New Delhi: Coronavirus India Live Updates: India registered 1,752 new coronavirus cases on Friday - its biggest single-day spike since the beginning of the pandemic - taking the total to 23,452. The number of deaths reached 723 with 37 more people dying from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said.
For the first time, Bengal has officially linked 57 deaths to coronavirus. The state government today revealed that according to its death audit committee, 57 COVID-19 patients had died, but asserted that 39 of these were due to co-morbidities.
Only 18 of the deaths were because of COVID-19, Bengal Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha told the media. "Balance 39 deaths were due to comorbidities and COVID-19 was incidental," Mr Sinha said.
Central teams to asses alleged coronavirus lockdown violations and other gaps in the fight to control the contagion will be sent to three more states, Gujarat, Telangana and Tamil Nadu, the government said today, amid a row with Bengal.
The situation is "especially serious" in major hotspot districts or emerging hotspots like Ahmedabad and Surat in Gujarat, Thane in Maharashtra, Hyderabad in Telangana and Chennai in Tamil Nadu, the Union Home Ministry said today in tweets.
Five Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCTs) will be sent to assess the situation in the states, issue directions to state authorities and submit their report to the centre "in the larger interest of the general public, the ministry announced.
The COVID-19 crisis has taught India to "be self-sufficient and not depend on others for anything we need in our daily lives", Prime Minister Narendra Modi told village chiefs during a video conference held amid a nationwide lockdown to break the chain of transmission of the COVID-19 virus. "Coronavirus has sent so many challenges our way, but we must always learn from the situation we are in in life. It has given us a lot to think about and taught about the way we act. It has made it absolutely clear that we have to depend only on ourselves for our survival," the Prime Minister said during his address on the occasion of Panchayati Raj Day.
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.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases in India Highlights:
World
67,69,38,430Cases
62,55,71,965Active
4,44,81,893Recovered
68,84,572Deaths
Coronavirus has spread to 200 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 67,69,38,430 and 68,84,572 have died; 62,55,71,965 are active cases and 4,44,81,893 have recovered as on January 9, 2024 at 10:54 am.
India
4,50,19,214 475Cases
3,919 -83Active
4,44,81,893 552Recovered
5,33,402 6Deaths
In India, there are 4,50,19,214 confirmed cases including 5,33,402 deaths. The number of active cases is 3,919 and 4,44,81,893 have recovered as on January 9, 2024 at 8:00 am.
State & District Details
Apr 25, 2020 03:19 (IST)
Stranded Kashmiri Labourers Leave Himanchal Pradesh For Jammu And Kashmir In 6 Buses
About 140 stranded Kashmiri labourers left Shimla for Jammu and Kashmir on Friday evening, news agency PTI reported.
They left in six buses on Friday at 10.30 pm after Himachal Pradesh government gave them the permission amid the coronavirus curfew, a Kashmiri labourer said.
Thanking Himachal Pradesh government and local people for helping them during the curfew, he said a total of 168 Kashmiri labourers have been provided permission to go to their native places in Jammu and Kashmir.
Apr 25, 2020 01:48 (IST)
Coronavirus Lockdown News: Centre Allows Shops To Open With Conditions
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday allowed opening of shops registered under the Shops and Establishment Act with some exceptions.
As per the order, the shops, including those in residential complexes and market complexes, will be allowed to open.
The relaxations, however, are not applicable to the shops shopping malls and hotspots areas.
Apr 25, 2020 00:24 (IST)
Coronavirus News From UP: Priyanka Gandhi Praises UP Government's Step To Bring Back Migrant Workers
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday praised the initiative taken by the Uttar Pradesh government to bring back migrant workers stranded in different states due to the coronavirus lockdown.
Her remarks came after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath instructed state officials to prepare a list of migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh stranded in other states to help bring them back.
Apr 24, 2020 22:10 (IST)
COVID-19: Rajasthan allows factories to operate up to 12 hours a day with reduced workforce
The Rajasthan government has allowed the working time in factories to be increased from 8 hours to 12 hours per day with limited workforce, state Labour Minister Tikaram Jully said on Friday.
Rajasthan Factories and Boilers Inspection Department has given exemption to factories to operate at full capacity with around 60-65 percent of the normal manpower.
The exemption has been given to factories to allow maximum 12 hours of work per day for the next three months, the minister said.
He said overtime, for up to a maximum of 4 hours a day or 24 hours per week, will be paid as per the management rules.
He said the order will be applicable to the factories registered under the Factories Act, 1948.
Apr 24, 2020 21:59 (IST)
COVID-19: K Palaniswami asks Arvind Kejriwal to extend best care to Tamil Nadu Islamic Sect members in Delhi
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Friday urged his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal to extend ''best possible care'' for the over 500 hospitalised and quarantined Tablighis from the state in the national capital and flagged their grievances of ''stay conditions'' and non-availability of ''timely food.''
Palaniswami drew the attention of Kejriwal that 559 Tablighis from Tamil Nadu, who had attended Tabligh Jamaat congregation in Delhi last month have either been hospitalised or quarantined.
As many as 183 and 376 people were in various hospitals and quarantine centres respectively in Delhi, he said in a letter to the Delhi Chief Minister and listed out the names of such health facilities and locations of the centres.
Apr 24, 2020 21:46 (IST)
Coronavirus: Ensure uninterrupted TB diagnosis, treatment during outbreak, Centre tells states
The Union Health Ministry has written to all states and Union Territories asking them to ensure all facilities under the National TB Elimination Programme remain fully functional and that there is no interruption in diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis patients notwithstanding the coronavirus outbreak.
According to a health ministry statement, the comprehensive directive include providing one month of drugs at a time to all tuberculosis patients, either newly diagnosed or have been undergoing treatment, including those suffering from drug-resistant TB, at both public and private healthcare facilities.
"States and UTs are to ensure that patients with or without ID receive medicines at a health facility convenient for them, to prevent any form of interruption in treatment," it stated.
The directives also state that even if a TB patient is unable to approach a health facility, arrangements should be made by to deliver drugs at the doorstep of the patient wherever possible.
Considering the challenges posed due to COVID-19 pandemic and its resultant lockdown, the health ministry has issued orders to ensure adequate drugs are available.
