COVID-19 LIVE: 50 frontline medical staff test positive

19:45 April 02

Jharkhand Health Secy: A man from Hazaribagh has tested positive for Coronavirus. He was working in Asansol, West Bengal and had returned recently. He has been put in quarantine. 

Total number of COVID-19 positive cases in the state is 2.  

19:31 April 02

Total positive cases in Haryana is 35 

Out of 35 cases,10 in Gurugram, 6-Faridabad,4-Palwal,3-Sirsa,3-Ambala,2-Panchkula&1 each in Hisar, Sonipat & Rohtak. Out of which, 9 patients of Gurugram,2 patients from Panipat,1 patient each from Faridabad&Palwal are discharged. 

19:10 April 02

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat: There are some people in our state who went to Tablighi Jamaat event. Some people had come from Nepal. We have identified all & have quarantined them. I have ordered to monitor them carefully. 

19:09 April 02

Thiruvanathapuram: Kerala reported 21 new covid positive cases today.

 8 cases from Kasargod, 5 from Idukki, 2 from Kollam, 1 each from Thiruvananthapuram, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kozhikode and Kannur. The total number of patients under treatment is 256. Total number of cases  in Kerala rises to 286. 

1,65,934 people are under observation.  

19:08 April 02

Chandigarh Health Department:A 59-year-old woman and her 10-month-old granddaughter have tested positive for COVID-19 in Chandigarh. They are primary family contacts of NRI couple (Positive for COVID-19). Total cases in the Union Territory is 18, so far. 

19:07 April 02

New Cases of Corona Reported Today in Maharashtra, Total Number of Covid-19, Patients Reaches to 416

Today- 81

Pune - 06

Pimpri Chinchwad - 03,

Mumbai  - 57,

Ahemadnagar - 09,

Thane - 05,

Buldhana - 01

Total in Maharashta - 416 

18:11 April 02

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan: 21 more persons have tested positive for coronavirus in Kerala. 

Total cases in the state are 286 of which 256 are active cases. 

 

17:32 April 02

Health Ministry official: Around 50 members of medical staff (including doctors, nurses and paramedics) across the country have tested positive for Coronavirus. 

16:55 April 02

Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary (Planning) Jammu and Kashmir:First Coronavirus patient from Kashmir discharged from hospital;total positive cases in J&K are now 70. 

16:54 April 02

The condition of all 10 positive cases in Ladakh is stable  

One repeat positive report is of the second COVID-19 case who is isolated at SNM Hospital Leh, and one new positive report is from Kargil district: Directorate of Health Services, Ladakh

16:48 April 02

Home Ministry has identified 9000 Tablighi Jamat workers & their contacts, and placed them in quarantine. Out of these 9000 people, 1306 are foreigners and the rest are Indians.

16:45 April 02

A CRPF Doctor who is a Chief Medical Officer residing in officers mess in Saket, Delhi hastested positive for COVID 19.

Staff and guests living in officers mess have been placed in quarantine.

The officer has been sent to isolation ward. He is attached with ADG Medical, CRPF.

15:41 April 02

COVID-19 cases rise to 33 in Haryana, with active cases standing at 20: State Health Department

15:36 April 02

"People who visited Tablighi Jamaat (Delhi) should come forward & tell authorities about themselves. As responsible citizens it's our duty to help the administration & follow their orders," Musharraf Ali Khan, advocate of Tablighi Jamaat Chief Maulana Muhammad Saad said on FIR against Saad. 

15:33 April 02

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope: Over 1400 people from Maharashtra attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi. Out of which, around 1300 have been traced till now & are being quarantined in Maharashtra. Their samples will be collected for COVID-19 testing. 

15:32 April 02

Eleven more people have tested positive for COVID-19, taking the total number of cases to 131 in Rajasthan including two Italian & 14 attendees of Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi. 

14:54 April 02

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa: 391 persons who visited Markaz Nizamuddin have been traced and quarantined. 11 out of 91 persons who were tested in Bidar are COVID-19 positive.  

14:50 April 02

According to sources, a resident doctor of the Physiology Department of All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS), Delhi has tested positive for COVID-19. He is admitted to the new private ward for further evaluation and multiple testing. His family will also be screened. 

12:33 April 02

Maharashtra: Second COVID-19 case confirmed in Dharavi, Mumbai. A 52-year-old BMC sanitisation worker has been found positive for the virus, he resides in the Worli area but was posted at Dharavi for cleaning. 

11:15 April 02

Tamil Nadu: 17 people have returned to Rameswaram after attending Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi. Two of the returnees have been tested positive for COVID-19 & admitted to District Government Hospital. 15 others are in isolation. 

11:13 April 02

 B Sriramulu, Karnataka Health Minister:We are monitoring 362 people who had attended Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi. Out of 27 people from Bidar who had attended, 11 have tested positive for COVID-19, while results of 16 others are awaited. Total positive cases in the state are 121. 

11:10 April 02

According to the Rajasthan Health Department, "One person (85-year-old) from Alwar who had tested positive for COVID-19 has unfortunately died. He had a comorbid condition of brain stroke paralysis."

10:55 April 02

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain: Thirty-two people were tested positive yesterday in Delhi out of which 29 people had attended Tablighi Jamaat event in Nizamuddin. A total of 700 suspect & confirmed cases of COVID-19 are in different hospitals in Delhi. 

10:52 April 02

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: Increase of 131 COVID-19 cases in the last 12 hours. Total number of COVID-19 positive cases rise to 1965 in India (including 1764 active cases, 151 cured/discharged/migrated people and 50 deaths). 

10:52 April 02

21 more COVID-19 cases reported in Andhra Pradesh, taking thetotal number of positive cases in the state to 132.

10:07 April 02

Mumbai: Sai Hospital Chembur completely sealed and Saifee Hospital, Jaslok Hospital, Bhabha Hospital & Hinduja Hospital partially affected due to exposure to COVID-19 patients.

10:04 April 02

11 people from Bidar district who attended Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz, tested corona positive. Total positive cases rises to 121 in karnataka.

Till yesterday it was 110, including 9 recovered patients and 3 deaths

09:48 April 02

S Agarwal, Vadodara Collector: A 52-year-old COVID-19 patient lost his life today morning. He had a history of travel to Sri Lanka & was admitted to SSG Hospital, Vadodara on 19 March. 4 members of his family have also tested positive for the virus&are undergoing treatment. 

09:27 April 02

KBS Sidhu, Special Chief Secretary, Punjab Disaster Management (COVID-19): Giani Nirmal Singh, former Hazoori Ragi of Golden Temple, Amritsar has passed away at around 4:30 AM today. 

Nirmal Singh had tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday. 

09:24 April 02

 15 associated with Tablighi event in Odisha test negative

The Odisha government has traced and tested 20 persons associated with the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi, but reports of 15 of them have come negative for coronavirus, an official statement said on Wednesday.

Of these 15 people, 12 are from Rourkela, each one from Kendrapara, Cuttack and Ganjam district, it said, adding that the remaining five reports are awaited.   

09:21 April 02

3 more coronavirus cases in Maha; total reaches 338

Three more people tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra on Thursday, taking the total number of such cases in the state to 338, a health official said.

Out of these three people, two are from Pune and one is from Buldhana, he said.

Till Wednesday, 335 COVID-19 cases and 16 deaths were reported from the state.

Mumbai has so far recorded deaths of 12 coronavirus patients.

The state capital also has the highest number of coronavirus patients at 181, while Pune district has 50 cases.  

09:20 April 02

First COVID-19 death reported in Haryana

A 67-year-old man from Ambala, Haryana who had tested positive for COVID-19 has lost his life at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh. 

09:19 April 02

N Biren Singh, Chief Minister of Manipur: "One more COVID-19 positive case in Manipur who attended Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz. The total number of positive cases in the state now stands at two. Some are at quarantine centres & under observation." 

09:19 April 02

Rajasthan Health Department: 9 more COVID-19 cases in Rajasthan (7 from Ramganj, and 1 each from Jodhpur & Jhunjhunu) taking the total number of coronavirus positive cases in the state to 129. All 7 new COVID-19 positive cases from Ramganj are close contacts of a person who had tested positive earlier, this person has infected 17 of his close contacts. The person to test coronavirus positive in Jhunjhunu is from Tablighi Jamaat.

09:07 April 02

COVID-19: India reports 1,834 cases, 41 deaths

New Delhi:The total number of coronavirus positive cases in India reached 1,834 on Wednesday, including foreign nationals, with 1,649 active cases, the Union Health Ministry said.

The Health Ministry, in its the evening update that 41 deaths have been reported in India so far, with highest nine from Maharashtra, followed by Gujarat, where six deaths were reported.

"A total of 143 patients have been cured and discharged," it said.

Among the 27 states and Union Territories having Coronavirus patients, Maharashtra has the highest tally of positive cases at 302, followed by Kerala at 241

India has been under a 21-day lockdown in a bid to prevent spread of coronavirus.