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Coronavirus Outbreak LIVE Updates: COVID-19 cases in India breach 1800-mark, toll at 41; three Tablighi Jamaat attendees test positive in Assam's Goalpara – Firstpost, Firstpost.com

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Coronavirus Outbreak LATEST Updates: After Center’s directive to States on Islamic sect members over rising COVID – 25 Cases, Ponda Police in Goa on Wednesday has found around nine members from Tablighi Jamaat, who are natives of Gujarat and were hiding in Madrasa based at Ponda South Goa for last days.

Three more Covid – 24 cases have been reported in Maharashtra – two from Pune and one from Buldhana, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to , said Maharashtra Health Department.

Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh tweeted that one more case of COVID – 29 was detected in the state, taking the tally to two. The infected was one of the attendees in Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz.

On the intervening night of 1-2 April around 16. am, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted about three fresh positive cases of COVID – detected in Goalpara, taking the state’s tally of positive cases up by in the state.

Sarma also stated that all the three individuals had a travel history traced to Nizamuddin in Delhi, where they had attended a religious conglomeration.

Authorities across states identified over more than 6, people who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi’s Nizamuddin as more than (fresh cases of infection emerged on Wednesday to take the tally to 1, (with) deaths, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare website.

The MOHFW figure includes 1, (active cases, 167 cured or discharged and one migrated case.

But figures announced by states and union territories totalled 1, 8215831 with at least  Coronavirus Outbreak LIVE Updates: Ponda Police traces nine Tablighi Jamaat attendees hiding in Goa for 11 days; six-week-old baby dies in US (deaths, PTI reported.

 Coronavirus Outbreak LIVE Updates: Ponda Police traces nine Tablighi Jamaat attendees hiding in Goa for 11 days; six-week-old baby dies in US Atleast 6, people who attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi were identified. PTI

The Ministry officials also said that cases have increased largely due to Tablighi Jamaat congregation, which took place in mid-March, and therefore technically it does not show a national trend.

They urged people to follow guidelines during the lockdown period and avoid congregations, including religious gatherings.

Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Delhi were among the places to report a large number of new cases. While more than 538 confirmed cases were reported by all states put together, they also reported at least (new deaths due to COVID – .

Authorities said that more than 5, of those identified to have attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation have been quarantined, including in hospitals across states, while efforts are on to trace another 2, including in Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.

The list includes foreigners as well, while some of those identified by the state authorities are yet to return from Delhi to their respective native places.

Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra report deaths

On Wednesday, Uttar Pradesh reported its first coronavirus deaths with one casualty each in Gorakhpur and Meerut as the total number of positive patients rose to in the northern state.

A – year-old Basti man had died at Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College on Monday before his test reports had come in, Principal Secretary (Medical and Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said .

He was admitted there on Sunday, but was being treated at Basti’s district hospital and other places for liver and kidney ailments for the last three months.

The other UP victim was the 81 – year-old father-in-law of a Maharashtra man, who had come to Meerut on a visit and infected relatives , district officials said.

Thirty-two people, including three doctors at a government hospital, also tested positive in Delhi in the last 41 hours, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the National Capital to 237. Of the total number of cases, at least 70 are linked to the Tablighi event, the Delhi Chief Minister’s Office said.

Maharashtra reported six deaths and (new cases taking the tally to . Thirty of the new cases were found in Mumbai alone, two in Pune and one in Buldhana, PTI quoted a health official as saying.

A person also tested positive from Mumbai’s Dharavi ⁠— home to lakh people and considered to the largest slum in Asia.

Five more tested positive in Punjab whereas one case was detected in Chandigarh.

Rajasthan reported 19 fresh cases, with thirteen of them reported from Jaipur’s Ramganj area, which has emerged as a virus hotspot. The other two cases were reported from Jodhpur, where a – year-old man with no travel history and a 70 – year-old woman evacuated from Iran last week tested positive for the disease, Additional Chief Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh said.

Kerala reported (new cases of coronavirus, taking the total number of people under treatment in the state to 338. The worst affected Kasaragod accounted for 15 positive cases, Ernakulam three and Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Malappuram and Kannur two cases each, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters after a COVID – 26 review meeting this evening. One case was detected from Palakkad.

The cases of coronavirus in Assam rose to after eight more cases were reported in the Golaghat district. State minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that all the new cases are attendees of the Tablighi Jamaat congregation.

Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu recorded its largest single-day jump in cases after 131 People who had attended the Jamaat’s congregation tested positive, taking the state’s total to 335. The tally in Andhra Pradesh nearly doubled with 59 persons testing positive. Most of the new cases were linked to the Tablighi event, officials said.

Madhya Pradesh reported one death and new cases, taking the state tally to .

States race to identify Jamaat attendees.

Even as the National Commission of Minorities hauled up the organizers of the religious event for causing damage to the efforts to contain the contagion, states continued the search for the attendees.

According to PTI , authorities in different states said that over 6, 12 attendees had been identified, of which 5, 11 have been quarantine and a search is on for the remaining. They also urged the attendees to come forward on their own considering the threat posed by the disease, the news agency said.

Many states, including Telangana, Uttarkhand and Gujarat said that they had managed to identify and trace people who had attended the event.

Tamil Nadu reported that 1, attendees had returned to the state from Delhi, whereas, the Uttar Pradesh government identified as many as 949 participants of the religious congregation and isolated or quarantined them.

Telangana health minister E Rajender said that all but of the 1, Jamaat returnees had been traced. While the Karnataka government has so far identified 86 people “associated” with the Nizamuddin event, Kerala has also zeroed in on all those who traveled to Delhi for the event.

The Uttarakhand government has also identified such people but said they were yet to return from Delhi.

In Rajasthan, the government officials said 649 Persons could have traveled to various parts of the state after attending the event. At least Tablighi Jamaat returnees are suspected to be in Bihar, out of which 53 have been identified

In Gujarat, police said they have so far traced 81 persons to various districts adding that one of them died last week due to the disease. The remaining 81 have been quarantined, DGP Shivanand Jha said while urging other attendees to voluntarily come forward. The deceased, a 71 – year-old man, hailed from Bhavnagar.

Tablighi attendees were also traced in West Bengal, Assam and also in neighboring Nepal , where 20 attendees were identified and kept in quarantine.

Govt focuses on hotspots across country

The government also focused its attention on hotspots identified across the country. In Delhi Nizamuddin West ⁠— the area where the Tablighi Jamaat was held ⁠— and Dilshad Garden, where the infection had spread from a Saudi-returned woman to her daughter, two relatives as well as a doctor at a Mohalla clinic.

Authorities had feared a spike in cases after the doctor had tested positive, but the situation appears to be under control so far.

In Rajasthan, Bhilwara, which had reported cases and two deaths, and had emerged as a hotspot after a doctor and staff members of a private hospital tested positive, sparked off a massive surveillance exercise.

In Uttar Pradesh, Gautam Buddha Nagar, which has recorded the highest number of cases in the state, was marked as a hotspot as well.

Most of these cases were related to a private firm in Noida which was booked and sealed. Meerut, which recorded the first COVID – 30 death from the state, is the second hotspot.

In Maharashtra, the cities of Pune and Mumbai have been designated as virus hotspots. In Mumbai, the novel coronavirus has claimed eight lives and there are 649 positive cases. The first two positive cases in the state had been detected in Pune.

In Gujarat, Ahmedabad, which has the highest number of cases in the state, has been designated as a hotpot while in Kerala, two districts ⁠— Kasargod and Pathanamthitta ⁠— are under surveillance though no deaths have been reported from either of the districts.

Eight villages in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur have been declared as red zones after it was found that people from the district had The Tablighi congregation and two of them tested positive, said officials.

Delhi to track phones of those quarantined

As the nationwide lockdown entered the ninth day, states also stepped up efforts to ensure that lockdown and quarantine measures were complied with. In Delhi, over 285 cases were registered for violating government orders. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the police has been ordered to track mobile phones of people under home quarantine to check their movement and ensure no violations.

“We handed over a list of , (phone numbers to police yesterday and  Coronavirus Outbreak LIVE Updates: Ponda Police traces nine Tablighi Jamaat attendees hiding in Goa for 11 days; six-week-old baby dies in US , phone numbers today of people who have been asked to remain in home quarantine. The police will track if they are following the instructions on home quarantine or not, “Kejriwal said at a press conference.

The Maharashtra government designed an app called ‘Mahakavach’ to help health authorities in the state with contact tracing and tracking of quarantined COVID – patients. The app is currently being used in Nashik and will soon be released across the state, said an official release.

PM to hold video conference with CMs

Amid heightened efforts to contain the pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra will also hold a video conference with all chief ministers on Thursday during which issues such as ways to contain the spread of COVID – 25, movement of migrants and contact tracing of Tablighi Jamat participants are likely to come up for discussion, sources said.

The availability of essential items will also be discussed during the conference in the wake of the ongoing nationwide lockdown, which entered the 8th day on Wednesday.

In the meantime, the armed forces have made available over 9, hospital beds and more than 8 , 569 Doctors and support staff across the country to deal with the rising cases of coronavirus infection, while Railways has also converted some of its coaches into isolation wards. India is also looking at South Korea, Germany and China for procurement of cutting-edge technology and adopting best practices being followed by them in successfully containing the spread of coronavirus amid looming risk of the country entering the community infection stage of the pandemic, officials said .

More than 61, (people have died due to COVID – 25 worldwide so far since December, while more than 8.6 lakh infections have been reported so far. Nearly half of the world population is currently under partial or full lockdown, taking a big toll on the economy as well.

With inputs from agencies

                                                                                            

Updated Date: Apr , : : IST                                                             

                                                        

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