COVID-19 cases rise to 6,761; death toll 206
| Date :11-Apr-2020 |
NEW DELHI :
THE nationwide tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 6,761 on Friday with at least 206 deaths as several places including Delhi and Mumbai reported further spread of the deadly virus and Punjab became the second State to extend the lockdown till April 30. The Health Ministry however maintained that no community transmission is taking place as yet in India, while the World Health Organisation also put the country in a category named ‘cluster of cases’ -- a notch below the community transmission stage and a classification used by the global body for cases “clustered in time, geographic location and/or by common exposures”.
While several States including Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh reported rising number of cases, the Union Health Ministry said that the rate of people testing positive was only 0.2 per cent on Thursday when more than 16,000 samples were tested. Cumulatively close to 1.5 lakh samples have been tested so far across India. However, a PTI tally of numbers reported by various States as on 9.30 pm on Friday showed a total of 7,510 having been affected by the virus nationwide so far with at least 251 deaths. Over 700 have been cured and discharged.
While the number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 6,039, as many as 515 people have been cured and discharged, and one had migrated, it said. The total number of cases include 71 foreign nationals. Thirty-seven deaths have been reported since Thursday evening, of which 25 were from Maharashtra, four from Delhi, three from Punjab, two from Andhra Pradesh, and one each from Gujarat, Karnataka and Jharkhand. Of the total 206 deaths, Maharashtra tops the tally with 97 fatalities, followed by Gujarat at 17, Madhya Pradesh at 16 and Delhi at 13. Punjab registered 11 deaths while Tamil Nadu has reported eight fatalities and Telengana seven.
Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have reported six deaths each while five people have lost their lives in West Bengal. Jammu and Kashmir, and Uttar Pradesh have reported four fatalities each while Haryana and Rajasthan have recorded three deaths each. Two deaths have been reported from Kerala. Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand reported one fatality each, according to the health ministry data. Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, however, said most of the 27 positive cases reported in his State on Thursday -- the maximum daily increase for the State -- were those of secondary transmission and expressed apprehension that the State may be entering the community transmission stage of the outbreak.
One more doctor dies in Indore
Staff Reporter
BHOPAL
Apr 10
ONE more doctor died due to corona disease in Indore on Friday. He was a retired doctor and was undergoing treatment from some time. With this, total number of deaths in Indore reached 27 and total number of corona patient is 235. This is second death in last two days as a doctor had succumbed to coronavirus on Thursday in Indore. When contacted, Indore CMHO Dr Praveen Jatia told ‘The Hitavada’ that yet another doctor though retired died due to corona disease. He, however, hoped that Indore’s situation would start improving in coming days.