3 new cases reported in Ranchi, total cases in Jharkhand rises to 32
COVID-19: 13,835 cases, 452 deaths reported in India till April 17
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20:50 April 17
20:34 April 17
77 deaths reported in Mumbai today, death toll 5
20:33 April 17
Uttar Pradesh reported 44 new cases today, total tally at 849
20:31 April 17
Once the centre of coronavirus outbreak in Rajasthan, Bhilwara is not free from COVID-19. No case was registered in the city after April 9.
20:30 April 17
78 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Gujarat today
Total number of COVID-19 positive cases in the state rises to 1099, including 86 discharged/recovered patients and 41 deaths.
20:29 April 17
Functions related to Chithirai festival of Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu stand cancelled in view of coronavirus pandemic
Festival was to begin from April 25. However, the main function-celestial wedding will be held inside the temple on May 4:Temple admin
20:29 April 17
In a series of offerings of critical drugs, India sent 100,000 paracetamol & 500,000 hydroxychloroquine tablets to Afghanistan through Ariana Airlines today.
This is in addition to 1st consignment of wheat India shipped earlier to bolster food security: Afghan Envoy Tahir Qadiry
20:28 April 17
The number of COVID-19 positive cases in Odisha stands at 60 including 40 active cases, 19 cured/discharged and 1 death.
20:25 April 17
One more patient discharged from AIIMS Chhattisgarh
One more COVID-19 patient was discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur in Chhattisgarh on Friday after recovering from the infection, health officials here said.
The total number of cured and discharged cases has now reached to 24 in the state, while the number of active cases stands at 12.
One more person tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in Himachal Pradesh to 37, a senior official said.
The person who hails from Chamba district tested positive at Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College (RPGMC) in Kangra district, officials said.
20:24 April 17
66 new cases reported in Telangana, total cases 766
20:19 April 17
Madhya Pradesh reports 146 new cases, total active cases at 1310
Total deaths in the state have risen to 69.
19:25 April 17
India's COVID-19 cases surge to 13,835
With 1,076 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours and 32 deaths, India's total count of coronavirus cases has surged to 13,835, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday.
The total cases are inclusive of 1,766 cured and discharged patients, one migrated and 452 deaths. At present, there are 11,616 active COVID-19 cases in the country.
Before the lockdown, the doubling rate of COVID-19 cases was about three days, but according to the data of the past 7 days, the doubling rate of cases now stands at 6.2 days, said Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Health and Family Welfare.
"Before the lockdown, doubling rate of COVID-19 cases was about three days but according to the data of past 7 days, the doubling rate of cases now stands at 6.2 days," Aggarwal said during the daily briefing on COVID-19.
Aggarwal said that as many as 5 lakh rapid antibody testing kits are being distributed to States and Districts where a high case burden has been observed.
"A total of 1,919 dedicated COVID-19 hospitals with 1.73 lakh isolation beds, 21,800 ICU beds readied in India," he added.
19:22 April 17
77 new COVID-19 positive cases, 5 deaths reported in Mumbai today
The total number of positive cases in Mumbai is 2120 including 121 deaths: Municipal Corporation Greater Mumbai
19:21 April 17
A senior Mandi Official, who was in contact with the ACP, while he was posted in Sabzi Mandi, has tested positive.
The ACP continues to be on a ventilator in the SPS hospital: KBS Sidhu, Special Chief Secretary
19:21 April 17
List of 'containment zones' in Delhi raised to 66; Areas of L-2 Sangam Vihar, Streets no. 26&27 Tuughalkhabad Extension, C-105, Hari Nagar, B-33 Hari Nagar, C-785 Camp no. 2, Nagloi and RZ-168, K-2 block, Nihal vihar added to the list
19:20 April 17
Active number of COVID-19 cases rise to 135 in Haryana
86 patients have recovered while two others succumbed to the disease.
19:18 April 17
3 more test positive for COVID-19 in U'khand, total climbs to 40
Three more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Uttarakhand on Friday, taking the number of coronavirus cases in the state to 40, officials said.
Of the latest cases, two are from Dehradun district and one from Nainital district,a health bulletin of the state government said.
19:18 April 17
About 63,000 Personal protective equipment(PPE) kits which arrived from China recently did not fulfill the criteria: Health Ministry Sources
19:18 April 17
56 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu today
This takes the total number of positive cases in the state to 1, 323 and death toll to 15.
Among this tested positive on Friday tops, tanjore ditrict 17 cases and head quarters chennai with 11 cases positive. 103 Discharged from hospital today in state. Total recovered people raised to 283.
19:17 April 17
14 new cases reported today in Nepal
A total of 30 people have tested positive for COVID-19 so far in the country: Nepal Health Ministry
19:17 April 17
14 people have tested positive in Punjab today
A total of 211 people have tested positive so far in the state including 30 cured cases: Punjab Health Ministry
19:16 April 17
Srinagar District Magistrate Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary orders extension of restrictions under Section 144 of CrPC till May 3 in view of coronavirus pandemic: Department of Information & Public Relation, Jammu & Kashmir
19:15 April 17
44-yr-old patient passes away in Pune, death toll rises to 49
A 44-year-old man who had tested positive for COVID-19 passed away in Pune today. He suffered from comorbid conditions. Total death toll in Pune is now 49.
19:14 April 17
Personnel of Railway Protection Force distributed sanitisers, face masks & food among the needy in Shakur Basti area earlier today, amid coronavirus lockdown.
19:12 April 17
Kerala reports solitary case, 78,000 under observation
In the second time in a week, Kerala reported a lone COVID-19 case on Friday, taking the active cases to 138 while 78,000 people are under observation.
The solitary case is from Kozhikode.
17:29 April 17
Total tally from 49 districts of Uttar Pradesh stands at 846
846 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in 49 districts of Uttar Pradesh including 74 cured/discharged. 2962 tests were conducted yesterday. 993 people are in isolation wards & 10714 in quarantine facilities in the State: Principal Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad
17:27 April 17
Man who tested positive for coronavirus dies in Punjab's Ludhiana
A 58-year-old man who had tested positive for coronavirus and was undergoing treatment at a private hospital here died on Friday, said health officials said.
Gurmail Singh, who was a revenue official, tested positive for the infection on Thursday night.
17:26 April 17
44 new cases reported in Karnataka in last 24 hours
44 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the state from 5pm yesterday to 5pm today. The total number of positive cases in the state is 359 including 13 deaths and 88 discharges.
17:07 April 17
1007 new COVID-19 cases, 23 deaths reported in the last 24 hours: Lav Aggrawal
A total of 1,007 new COVID-19 cases and 23 deaths have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours, informed Lav Agrawal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health.
The ratio between recovered patients and deaths stands at 80:20 in India which is higher than that in several other counties.
Meanwhile, the doubling rate of cases which was about 3 days before lockdown has now gone up to 6.2 days. The doubling rate in 19 States, Union Territories are even lower than average doubling rate.
These states and union territories include Kerala, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Ladakh, Puducherry, Delhi, Bihar, Odisha, TN, Andhra Pradesh , UP, Punjab, Assam, Tripura etc.
17:05 April 17
Maharashtra State Housing Department issues instructions to landlords to postpone rent collection by at least 3 months. During this period, no tenant should be evicted from the rented house due to non-payment of rent: Maharashtra Chief Minister's Office
17:03 April 17
75-yr-old patient dies in Srinagar, death toll rises to 5
A 75-year-old COVID-19 patient from Armpora Sopore in Baramulla has died at JVC Hospital in Srinagar, taking the death toll due to the disease to five in Jammu & Kashmir: Medical Superintendent of JVC Hospital
17:03 April 17
An ambulance driver & a sweeper have been booked for denying to take the body of a COVID-19 victim, a native of Tamil Nadu' Thoothukudi, to crematorium in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh: Sambhal SP Yamuna Prasad
14:57 April 17
26 Delhi Police personnel quarantined after contact with infection constables
26 police personnel, including a Station House Officer, are in quarantine. These personnel had come in contact with 2 police constables, who had tested positive for COVID-19.
14:46 April 17
30 patients discharged from Chennai's Omandurar Medical College
30 people discharged today from Omandurar Medical College, after recovering from COVID-19.
A recovered person says,"Healthcare staff addressed all our problems. Whatever has been preached in Islam, same was advised by doctors, like regularly washing hands & being optimistic".
14:44 April 17
Community leaders urge people to pray at home during Ramzan
Clerics & community leaders urge people to pray at home during holy month of Ramzan.
Cleric Mufti Mukarram says, "We should stay at home & practice social distancing to keep ourselves & others safe. If we fast & pray at home, there is no problem with it".
13:39 April 17
Bihar reports second death from COVID-19
A 35-year-old male COVID-19 patient from Vaishail dies at All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Patna, Bihar.
He had a history of tuberculosis and had a fever at the time he was admitted to hospital.
13:37 April 17
288 more COVID-19 cases & 7 more deaths reported in Maharashtra
Total coronavirus cases in the state stand at 3,204 and deaths at 194.
13:36 April 17
7 new cases reported in Telangana, taking the total to 707
12:49 April 17
Dr Praveen Jadiya
Indore reports 135 new cases, 47 deaths; total stands at 842
12:45 April 17
38 more COVID-19 cases reported in Karnataka from 5 pm yesterday till 12 pm today.
Total cases in the state stand at 353, including 82 discharged & 13 deaths, informs Karnataka Government.
11:59 April 17
38 new cases reported in Andhra Pradesh in 24 hours, total tally 572
11:59 April 17
No case has been reported in last 15 days from 3 locations in the national capital, including Dilshad Garden. 60 containment zones identified till now: Delhi Health Min Satyendar Jain on 'Operation Shield' that is being conducted in areas from where COVID-19 cases are reported.
11:32 April 17
Uttar Pradesh records 38 new cases, state tally climbs to 843
11:31 April 17
92 fresh cases reported in Gujarat today; total death 38, cases 1021
11:30 April 17
Three contacts of Ludhiana ACP tested positive for COVID-19
Three contacts test positive in Ludhiana; Wife, a Sub-Inspector/ SHO and a constable belonging to Ferozpore District, who is his driver.
SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) being followed.
11:29 April 17
1640 COVID-19 cases reported in Delhi till today
Out of these, 62 positive cases were reported yesterday. 38 persons have expired till date, 34 are in ICU and 6 are on ventilator.
10:23 April 17
Coronavirus positive man dies in Rajasthan, 38 fresh virus cases in state
A 56-year-old man suffering from coronavirus died in Rajasthan, which reported 38 fresh positive cases of the virus on Friday.
Officials said the man was found coronavirus positive on Wednesday and died at the MDM Hospital in Jodhpur late on Thursday night.
He also had cardiac complications,they said.
With this, 16 deaths have occurred in the state due to coronavirus.
Rajasthan has so far reported 1,169 cases of the virus.
10:21 April 17
3 more test coronavirus positive in Chhattisgarh; tally 36
Three more people, including two women, tested positive for coronavirus in Katghora town of Chhattisgarh's Korba district, taking the number of such cases in the state to 36, officials said on Friday.
Katghora, located around 200 km from the state capital Raipur, has emerged as the top COVID-19 hotspot in Chhattisgarh with 27 confirmed cases reported so far from the town.
10:20 April 17
Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an order to include the following in the consolidated revised guidelines on lockdown measures for strict implementation by Ministries/Departments of GoI, State/Union Territory governments &various authorities.
09:35 April 17
Six-month-old girl among three fresh COVID-19 cases in Bihar, total reaches 83
Three persons, including a six- month-old infant girl, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Bihar, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the
state to 83, a top official said on Friday.
According to Principal Secretary, Health, Sanjay Kumar, all the three cases reported late Thursday the baby girl besides a woman aged 21 years and a 55-year-old man have been reported from Munger district.
09:32 April 17
38 COVID-19 cases reported in Rajasthan today
Out of these, Jaipur reported 18, Jhunjhunu 1, Ajmer 1, Tonk 6, Jhalawar 1 and Kota reported 4 new cases.
The total number of positive cases has risen to 1,169 in the state.
09:31 April 17
226 new coronavirus positive cases in Madhya Pradesh
Eight persons including two brothers were reported dead in the past 24 hours, taking the toll of COVID-19 patients to 61 in Madhya Pradesh, according to the state health department. With 226 persons testing positive on Thursday, the number of coronavirus positive cases rose to 1,164.
The virus has now expanded its footprint to 26 out of 52 districts of the state.
Indore has reported the highest 707 positive cases in the state with 163 new cases being reported in the last 24 hours, health officials said.In Bhopal, 29 more cases were reported, which took the tally of COVID-19 patients in the state capital to 196.
With 17 more persons testing positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, the number of cases in Khandwa has gone up to 33, fourth highest in the state after Indore, Bhopal and Khargone, said the health department bulletin.
Of the 61 COVID-19 deaths in the state 45 have occurred in Indore alone. So far, five persons have died in Bhopal, six in Ujjain, three in Khargone and one each in Chhindwara and Dewas.
Morena district has recorded 14 positive cases, Jabalpur 13 (one new), Ujjain 30, Hoshangabad 16, Khargone 39, Barwani 22, Raisen 08 (four new), Gwalior six, Khandwa 33 (17 new), Dewas 17 (two new), Sheopur 03, Vidisha 13, Chhindwara 04, Satna two, Dhar 6 (three new), Shivpuri two, Ratlam 12, Shajapur 5 (one new), Mandsaur 07 (five new), Agar Malwa 4 (one new) and Betul, Tikamgarh, Alirajpur and Sagar one each, health officials said.
So far 65 patients have recovered and returned home, the officials said. The health officials also said that 405 containment areas have been declared across the affected cities in the state.
09:29 April 17
AP: 5 more coronavirus reported in Srikalahasti temple
Five more COVID-19 cases have been reported in Srikalahasti, taking the total cases in the town to 10.
The five new cases include three men and two women. One patient had returned from Delhi while a woman is a contact of the person, who had already tested COVID-19 positive.
It is yet to be ascertained how the other three contracted coronavirus, officials said, adding that the new patients have been sent to a quarantine centre in Varadayyapalem.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Andhra Pradesh has reached 534, including 500 active cases, according to the state health department on Thursday.
09:12 April 17
New Delhi: The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 437 and the number of cases to 13,387 in the country on Friday, according to the Union Health Ministry.
While the number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 11,201, as many as 1,748 people have been cured and discharged, and one had migrated, it said.
The total number of positive cases includes 76 foreign nationals.
Seventeen deaths have been reported since Thursday evening - seven from Maharashtra, six from Delhi, three from West Bengal and one from Tamil Nadu.
Of the total 437 deaths, Maharashtra tops the tally with 194 fatalities, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 53, Delhi 38, Gujarat 36 and Telangana 18.
Tamil Nadu has reported 15 deaths while Andhra Pradesh has 14 deaths. Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka have reported 13 deaths each.
West Bengal has registered ten fatalities. Four persons have lost lives in Jammu and Kashmir. Kerala, Haryana and Rajasthan have recorded three deaths each. Jharkhand has reported two deaths.
Meghalaya, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Assam reported one fatality each, according to the health ministry's latest data.
However, a tally of figures reported by various states as on Thursday evening showed at least 444 deaths.
There has been a lag in the Union Health Ministry figures, compared to the number of deaths announced by different states, which officials attribute to procedural delays in assigning the cases to individual states.
According to the ministry's data updated in the morning, the highest number of confirmed cases in the country are from Maharashtra at 3,205, followed by Delhi at 1,640 and Tamil Nadu at 1,267.
COVID-19 cases have gone up to 1,131 in Rajasthan, followed by 1,120 in Madhya Pradesh, 930 in Gujarat and 805 in Uttar Pradesh.
Telangana has 700 cases, followed by Andhra Pradesh at 534 and Kerala at 395.
The number of novel coronavirus cases has risen to 315 in Karnataka, 314 in Jammu and Kashmir, 255 in West Bengal, 205 in Haryana and 186 in Punjab.
Bihar has reported 80 cases and Odisha 60. Thirty-seven people were infected with the virus in Uttarakhand, while Himachal Pradesh and Assam have registered 35 cases each.
Chhattisgarh have registered 33 cases, Jharkhand 28, Chandigarh 21 and Ladakh 18. Eleven cases have been reported from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Meghalaya, Goa and Puducherry have reported seven COVID-19 infections each. Manipur and Tripura have two cases each, while Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh have reported a case each.
"State-wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation," the ministry said on its website.
The website also mentions that a COVID-19 patient from Nagaland has been shifted to Assam.
20:50 April 17
3 new cases reported in Ranchi, total cases in Jharkhand rises to 32
20:34 April 17
77 deaths reported in Mumbai today, death toll 5
20:33 April 17
Uttar Pradesh reported 44 new cases today, total tally at 849
20:31 April 17
Once the centre of coronavirus outbreak in Rajasthan, Bhilwara is not free from COVID-19. No case was registered in the city after April 9.
20:30 April 17
78 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Gujarat today
Total number of COVID-19 positive cases in the state rises to 1099, including 86 discharged/recovered patients and 41 deaths.
20:29 April 17
Functions related to Chithirai festival of Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu stand cancelled in view of coronavirus pandemic
Festival was to begin from April 25. However, the main function-celestial wedding will be held inside the temple on May 4:Temple admin
20:29 April 17
In a series of offerings of critical drugs, India sent 100,000 paracetamol & 500,000 hydroxychloroquine tablets to Afghanistan through Ariana Airlines today.
This is in addition to 1st consignment of wheat India shipped earlier to bolster food security: Afghan Envoy Tahir Qadiry
20:28 April 17
The number of COVID-19 positive cases in Odisha stands at 60 including 40 active cases, 19 cured/discharged and 1 death.
20:25 April 17
One more patient discharged from AIIMS Chhattisgarh
One more COVID-19 patient was discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur in Chhattisgarh on Friday after recovering from the infection, health officials here said.
The total number of cured and discharged cases has now reached to 24 in the state, while the number of active cases stands at 12.
One more person tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in Himachal Pradesh to 37, a senior official said.
The person who hails from Chamba district tested positive at Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College (RPGMC) in Kangra district, officials said.
20:24 April 17
66 new cases reported in Telangana, total cases 766
20:19 April 17
Madhya Pradesh reports 146 new cases, total active cases at 1310
Total deaths in the state have risen to 69.
19:25 April 17
India's COVID-19 cases surge to 13,835
With 1,076 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours and 32 deaths, India's total count of coronavirus cases has surged to 13,835, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday.
The total cases are inclusive of 1,766 cured and discharged patients, one migrated and 452 deaths. At present, there are 11,616 active COVID-19 cases in the country.
Before the lockdown, the doubling rate of COVID-19 cases was about three days, but according to the data of the past 7 days, the doubling rate of cases now stands at 6.2 days, said Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Health and Family Welfare.
"Before the lockdown, doubling rate of COVID-19 cases was about three days but according to the data of past 7 days, the doubling rate of cases now stands at 6.2 days," Aggarwal said during the daily briefing on COVID-19.
Aggarwal said that as many as 5 lakh rapid antibody testing kits are being distributed to States and Districts where a high case burden has been observed.
"A total of 1,919 dedicated COVID-19 hospitals with 1.73 lakh isolation beds, 21,800 ICU beds readied in India," he added.
19:22 April 17
77 new COVID-19 positive cases, 5 deaths reported in Mumbai today
The total number of positive cases in Mumbai is 2120 including 121 deaths: Municipal Corporation Greater Mumbai
19:21 April 17
A senior Mandi Official, who was in contact with the ACP, while he was posted in Sabzi Mandi, has tested positive.
The ACP continues to be on a ventilator in the SPS hospital: KBS Sidhu, Special Chief Secretary
19:21 April 17
List of 'containment zones' in Delhi raised to 66; Areas of L-2 Sangam Vihar, Streets no. 26&27 Tuughalkhabad Extension, C-105, Hari Nagar, B-33 Hari Nagar, C-785 Camp no. 2, Nagloi and RZ-168, K-2 block, Nihal vihar added to the list
19:20 April 17
Active number of COVID-19 cases rise to 135 in Haryana
86 patients have recovered while two others succumbed to the disease.
19:18 April 17
3 more test positive for COVID-19 in U'khand, total climbs to 40
Three more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Uttarakhand on Friday, taking the number of coronavirus cases in the state to 40, officials said.
Of the latest cases, two are from Dehradun district and one from Nainital district,a health bulletin of the state government said.
19:18 April 17
About 63,000 Personal protective equipment(PPE) kits which arrived from China recently did not fulfill the criteria: Health Ministry Sources
19:18 April 17
56 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu today
This takes the total number of positive cases in the state to 1, 323 and death toll to 15.
Among this tested positive on Friday tops, tanjore ditrict 17 cases and head quarters chennai with 11 cases positive. 103 Discharged from hospital today in state. Total recovered people raised to 283.
19:17 April 17
14 new cases reported today in Nepal
A total of 30 people have tested positive for COVID-19 so far in the country: Nepal Health Ministry
19:17 April 17
14 people have tested positive in Punjab today
A total of 211 people have tested positive so far in the state including 30 cured cases: Punjab Health Ministry
19:16 April 17
Srinagar District Magistrate Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary orders extension of restrictions under Section 144 of CrPC till May 3 in view of coronavirus pandemic: Department of Information & Public Relation, Jammu & Kashmir
19:15 April 17
44-yr-old patient passes away in Pune, death toll rises to 49
A 44-year-old man who had tested positive for COVID-19 passed away in Pune today. He suffered from comorbid conditions. Total death toll in Pune is now 49.
19:14 April 17
Personnel of Railway Protection Force distributed sanitisers, face masks & food among the needy in Shakur Basti area earlier today, amid coronavirus lockdown.
19:12 April 17
Kerala reports solitary case, 78,000 under observation
In the second time in a week, Kerala reported a lone COVID-19 case on Friday, taking the active cases to 138 while 78,000 people are under observation.
The solitary case is from Kozhikode.
17:29 April 17
Total tally from 49 districts of Uttar Pradesh stands at 846
846 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in 49 districts of Uttar Pradesh including 74 cured/discharged. 2962 tests were conducted yesterday. 993 people are in isolation wards & 10714 in quarantine facilities in the State: Principal Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad
17:27 April 17
Man who tested positive for coronavirus dies in Punjab's Ludhiana
A 58-year-old man who had tested positive for coronavirus and was undergoing treatment at a private hospital here died on Friday, said health officials said.
Gurmail Singh, who was a revenue official, tested positive for the infection on Thursday night.
17:26 April 17
44 new cases reported in Karnataka in last 24 hours
44 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the state from 5pm yesterday to 5pm today. The total number of positive cases in the state is 359 including 13 deaths and 88 discharges.
17:07 April 17
1007 new COVID-19 cases, 23 deaths reported in the last 24 hours: Lav Aggrawal
A total of 1,007 new COVID-19 cases and 23 deaths have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours, informed Lav Agrawal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health.
The ratio between recovered patients and deaths stands at 80:20 in India which is higher than that in several other counties.
Meanwhile, the doubling rate of cases which was about 3 days before lockdown has now gone up to 6.2 days. The doubling rate in 19 States, Union Territories are even lower than average doubling rate.
These states and union territories include Kerala, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Ladakh, Puducherry, Delhi, Bihar, Odisha, TN, Andhra Pradesh , UP, Punjab, Assam, Tripura etc.
17:05 April 17
Maharashtra State Housing Department issues instructions to landlords to postpone rent collection by at least 3 months. During this period, no tenant should be evicted from the rented house due to non-payment of rent: Maharashtra Chief Minister's Office
17:03 April 17
75-yr-old patient dies in Srinagar, death toll rises to 5
A 75-year-old COVID-19 patient from Armpora Sopore in Baramulla has died at JVC Hospital in Srinagar, taking the death toll due to the disease to five in Jammu & Kashmir: Medical Superintendent of JVC Hospital
17:03 April 17
An ambulance driver & a sweeper have been booked for denying to take the body of a COVID-19 victim, a native of Tamil Nadu' Thoothukudi, to crematorium in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh: Sambhal SP Yamuna Prasad
14:57 April 17
26 Delhi Police personnel quarantined after contact with infection constables
26 police personnel, including a Station House Officer, are in quarantine. These personnel had come in contact with 2 police constables, who had tested positive for COVID-19.
14:46 April 17
30 patients discharged from Chennai's Omandurar Medical College
30 people discharged today from Omandurar Medical College, after recovering from COVID-19.
A recovered person says,"Healthcare staff addressed all our problems. Whatever has been preached in Islam, same was advised by doctors, like regularly washing hands & being optimistic".
14:44 April 17
Community leaders urge people to pray at home during Ramzan
Clerics & community leaders urge people to pray at home during holy month of Ramzan.
Cleric Mufti Mukarram says, "We should stay at home & practice social distancing to keep ourselves & others safe. If we fast & pray at home, there is no problem with it".
13:39 April 17
Bihar reports second death from COVID-19
A 35-year-old male COVID-19 patient from Vaishail dies at All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Patna, Bihar.
He had a history of tuberculosis and had a fever at the time he was admitted to hospital.
13:37 April 17
288 more COVID-19 cases & 7 more deaths reported in Maharashtra
Total coronavirus cases in the state stand at 3,204 and deaths at 194.
13:36 April 17
7 new cases reported in Telangana, taking the total to 707
12:49 April 17
Dr Praveen Jadiya
Indore reports 135 new cases, 47 deaths; total stands at 842
12:45 April 17
38 more COVID-19 cases reported in Karnataka from 5 pm yesterday till 12 pm today.
Total cases in the state stand at 353, including 82 discharged & 13 deaths, informs Karnataka Government.
11:59 April 17
38 new cases reported in Andhra Pradesh in 24 hours, total tally 572
11:59 April 17
No case has been reported in last 15 days from 3 locations in the national capital, including Dilshad Garden. 60 containment zones identified till now: Delhi Health Min Satyendar Jain on 'Operation Shield' that is being conducted in areas from where COVID-19 cases are reported.
11:32 April 17
Uttar Pradesh records 38 new cases, state tally climbs to 843
11:31 April 17
92 fresh cases reported in Gujarat today; total death 38, cases 1021
11:30 April 17
Three contacts of Ludhiana ACP tested positive for COVID-19
Three contacts test positive in Ludhiana; Wife, a Sub-Inspector/ SHO and a constable belonging to Ferozpore District, who is his driver.
SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) being followed.
11:29 April 17
1640 COVID-19 cases reported in Delhi till today
Out of these, 62 positive cases were reported yesterday. 38 persons have expired till date, 34 are in ICU and 6 are on ventilator.
10:23 April 17
Coronavirus positive man dies in Rajasthan, 38 fresh virus cases in state
A 56-year-old man suffering from coronavirus died in Rajasthan, which reported 38 fresh positive cases of the virus on Friday.
Officials said the man was found coronavirus positive on Wednesday and died at the MDM Hospital in Jodhpur late on Thursday night.
He also had cardiac complications,they said.
With this, 16 deaths have occurred in the state due to coronavirus.
Rajasthan has so far reported 1,169 cases of the virus.
10:21 April 17
3 more test coronavirus positive in Chhattisgarh; tally 36
Three more people, including two women, tested positive for coronavirus in Katghora town of Chhattisgarh's Korba district, taking the number of such cases in the state to 36, officials said on Friday.
Katghora, located around 200 km from the state capital Raipur, has emerged as the top COVID-19 hotspot in Chhattisgarh with 27 confirmed cases reported so far from the town.
10:20 April 17
Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an order to include the following in the consolidated revised guidelines on lockdown measures for strict implementation by Ministries/Departments of GoI, State/Union Territory governments &various authorities.
09:35 April 17
Six-month-old girl among three fresh COVID-19 cases in Bihar, total reaches 83
Three persons, including a six- month-old infant girl, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Bihar, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the
state to 83, a top official said on Friday.
According to Principal Secretary, Health, Sanjay Kumar, all the three cases reported late Thursday the baby girl besides a woman aged 21 years and a 55-year-old man have been reported from Munger district.
09:32 April 17
38 COVID-19 cases reported in Rajasthan today
Out of these, Jaipur reported 18, Jhunjhunu 1, Ajmer 1, Tonk 6, Jhalawar 1 and Kota reported 4 new cases.
The total number of positive cases has risen to 1,169 in the state.
09:31 April 17
226 new coronavirus positive cases in Madhya Pradesh
Eight persons including two brothers were reported dead in the past 24 hours, taking the toll of COVID-19 patients to 61 in Madhya Pradesh, according to the state health department. With 226 persons testing positive on Thursday, the number of coronavirus positive cases rose to 1,164.
The virus has now expanded its footprint to 26 out of 52 districts of the state.
Indore has reported the highest 707 positive cases in the state with 163 new cases being reported in the last 24 hours, health officials said.In Bhopal, 29 more cases were reported, which took the tally of COVID-19 patients in the state capital to 196.
With 17 more persons testing positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, the number of cases in Khandwa has gone up to 33, fourth highest in the state after Indore, Bhopal and Khargone, said the health department bulletin.
Of the 61 COVID-19 deaths in the state 45 have occurred in Indore alone. So far, five persons have died in Bhopal, six in Ujjain, three in Khargone and one each in Chhindwara and Dewas.
Morena district has recorded 14 positive cases, Jabalpur 13 (one new), Ujjain 30, Hoshangabad 16, Khargone 39, Barwani 22, Raisen 08 (four new), Gwalior six, Khandwa 33 (17 new), Dewas 17 (two new), Sheopur 03, Vidisha 13, Chhindwara 04, Satna two, Dhar 6 (three new), Shivpuri two, Ratlam 12, Shajapur 5 (one new), Mandsaur 07 (five new), Agar Malwa 4 (one new) and Betul, Tikamgarh, Alirajpur and Sagar one each, health officials said.
So far 65 patients have recovered and returned home, the officials said. The health officials also said that 405 containment areas have been declared across the affected cities in the state.
09:29 April 17
AP: 5 more coronavirus reported in Srikalahasti temple
Five more COVID-19 cases have been reported in Srikalahasti, taking the total cases in the town to 10.
The five new cases include three men and two women. One patient had returned from Delhi while a woman is a contact of the person, who had already tested COVID-19 positive.
It is yet to be ascertained how the other three contracted coronavirus, officials said, adding that the new patients have been sent to a quarantine centre in Varadayyapalem.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Andhra Pradesh has reached 534, including 500 active cases, according to the state health department on Thursday.
09:12 April 17
New Delhi: The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 437 and the number of cases to 13,387 in the country on Friday, according to the Union Health Ministry.
While the number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 11,201, as many as 1,748 people have been cured and discharged, and one had migrated, it said.
The total number of positive cases includes 76 foreign nationals.
Seventeen deaths have been reported since Thursday evening - seven from Maharashtra, six from Delhi, three from West Bengal and one from Tamil Nadu.
Of the total 437 deaths, Maharashtra tops the tally with 194 fatalities, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 53, Delhi 38, Gujarat 36 and Telangana 18.
Tamil Nadu has reported 15 deaths while Andhra Pradesh has 14 deaths. Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka have reported 13 deaths each.
West Bengal has registered ten fatalities. Four persons have lost lives in Jammu and Kashmir. Kerala, Haryana and Rajasthan have recorded three deaths each. Jharkhand has reported two deaths.
Meghalaya, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Assam reported one fatality each, according to the health ministry's latest data.
However, a tally of figures reported by various states as on Thursday evening showed at least 444 deaths.
There has been a lag in the Union Health Ministry figures, compared to the number of deaths announced by different states, which officials attribute to procedural delays in assigning the cases to individual states.
According to the ministry's data updated in the morning, the highest number of confirmed cases in the country are from Maharashtra at 3,205, followed by Delhi at 1,640 and Tamil Nadu at 1,267.
COVID-19 cases have gone up to 1,131 in Rajasthan, followed by 1,120 in Madhya Pradesh, 930 in Gujarat and 805 in Uttar Pradesh.
Telangana has 700 cases, followed by Andhra Pradesh at 534 and Kerala at 395.
The number of novel coronavirus cases has risen to 315 in Karnataka, 314 in Jammu and Kashmir, 255 in West Bengal, 205 in Haryana and 186 in Punjab.
Bihar has reported 80 cases and Odisha 60. Thirty-seven people were infected with the virus in Uttarakhand, while Himachal Pradesh and Assam have registered 35 cases each.
Chhattisgarh have registered 33 cases, Jharkhand 28, Chandigarh 21 and Ladakh 18. Eleven cases have been reported from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Meghalaya, Goa and Puducherry have reported seven COVID-19 infections each. Manipur and Tripura have two cases each, while Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh have reported a case each.
"State-wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation," the ministry said on its website.
The website also mentions that a COVID-19 patient from Nagaland has been shifted to Assam.
Last Updated : Apr 17, 2020, 9:09 PM IST
