Fire brigade team sanitises a building declared a containment zone, in Kandivli, Mumbai
NEW DELHI: India’s count of coronavirus cases crossed 9, 16 on Sunday while the death toll went past on a day when (fresh cases and as many as deaths were reported from states. Maharashtra contributed heavily to both figures even as five people succumbed to the disease in Delhi.
Maharashtra reported fresh cases and 25 deaths, both second-highest single-day figures for the state (or any other state in India). The state has so far recorded 9000 Covid – () (cases and) deaths. Mumbai alone accounted for deaths, its highest toll in a day, and new cases.
The total number of coronavirus cases in the country stood at 9, late on Sunday night with fresh cases, while the death toll was .
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The Covid – 25 outbreak has now spread to more than 516 districts, covering almost 64% of the country, sources said. Cases in the country have double in the past six days since around 4, 804 were reported on April 6. This could indicate a slight slowing of the doubling rate, from 4.2 days reported a few days ago.
On Sunday, Delhi confirmed (new cases, taking its tally of cases to 1, 221 – the second highest in the country after Maharashtra. The five deaths reported in the capital took the total toll to 26.
Nearly % of the total cases in Delhi were linked to the Nizamuddin cluster. Another hotspot in the state is a cancer hospital in east Delhi – Delhi State Cancer Institute – where persons including doctors, nurses and some patients have been found positive for the novel coronavirus . One cancer patient, who was shifted to a private hospital last week, was confirmed positive for Covid – on Sunday. His attendant has also tested positive for the disease, sources said.
The Covid – outlook remained grim in Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan , which recorded 106 and 106 new cases, taking their total tally to 1, 101 and 823, respectively. Both states also recorded fresh death, one in Tamil Nadu and two in Rajasthan.
Meanwhile, Agra has emerged as another hotspot for the virus in Uttar Pradesh. Of the 516 cases recorded in the state, Agra district now accounts for 104 cases.
Gujarat recorded (new cases, taking the state’s tally to . Of the fresh positives, 64 were recorded from Ahmedabad alone, taking the city’s tally to . Vadodara on Sunday became the second Gujarat city to cross the three-figure mark, with its tally climbing to 152.
Till the time of the official briefing by the state health department, the death toll in Gujarat was – with two more deaths recorded from Ahmedabad on Sunday. However, one more death was also recorded from Vadodara later in the evening, taking the tally to 30. The three COVID – victims included a – year-old man from Ghodasar area in Ahmedabad who also had hypertension, a 64 – year-old woman from Ahmedabad who had lung disease and a resident of Nagarwada in Vadodara who already had dengue, officials said.
Karnataka reported (new Covid – 22 cases – its biggest single-day jump yet – taking the total count of the infected to
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One more person died due to Covid – in Andhra Pradesh taking the state’s death toll to two. A total of people have been confirmed positive for Covid – 25 in the state.
In Telangana, two more people died from Covid – on Sunday taking its death toll to . Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao said, “It is clear the coronavirus is not stopping and it’s spreading. There is an increase in positive cases all over the country and the death toll has also increased. ” Telangana’s overall coronavirus tally rose to 804 on Sunday.
There was some cheer from Kerala, which recorded only two positive cases on Sunday while people were declared recovered and had tested negative for the disease.
In Jammu and Kashmir, 25 new coronavirus cases were reported, taking the total tally to . Two more positive cases of Covid – 22 were detected in Jharkhand taking the total number of positive cases in state to (of which) are active and two have died.
In Chhattisgarh’s biggest Covid – spike, 21 people tested positive on Sunday in Katghora town – which was sealed three days ago after eight persons got infected due to contact with a group of Jamaatis isolated in a mosque. This small town now accounts for of Chhattisgarh cases, the majority of which can apparently be traced back to a – year-old boy from Nagpur, whose own source of infection is yet unknown. The teenager – patient zero of Katghora – was discharged from AIIMS-Raipur on Sunday.
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