COVID-19: Total cases in India mount to 23,452; death toll at 723

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Published : Apr 24, 2020, 9:34 AM IST

Updated : Apr 24, 2020, 8:55 PM IST

20:15 April 24

COVID-19 death toll rises to 723 in country; cases climb to 23,452: Health ministry

The death toll due to the novel coronavirus rose to 723 with 37 fatalities reported since Thursday evening, while the number of cases saw a record jump of 1,752 to go up to 23,452 cases on Friday, according to the Union health ministry.

The previous highest single day increase was on April20 when 1,540 cases were reported.

The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 17,915as 4,813 people were cured and discharged, and one patient migrated, the ministry said.

Thus, about 20.52 per cent of the cases have recovered so far, an official of the ministry said.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that 23,502 samples have been confirmed positive as on April 24 at 9 am.

The health ministry's figure of 23,452 cases include 77 foreign nationals.

A total of 37 deaths were reported since Thursday evening of which 14 fatalities were reported from Maharashtra, nine from Gujarat, three from Uttar Pradesh, two each from Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh,Tamil Nadu and Telengana and one from Karnataka, the ministry's data stated.

Of the 723 deaths, Maharashtra tops the tally with 283 fatalities, followed by Gujarat at 112, Madhya Pradesh at 83, Delhi at 50, Andhra Pradesh at 29, Rajasthan at 27 and Telengana at 26.

The death toll reached 24 in Uttar Pradesh, 20 in Tamil Nadu while Karantaka has reported 18 deaths.

Punjab has registered 16 deaths while West Bengal has reported 15 fatalities.

The disease has claimed five lives in Jammu and Kashmir, while Kerala, Jharkhand and Haryana have recorded three COVID-19 deaths each.

Bihar has reported two deaths, while Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Assam have reported one fatality each, according to the ministry data.

However, a tally of the figures reported by various states as on Friday showed 23,577 cases and 743 deaths in the country.

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 evening, the highest number of confirmed cases in the country are from Maharashtra at 6,430 followed by Gujarat at 2,624, Delhi at 2,376, Rajasthan at 1,964, Madhya Pradesh at 1,852 and Tamil Nadu at 1,683.

The number of COVID-19 cases has gone up to 1,604 in Uttar Pradesh, 984 in Telangana and 955 in Andhra Pradesh. The number of cases has risen to 514 in West Bengal,448 in Kerala,463 in Karnataka, 427 in Jammu and Kashmir, 277 in Punjab and 272 in Haryana.

Bihar has reported 176 coronavirus cases, while Odisha has 90 cases. Fifty-five people have been infected with the virus in Jharkhand and 47 in Uttarakhand. Himachal Pradesh has 40 cases, Chhattisgarh and Assam have registered 36 infections each so far.

Chandigarh has 27 COVID-19 cases,Andaman and Nicobar Islands 22 while 18 cases have been reported from Ladakh.

Meghalaya has reported 12 cases, and Goa and Puducherry have seven COVID-19 cases each.

Manipur and Tripura have two cases each, while Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh have reported a case each.

"Our figures are being reconciled with the ICMR," the ministry said on its website.

States wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation, it said.

19:14 April 24

Four people on Friday tested positive for novel coronavirus in Amravati in Maharashtra, while four were discharged earlier in the day after recovery from the infection, district health officials said here.

19:13 April 24

Madhya Pradesh reports 75 more people, of whom 37 were reported in Bhopal alone, tested coronavirus positive till Friday afternoon, the number of such cases in Madhya Pradesh climbed to 1,846, health officials said.

19:13 April 24

The Centre on Friday said the COVID-19 situation is especially serious in major or emerging hotspot areas including Ahmedabad, Surat, Hyderabad and Chennai.

In a statement, the Home Ministry said that violations of lockdown measures reported in some parts of the country pose a serious health hazard to public and may lead to the spread of COVID-19.

19:13 April 24

The government said on Friday the nationwide lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a timely step, without which there would have been an estimated one lakh COVID-19 cases in India by now.

In a press briefing, officials said the virus outbreak is under control in the country and credited a robust surveillance network along with implementation of the lockdown and other containment measures for it.

19:12 April 24

Plasma Therapy likely to begin from Apr 25 in Ktk

Karnataka is likely to start Convalescent Plasma Therapy for COVID-19 patients, who are critical, from tomorrow, Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said here on on Friday.

19:12 April 24

Five more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha's Bhadrak district on Friday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 94, officials said on Friday.

19:12 April 24

With 20 new cases in the Kashmir division, the total cases in J&k has risen to 454

19:10 April 24

3 new cases have been reported in Kerala today. The total number of patients under treatment in the state is 116. 15 persons were discharged today.

19:10 April 24

Seven police personnel, including four women, tested positive for COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu on Friday, following which the Podanur police station to which they were attached has been closed, city police commissioner Sumit Saran said.

19:09 April 24

Thirteen COVID-19 patients, including 11 Tablighi Jamaat members, have recovered after their second test samples came out negative in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, an official said on Friday.

Shamli District Magistrate Jasjit Kaur told PTI here that the second sample of 13 people including 11 Jamaat members tested negative. The patients who recovered have been shifted to a quarantine ward for some time, she said.

19:09 April 24

Pondy CM, Ministers and MLAs test negative for COVID-19

Territorial Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, assembly Speaker V P Sivakolundhu and Ministers, who underwent tests for COVID-19 at the special camp on the Assembly premises, have tested negative.

19:09 April 24

COVID-19 cases in Nagpur city touch 100-mark

With two persons testing coronavirus positive in Nagpur on Friday, the tally of such patients in the city reached 100, officials said.

19:08 April 24

2 suspected COVID-19 patients' bodies lie unattended for hours

The bodies of two suspected COVID-19 patients were left unattended for several hours, one of them for nearly 20 hours, in the isolation ward of a civic-run hospital in Andheri here, where other patients were present, sources said on Friday.

15:12 April 24

Two COVID-19 patients cured in C'garh; recovery count at 30

Two COVID-19 patients were discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Chhattisgarh's Raipur city on Friday after recovering from the infection, a health official here said.

15:11 April 24

At least 40 healthcare staff including doctors, nurses and paramedics posted at gastroenterology department of AIIMS are under self-quarantine after a 35-year-old male nurse detected positive for COVID-19: AIIMS authorities

This has been done as a precautionary measure, and after 5 days all 40 healthcare staff would be tested for COVID-19. Contact tracing is being done: AIIMS authorities

15:11 April 24

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed in Supeme Court against 'illegal opening' of certain offices by Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) such as SAIL, NBCC etc by 'wrongly identifying and equating themselves as Government Department/Offices'.

15:11 April 24

2 COVID-19 positive patients were discharged from a quarantine center yesterday because of confusion due to similar names. They were later brought back to the quarantine center. Investigation underway: MC Garg, Moradabad Chief Medical Officer (CMO)

15:10 April 24

Faulty antibody test kits will be returned, irrespective of which country they were procured from, including China. We have not paid a single penny yet: Dr Harsh Vardhan during a video conference with State health ministers

15:10 April 24

UP constable quarantined after suspected of contracting COVID-19

A constable involved in distribution of food packets to the needy here amid the lockdown has been quarantined after being suspected of contracting COVID-19.

13:27 April 24

RPF personnel test positive for COVID-19 in West Bengal

Nine Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel, who had recently gone to Delhi for some urgent official work, have tested positive for COVID-19, an official from the South Eastern Railway (SER) said on Friday.

13:27 April 24

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention in bringing back the bodies of NRIs whose death occurred due to reasons other than COVID-19.

13:27 April 24

A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) constable posted at Delhi's IGI Airport has tested COVID-19 positive. He has been shifted to an isolation ward in Jhajjar, Haryana: CISF sources

13:26 April 24

18 new COVID-19 positive cases, including 11 from Bengaluru urban, reported today

The total number of positive cases in the State is 463.

13:26 April 24

Two new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Nagpur district; the total number of COVID-19 patients in the district rises to 100

13:19 April 24

Plasma therapy proving helpful in treating COVID-19, says Delhi CM

"In the last few days, we have tried plasma therapy on 4 patients at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital. Till now the results are encouraging," says Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

"We are happy with the positive results in the 4 patients. Blood & plasma is ready for 2-3 other patients that we have at LNJP hospital, we may give them the plasma therapy today," asserted Dr. SK Sarin, Director, Institute of Liver & Biliary Science.

13:17 April 24

A 61-year-old and a 40-year-old with comorbid conditions who had tested positive for COVID-19 passed away in Pune last night; the total death toll in Pune district rises to 63: Health Officials, Pune

13:15 April 24

Andhra Pradesh reports 62 cases in 24 hours, total at 995

62 fresh cases, 2 deaths have been reported in Andhra Pradesh in last 24 hours. With this, the total number of cases has risen to 955, death toll stands at 29.

13:15 April 24

One more tests positive for COVID-19 in Odisha; cases rise to 90

A 40-year-old man from Odisha's Bhadrak district has tested positive for COVID-19, raising the total number of cases in the state to 90, officials said on Friday.

The man has a travel history to Kolkata, the Health and Family Welfare Department said, adding the contact tracing and other follow-up action is being undertaken.

11:46 April 24

778 more COVID-19 cases & 14 more deaths reported in Maharashtra, as of 10 am today. Total cases in the state at 6427 & deaths at 283: Maharashtra Public Health Department

11:27 April 24

PM Modi inaugurates e-GramSwaraj portal on Panchayati Raj Day

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the e-GramSwaraj portal and Swamitva Yojana on the occasion of Panchayati Raj Day.

The PM is also interacted with Sarpanchs from across the nation via video conferencing, on the occasion.

11:27 April 24

We are waiting for good kits from ICMR. We have also ordered some test kits. Once we get the test kits, we will validate them, & once we confirm the quality of the kits, we will do the antibody tests: Kerala Health Minister on COVID-19

11:11 April 24

6 new cases reported in Bihar, total tally at 176

Six more persons, including a 10-year-old boy, tested positive for COVID-19 in Bihar on Friday, taking the total number of such cases in the state to 176, a top official said.

11:10 April 24

3,600 more stranded British travellers set to return from India on 14 new flights chartered by UK Govt. Once completed, these additional flights will bring the total number of people flown to UK from India on Govt charter flights to over 13,000: British High Commission in India

11:10 April 24

36 new positive cases, including 13 in Jaipur, 18-Kota, 4-Jhalawar & 1-Bharatpur, reported in Rajasthan.

The total number of cases in the State is now 2000: Rajasthan Health Department.

11:07 April 24

2 people among 121 arrested for violence against health workers in Bengaluru's Padrayanpura & lodged at Ramanagara Jail have tested positive for coronavirus. The 2 accused have now been shifted to city's Victoria Hospital. Remaining 119 accused to be shifted to Bengaluru.

09:26 April 24

127 new cases reported in Indore, total tally in MP at 1814

With 127 new cases reported in Indore, the total number of cases in Madhya Pradesh has risen to 1,814. Death toll in the state stands at 85.

09:20 April 24

4-month-old child dies of COVID-19 in Kerala

A 4-month-old child from Malappuram, Kerala who had tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday, lost his life today morning at Kozhikode medical college.The child was undergoing treatment for heart related problems for past three months & had pneumonia.

09:19 April 24

Tripura becomes corona-free, 2nd case recovered

Tripura has become coronavirus free after the recovery of the 2nd case. Two cases were recorded in the state, the first case had recovered earlier and the second patient has also been discharged after testing negative in repeat tests.

09:14 April 24

New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 718 and the number of cases to 23,077 in the country on Friday, according to the Union Health Ministry.

The number of active COVID-19 cases is 17,610 as 4,748 people were cured and discharged, and one patient migrated, it said.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said a total 23,502 samples have been confirmed positive for coronavirus so far.

The Health Ministry said 77 foreign nationals are among the total 23,077 COVID-19 cases reported in the country.

A total of 32 deaths were reported since Thursday evening, of which 14 fatalities were reported from Maharashtra, nine from Gujarat, three from Uttar Pradesh and two each from Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, the ministry said.

Of the 718 deaths, Maharashtra tops the tally with 283 fatalities, followed by Gujarat at 112, Madhya Pradesh at 83, Delhi at 50, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh at 27 each.

The death toll reached 24 each in Uttar Pradesh and Telengana, 20 in Tamil Nadu and 17 in Karantaka.

Punjab has registered 16 deaths, while West Bengal has reported 15 fatalities. The disease has claimed five lives in Jammu and Kashmir, while Kerala, Jharkhand and Haryana have recorded three COVID-19 deaths each.

Bihar has reported two deaths, while Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Assam have reported one fatality each, according to the ministry's updated data.

However, a tally of the figures reported by various states as on Thursday showed 722 deaths in the country.

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 6,430, followed by Gujarat at 2,624, Delhi at 2,376, Rajasthan at 1,964, Madhya Pradesh at 1,699 and Tamil Nadu at 1,683.

The number of COVID-19 cases has gone up to 1,510 in Uttar Pradesh, 960 in Telangana and 895 in Andhra Pradesh.

The number of cases has risen to 514 in West Bengal, 447 in Kerala, 445 in Karnataka, 427 in Jammu and Kashmir, 277 in Punjab and 272 in Haryana.

Bihar has reported 153 coronavirus cases, while Odisha has 90 cases. Fifty-three people have been infected with the virus in Jharkhand, 47 in Uttarakhand and 40 in Himachal Pradesh.

Chhattisgarh and Assam have registered 36 infections each so far.

Chandigarh has 27 COVID-19 cases, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands 22, while 18 cases have been reported from Ladakh.