59-Year-Old Man Tests Positive For COVID-19, Number of Confirmed Cases Rises to 21 in The State : Coronavirus Outbreak Live News Updates on March 29, 2020
The global death toll due to coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has crossed 30,000. Catch live updates of the coronavirus outbreak here.
Kolkata: A 59-year-old resident of Hooghly has been tested positive for #coronavirus. He is currently admitted to the ICU of a hospital. Total number of positive cases in West Bengal rise to 21.
Andhra Pradesh: Two new COVID19 cases reported in Visakhapatnam today; both have contact history with case no. 7 who had returned from Birmingham. Total number of cases rises to 21 in the state.
3260 persons have been kept under home quarantine while 307 are in hospital quarantine. 2163 persons are under home surveillance, 735 persons have completed their 28-day surveillance period. 588 samples sent for testing of which 542 tested negative, 8 reports awaited: J&K Govt
Indian Army Sources clarify that two* persons of Indian Army tested #COVID19 positive today. Earlier information about a Jawan being tested positive in Srinagar is untrue. The two positive cases include a Colonel, who is a doctor in Kolkata, while other is a JCO in Dehradun.
Total number of #COVID19 positive cases rise to 1024 in India (including 901 active cases, 96 cured/discharged/migrated people and 27 deaths): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) pledged to donate Rs 50 lakh each to the central government and the state government for their fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic.
There is adequate supply of essential goods in Uttarakhand. We will not let anyone in the state go hungry. Shops selling essential items to stay open from 7 am to 1 pm: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat
Third COVID19 case of Indian Army reported from Srinagar where a Territorial Army Subedar has tested positive. The Subedar had returned from leave recently and undergone tests few days ago. His colleagues have been isolated as per procedures: Army Sources
President of Iran Hassan Rouhani warned today that "the new way of life" in Iran was likely to be prolonged, as its declared death toll from the novel Coronavirus rose to 2,640.
Maharashtra: Total no. of positive #COVID19 cases rises to 203, after 22 new cases today (10 from Mumbai, 5 from Pune, 3 from Nagpur, 2 from Ahmednagar & 1 each from Sangli, Buldhana & Jalgaon). 35 patients recovered & discharged till date.
Uttar Pradesh Government had ordered yesterday to release 11,000 prisoners (across 71 jails in the state) on parole for 8 weeks serving prison sentence of less than 7 years, as a preventive measure against the spread of #Coronavirus.
Lockdown in Nepal due to #COVID19 has been extended till 7th April, the decision was taken in the cabinet meeting held today. Earlier, the lockdown was set to end on 31st March.
7 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Karnataka from yesterday 5pm to 2pm today. The total number of positive cases in the state stands at 83, out of which 5 have been cured/discharged & 3 have lost their lives: Karnataka Health Department
20 more positive cases in Kerala; 18 have travel history and 2 have contact history with positive cases. Total number of cases in the state rise to 202, of which 181 are active. 4 people under treatment tested negative today: Kerala Health Minister's Office
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (file pic), Congress has written to Mukesh Ambani (Jio), Kumar Mangalam Birla (Vodafone-Idea), PK Purwar (BSNL),& Sunil Bharti Mittal (Airtel) urging them to make incoming-outgoing calls free on their networks, for one month,for migrants amid Corona Lockdown
In the ministerial group meeting, held at Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's residence, ministers reviewed all issues related to #COVID19, including maintaining supply chain of essential commodities like food, medicine, energy products etc: Government sources
A petition has been filed before SC seeking direction to Govt & others to make medical facilities, food & shelter available to all citizens,irrespective of their financial/regional status as it's not only poor but entire nation including middle-class taxpayer who's affected.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting his 'intervention in the matter of blocking Thalassery-Coorg State Highways-30 by Karnataka Police'.
I appeal to all the members of Rajya Sabha to contribute one month’s salary to PM Cares Funds for strengthening government’s efforts to contain the spread of #COVID19: Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu.
New Delhi, March 29: The global death toll due to coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has crossed 30,000, with over six lakh being treated across the world. Italy remained the worst-hit country amid the coronavirus outbreak. As of Saturday, the total number of infections, fatalities and recoveries rose to 92,472. In India, the number of coronavirus cases surged to 918. Catch live updates of the coronavirus outbreak here. India Records Biggest Spike of 194 Coronavirus Cases in Single-Day.
According to data released by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE), there were more than 121,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United States, with 2,010 deaths. US President Donald Trump has said that he is considering ordering a quarantine of the New York City area, which is the epicentre of the COVID-19 epidemic. In the past 24 hours in Turkey, 16 more people lost their lives due to COVID-19, raising the death toll to 108. Cat Tests Positive For Coronavirus in Belgium After Being Infected by Owner.
In Pakistan, the number of coronavirus cases has reached 1500 and the death toll stands at 12. The first cases of coronavirus were first reported on February 26. Pakistan has recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases in South Asia so far. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who tested positive, has warned the coronavirus crisis "will get worse before it gets better", in a letter being sent to every UK household.
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