janata Curfew, Mumbai Metro One suspends operations on 22/03/2020 (Sunday) to encourage people to stay at home and make “Janta Curfew” an unprecedented success,” it said on Twitter.
12.25PM|Kerala
Cases filed against mosque and temple for defying the orders
Despite orders from the government and district administration to avoid congregation at religious places, a large number of people neglecting the orders gathered at mosques and temples in Kannur. The police took cases against over 200 people, including the authorities of three mosques and a temple, on Saturday.
According to the District Police Chief Yathish Chandra, the cases were filed against the mosque and temple authorities for allowing to conduct mass and also temple festival, by defying the orders imposed in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak.
The cases were taken against a mosque committee member and those came for the mass at Palot mosque and 19 Mile mosque in Mattanur police limit, and Shivapuram in Maloor police limit. In Taliparamba, police took a case against Trichambaram temple committee authority for organising the temple festival on Saturday.
Mr. Chandra said the seriousness of the disease has been already been discussed with all the religious leaders and the concerned police station has called the authorities to avoid any congregation where more than 50 people assemble at a place.
11.30AM | Gujarat
One more person tests positive in Gujarat
One more person with recent travel history to Srilanka tested positive for COVID-19 in Gujarat. So far, 8 persons have been found infected with the virus in the State.
10.50 AM | RAJASTHAN
Six new cases in Rajasthan
Six new coronavirus positive cases have been detected in Rajasthan, of which five are in Bhilwara and one in Jaipur. With this, the total number of positive cases in Rajasthan is 23, though three of them were cured by treatment in isolation.
The five new cases in Bhilwara are those of para-medical staff of a private hospital where the doctors who tested positive on Friday at work.
10.55 AM | KARNATAKA
Another positive case in Karnataka
Another person has tested positive for COVID-19 in the State taking the total number of cases to 16.
A 32-year-old resident of Gowribidanur in Chikkaballapur, who returned from Mecca, has tested positive. Health Minister B. Sriramulu confirmed this in a tweet on Saturday.
In Karnataka, hotels and restaurants will be open only for takeaways till end of month
The State government has directed all hotels and restaurants in municipal corporation limits to stop dining facility and remain open only for takeaways and online ordering from Saturday till March 31 to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Pubs and bars too will be closed, while takeaway liquor shops can stay open.
In an order on Friday, the government also imposed a ban on jatras, urs and other such religious gatherings to ensure social distancing. It also stated that all medical staff involved in COVID-19, including students of medical and para-medical courses, cannot be given leave.
10.35 AM | TAMIL NADU
Justice S.M. Subramaniam of Madras High Court will contribute his one month salary of ₹2.25 lakh for the welfare of unorganized sector labourers who had lost their earnings due to COVID-19. He will hand over the cheque to TN Chief Secretary at the Secretariat today.
10.30 AM | WEST BENGAL
Third coronovirus case from West Bengal
West Bengal on Saturday reported the third case of coronovirus infection when a 23-year-old woman tested positive for the viral infection. The woman had a history of travel to Scotland and hails from Habra in North 24 Parganas. She has been shifted to isolation ward of Infectious Disease and Beleghta General Hospital.
Earlier this week two youths aged 18 and 22 years have been tested positive for the Coronovirus infection. Both of them have a travel history to United Kingdom and are being treated at the same hospital.
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