Coronavirus update: Confirmed cases in India near 4,800-mark, death toll at 124. State-wise tally here
The total number of active Covid-19 cases rose to 4,312; Maharashtra is the worst-hit with 868 cases and 48 deathsA recent ICMR study shows that if one Covid-19 patient doesn't follow lockdown orders or practice social distancing, then the patient can infect 406 people in 30 days
With 368 more new cases on Tuesday, India's novel coronavirus cases rose to 4,789, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll has increased to 124, while 352 patients have been discharged or recovered from the highly contagious disease. One has migrated to another country, the data stated.
Out of the total confirmed Covid-19 cases, 70 are foreign nationals. The total number of active Covid-19 cases rose to 4,312 with Maharashtra being the worst-hit with 868 cases and 48 deaths followed by Tamil Nadu (621) and Delhi (576). Moreover, the Press Trust of India reported that two new Covid-19 cases in emerged in Mumbai's Dharavi taking the count to 7 the city's slum area. A total of 120 fresh cases emerged in the state today.
Apart from Maharashtra, the other most-affected states according to their recorded deaths are Delhi (7) Gujarat (13), Telangana (7), Madhya Pradesh (13), Punjab (7), Karnataka (4), West Bengal (3), Jammu and Kashmir (2), Uttar Pradesh (3) Kerala (2), Andhra Pradesh (3) Rajasthan (3) and Tamil Nadu (5). Bihar, Haryana, Odisha and Himachal Pradesh have reported one death each.
Addressing the spread of this highly contagious virus, Indian Council of Medical Research's R Gangakhedkar said that 1,07,006 tests have been conducted till now. Currently, 136 government labs are working and 59 private labs have been given permission.
Adding to that, Lav Aggrawal, Health Ministry said, "A recent ICMR study shows that if one covid-19 patient doesn't follow lockdown orders or practice social distancing, then the patient can infect 406 people in 30 days."
On Monday, Aggrawal said, "63% of the deaths have been reported among people over 60 years age, 30% in age bracket of 40 to 60 years and 7% victims were below 40 years age."
Here is total coronavirus cases in India, state-wise:
Andhra Pradesh - 266
Andaman and Nicobar Islands - 10
Arunachal Pradesh - 1
Assam - 26
Bihar - 32
Chandigarh - 18
Chhattisgarh - 10
Delhi - 576
Goa - 7
Gujarat - 165
Haryana - 90
Himachal Pradesh - 13
Jammu and Kashmir - 116
Jharkhand - 4
Karnataka - 175
Kerala - 327
Ladakh - 14
Madhya Pradesh - 229
Maharashtra - 868
Manipur - 2
Mizoram - 1
Odisha - 42
Puducherry - 5
Punjab - 91
Rajasthan - 288
Tamil Nadu - 621
Telangana - 364
Uttarakhand - 31
Uttar Pradesh - 305
West Bengal - 91
Tripura - 1
During the press briefing, the health ministry also said that the Indian Railways has prepared 40,000 isolation beds in 2,500 coaches. They are making 375 isolation beds daily and this is going on across 133 locations across the country.
Globally, the total number of coronavirus cases has neared 1.35 million while the death toll crossed 74,000, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University. The US with over 3.6 lakh cases was the worst affected country while the death toll in the country has surpassed 10,000.
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