COVID-19: India's total tally mounts to 26,917; Gujarat, Maharashtra remain worst hit

Published : Apr 26, 2020, 9:32 AM IST

Updated : Apr 26, 2020, 8:53 PM IST

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20:46 April 26

Updates of the day (as on 5pm)

The total count of coronavirus cases in the country surged to 26,917 on Sunday.

The total COVID-19 cases in the country are inclusive of 5,913 cured and discharged patients, one migrated, and 826 deaths. At present, there are 20,177 active COVID-19 cases in the country.

The Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) wrote to the Union Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan, seeking assistance regarding accommodation facilities for resident doctors advised for home quarantine.

In a letter to the Health Minister, the association stated that recently there have been reports of resident doctors from various hospitals who tested positive for COVID-19. As a consequence, their primary contacts who are mostly their colleagues and resident doctors, have been advised to be on home quarantine, the association added.

On the other hand, Maharashtra continues to have the largest number of COVID-19 positive cases at 7,628. 1,076 persons have been cured in the state while 323 persons have died.

Fresh cases have been reported several states including West Bengal, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

The total number of cases in Indore has risen to 1,176, including 57 deaths.

While 133 deaths have been reported from Gujarat where the total number of cases spiked up to 3,071.

Kerala has seen a recovery rate of around 74 per cent as 338 out of the total 457 COVID-19 positive patients recovered in the state with only 4 fatalities.

Delhi has seen 2,625 COVID-19 positive cases and 54 deaths due to the pandemic.

Here's a quick read on the COVID-19 related updates:

1. A five-member Central team visited Telangana Director General of Police (DGP) office here on Sunday, to review the law and order situation in the state and oversee how the state police are ensuring the implementation of the lockdown.

2. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh and AIIMS Delhi and Bhopal will study the effectiveness of Mycobacterium w in critical COVID-19 patients.

3. Chandigarh-based Post- Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) said that it has assessed the safety of mycobacterial w (Mw), an immunomodulator for leprosy, in four hospitalised patients of COVID-19, and has found no short-term adverse effect.

4. As many as 2,189 cases were lodged and 10,062 people have been arrested so far, for the breach of lockdown norms in Uttarakhand.

5. The Delhi High Court has directed that COVID-19 related tests should be made available to the general public at the lowest cost possible as the country is going through an unprecedented medical crisis affecting public order.

6. Bihar government has ordered two automatic RNA extraction machines, said the Principal Secretary of Health, Sanjay Kumar today.

7. Medical services at Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital in the Jahangirpuri area have been closed and the hospital is being sanitised after 44 staff members including doctors were tested positive for COVID-19, Delhi Health Department said.

8. In order to support the frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19, Samsung and Google will be offering free phone repairs to health care workers and first responders.

9. Bhopal Division of Indian Railways has converted 74 railways coaches into isolation wards, said Sunil Dhingra, Senior Section Engineer of Bhopal Division.

10. Indian High Commission here on Sunday said two Air India and one Blue Dart flights will send about 78 tonnes of cargo to India as part of the 1 million PPE kits being sourced from Singapore-based company.

20:46 April 26

34 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Dharavi today; the total number of positive cases in Dharavi is now 275 including 14 deaths: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.

20:20 April 26

Delhi Municipal Corporation’s Hindu Rao Hospital to resume services of casualty and emergency wards after complete sanitisation of the medical facility.

20:16 April 26

9 more COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in the state today; 4 staff members of Sadar Hospital, 3 in Hindpiri & 2 from Garhwa have tested positive. Total number of cases in the state rises to 82 now: Nitin Madan Kulkarni, State Health Secretary, Jharkhand.

20:15 April 26

440 new positive COVID-19 cases & 19 deaths reported in the state today, taking total number of cases to 8068 and death toll to 342, till date. 112 patients discharged today, while a total of 1188 patients have been discharged till now: Maharashtra Health Department

20:11 April 26

Total cases in Gujarat climb 3,301; death toll at 151

With 230 new cases, and 18 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the total cases in Gujarat have risen to 3,301. Total deaths in the state is 131 Meanwhile, 31 people recovered and were discharged today, taking the total number of cured persons to 311.

19:47 April 26

Till date, 2090 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Madhya Pradesh and 103 people have lost their lives. Indore has recorded 1176 cases & 57 deaths while in Bhopal there are 415 cases & 9 deaths: Health Department, Madhya Pradesh

19:47 April 26

150 students from Kota are on their way to Punjab in 7 buses and will reach tomorrow morning. Also, 60 Punjab Govt buses are going to Jaisalmer to ferry around 2,700 Punjabis who are stranded in 5 relief camps there: Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh

19:46 April 26

6 more positive cases of COVID-19 reported in Chandigarh.

The total number of positive cases rises to 36: State Surveillance Unit, Chandigarh

19:46 April 26

64 new COVID-19 cases & one death have been reported in Tamil Nadu today, taking total number of cases to 1,885 & deaths to 24. Number of active cases stands at 838 in the State: Tamil Nadu Health Department

19:45 April 26

No fresh novel coronavirus case has been reported in Himachal Pradesh for the last three days, a senior health official said on Sunday.

Of the 176 samples sent for testing on Sunday, 38 tested negative while reports of the rest are awaited, Additional Chief Secretary (Health) R D Dhiman said.

19:45 April 26

One more family member of a Delhi-returned man, who died due to some ailment around two weeks ago in UP's Muzaffarnagar, tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, an official said.

19:45 April 26

A doctor and two health workers were among the 11 people detected with COVID-19 in Kerala on Sunday, with the total positive cases so far touching 468.

19:43 April 26

4 more positive cases in Bihar today, tally at 255

Four more people tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, taking the total number of cases reported in Bihar to 255, a top health department official said.

The total number of active cases in the state now stand at 197. Two men, one each from Munger and Vaishali district, have died, while 56 have recovered.

Marking a dip, Karnataka on Sunday reported just three new COVID-19 cases while a woman died of the disease and and 24 people were discharged, the Health department said.

The toll due to COVID-19 in the state rose to 19 while the total cases to 503, including 182 discharged.

19:43 April 26

The Odisha government on Sunday declared more areas as containment zones to conduct active surveillance and aggressive contact- tracing after nine people tested COVID-19 positive in the last 24 hours.

Several areas in Jajpur and Sundargarh districts were sealed after they reported multiple new cases, officials said.

18:08 April 26

India's total number of coronavirus positive cases rises to 26,917, including 20177 active cases, 5914 cured/discharged/migrated and 826 deaths: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

1975 new cases & 47 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours.

18:08 April 26

Shimla District Administration allows opening of shops except for shopping malls & liquor shops in rural areas from 10 AM to 2 PM during lockdown. Wearing face masks & following of social distancing norms will be mandatory at the shops. Order will come into effect from tomorrow.

18:07 April 26

Cases of COVID-19 reach 259 in Bihar, with four more people testing positive in the State.

18:06 April 26

3 new cases have been confirmed in the state from 25.04.2020, 5 PM to 26.04.2020, 5 PM. Cumulatively 503 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, it includes 19 deaths and 182 discharges: Government of Karnataka

18:06 April 26

There are 30 cases of COVID-19 in Chandigarh out of which 17 people have been cured/discharged. A total of 756 samples have been tested so far: Chandigarh Administration

18:04 April 26

31 journalists have been discharged today after their second COVID-19 report came negative. All have been advised for 14 days home quarantine: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

18:04 April 26

2,189 cases have been registered & 10,062 people arrested till date, in connection with violation of coronavirus lockdown in the state. 5,296 vehicles have been seized: Uttarakhand Police

18:02 April 26

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said it has been eight weeks since the outbreak of coronavirus in Delhi, and there were fewer coronavirus cases and fewer fatalities in the city this week as compared to the last week.

Speaking to the media, Kejriwal said in other countries, the numbers were doubling week after week, but in Delhi the eighth week -- starting April 19 - was better than the seventh week, between April 12 and 19.

18:00 April 26

As many as 57 employees, including doctors and nurses, of the Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Hospital, here, have tested coronavirus positive. Of them, 70 per cent were asymptomatic.

Among the staffers, a doctor and a nurse confirmed that their family members had tested coronavirus positive. The final tally is yet to be announced.

18:00 April 26

A pregnant woman from Dehradun's Azad colony tested positive for COVID-19 today.

With this, the tally of coronavirus positive cases in Uttarakhand has risen to 50.

18:00 April 26

Fifteen Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel posted in a Delhi-based battalion have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Sunday.

The troops belong to CRPF's 31st battalion in which nine men had tested positive on Thursday, a senior official said.

17:59 April 26

Uttar Pradesh reported two more coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday, taking their number to 29 as 50 new COVID-19 cases surfaced in the state, a senior government official said.

With this, the total number of cases jumps to 1,843, Principal Secretary, Medical and Health, Amit Mohan Prasad said.

17:59 April 26

With 6 new cases, total number in Jharkhand rises to 73

17:58 April 26

16 new cases reported in J&K, total tally at 512

15:34 April 26

Total 44 staff members including doctors at Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital in Jahangirpuri area of Delhi have tested positive for COVID-19. Test reports of other staff members are awaited. Hospital's medical services have been closed&hospital is being sanitized: Delhi Health Dept

15:33 April 26

81 new positive cases reported in AP in the last 24 hours

The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in the state rises to 1097, including 31 deaths and 231 discharged. Active cases in the state rise to 835: State Command Control Room, Andhra Pradesh

15:33 April 26

Assam government extends inter-district travel in the State by 3 more days to April 30, to allow two-way travel - from one destination to the other and vice-versa: Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

15:32 April 26

69 new COVID-19 cases & 2 deaths have been reported in Rajasthan today, taking the total number of cases to 2152 & deaths to 36 in the State. 518 patients have recovered from the disease so far: Rajasthan Health Department

15:32 April 26

376 J&K students in Kota set to return tomorrow

All arrangements finalised. This follows recent return of students & others who were in Jaisalmer and other places. Appeal - Please be patient. Govt is working hard to facilitate all: Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary(Planning) J&K

15:31 April 26

First reported death of a member of our medical fraternity in the state - Assistant Director of Health Services, Central Medical Stores, West Bengal Health Services - who was tested positive for COVID-19, reported in the early hours of 26th April 2020: West Bengal Doctors Forum

15:31 April 26

1 more COVID-19 positive case reported in Uttarakhand today.

The total number of positive cases in the state rises to 50: Uttarakhand State Control Room

15:30 April 26

Fourteen Border Security Force (BSF) jawans have been quarantined in Chhattisgarh for suspected coronavirus infection after they returned from Agra, officials said on Sunday.

Their samples have been sent for testing and the reports are awaited, a senior official said.

15:30 April 26

With one more death, toll in Meerut reaches 5

12:56 April 26

1 new positive case has been reported for COVID-19 in Karnataka from 25 April, 5 pm to 26 April, 12 pm.

Total positive cases in the state stand at 501 which includes 18 deaths and 177 discharges: Health Department, Karnataka

12:56 April 26

Two police stations were temporarily closed yesterday after 6 personnel tested positive for COVID-19.

Following this, swab samples of other 105 police staff were sent for testing, of which all have come negative today: Sumit Saran, Coimbatore Commissioner of Police, Tamil Nadu.

12:55 April 26

52-year-old Head Constable Sandip Surve, who had tested positive for COVID-19, passed away today: Mumbai Police

12:55 April 26

The Delhi-Sonipat border has been sealed by the Sonipat District Magistrate, in view of COVID019 situation. The borders have been sealed till 3rd May.

12:54 April 26

41 persons including a police officer, who came in direct contact with a lorry driver who had tested positive for COVID-19, have been placed under home quarantine in Vazhakulam in Ernakulam: S Suhas, Ernakulam District Collector

12:54 April 26

164 Swiss nationals, who were stranded in Kerala due to COVID-19 lockdown, airlifted from Cochin International Airport by Swiss Air yesterday. The flight took off from Cochin International Airport yesterday at 11.10 pm to Zurich.

12:54 April 26

13 COVID-19 patients have recovered in Jharkhand till now- 6 from Ranchi, 4 from Bokaro, 2 from Hazaribagh and 1 from Simdega. Recovery ratio in this week was 18%: Jharkhand Health Department

12:53 April 26

Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association writes to Union Health Minister over accommodation facilities for resident doctors advised for home quarantine. The letter states, "It will be an important precautionary measure to control the spread of the virus."

12:52 April 26

With 81 new cases, total tally in AP reaches 1,097

With 81 new cases and 2 deaths reported in Andhra Pradesh, the total tally in the state has risen to 1,097. Total deaths in the state stand at 31.

12:51 April 26

Police team trying to implement lockdown norms attacked in Bahraich

09:29 April 26

Andhra's Srikakulam on alert after first 3 COVID-19 cases

Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district has reported its first three COVID-19 cases on Saturday. However, the District Collector is confident that the number of coronavirus cases will not increase in the district as lockdown has been strictly implemented.

All the three cases have been reported from Pata Patnam mandal here. The district collector J Nivas has clarified that lockdown will be strictly implemented in 18 villages of the Amanda. The district had till now been free of coronavirus.

"The three positive cases are family members of a person who had returned from Delhi. He was tested on Thursday and the result came out to be positive initially. Later the samples were sent for final analysis, but his subsequent test reports were negative. Another person has also shown positive signs in tests conducted here. It will be confirmed in the final results later," he added.

09:27 April 26

Out of 61,266 COVID-19 tests conducted in Andhra, 1.66 pc came out positive

Special Chief Secretary Medical and Health KS Jawahar Reddy on Saturday said that 1.66 per cent samples have tested positive out of the 61,266 tests conducted for COVID-19 in Andhra Pradesh.

Addressing media here, Reddy said, "The positive rate of COVID-19 in Andhra Pradesh is only at 1.66 per cent from the total 61,266 tests conducted when compared to other states like Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh."

He said that the officials of the health department are on the lines of providing advanced treatment for COVID-19 cases to overcome emergency situations.

In this regard, the officials are going to use nearly 1,900 pulse oximeters in all COVID-19 hospitals to help in monitoring the oxygen levels of the patients, Reddy added.

Reddy also said that the state government is primarily focusing on extensive testing, "where Andhra Pradesh stands first in the country with an average of 1,147 tests per million people."

09:27 April 26

Odisha confirms 3 more COVID-19 cases, total count surges to 103

Three more people have been confirmed positive for coronavirus in Odisha on Sunday, said the State Health Department.

"With three more COVID-19 positive cases, the total number has spiked to 103," read an official statement issued by the Health Department.

Of the 103 cases, 68 are active cases, 34 have recovered and 1 death has been reported till now, the statement further read.

09:26 April 26

58 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Rajasthan today so far- 11 in Ajmer, 1 each in Hanumagarh and Jhalawar,15 in Jodhpur, 7 in Jaipur, 3 in Kota and 20 in Nagaur. The total number of positive cases in the state stands at 2141: Rajasthan Health Department

09:26 April 26

12 railway coaches converted into isolation ward for the COVID-19 patients at Moradabad railway station

09:09 April 26

India's COVID-19 count reaches 26,496, deaths at 824

New Delhi: With 1,990 more COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's count of coronavirus cases has reached 26,496, said Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.

Out of these, 19,868 patients are active cases and 5804 cases have been cured, discharged, or migrated. The death toll stands at 824, with as many as 49 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.

According to the morning update by the ministry, Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit State with 7,628 cases of which 1,076 patients have recovered and 323 patients have died.

Gujarat now stands in the second spot with 3,071 cases, of which 282 have recovered and 133 people have died. Meanwhile, Delhi's count stands at 2,625 of which 869 patients have recovered, while 54 patients have lost their lives.

Tamil Nadu's COVID-19 figure stands at 1,821 with 960 patients recovered and 23 fatalities. Rajasthan has reported 2,083 cases of which 493 have recovered and 33 patients are dead.

Madhya Pradesh has reported 2,096 positive cases so far of which 210 patients have recovered and 99 patients have lost their lives due to the virus. In Uttar Pradesh, as many as 1,793 people have confirmed COVID-19, of which 261 recovered and 27 people have succumbed to it.

In Kerala, which reported the country's first COVID-19 case, 457 people have been detected positive for coronavirus.