COVID-19 LIVE: Total cases cross 1,000 mark in Maharashtra

20:07 April 07

33 COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Haryana today. 

Total Coronavirus positive cases in the state stand at 129 which includes 2 deaths and 17 discharged. 

20:06 April 07

Punjab: Total 8 COVID-19 positive cases have been reported today. 

Positive cases in the state stand at 99. 

20:05 April 07

Gujarat:19 COVID-19 positive cases and 2 deaths have been reported in the state today.

 Both the deceased had comorbid condition. 

Total positive cases in the state stand at 175. 

19:47 April 07

Maharashtra: 

Total number of people infected by COVID-19 now stand at 1018.

New cases today:BMC 116, PMC 18, Ahmednagar corp 3, Buldhana 2, Thane corp 2, Nagpur corp 3, Satara 1, Abad Corp 3, Ratnagiri 1, Sangali 1. 

19:46 April 07

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare:508 more COVID-19 positive cases & 13 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.

India's positive cases rise to 4,789 (including 4312 active cases, 353 cured/discharged/migrated people and 124 deaths)

18:21 April 07

Kerala: Nine persons have been tested positive for COVID-19 in Kerala today. 

4 from Kasargod, 3 from Kannur,1 each from Kollam & Malappuram, 4 persons who returned from abroad, 2 attendees of Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi & 3 persons were affected from contact. 

18:21 April 07

There are 125 cases as of now, 118 are active cases; 24 in Jammu Division, 94 in Kashmir

 6 new cases in Jammu division today and 9 in Kashmir. Aggressive contact tracing; red zones to continue. 

18:19 April 07

Tamil Nadu:Today 69 people tested positive of which 63 persons are those who attended Tableeghi Jamaat event in Delhi.

Total number of positive cases in the state rises to 690 of which 636 are Tableeghi Jamaat attendees. 

18:19 April 07

Total Covid-19 positive cases in Punjab stands at 91

"We've planned to buy 10 lakh rapid testing kits. 468 Tablighi Jammat attendees came to Punjab out of which 448 have been traced & 15 have tested positive with 119 test results awaited," Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu. 

18:18 April 07

Uttar Pradesh: A total of 314 people have been found positive in the state till now, of which 168 are connected to Tablighi Jamaat. 

16:16 April 07

Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry:Till now 326 persons have been discharged after recovery. 

• Till now there are 4,421 COVID-19 positive cases in the country, including 354 cases in the last 24 hours.
• Government has been adopting a strategy for cluster containment & for outbreaks that are amenable to management. This strategy is producing positive results, especially in Agra, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Pathanamthitta, Bhilwara & East Delhi.
• Indian Railways has prepared 40,000 isolation beds in 2,500 coaches. They are making 375 isolation beds daily and this is going on across 133 locations across the country
• Status of essential goods & services is by & large satisfactory. Home Minister did a detailed review of the status of essential commodities & lockdown measures, he gave directions to take appropriate measures and ensure hoarding & black marketing is not done.

15:44 April 07

Maharashtra:Three deaths have been reported in Pune today. 

All patients were COVID-19 positive and are cases of comorbidity. 

Death toll in Pune rises to 8.

15:43 April 07

Three more COVID-19 positive cases reported in Rajasthan. 

All three are members are of the same family, in which a positive case was found earlier also. 

Total coronavirus positive cases in the state now at 328. 

15:00 April 07

Madhya Pradesh: A Senior Police Officer from Bhopal has  tested positive for COVID-19, many other police officers have now gone into isolation. 

14:52 April 07

Uttar Pradesh: A COVID-19 positive patient recovered completely on Tuesday in Shamli district. He urged the people to support the medical teams and avoid panicking. 

14:47 April 07

Odisha: A 72-yr-old man belonging to Jharpada had been admitted to AIIMS Bhubaneswar on 4 April complaining of respiratory distress.

He had history of chronic hypertension. He died on 6 April. He was tested positive for COVID-19. Contact tracing & containment ongoing.

14:40 April 07

Manmohan Singh, an 82-year-old COVID-19 patient at Delhi's Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan hospital who has now fully recovered; he will be discharged soon.

14:39 April 07

Mumbai: FIR registered against 150 people of Tablighi Jamaat, at Azad Maidan police station for violating quarantine orders (IPC Sec 271) & violating govt official preventive order (IPC Sec 188). 

FIR also registered under IPC Section 269, besides the two sections of 271 & 188. 

13:38 April 07

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath:Till now, there're total 308 COVID-19 positive cases including 168 Tablighi Jamaat returnees. We've 10 testing labs in the state today. 

UP COVID-Care Fund will be used for strengthening of healthcare system incl establishing more testing facilities & COVID-19 hospitals. 

13:36 April 07

Karnataka: 12 new positive cases (including 4 Tablighi Jamaat returnees & their 3 contacts and 5 others) of Coronavirus reported in the state.

Till now, there are 175 COVID-19 positive cases in the state including 4 deaths & 25 discharge/cured. 

11:52 April 07

Haryana:16 Tablighi Jamaat returnees in Mewat test positive for Coronavirus; the total number of positive cases in Mewat now stands at 30. 

11:51 April 07

12 new positive cases of Coronavirus reported in Bhopal. 

These include 5 persons from the health department and 7 police personnel and their contacts; till now, total 74 positive cases in Bhopal. 

11:50 April 07

Maharashtra: 23 new Coronavirus positive cases reported today  

Sangali 1, Pimpri-Chinchwad 4, Ahmednagar 3, Buldhana 2. BMC 10, Thane 1 & Nagpur 2.

The total number of positive cases in the state rises to 891

10:55 April 07

Gujarat:19 new Coronavirus positive cases detected today. 

13 from Ahmedabad, 3 from Patan and 1 each from Bhavanagar, Anand and Sabarkantha. 

Total now of positive cases in the state are 165. 

10:43 April 07

Punjab: Two women who returned from Tableeghi Jamaat event test positive,in Mansa.

They were already under isolation at the civil hospital as precautionary measure. They belong to Chhattisgarh.

Remaining 20 samples of their contacts are negative. 

10:42 April 07

Assam:One more COVID-19 positive case from Dhubri District has been confirmed, taking the total number of positive cases in Assam to 27. 

This patient is related to the Nizamuddin Markaz event in Delhi. 

10:17 April 07

Wockhardt Hospital, Mumbai: Our colleague nurses and the doctors identified as COVID-19 positive are presently being treated. The hospital is currently declared containment zone by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and we are closely working with the authorities.

Several of our healthcare professionals tested positive for COVID-19 at South Mumbai facility. The source of the infection is identified as a 70 year old patient who was admitted on March 17 for a cardiac emergency. Later,patient tested positive for COVID-19. 

10:04 April 07

Mumbai: 2 more positive cases found in Dharavi - father & brother of the 2nd positive case here.

Dr Baliga Nagar area of Dharavi has been sealed. Contact tracing of the new cases is being done. 

Total Coronavirus positive cases in Dharavi now stand at 7 (including 1 death).

09:47 April 07

24 new Coronavirus positive cases in Rajasthan today.

Total number of positive cases in the state rises to 325.

The 7 positive cases in Jaisalmer are contacts of the person found positive in Bikaner. 

09:22 April 07

According to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Increase of 354 COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths reported in last 24 hours.

India's positive cases rise to 4421 (including 3981 active cases, 325 cured/discharged/migrated people and 114 deaths).  

09:19 April 07

30 more persons have tested positive for Coronavirus in Telangana, while 12 patients have been cured/discharged on Monday. 

There are 308 active cases and 11 deaths reported due to COVID-19 in the state, so far. 

09:08 April 07

COVID-19 cases in MP reach 256 with 23 new cases

Bhopal: The coronavirus cases in Madhya Pradesh reached 256 on Monday night as 23 cases were reported in the last 12 hours.

Indore with 151 cases has the highest number while Bhopal has 61 patients as six new cases were reported here. 

Apart from Indore-Bhopal, 12 cases have been reported in Morena, eight each in Jabalpur and Ujjain, four in Khargone, three in Barwani, two each in Gwalior, Shivpuri and Chhindwara, and one each Betul, Vidisha. One patient is from Uttar Pradesh.

35 localities in Indore have been sealed for containment.

The state capital also recorded its first Corona death in the wee hours of Monday. With 23 positive cases the state capital had recorded highest one- day hike by Sunday night. With Monday's 14 cases 37 cases have been recorded in 24 hours.

A patient from the old city who was admitted in a private nursing home. Report confirming his positive status was received on Sunday afternoon. He was admitted to the nursing home four days ago with respiratory problem.

Monday's reports included five health department employees and seven Jamaatis. The total number of infected in Bhopal increased to 61.

With infection spreading to new localities health department teams will reach out to areas earmarked for containment and door-to-door screening. The radius of one kilometre around the houses of all patients will remain out of bounds for others. Screening began on Monday. Family members are quarantined home.

The risk of community transmission has increased in Bhopal. On the instructions of Collector Tarun Pithode, ADM Satish Kumar amended the order under section 144 Cr PC. From Monday, only medical stores, milk parlours and home delivery facilities will be available. Petrol pumps, grocery and other shops have been exempted. Passes given for all reasons other than emergency services have also been suspended.

Fourteen deaths have been recorded till Monday night. Nine have died in Indore, two in Ujjain, one each in Bhopal, Chhindwara and Khargone.