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May 01, 2020 05:45 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com
Coronavirus India News LIVE Updates: Cases breach 35,000 mark; recovery rate improves to 25.3%
Highlights of the novel coronavirus pandemic and its socio-economic impact. Total confirmed cases in India have risen to 35,043.
The novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic has spread across 185 countries and territories. Today is the 38th day of India’s nationwide lockdown, which has been extended till May 3. During his interaction with chief ministers on April 27, PM Modi reportedly hinted that restrictions may continue in hotspots.
Confirmed COVID-19 cases in India stand at 35,043. The death toll from the outbreak in India is at 1,147. Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi have reported the highest number of cases.
Globally, there have been over 32.5 lakh confirmed cases of COVID-19. At least 2.33 lakh people have died so far. The United States, Spain, Italy, France, Germany and the UK are the most-affected countries. Catch the latest updates here:Moneycontrol Ready Reckoner
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Coronavirus in West Bengal LIVE updates | Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar: West Bengal is the only state where Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) faced problems in carrying out their work.When the entire country is fighting against COVID-19, and the IMCT team came to assess the situation, we should have received it with red carpet.
As per the State Govt, 105 people died due to coronavirus, but this number is more than that. Why do we want to hide the actual number of deaths? People will be more careful when they would realise that situation is grim. (ANI)
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates: PM Narendra Modi meets key ministers including Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman apparently to discuss lockdown exit strategy. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LIVE updates | Principal Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad: Number of COVID-19 cases reaches 2,281 in Uttar Pradesh, out of which 1,685 cases are active. 41 patients in the state have succumbed to the infection so far.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | PD Vaghela, Chairman, Empowered Group-3: Production of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has increased to 30 crore tablets from 12.23 crore tablets. A total of 16 crore HCQ tablets have been released into the market.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | PD Vaghela, Chairman, Empowered Group-3: Demand for PPE kits has been projected at 2.01 crore in India. We have placed orders for 2.22 crore kits out of which 1.42 crore kits are being procured in the domestic market. 1.87 lakh kits are being produced daily in the country.
Besides, we have ordered 2.49 crore N95 masks.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Health Ministry Joint Secy Lav Agarwal: We have to ensure that districts are demarcated into red, orange or green properly.
State and district administration to ensure through focused efforts that 'Red' and 'Orange' zone districts, break the chain of transmission through effective and stringent containment measure.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Health Ministry Joint Secy Lav Agarwal: Recovery rate in India has improved to 25.37 percent.
In the last 24 hours, 1993 positive cases reported; the total number of positive cases is now 35,043.
Of these, 8,888 COVID-19 patients, which is 25.37 percent of total cases, have recovered so far.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Home Ministry Joint Secy Punya Salila Srivastava: The movement of goods carriers is being disrupted in some parts of the country. MHA clarifies that goods trucks, even if they are empty, should not be stopped at state borders. They do not need seperate passes.
In addition, the Home Ministry has reached out to the Railway board for the inter-state movement of migrant labourers, students, pilgrims to their native place.