New Delhi: Fewer than eight people per lakh of population in India have been infected by the novel coronavirus, the Union Health Ministry said this evening, pointing out that this was significantly better than the global average of 62 people per lakh. The government also said India's per lakh mortality rate was only 0.24, compared to the global average of 4.2.
Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said 42,298 people have recovered from the illness so far and that the recovery rate (recoveries as a percentage of total cases) had improved steadily through the four phases of lockdown - from 7.1 per cent in March (when it was imposed) - to 39.62 per cent today.
Domestic passenger flights will resume from Monday "in a calibrated manner", the government said today. Flights were stopped in late-March, when the country went into lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus.
Passenger train service will expand from the existing 15 trains to more than 200 starting next month. The service will involve non-air conditioned trains, which had not been allowed so far. The 15 trains that have been running since May 12, are air-conditioned trains and the passengers are required to maintain rules of social distancing and use masks and sanitisers.
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May 21, 2020 06:54 (IST)
Coronavirus News: Migrants Travelling Home On Buses From Delhi-Ghazipur Border Complain Of Steep Ticket Prices
Buses carrying migrants left for various states from the Delhi-Ghazipur border on Wednesday night, reported ANI. A passenger, Ramdev Sharma said, "I am going to Jharkhand and have paid Rs 4,000 as bus charge." The driver of a bus, Santosh said, "I think more people have boarded the bus than permitted according to norms of social distancing. I have not yet received instructions on how many people can board the bus. When I get it, I will accordingly ask some of them to get down."
May 21, 2020 06:34 (IST)
Coronavirus News: Coronavirus Themed Robots Sanitise Chennai Containment Zones
Coronavirus themed robots were deployed in a containment zone in Chennai on Wednesday to sanitise the area, reported ANI. Gowtham, the designer of the robots said, "It can store around 30 litres of disinfectant. This is a prototype, we are building better ones."
May 21, 2020 05:21 (IST)
Coronavirus News: Test Media Persons For Coronavirus: BJP MLA Writes To Telangana Chief Minister
BJP MLA T Raja Singh on Wednesday requested the Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao to test all media persons, who are frontline warriors, for COVID-19, reported ANI. "We all know that many of the media persons have been affected by coronavirus while performing their duties in many states of the country. Many states are testing the media persons as they are roaming in their respective locations to report news-reports to the people of the country. Hence, to protect media persons in Telangana state, I request you to test our frontline warriors," the MLA said in a letter to the chief minister.
May 21, 2020 04:29 (IST)
Coronavirus News: Telangana Reports 27 Fresh COVID Cases Taking Total To 1,661
27, including 12 migrants, tested positive for coronavirus in Telangana on Wednesday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 1,661, reported ANI. 89 migrants have tested positive till Wednesday in Telangana, the state Health Department said.
May 21, 2020 02:44 (IST)
Coronavirus News: Nearly 2,300 Vehicles Penalised, Over 100 Seized For Violating Lockdown, Says Noida Police
Nearly 2,300 vehicles, including auto-rickshaws, were penalised and 115 impounded across Noida and Greater Noida for allegedly defying lockdown curbs on Wednesday, police said, reported PTI. The Gautam Buddh Nagar police stepped up vigilance on road traffic violations as new guidelines which permit some ease in movement kicked in during the fourth phase of the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
