Coronavirus India Updates: Total Covid-19 Cases At 5,734, Death Toll At 166
The total number of cases in India rose to 5,734 Thursday morning, according to the latest update by the Health Ministry. That includes 472 people cured or discharged and 166 dead.
Today is the 16th day of the three-week lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 24.
While several state governments have favoured extending the lockdown, a panel headed by the defence minister has recommended a partial lifting of the lockdown on April 15, according to Bloomberg.
The Supreme Court, meanwhile, has ordered that all testing for Covid-19 in India be made free.
Global cases of the coronavirus topped 1.5 million, less than a week after surpassing the 1-million mark. New York, the U.K. and Belgium reported their deadliest days so far. Singapore announced its largest daily increase. More than 88,000 people have died.
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India's Active Cases Trajectory
India's Covid-19 fatality rate stood at 2.89 percent as of today morning as 17 more people succumbed to the respiratory illness overnight. The chart below highlights the cases currently active int he country, with a representation of those cured and dead in green and red respectively.
Another Covid-19 Death Reported In Karnataka, Toll Rises To 6
An 80-year-old woman, who was diagnosed with coronavirus after developing severe respiratory problems died of cardiac arrest in Gadag district early on Thursday, taking the toll in Karnataka to six, district officials said.
According to a senior official in that district, the patient was admitted to a designated hospital a few days ago with severe respiratory problems.
On April 6, test reports confirmed that she was infected with Covid-19. At 12.55 am on Thursday she died of cardiac arrest."
With this, the number of deaths caused by Covid-19 reached six in the state, whereas the total positive cases as on Wednesday evening stood at 181.
Source: PTI
Thirty Fresh Cases Of Coronavirus In Rajasthan
Rajasthan recorded 30 more cases of coronavirus on Thursday, taking the state's tally to 413, an official said.
The virus has so far claimed six lives in the state. However, officials maintain that deaths occurred due to co-morbidity -- more than one illness or disease occurring in one person at the same time.
"Thirty new cases have come up today in seven districts of Rajasthan. All have travel and contact history," Additional Chief Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh said.
He said the total number of coronavirus positive cases in the state has risen to 413.
Seven cases each have been reported in Jhalawar, Tonk and Jhunjhunu besides five in Jaisalmer, two in Banswara and one each in Barmer and Jodhpur.
Entire state is under lockdown from March 22 and massive survey and screening is underway to trace the contagion.
Source: PTI
First Covid-19 Death In Jharkhand
A 72-year-old man died of coronavirus in Bokaro district, the first Covid-19 death reported in Jharkhand, a health official said on Thursday.
The patient died on Wednesday night, Bokaro District Chief Medical Officer Ashok Kumar Pathak said.
The man was kept in the isolation ward of a hospital after he showed symptoms of the virus on April 5. He was later tested positive for Covid-19, he said.
Source: PTI
Total Cases Rise To 5,734, Death Toll At 166
Total confirmed cases of the Covid-19 infection rose to 5,734 as of 8 a.m. on April 9, according to the data made available by the Health Ministry. That includes 472 people cured or discharged and 166 dead.
Eight deaths were reported from Maharashtra, three from Gujarat, two from Jammu and Kashmir and one each from Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, it said.
Maharashtra has reported the most coronavirus deaths at 72, followed by Gujarat at 16, Madhya Pradesh at 13 and Delhi at 9. Punjab and Tamil Nadu have reported eight fatalities each while Telengana has reported seven deaths.
West Bengal and Karnataka have registered five deaths each. Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh have reported four deaths each while Haryana and Rajasthan have recorded three deaths each.
Two deaths have been reported from Kerala. Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Odisha reported one fatality each, according to the health ministry data.
The death toll on Wednesday evening was 149.
However, a PTI tally of figures reported by various states as on Wednesday late evening showed at least 181 deaths.
There has been a lag in the Union Health Ministry figures, compared to the number of deaths announced by different states, which officials attribute to procedural delays in assigning the cases to individual states.
According to the ministry's data updated at 8 am, the highest number of confirmed cases in the country are from Maharashtra at 1,135, followed by Tamil Nadu at 738 and Delhi at 669 cases.
The cases have risen to 427 in Telengana, while Rajasthan has 381 cases.
Uttar Pradesh has 361, while Andhra Pradesh reported 348 coronavirus cases. Kerala has reported 345 Covid-19 cases so far.
Novel coronavirus cases have risen to 229 in Madhya Pradesh, 181 in Karnataka and 179 in Gujarat.
Jammu and Kashmir has 158 cases, Haryana 147, West Bengal 103 and Punjab 101. Odisha has reported 42 coronavirus cases.
Thirty-eight people were infected with the virus in Bihar, while Uttarakhand has 33 patients and Assam 28.
Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh have 18 cases each, while Ladakh has 14 positive patients so far.
Eleven cases have been reported from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, while 10 were reported from Chhattisgarh. Goa has reported seven Covid-19 cases, followed by Puducherry at five.
Jharkhand has reported four cases, while Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh have reported one case each.
"State-wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation," the ministry said on its website.
With inputs from PTI