75 new cases reported in Telangana
Total number of COVID-19 cases mounts to 229 in the state with 2 deaths reported today.
COVID-19 LIVE: Telangana reports 75 new cases, total cases mounts to 229
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20:19 April 03
19:31 April 03
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel: 107 people returned to Chhattisgarh after attending Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi.
Samples of over 50 of them were sent for testing out of which reports of 28 people have been received & all of them have tested negative for COVID-19.
19:30 April 03
3 persons of Bomikhal, Bhubaneswar test positive for COVID-19.
Total number of positive cases in the state goes up to 9 now (Cured 2, active 7).
19:05 April 03
11 CISF jawans posted at Mumbai airport tested COVID-19 positive
Total 142 were under quarantine since last few days. Out of which 4 were tested positive yesterday and others were tested positive today.
Result of the first test of 1 jawan had come positive but in the second test it had come negative. Now, his sample has been sent for test for the third time and report is awaited. He is in Isolation ward
18:53 April 03
Total number of positive cases in state now stands at 295
9 people have tested positive for Coronavirus in Kerala today - 7 in Kasaragod and 1 each in Kannur & Thrissur. Out of them, 3 people had attended Tablighi Jamaat event in Nizamuddin, Delhi.
18:51 April 03
COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh now stands at 172 including 47 cases due to the Tablighi Jamaat event.
18:50 April 03
In Karnataka, 13 attendees of Delhi's Tablighi Jamaat event have tested COVID-19 positive, 187 found negative. Reports of 88 attendees are yet to be received.
18:49 April 03
Rajasthan Health Department: Total number of COVID-19 cases in the state rise to 166 including 29 cases due to Tablighi Jamaat event.
18:47 April 03
Kottayam: Elderly Kerala couple who were suffering from COVID-19 infection got discharged after being tested negative.
Ninety-three-year-old Thomas and his 88-year-old wife Mariyamma, were undergoing treatment at Kottayam Medical College Hospital.
17:40 April 03
Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma: 4 more people have tested COVID-19 positive in Assam.
3 of these are from Nalbari and 1 is from South Salmara. All of them are associated with Nizamuddin Markaz event, in Delhi.
17:38 April 03
76 COVID- 19 cases have been reported in Jammu & Kashmir, with 5 cases being reported today out of which 70 are active.
Four of the new cases are from Kashmir while one came into light in Jammu.
17:37 April 03
Number of COVID19 cases reaches 411 including seven discharged people in Tamil Nadu
1,580 COVID-19 infected & possibly infected people are admitted to different hospitals in the state.
17:08 April 03
A total of 384 coronavirus positive cases have been found in Delhi till now
There has been a rise of 91 cases in the last 24 hours. Out of these 384 cases, 58 patients have a history of foreign travel. Many of them are not from Delhi but were quarantined here in Delhi.
259 people, out of them, had attended Markaz event.
16:14 April 03
Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary Health Ministry
Union Health Ministry briefs the media over COVID-19
Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary Health Ministry: "336 additional cases of COVID-19 have come before us from yesterday till today. Total confirmed cases are 2301, 56 deaths have been reported, 12 of these 56 deaths were reported yesterday. A total of 157 patients have recovered so far.
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has appealed to patients & their families not to create any obstacle in the path of doctors while they discharge their duties. He also expressed concerns over misbehavior with doctors & medical staff.
15:30 April 03
First death reported from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh confirms first death due to Coronarvirus in the state. A 55-year-old man died on 30th March.
He had a medical history of diabetes and heart disease. His son had gone to Delhi & returned to Vijayawada on 17th March, he too was tested positive for COVID-19.
The delay in identifying the reason for his death is due to his health record. After thorough testing, it is confirmed that he died of Coronavirus.
14:50 April 03
6th COVID-19 positive case of Odisha detected in Cuttack with recent travel history to Delhi.
14:49 April 03
Karnataka: 16 Tablighi Jamaat (Delhi) attendees from Hassan have been quarantined.
13:31 April 03
8 more COVID-19 cases reported today in Haryana of which 5 are from Gurugram and 3 from Nuh.
Total cases in the state till now are 43(13 discharged).
13:31 April 03
UP Govt Sources: 172 new positive COVID-19 cases reported in the state today, of which 42 persons had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi.
13:29 April 03
Odisha Chief Secretary: Odisha Government is going to impose complete lockdown in Bhubaneswar and Bhadrak for 48 hours from 8 pm today, to prevent community transmission of COVID-19.
12:55 April 03
Death toll rises to 2 in Himachal Pradesh
A 68-year-old woman who tested positive for coronavirus dies in Chandigarh. The death toll in Himachal Pradesh rises to 2.
12:31 April 03
Andhra Pradesh: Till now 161 people have been tested positive for Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh.
140 of them are those who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi, and their contacts.
12:19 April 03
Uttar Pradesh: "34 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, Dr. Sudhir Singh," Incharge Isolation Ward, King George's Medical University (KGMU).
11:55 April 03
No COVID-19 case reported in Bhilwara, Rajasthan in last 3 days
Till now, 13 out of 26 cases have come out negative in repeat tests. To break the chain of Coronavirus, curfew without relaxation has been imposed for 10 days in Bhilwara, from today.
11:32 April 03
94 people have been tested positive of COVID-19 in Jhajjar district of Rajasthan on Friday. All were Tabhligi Jamaat attendees.
11:07 April 03
12 more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Andhra Pradesh, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 161.
11:03 April 03
Andhra Pradesh: One COVID-19 patient has recovered and has been discharged from a government hospital in Kakinada today. He had foreign travel history.
10:28 April 03
The 1st COVID-19 positive case in Odisha, belonging to Bhubaneswar has recovered and tested negative; he is being discharged.
There are 3 active cases of Coronavirus in the state now.
10:17 April 03
14 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Rajasthan
7 in Tonk (contacts of positive Coronavirus patients who attended Delhi's Tablighi Jamaat) 7 others (6 from Maharashtra & 1 from Jharkhand who attended Tablighi Jamaat event). Two COVID-19 patients have recovered in Bhilwara today; total 17 out of 26 positive cases have recovered in Bhilwara till now.
Total number of cases is 154 now.
09:52 April 03
Gujarat: One 78-year-old person from Godhra who tested positive for COVID-19 and who was under treatment at a hospital in Vadodara, passed away last night.
09:51 April 03
Goa Health Minister: One more person has tested positive for Coronavirus in Goa, he has travel history to Mozambique and Kenya.
Number of COVID-19 positive cases in Goa are now 6.
09:50 April 03
Two persons in Bikaner, who attended Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi, have tested positive for COVID-19.
Total number of cases stands at 140 in Rajasthan, including 2 Italians & 16 attendees of TablighiJamaat in Delhi.
09:49 April 03
Agra: 6 persons out of 28 people from Agra who attended Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi's Nizamuddin Markaz, have tested positive for COVID-19. Total number of positive cases rises to 18 in Agra, of which 8 have been discharged.
09:48 April 03
One more COVID-19 case confirmed in Dharavi
Mumbai: A 35-yr-old doctor has tested positive.His family put in quarantine,they'll be tested today for #Coronavirus.Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation tracing his contacts. Building where he resides in Dharavi sealed by BMC.
09:36 April 03
Tablighi explosion: Active cases rise to 2088; 56 dead
New Delhi: After the Tablighi Jamaat connection to coronavirus cases in India exploded, India's total active cases reached 1,860 on Thursday evening.
There have been 53 deaths so far while one person has migrated. A total of 155 positive cases have been cured so far. The total number of confirmed cases so far stands at 2,069, as per the data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Maharashtra remains the most affected state with 335 confirmed cases. The national capital has a total 219 confirmed cases.
According to the Health Ministry update issued on Thursday evening, about 400 positive cases found across 10 states and Union Territories have links to the Tablighi Jamaat cluster in Delhi's Nizamuddin area.
The figures continue to spike as many more are testing positive. By night, between Tamil Nadu and Delhi, the cases are 264 and 124, respectively, showing the highest number of cases. In fact, all the nine deaths in Telangana have Tablighi connection.
Tamil Nadu has seen 234 cases so far with 1 death. Most of these cases are connected to the Tablighi Jamaat religious congregation held in the national capital last month.
On Thursday, in state after state, the trend is that almost all new cases are coming with a Markaz connection. The Tablighi connection has now become the single biggest source of the coronavirus spread despite 130 crore people being put under lockdown in India.
Before this outbreak happened in Nizamuddin, the spike in cases had mellowed and some commentators had even suggested that India may be better off than the other countries.
Lav Agarwal, the Joint Secretary in the Union Health Ministry, said that additional testing to identify new cases is in progress. The official from the Health Ministry added that out of nearly 2,000 Tablighi Jamaat members in Delhi, 1,804 have been quarantined while 334 have been admitted to different hospitals.
According to the Delhi Health Department, 129 new cases were reported from the Nizamuddin Markaz in a day. Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday that the number of positive cases can increase massively.
20:19 April 03
75 new cases reported in Telangana
Total number of COVID-19 cases mounts to 229 in the state with 2 deaths reported today.
19:31 April 03
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel: 107 people returned to Chhattisgarh after attending Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi.
Samples of over 50 of them were sent for testing out of which reports of 28 people have been received & all of them have tested negative for COVID-19.
19:30 April 03
3 persons of Bomikhal, Bhubaneswar test positive for COVID-19.
Total number of positive cases in the state goes up to 9 now (Cured 2, active 7).
19:05 April 03
11 CISF jawans posted at Mumbai airport tested COVID-19 positive
Total 142 were under quarantine since last few days. Out of which 4 were tested positive yesterday and others were tested positive today.
Result of the first test of 1 jawan had come positive but in the second test it had come negative. Now, his sample has been sent for test for the third time and report is awaited. He is in Isolation ward
18:53 April 03
Total number of positive cases in state now stands at 295
9 people have tested positive for Coronavirus in Kerala today - 7 in Kasaragod and 1 each in Kannur & Thrissur. Out of them, 3 people had attended Tablighi Jamaat event in Nizamuddin, Delhi.
18:51 April 03
COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh now stands at 172 including 47 cases due to the Tablighi Jamaat event.
18:50 April 03
In Karnataka, 13 attendees of Delhi's Tablighi Jamaat event have tested COVID-19 positive, 187 found negative. Reports of 88 attendees are yet to be received.
18:49 April 03
Rajasthan Health Department: Total number of COVID-19 cases in the state rise to 166 including 29 cases due to Tablighi Jamaat event.
18:47 April 03
Kottayam: Elderly Kerala couple who were suffering from COVID-19 infection got discharged after being tested negative.
Ninety-three-year-old Thomas and his 88-year-old wife Mariyamma, were undergoing treatment at Kottayam Medical College Hospital.
17:40 April 03
Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma: 4 more people have tested COVID-19 positive in Assam.
3 of these are from Nalbari and 1 is from South Salmara. All of them are associated with Nizamuddin Markaz event, in Delhi.
17:38 April 03
76 COVID- 19 cases have been reported in Jammu & Kashmir, with 5 cases being reported today out of which 70 are active.
Four of the new cases are from Kashmir while one came into light in Jammu.
17:37 April 03
Number of COVID19 cases reaches 411 including seven discharged people in Tamil Nadu
1,580 COVID-19 infected & possibly infected people are admitted to different hospitals in the state.
17:08 April 03
A total of 384 coronavirus positive cases have been found in Delhi till now
There has been a rise of 91 cases in the last 24 hours. Out of these 384 cases, 58 patients have a history of foreign travel. Many of them are not from Delhi but were quarantined here in Delhi.
259 people, out of them, had attended Markaz event.
16:14 April 03
Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary Health Ministry
Union Health Ministry briefs the media over COVID-19
Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary Health Ministry: "336 additional cases of COVID-19 have come before us from yesterday till today. Total confirmed cases are 2301, 56 deaths have been reported, 12 of these 56 deaths were reported yesterday. A total of 157 patients have recovered so far.
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has appealed to patients & their families not to create any obstacle in the path of doctors while they discharge their duties. He also expressed concerns over misbehavior with doctors & medical staff.
15:30 April 03
First death reported from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh confirms first death due to Coronarvirus in the state. A 55-year-old man died on 30th March.
He had a medical history of diabetes and heart disease. His son had gone to Delhi & returned to Vijayawada on 17th March, he too was tested positive for COVID-19.
The delay in identifying the reason for his death is due to his health record. After thorough testing, it is confirmed that he died of Coronavirus.
14:50 April 03
6th COVID-19 positive case of Odisha detected in Cuttack with recent travel history to Delhi.
14:49 April 03
Karnataka: 16 Tablighi Jamaat (Delhi) attendees from Hassan have been quarantined.
13:31 April 03
8 more COVID-19 cases reported today in Haryana of which 5 are from Gurugram and 3 from Nuh.
Total cases in the state till now are 43(13 discharged).
13:31 April 03
UP Govt Sources: 172 new positive COVID-19 cases reported in the state today, of which 42 persons had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi.
13:29 April 03
Odisha Chief Secretary: Odisha Government is going to impose complete lockdown in Bhubaneswar and Bhadrak for 48 hours from 8 pm today, to prevent community transmission of COVID-19.
12:55 April 03
Death toll rises to 2 in Himachal Pradesh
A 68-year-old woman who tested positive for coronavirus dies in Chandigarh. The death toll in Himachal Pradesh rises to 2.
12:31 April 03
Andhra Pradesh: Till now 161 people have been tested positive for Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh.
140 of them are those who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi, and their contacts.
12:19 April 03
Uttar Pradesh: "34 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, Dr. Sudhir Singh," Incharge Isolation Ward, King George's Medical University (KGMU).
11:55 April 03
No COVID-19 case reported in Bhilwara, Rajasthan in last 3 days
Till now, 13 out of 26 cases have come out negative in repeat tests. To break the chain of Coronavirus, curfew without relaxation has been imposed for 10 days in Bhilwara, from today.
11:32 April 03
94 people have been tested positive of COVID-19 in Jhajjar district of Rajasthan on Friday. All were Tabhligi Jamaat attendees.
11:07 April 03
12 more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Andhra Pradesh, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 161.
11:03 April 03
Andhra Pradesh: One COVID-19 patient has recovered and has been discharged from a government hospital in Kakinada today. He had foreign travel history.
10:28 April 03
The 1st COVID-19 positive case in Odisha, belonging to Bhubaneswar has recovered and tested negative; he is being discharged.
There are 3 active cases of Coronavirus in the state now.
10:17 April 03
14 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Rajasthan
7 in Tonk (contacts of positive Coronavirus patients who attended Delhi's Tablighi Jamaat) 7 others (6 from Maharashtra & 1 from Jharkhand who attended Tablighi Jamaat event). Two COVID-19 patients have recovered in Bhilwara today; total 17 out of 26 positive cases have recovered in Bhilwara till now.
Total number of cases is 154 now.
09:52 April 03
Gujarat: One 78-year-old person from Godhra who tested positive for COVID-19 and who was under treatment at a hospital in Vadodara, passed away last night.
09:51 April 03
Goa Health Minister: One more person has tested positive for Coronavirus in Goa, he has travel history to Mozambique and Kenya.
Number of COVID-19 positive cases in Goa are now 6.
09:50 April 03
Two persons in Bikaner, who attended Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi, have tested positive for COVID-19.
Total number of cases stands at 140 in Rajasthan, including 2 Italians & 16 attendees of TablighiJamaat in Delhi.
09:49 April 03
Agra: 6 persons out of 28 people from Agra who attended Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi's Nizamuddin Markaz, have tested positive for COVID-19. Total number of positive cases rises to 18 in Agra, of which 8 have been discharged.
09:48 April 03
One more COVID-19 case confirmed in Dharavi
Mumbai: A 35-yr-old doctor has tested positive.His family put in quarantine,they'll be tested today for #Coronavirus.Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation tracing his contacts. Building where he resides in Dharavi sealed by BMC.
09:36 April 03
Tablighi explosion: Active cases rise to 2088; 56 dead
New Delhi: After the Tablighi Jamaat connection to coronavirus cases in India exploded, India's total active cases reached 1,860 on Thursday evening.
There have been 53 deaths so far while one person has migrated. A total of 155 positive cases have been cured so far. The total number of confirmed cases so far stands at 2,069, as per the data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Maharashtra remains the most affected state with 335 confirmed cases. The national capital has a total 219 confirmed cases.
According to the Health Ministry update issued on Thursday evening, about 400 positive cases found across 10 states and Union Territories have links to the Tablighi Jamaat cluster in Delhi's Nizamuddin area.
The figures continue to spike as many more are testing positive. By night, between Tamil Nadu and Delhi, the cases are 264 and 124, respectively, showing the highest number of cases. In fact, all the nine deaths in Telangana have Tablighi connection.
Tamil Nadu has seen 234 cases so far with 1 death. Most of these cases are connected to the Tablighi Jamaat religious congregation held in the national capital last month.
On Thursday, in state after state, the trend is that almost all new cases are coming with a Markaz connection. The Tablighi connection has now become the single biggest source of the coronavirus spread despite 130 crore people being put under lockdown in India.
Before this outbreak happened in Nizamuddin, the spike in cases had mellowed and some commentators had even suggested that India may be better off than the other countries.
Lav Agarwal, the Joint Secretary in the Union Health Ministry, said that additional testing to identify new cases is in progress. The official from the Health Ministry added that out of nearly 2,000 Tablighi Jamaat members in Delhi, 1,804 have been quarantined while 334 have been admitted to different hospitals.
According to the Delhi Health Department, 129 new cases were reported from the Nizamuddin Markaz in a day. Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday that the number of positive cases can increase massively.
Last Updated : Apr 3, 2020, 8:40 PM IST
