Coronavirus Live Updates: Cases Cross 23,000-Mark; 718 Deaths, 37 In 24 Hours

Covid-19 India Updates: Maharashtra remains the worst-hit state with 6,427 cases and 283 deaths. With 522 more people testing positive, Mumbai alone has 4,025 coronavirus cases as of Thursday.

Coronavirus Live Updates: Cases Cross 23,000-Mark; 718 Deaths, 37 In 24 Hours

COVID-19 Cases India Updates: Coronavirus cases rose to 21,700 in India on Thursday.

New Delhi:

Coronavirus India Live Updates: Over 23,000 Indians have been infected with the highly infectious novel coronavirus so far, government data said. Thirty seven people have died due to the respiratory infection in 24 hours, taking the number of those killed to 718.

Maharashtra remains the worst-hit state with 6,427 cases and 283 deaths. With 522 more people testing positive, Mumbai alone has 4,025 coronavirus cases as of Thursday. The increase was the single-biggest jump for the city since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of deaths in the city rose by six to 167, officials said.

In a significant breakthrough that can reduce cost of testing for COVID-19, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi's real-time PCR-based diagnostic assay.

Meanwhile, a video of US President Donald Trump suggesting COVID-19 patients be injected with disinfectants has gone viral. The US President made the observatrion based on a US official's comment that the coronavirus is quickly destroyed by sunlight.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases in Live Updates:

World

27,08,508Cases
17,79,729Active
7,37,994Recovered
1,90,785Deaths
Coronavirus has spread to 185 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 27,08,508 and 1,90,785 have died; 17,79,729 are active cases and 7,37,994 have recovered as on April 24, 2020 at 8:40 am.

India

23,077 1684Cases
17,610 1156Active
4,749 491Recovered
718 37Deaths
In India, there are 23,077 confirmed cases including 718 deaths. The number of active cases is 17,610 and 4,749 have recovered as on April 24, 2020 at 8:00 am.

State & District Details

State Cases Active Recovered Deaths
DistrictCases
Mumbai3029
Pune660
Thane465
Nashik96
Nagpur76
Mumbai Sub Ur67
Yavatmal32
Aurangabad30
Sangli27
Ahmednagar27
Sholapur21
Buldhana21
Palaghar17
Akola17
Raigad17
Satara14
Kolhapur8
Latur8
Ratnagiri7
Amravati6
Jalgaon3
Osmanabad3
Sindhudurg (kudal)2
Chandrapur2
Dhule2
Beed1
Washim1
Parbhani1
Jalna1
Nandurbar1
Gondia1
Hingoli1
Details Awaited*1766

6430 778

5307 713

840 51

283 14

DistrictCases
Ahmedabad1298
Surat338
Vadodara188
Rajkot40
Bhavnagar32
Anand28
Bharuch23
Gandhi Nagar17
Patan15
Narmada12
Panchmahal11
Banaskantha10
Arvalli8
Chhota Udepur7
Kutch6
Mehsana6
Botad5
Porbandar3
Mahisagar3
Kheda3
Gir Somnath3
Dahod3
Sabarkantha2
Valsad2
Morbi1
Jamnagar1
Tapi1
Details Awaited*558

2624 217

2254 129

258 79

112 9

DistrictCases
Tj From Quaritine1080
Others Non Tracable213
Central Delhi184
South East130
West Delhi122
South Delhi70
North Delhi60
Shahadara48
South West Delhi42
East Delhi38
New Delhi37
North West Delhi32
North East Delhi25
Details Awaited*295

2376 128

1518 42

808 84

50 2

DistrictCases
Jaipur537
Jodhpur228
Bharatpur102
Kota99
Tonk95
Banswara60
Iran Evacuees60
Nagaur58
Jhunjhunu37
Bikaner35
Jaisalmer32
Bhilwara28
Ajmer23
Jhalawar20
Churu14
Dausa13
Alwar7
Dungarpur5
Sawai Madhopur5
Udaipur4
Hanumangarh3
Karauli3
Pali2
Pratapgarh2
Sikar2
Dholpur1
Barmer1
Details Awaited*488

1964 74

1707 74

230

27

DistrictCases
Indore915
Bhopal277
Khargon41
Dhaar41
Khandwa (east Nimar)32
Ujjain29
Raisen29
Hoshangabad25
Jabalpur25
Barwani24
Dewas18
Vidisha13
Ratlam13
Morena13
Mandsaur9
Agar8
Shajapur6
Sheopur-kalan4
Alirajpur3
Gwalior3
Sagar2
Shivpuri2
Chindwara2
Betul2
Rajgarh1
Dindori1
Tikamgarh1
Details Awaited*160

1699 107

1413 49

203 55

83 3

DistrictCases
Chennai303
Coimbatore133
Tiruppur109
Dindigul76
Erode70
Tirunelveli62
Chengalpattu53
Tiruchirapalli50
Namakkal50
Thiruvallur48
Thanjavur46
Madurai46
Nagapattinam44
Theni43
Karur42
Ranipet39
Villupuram36
Thoothukudi27
Thiruvarur27
Cuddalore26
Tenkasi26
Salem24
Vellore22
Virudhunagar19
Tirupattur17
Nagerkoil (kanyakumari)16
Sivagangai12
Tiruvannamalai12
Ramanathapuram11
Udagamandalam9
Kancheepuram9
Perambalur5
Ariyalur4
Kalllakurichi3
Pudukottai1
Details Awaited*163

1683 54

911

752 90

20 2

DistrictCases
Agra241
Lucknow167
Gautam Budha Nagar98
Meerut75
Saharanpur72
Kanpur59
Firozabad58
Moradabad58
Ghaziabad41
Shamli26
Bijnor26
Basti19
Bulandshahar18
Sitapur17
Hapur17
Amroha17
Baghpat15
Rampur15
Varanasi14
Budaun13
Azamgarh7
Auraiya7
Sambhal7
Mathura6
Maharajganj6
Ghazipur6
Kannauj6
Pratapgarh6
Bareilly6
Muzaffar Nagar5
Jaunpur5
Lakhimpur Kheri4
Mainpuri4
Hathras4
Kanshi Ram Nagar (kasganj)3
Mirzapur3
Etah3
Etawah3
Kaushambi2
Banda2
Pilibhit2
Hardoi2
Rae-bareilly2
Unnao1
Sultanpur1
Bara-banki1
Sant Kabir Nagar1
Shahjahanpur1
Sant Ravi Das Nagar (bhadoi)1
Mau1
Gonda1
Allahabad1
Details Awaited*334

1510 61

1280 25

206 33

24 3

DistrictCases
Hyderabad472
Suryapet75
Nizamabad56
Vikarabad36
Hyderabad Rural (ranga Reddy)35
Gadwal (jogulamba)32
Medchal30
Warangal25
Adilabad19
Karimnagar19
Nirmal18
Yadadri15
Nalgonda15
Mahaboobnagar12
Kamareddy11
Sangareddy8
Khammam7
Medak6
Asifabad (komarambhim)5
Kothagudem (badadri)4
Jagityal3
Siricilla (rajanna)3
Bhupalpally (jayashanker)3
Nagarkurnool2
Peddapally2
Mulugu2
Janagoan2
Siddipet1
Mahabubabad1
Details Awaited*41

960 15

739 11

197 3

24 1

DistrictCases
Kurnool158
Guntur128
Krishna76
Nellore67
Prakasam44
Kadapa37
West Godavari35
Anantapur29
Chittoor28
East Godavari24
Visakhapatnam20
Details Awaited*249

895 82

727 58

141 21

27 3

DistrictCases
Kolkata184
Howrah79
North 24 Parganas46
Purba Mednipur21
Hooghly12
South 24 Parganas9
Kalimpomg7
Paschim Burdwan7
Nadia6
Jalpaiguri5
Darjeeling4
Paschim Mednipur4
Diamond Harbour-hd3
Murshidabad2
Basirhat-hd1
Purba Burdwan1
Nandigram-hd1
Details Awaited*122

514 58

396 34

103 24

15

DistrictCases
Kasaragode170
Cannanore(kannur)92
Ernakulam24
Kozhicode (calicut)20
Malappuram20
Pathanamthitta17
Thiruvananthapuram14
Thrissur13
Idukki10
Kollam9
Palakkad8
Alappuzha5
Kottayam3
Wyanad3
Details Awaited*39

447 9

120 8

324 1

3

DistrictCases
Mysuru84
Bbmp66
Belagavi42
Vijayapura32
Kalburgi27
Bengaluru (u)23
Bagalkote21
Chikkaballapur16
Bidar15
Dakshin Kannada14
Ballari13
Mandya12
Bengaluru (r)12
Uttara Kannada11
Dharwad7
Gadag4
Udupi3
Tumakuru2
Davanagere2
Kodagu1
Chitradurga1
Details Awaited*37

445 18

283 4

145 14

17

DistrictCases
Bandipora81
Srinagar79
Baramulla43
Kupwara31
Jammu27
Shopian22
Udhampur20
Ganderbal14
Badgam13
Kulgam6
Rajouri4
Samba4
Anantnag3
Pulwama3
Details Awaited*77

427 20

330 20

92

5

DistrictCases
Sasnagar61
Jalandhar48
Patiala26
Pathankot24
Nawanshahr (sbs Nagar)19
Ludhiana16
Amritsar11
Mansa11
Hoshiarpur7
Moga4
Rupnagar3
Sangrur3
Faridkot3
Kapurthala2
Barnala2
Fatehgarh Sahib (sarhind)2
Muktsar1
Gurdaspur1
Firozepur1
Details Awaited*32

277 26

196 10

65 16

16

DistrictCases
Nuh57
Faridabad42
Gurgaon38
Palwal34
Panchkula18
Ambala12
Sonepat7
Karnal6
Panipat5
Sirsa4
Yamunanagar3
Bhiwani3
Kurukshetra2
Kaithal2
Jind2
Hissar2
Rohtak1
Fatehabad1
Charkhi Dadri1
Details Awaited*32

272 10

113

156 16

3

DistrictCases
Siwan29
Nalanda28
Munger20
Begusarai9
Patna7
Gaya5
Buxar4
Gopalganj3
Nawada3
Bhagalpur1
Bhojpur1
Lakhisarai1
Saran1
Vaishali1
Details Awaited*40

153 10

105 10

46

2

DistrictCases
Khurda (bhuvaneshwar)46
Bhadrak8
Balasore3
Jajpur2
Kalahandi2
Kendrapara2
Sundargarh2
Cuttack1
Dhenkanal1
Puri1
Details Awaited*22

90 7

56 6

33 1

1

DistrictCases
Ranchi25
Bokaro10
Hazaribagh3
Dhanbad2
Simdega2
Deoghar1
Giridh1
Koderma1
Details Awaited*8

53 4

42 4

8

3

DistrictCases
Dehradun24
Nainital9
Haridwar7
Udhamsingh Nagar4
Almora1
Pauri Garhwal1
Details Awaited*1

47 1

23

24 1

0

DistrictCases
Una16
Solan9
Chamba6
Kangra5
Hamirpur2
Sirmaur1
Details Awaited*1

40

21

18

1

DistrictCases
Korba28
Raipur5
Bilaspur1
Durg1
Rajnandgaon1

36

8

28 2

0

DistrictCases
Golaghat9
Marigaon6
Dhubri4
Goalpara4
Nalbari4
Kamrup Metro2
Cachar1
Hailakandi1
Kamrup1
Karimganj1
Lakhimpur1
S Mancachar1
Details Awaited*1

36 1

16 1

19

1

DistrictCases
Chandigarh26
Details Awaited*1

27

13

14

0

DistrictCases
South Andaman16
Details Awaited*6

22 4

11 4

11

0

DistrictCases
Leh (ladakh)14
Details Awaited*4

18

4

14

0

DistrictCases
East Khasi Hills11
Details Awaited*1

12

11

0

1

DistrictCases
Puducherry6
Details Awaited*1

7

4

3

0

DistrictCases
North Goa6
South Goa1

7

0

7

0

DistrictCases
Imphal West1
Thoubal1

2

0

2

0

DistrictCases
Gomati1
North Tripura1

2

1

1

0

DistrictCases
Aizwal West1

1

1

0

0

DistrictCases
Lohit1

1

0

1

0

Apr 24, 2020 11:56 (IST)
Apr 24, 2020 11:46 (IST)
Slum In Bengaluru Sealed After 10 People Test Positive For COVID-19
A municipal ward in Bengaluru has been partially sealed after 10 positive cases of COVID-19 surfaced over the last two days. The area -- Hongasandra in southeastern part of the city -- is home to more than 1,000 people. Many of them are labourers engaged in the city's metro rail project, who live in slums."
Apr 24, 2020 11:39 (IST)
Villages have handled Coronavirus crisis better than cities: PM Modi

"Today, when we are in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, what we see in this crisis is that from the ideas and things being done in the villages of India are something that we don't even see in the urban India, where people have better education.

Villages have shown that our traditions, our culture, our learnings are from the ground up, not the other way around. Villages have handled the crisis better than cities. Villages are handling social distancing far better and with more discipline with initiatives like '2 gaj ki doori', etc.

Villages have dealt better with self-dependency. There is much to learn from you all."
Apr 24, 2020 11:35 (IST)
"There was a time when less than 100 gram panchayats were connected to broadband. Today, over 1.25  lakh gram panchayats have broadband": PM Modi.
Apr 24, 2020 11:30 (IST)
"Coronavirus has made it clear that we have to depend only on ourselves for our survival"


  • My best wishes to all those who have won panchayati raj awards.
  • It is technology that binds us and makes such a meeting possible today.
  • Coronavirus pandemic has made a big impact in the way we live and the way we work.
  • Coronavirus has also given us a lot to think about and taught us a lot about the way we act.
  • It has given us direction to the way we move forward and the way we love.
  • It has made it absolutely clear that we have to depend only on ourselves for our survival.
  • We have learnt from this crisis that we as a nation, from cities to villages, must be self-sufficient and not depend on others for anything we need in our daily lives.

Apr 24, 2020 11:17 (IST)
Apr 24, 2020 11:06 (IST)
PM Modi interacts with village heads across India via video link


Apr 24, 2020 10:57 (IST)
Apr 24, 2020 10:47 (IST)
Coronavirus Kerala: 4-Month-Old Baby With Heart Problems, Pneumonia Dies Of COVID-19
A four-month-old baby, who was being treated for the COVID-19 virus and had been diagnosed with heart problems at birth, died in Kerala's Kozhikode this morning. She was also suffering from pneumonia."
Apr 24, 2020 10:32 (IST)
Apr 24, 2020 10:22 (IST)
Coronavirus news: Okhla vegetable market witnesses low turnout of customers due to lockdown

The Okhla vegetable market in Delhi witnessed a lesser number of customers on Friday morning even as people prepare to observe the holy month of Ramzan, which is likely to begin from April 25, news agency ANI reported.

Akram, a vegetable seller at the market, blamed the lockdown for decline in business.

"The business has been affected adversely, vegetables are rotting. Customers are afraid of stepping out of their houses, they are reluctant to even come and if they do step out, the administration asks them to go back," said Akram.
Apr 24, 2020 10:00 (IST)
Coronavirus news: PM Modi to interact with Sarpanchs at 11 am today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with Sarpanchs from across the nation on the occasion of Panchayati Raj Day, being observed amid the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown.

"At 11 AM today, PM Narendra Modi would be interacting with Sarpanchs from across the nation via video conferencing. All Sarpanchs will be able to join this interaction through Doordarshan, from their respective homes adhering to social distancing norms," the official twitter handle of PMO said.
Apr 24, 2020 09:30 (IST)
Coronavirus news: IIT-Delhi's COVID-19 test approved, can reduce cost significantly

IIT Delhi is the first academic institute to have obtained the ICMR approval for a real-time PCR-based diagnostic assay, news agency PTI reported. The development also comes against the backdrop of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) halting the testing for COVID-19 cases through China-made test kits because of massive variation in test results, compounding the challenge to check and contain the pandemic.

The current testing methods available are "probe-based" while the one developed by the IIT team is a "probe-free" method, which reduces the testing cost without compromising on accuracy, officials said.
Apr 24, 2020 09:09 (IST)
JUST IN: Coronavirus cases in India cross 23,000-mark; 718 deaths, 37 in 24 hours
Apr 24, 2020 08:52 (IST)
Apr 24, 2020 08:47 (IST)
Coronavirus: Kerala Plans Random Tests For COVID-19, Prepares Long List Of Subjects
Kerala on Thursday said it would bring the antibody tests from the hotspots and make it random - picking subjects from specified professions that are in contact with a large section of people. The idea is to check if the virus has reached the third stage of transmission." 
Apr 24, 2020 08:35 (IST)
Apr 24, 2020 08:20 (IST)
Coronavirus news: 3 Maharashtra Reserve Police officials test positive

Three State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) officials of Maharashtra have tested positive for COVID-19, while 96 other SRPF personnel have been put under quarantine, news agency ANI reported quoting an official.

The team of SRPF Group-2 was posted in Mumbai for about two months and they returned to Pune on Monday. After returning, some of them had developed symptoms.

Those having symptoms were tested and out of them, three have tested positive.

The positive SRPF personnel have been shifted to hospital.
Apr 24, 2020 08:06 (IST)
Apr 24, 2020 07:56 (IST)
Coronavirus cases: Tripura COVID-19 Free, says Chief Minister After Second Patient Tests Negative

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Thursday said the state has become coronavirus-free after its second COVID-19 patient tested negative.

"UPDATE! The Second corona patient of Tripura has been found NEGATIVE after consecutive tests. Hence our State has become Corona free. I request everyone to maintain Social distancing and follow Government guidelines. Stay Home Stay Safe," the chief minister tweeted.
Apr 24, 2020 07:35 (IST)
Apr 24, 2020 06:40 (IST)
Coronavirus Update: India Attends Pak-Hosted SAARC Conference On COVID-19 Situation

India on Thursday participated in a SAARC video conference hosted by Pakistan to promote greater regional cooperation to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.

The foreign ministry said India was represented at the conference by Director General of Health Services who was assisted by experts from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

"The virtual meeting was an occasion for India to reaffirm its strong commitment towards greater sharing of knowledge, expertise and best practices in the joint fight against COVID-19 for the larger regional good," the MEA said.

Apr 24, 2020 06:06 (IST)
Coronavirus Updates: Latest Figures
The death count due to the Coronavirus pandemic rose to 686 and the number of cases climbed to 21,700 in the country on Thursday, as per data released by the health ministry.

In its daily briefing on Thursday evening, the ministry said that the 34 more deaths and 1,229 fresh cases were reported since Wednesday evening.

The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 16,689 as 4,324 people were cured and discharged, and one patient migrated, the ministry said.