With 120 new cases being reported in Maharashtra today, total positive cases rise to 868 in the state.
COVID-19 LIVE: 120 new cases in Maharashtra, total mounts to 868
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20:01 April 06
19:10 April 06
Mangaluru: 3 more COVID-19 positive patients recovered & have been discharged today. So far, 4 positive cases have recovered.
Total 12 positive cases have been reported in city till now.
19:09 April 06
Mumbai: 57 new COVID-19 positive cases, 4 deaths in Mumbai today.
Total positive cases in Mumbai are 490 (including 34 deaths); 5 persons discharged today, total persons discharged till now- 59.
19:09 April 06
Uttarakhand Health Department: 5 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in the state today, taking the total number of positive cases to 31.
19:07 April 06
Kerala Chief Minister: 13 new COVID-19 positive cases in the state today including 9 in Kasargod, 2-Malappuram, 1-Pathanamthitta & 1-Kollam.
Total number of positive cases in the state now stands at 327.
19:07 April 06
Punjab Health Department: Till now, the total number of COVID-19 positive patients in Punjab are 79 and 7 deaths.
19:06 April 06
37 new COVID19 positive cases reported in Andhra Pradesh today, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 303.
18:22 April 06
There are 50 new COVID-19 positive cases in Tamil Nadu today including 48 from Tablighi Jamaat
Total positive cases in the state is 621 including 570 Tablighi Jamaat returnees.
18:22 April 06
Karnataka Health Department: In the last 24 hours, 12 new cases have been confirmed for COVID-19 in the state.
Till now, there are 163 COVID-19 positive cases in the state, including 4 deaths & 20 discharged.
17:57 April 06
Maharashtra: Around 40 doctors in Pimpri's hospital have been quarantined after a patient who attended Tablighi Jamaat event turned COVID-19 positive. The patient had earlier hidden his travel history.
16:17 April 06
Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry
According to Health Ministry: 693 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total number to 4067 in India out of which 1445 cases are related to Jablighi Jamaat.
76 per cent cases have been reported in males & 24 per cent in females. In the last 13 days, Indian Railways transported sugar through 1340 wagons, salt through 958 wagons and edible oil through 316 wagons/tanks, to different parts of the country, amid Coronavirus Lockdown.
Rs 1100 crores have already been released from National Health Mission Funds for the states. Also an additional amount of Rs 3000 crores has been released today.
Number of COVID-19 deaths stand at 109, with 30 people succumbing to it yesterday.
63 per cent of the deaths have been reported among people over 60 years age, 30 per cent in age bracket of 40 to 60 years & 7 per cent victims were below 40 years age.
14:47 April 06
Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma: There are a total of 26 Coronavirus positive cases in Assam so far.
We have tested 2000 samples till date, report of 165 samples to come by this evening.
No COVID-19 case has been reported in Assam in the last 24 hours.
13:52 April 06
12 more COVID-19 cases reported in Karnataka, taking the total number of corona virus cases in the state to 163, including 4 deaths & 18 discharged.
Out of the 12 new cases, 3 have history of travel to Delhi.
13:31 April 06
Bhopal: 9 more people have tested positive for COVID-19, out of which 5 are police personnel and 4 are health workers.
54 people have tested positive for the virus in the district so far, including 1 death.
Total cases in Madhya Pradesh mounts to 230.
12:52 April 06
Central Zoo Authority: Zoos across India are advised to be on high alert and monitor animals 24/7 through CCTV for any symptoms/abnormal behaviour as a precautionary measure in wake of a Tiger in New York's Bronx Zoo testing positive for COVID-19.
12:51 April 06
Gujarat: A 62-year-old woman died due to Coronavirus in Vadodara this morning.
She had a history of travel to Sri Lanka.
The total number of positive cases in Vadodara stand at 12 (including 2 deaths and 4 discharges).
12:51 April 06
Maharashtra: A 38 year old male nurse at Government Medical College & Hospital (GMCH), Aurangabad has tested positive for COVID-19.
He has been shifted to District Civil Hospital
12:37 April 06
Punjab: A 65-year-old man, who tested COVID-19 positive in preliminary test, died today morning in Amritsar.
He was admitted to a hospital on March 29 & had tested negative.
COVID-19 infection has not been conclusively confirmed behind his death.
11:31 April 06
33 new Coronavirus positive cases reported in Maharashtra today
19 in Pimpri-Chinchwad, 11 in Mumbai, 1 each in Ahmednagar, Satara and Vasai.
Total number of positive cases in the state now stands at 781
A 65-year-old man, who was Coronavirus positive, died at Nalasopara private hospital last night during treatment.
11:29 April 06
14 more COVID-19 positive cases reported in Andhra Pradesh
5 in Visakhapatnam, 3 in Anantapuram, 3 in Kurnool, 2 in Guntur, & 1 in West Godavari.
Total number of positive coronavirus cases in the state stands at 266.
10:43 April 06
Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai has been declared a containment zone after some staff at the hospital tested positive for Coronavirus.
10:00 April 06
Two new positive cases reported in Uttarakhand, total reaches to 28.
09:59 April 06
Jharkhand: 1 more woman from Hindpiri area, Ranchi tested positive for COVID-19
She was in direct contact of the Malaysian woman (1st positive case in state) who was staying in the area & tested positive earlier.
Total positive cases in state is 4.
09:54 April 06
8 more people test positive for Coronavirus in Rajasthan - 5 in Jhunjhunu, 2 in Dungarpur & 1 in Kota.
The 5 people in Jhunjhunu and 1 in Dungarpur had attended Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi. The total number of positive cases in the state increased to 274.
09:53 April 06
According to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Increase of 490 COVID-19 cases in the last 12 hours, India's positive cases cross 4000 mark - at 4067 (including 3666 active cases, 292 cured/discharged/migrated people and 109 deaths).
09:29 April 06
6 more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Rajasthan's Bikaner
5 of them are relatives of 60-yr-old COVID-19 positive woman who died earlier. 1 of them is a 17-yr-old male & is a contact of a Tablighi Jamaat returnee positive case. Total 266 cases in state.
09:12 April 06
MP corona cases cross 215, Bhopal hit hard
Bhopal: Midway through the 21-day lockdown in Madhya Pradesh coronavirus cases kept up a rising trend. The total corona positive cases touched 215.
Figures in Bhopal recorded a big jump, from 18 to 40 by late Sunday evening. Chief Medical and Health Officer, Bhopal Dr. Sudhir Kumar Daheria said 22 persons tested positive on Sunday.
According to Sunday night bulletin 97 samples were sent for examination of which 23 tested positive. Most persons affected are either related to the Health Department or to the Tablighi Jamaat. However, the health authorities said there is no need to panic.
After a major vegetable whole-seller in Bhopal tested positive on Saturday vegetable markets in Bhopal were sealed till further orders.
Collector Tarun Pithode ordered closure of all except milk and medicine shops till further orders. The food delivery system and the home delivery system authorized by the competent authority by the Municipal Corporation will continue to operate.
On Friday, IAS officer and Health Corporation MD J.J. Vijay Kumar had tested COVID-19 positive. On Saturday, 12 IAS officers of the COVID-19 core group were home quarantined. Pallavi Jain Govil and Veena Sinha were admitted to Bhopal AIIMS and their family members were also quarantined. Around 150 employees of the Health Department are under medical supervision.
Even the Health Department hierarchy had crumbled under the burgeoning crisis with its Principal Secretary Pallavi Jain Govil and Additional Director (Health) Veena Sinha testing positive for the dreaded virus. Both Jain Govil and Vijay Kumar had attended meetings even through their sickness causing an alarm in the state secretariat
By Sunday night the overall figure of the infected in the state touched 215. Of these 135 were found in Indore, 12 in Morena, 40 in Bhopal, eight in Jabalpur, seven in Ujjain, four in Khargone, three in Barwani, while two each were affected in Gwalior, Shivpuri and Chhindwara.
There have been 12 deaths so far. Eight died in Indore, two in Ujjain and one each in Khargone and Chhindwara.
20:01 April 06
With 120 new cases being reported in Maharashtra today, total positive cases rise to 868 in the state.
19:10 April 06
Mangaluru: 3 more COVID-19 positive patients recovered & have been discharged today. So far, 4 positive cases have recovered.
Total 12 positive cases have been reported in city till now.
19:09 April 06
Mumbai: 57 new COVID-19 positive cases, 4 deaths in Mumbai today.
Total positive cases in Mumbai are 490 (including 34 deaths); 5 persons discharged today, total persons discharged till now- 59.
19:09 April 06
Uttarakhand Health Department: 5 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in the state today, taking the total number of positive cases to 31.
19:07 April 06
Kerala Chief Minister: 13 new COVID-19 positive cases in the state today including 9 in Kasargod, 2-Malappuram, 1-Pathanamthitta & 1-Kollam.
Total number of positive cases in the state now stands at 327.
19:07 April 06
Punjab Health Department: Till now, the total number of COVID-19 positive patients in Punjab are 79 and 7 deaths.
19:06 April 06
37 new COVID19 positive cases reported in Andhra Pradesh today, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 303.
18:22 April 06
There are 50 new COVID-19 positive cases in Tamil Nadu today including 48 from Tablighi Jamaat
Total positive cases in the state is 621 including 570 Tablighi Jamaat returnees.
18:22 April 06
Karnataka Health Department: In the last 24 hours, 12 new cases have been confirmed for COVID-19 in the state.
Till now, there are 163 COVID-19 positive cases in the state, including 4 deaths & 20 discharged.
17:57 April 06
Maharashtra: Around 40 doctors in Pimpri's hospital have been quarantined after a patient who attended Tablighi Jamaat event turned COVID-19 positive. The patient had earlier hidden his travel history.
16:17 April 06
Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry
According to Health Ministry: 693 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total number to 4067 in India out of which 1445 cases are related to Jablighi Jamaat.
76 per cent cases have been reported in males & 24 per cent in females. In the last 13 days, Indian Railways transported sugar through 1340 wagons, salt through 958 wagons and edible oil through 316 wagons/tanks, to different parts of the country, amid Coronavirus Lockdown.
Rs 1100 crores have already been released from National Health Mission Funds for the states. Also an additional amount of Rs 3000 crores has been released today.
Number of COVID-19 deaths stand at 109, with 30 people succumbing to it yesterday.
63 per cent of the deaths have been reported among people over 60 years age, 30 per cent in age bracket of 40 to 60 years & 7 per cent victims were below 40 years age.
14:47 April 06
Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma: There are a total of 26 Coronavirus positive cases in Assam so far.
We have tested 2000 samples till date, report of 165 samples to come by this evening.
No COVID-19 case has been reported in Assam in the last 24 hours.
13:52 April 06
12 more COVID-19 cases reported in Karnataka, taking the total number of corona virus cases in the state to 163, including 4 deaths & 18 discharged.
Out of the 12 new cases, 3 have history of travel to Delhi.
13:31 April 06
Bhopal: 9 more people have tested positive for COVID-19, out of which 5 are police personnel and 4 are health workers.
54 people have tested positive for the virus in the district so far, including 1 death.
Total cases in Madhya Pradesh mounts to 230.
12:52 April 06
Central Zoo Authority: Zoos across India are advised to be on high alert and monitor animals 24/7 through CCTV for any symptoms/abnormal behaviour as a precautionary measure in wake of a Tiger in New York's Bronx Zoo testing positive for COVID-19.
12:51 April 06
Gujarat: A 62-year-old woman died due to Coronavirus in Vadodara this morning.
She had a history of travel to Sri Lanka.
The total number of positive cases in Vadodara stand at 12 (including 2 deaths and 4 discharges).
12:51 April 06
Maharashtra: A 38 year old male nurse at Government Medical College & Hospital (GMCH), Aurangabad has tested positive for COVID-19.
He has been shifted to District Civil Hospital
12:37 April 06
Punjab: A 65-year-old man, who tested COVID-19 positive in preliminary test, died today morning in Amritsar.
He was admitted to a hospital on March 29 & had tested negative.
COVID-19 infection has not been conclusively confirmed behind his death.
11:31 April 06
33 new Coronavirus positive cases reported in Maharashtra today
19 in Pimpri-Chinchwad, 11 in Mumbai, 1 each in Ahmednagar, Satara and Vasai.
Total number of positive cases in the state now stands at 781
A 65-year-old man, who was Coronavirus positive, died at Nalasopara private hospital last night during treatment.
11:29 April 06
14 more COVID-19 positive cases reported in Andhra Pradesh
5 in Visakhapatnam, 3 in Anantapuram, 3 in Kurnool, 2 in Guntur, & 1 in West Godavari.
Total number of positive coronavirus cases in the state stands at 266.
10:43 April 06
Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai has been declared a containment zone after some staff at the hospital tested positive for Coronavirus.
10:00 April 06
Two new positive cases reported in Uttarakhand, total reaches to 28.
09:59 April 06
Jharkhand: 1 more woman from Hindpiri area, Ranchi tested positive for COVID-19
She was in direct contact of the Malaysian woman (1st positive case in state) who was staying in the area & tested positive earlier.
Total positive cases in state is 4.
09:54 April 06
8 more people test positive for Coronavirus in Rajasthan - 5 in Jhunjhunu, 2 in Dungarpur & 1 in Kota.
The 5 people in Jhunjhunu and 1 in Dungarpur had attended Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi. The total number of positive cases in the state increased to 274.
09:53 April 06
According to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Increase of 490 COVID-19 cases in the last 12 hours, India's positive cases cross 4000 mark - at 4067 (including 3666 active cases, 292 cured/discharged/migrated people and 109 deaths).
09:29 April 06
6 more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Rajasthan's Bikaner
5 of them are relatives of 60-yr-old COVID-19 positive woman who died earlier. 1 of them is a 17-yr-old male & is a contact of a Tablighi Jamaat returnee positive case. Total 266 cases in state.
09:12 April 06
MP corona cases cross 215, Bhopal hit hard
Bhopal: Midway through the 21-day lockdown in Madhya Pradesh coronavirus cases kept up a rising trend. The total corona positive cases touched 215.
Figures in Bhopal recorded a big jump, from 18 to 40 by late Sunday evening. Chief Medical and Health Officer, Bhopal Dr. Sudhir Kumar Daheria said 22 persons tested positive on Sunday.
According to Sunday night bulletin 97 samples were sent for examination of which 23 tested positive. Most persons affected are either related to the Health Department or to the Tablighi Jamaat. However, the health authorities said there is no need to panic.
After a major vegetable whole-seller in Bhopal tested positive on Saturday vegetable markets in Bhopal were sealed till further orders.
Collector Tarun Pithode ordered closure of all except milk and medicine shops till further orders. The food delivery system and the home delivery system authorized by the competent authority by the Municipal Corporation will continue to operate.
On Friday, IAS officer and Health Corporation MD J.J. Vijay Kumar had tested COVID-19 positive. On Saturday, 12 IAS officers of the COVID-19 core group were home quarantined. Pallavi Jain Govil and Veena Sinha were admitted to Bhopal AIIMS and their family members were also quarantined. Around 150 employees of the Health Department are under medical supervision.
Even the Health Department hierarchy had crumbled under the burgeoning crisis with its Principal Secretary Pallavi Jain Govil and Additional Director (Health) Veena Sinha testing positive for the dreaded virus. Both Jain Govil and Vijay Kumar had attended meetings even through their sickness causing an alarm in the state secretariat
By Sunday night the overall figure of the infected in the state touched 215. Of these 135 were found in Indore, 12 in Morena, 40 in Bhopal, eight in Jabalpur, seven in Ujjain, four in Khargone, three in Barwani, while two each were affected in Gwalior, Shivpuri and Chhindwara.
There have been 12 deaths so far. Eight died in Indore, two in Ujjain and one each in Khargone and Chhindwara.
Last Updated : Apr 6, 2020, 8:13 PM IST
