11.15AM
India Covid19 cases crosses 1100
As India enters its sixth day of the 21-day lockdown, the number of novel coronavirus cases crossed the 1,000-mark, after more than 100 fresh cases were reported within a span of 24 hours across the country, while the death toll rose to 30 .
11.00 AM
Status at 11 am:
Confirmed cases: 1164
Active cases: 1046
Deaths: 30
*Data compiled from Union Health Ministry and State
11.00 AM
Indian-Americans set up helpline to help community members
Several eminent Indian-American groups in the United States have raised funds and deployed volunteers to help community members, including first responders, health workers, students and labourers in America and India, which have been majorly affected by the novel Coronavirus outbreak that has infected over 600,000 people globally.
JAIPUR | 11.00 AM
One more COVID-19 positive case reported in Rajasthan today.
The 41-year-old male resident of Ladakh is an evacuee from Iran, who landed in Jodhpur on March 25. He is admitted at Mathura Das Mathur Government Hospital in Jodhpur. The tally in the State is now 60, according to Medical & Health Department.
The Ladakh resident was among the 277 stranded Indians who were brought back from Iran by a special flight on March 25. The evacuees were kept at a wellness centre operated by the Army in Jodhpur. After his samples tested positive at Sampurnanand Medical College in Jodhpur, he has been admitted to Mathura Das Mathur Government Hospital.
NEW DELHI | 10.50 AM
21-day lockdown won’t be extended
The Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting tweeted, saying Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has denied media reports claiming that the government will extend the lockdown.
AHMEDABAD | 10.40 AM
Another death in Gujarat
A 45-year-old COVID-19 female patient died in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar, taking the number of casualties to 6 in Gujarat.
Cases of Coronavirus infection jumps to 69 in the State, according to the health department.
MUMBAI | 10.00 AM
Maharashtra COVID-19 tally jumps to 215
The number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra climbed to 215 on Monday as 12 more people tested positive for coronavirus in the state, a health official said.
Out of the 12 new patients, five are from Pune, three from Mumbai, two from Nagpur, and one each from Kolhapur and Nashik, the official said.
So far, eight COVID-19 patients have died in the State.
SINGAPORE | 9.40 AM
Three Indians test positive for COVID-19 in Singapore
Three Indians were among the 42 new coronavirus cases reported in Singapore on Sunday, taking the total number of infections in the country to 844, according to the health ministry.
The fresh cases take the total number of people infected with the deadly coronavirus in the city-state to 844, it said.
The three Indians include a 35-year-old woman with a long-term pass, a 34-year-old man holding the Singapore work pass. Both of them have a travel history to India.
A 34-year-old Indian holding Singapore work pass was infected locally.
Another 43-year old man, a Singapore permanent resident whose nationality was not listed, is an imported case with a travel history to India.
Also, among the latest cases is a 42-year-old Singapore permanent resident who is a nurse at Sengkang General Hospital and has no travel history to the affected countries.
BHOPAL | 9.30 AM
8 new COVID-19 cases in MP
Eight new COVID-19 cases have been found in Madhya Pradesh, taking the total number of coronavirus patients in the state to 47, a senior health official said on Monday.
Of the eight new cases, seven were reported from Indore and one from Ujjain, Government Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Dean Dr Jyoti Bindal told PTI.
KOLKATA | 9.30 AM
West Bengal records its second death
West Bengal recorded its second death due to COVID-19 on Monday, when a 44-year-old woman passed away at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital.
“She passed away early in the morning. We are trying to isolate the doctors and medical staff who treated her. Attempts are also being made to isolate the patient’s relative who seem to spread across north Bengal,” P.K. Deb, principal of the medical college and hospital told The Hindu.
CHANDIGARH | 8.40 AM
Punjab reports second death, positive cases put at 38
Punjab has reported its second COVID-19 death, after a 62-year-old man died at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Amritsar. The deceased, a resident of Moranwali village of district Hoshiarpur, was a contact case of the 70-year-old man, who was the first casualty of the pandemic in Punjab and had died on March 18.
08.30AM
Vietnam PM asks major cities to prepare for lockdown
Vietnam’s prime minister on Monday asked major cities to prepare for possible lockdowns to stop the spread of coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country reached nearly 200.
08.25AM
10-month-old among eight fresh cases; State tally hits 50
Eight persons, including four from the same family and an infant, tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, Health Secretary Beela Rajesh said. All of them had come into contact with two Thai nationals who had also tested positive for the disease. This takes the total number of patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 in the State to 50.
08.10AM
Donald Trump extends distancing guidelines by 30 days
President Donald Trump said on Sunday the peak death rate in the U.S. from the novel coronavirus is likely to hit in two weeks as he extended the coronavirus guidelines, including social distancing, until April 30.
Assuring his countrymen that he expects the United States to be on its way to recovery by June 1, Trump told reporters at a televised White House news conference that he had to extend the social distancing measures till April 30, based on the advice from his two top public health advisors and members of the White House Task Force on Coronavirus: Dr. Deborah Bix and Dr. Anthony Fauci.
08.10AM
New York State nears 1,000 deaths
New York State’s coronavirus death toll is nearing 1,000, Governor Andrew Cuomo said. The State accounts for more than 40% of coronavirus deaths in the U.S.
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The number of disease-related deaths in the State jumped Sunday to 965 from 728 the day before, he said. The vast majority have been in New York City.
NEW DELHI |08.00AM
ICMR denies community transmission
Head of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases at ICMR, Raman Gangakhedkar, said there was no estimate yet of whether the nationwide lockdown — now into its fifth day — had managed to check community transmission. “If we all observe the lockdown strictly then there’s a chance that we will soon reach the peak number of cases,” Dr. Gangakhedkar added. The ICMR continues to maintain that there are no instances of community transmission.
NEW DELHI | 07.50AM
Do not leave Delhi, Kejriwal appeals to migrant workers
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday appealed to migrant workers trying to return to their villages to remain in Delhi and assured them that his government has made all necessary arrangements for their food and shelter
