Mumbai count 1,000; nat’l toll 250
DurgeshNandan.Jha@timesgroup.com
New Delhi:11.04.2020
The Covid-19 outbreak in India touched another peak on Friday with the number of fresh cases going past 800 for the first time in the wake of a big spike in Delhi, which reported 183 new infections, as well as surging numbers in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.
The country’s overall coronavirus count topped 7,500 while the death toll rose to 258, with 26 casualties reported from various states on Friday. As many as 859 fresh cases were confirmed by states beating Thursday’s record high of 787 cases, as per numbers collated by TOI.
Mumbai became the first Indian city to record 1,000 Covid-19 cases.
Kerala maintains downward trend in cases
With132 newcases and10 deaths reported on Friday, Mumbai’s overall case tally stood at 1,008 and casualties to 64. The city accounts for 64% of cases in Maharashtra, which reported over 200 fresh infections for the second day in a row.
Delhisaw a doubling of new cases as compared to the previous highest of 93 recorded on Wednesday, with 84% (154) of these coming from Tablighi Jamaat members put under quarantine after being evacuated from the organisation’s Nizamuddin headquarters.Delhi also recorded two deaths, taking its casualty count to14.
Gujarat (116) and Rajasthan (98) also saw their highest single-day count of Covid cases. In Delhi, a 56-year-old man who had contracted Covid-19 while undergoing treatment for gall bladder cancer at Delhi State Cancer Institute (DSCI) – a state-run hospital where 22 healthcare workers have been confirmed positive for Covid-19 – is among the latest victims of the novel coronavirus in Delhi.
Officials said more than 40 Covid-19 patients admitted in hospitals are in ICU support and another 20 require oxygen support. Also, there are 50 Covid-19 patients in the capital for whom the source of infection is yet to be ascertained, officials said. Maharashtra’s total coronavirus count touched 1,574 on Friday. The state accounts for over 20% of all cases in India. Dharavi, Mumbai’s most densely populated locality, reported11new cases.
Northeast India reported the first death due to Covid-19 on Friday when a 65-year-old man from Assam’s Hailakandi district succumbed to the infection. He had returned from Saudi Arabia on March 18 after performing Umrah Haj and had also attended the Tablighi Jamaat meet in Delhi.
Kerala which was the first state to report Covid-19 in the country maintained its downward trend in cases, recording only seven on Friday, taking the state’s total count to 364. As many as 124 Covid-19 patients have recovered in Kerala since the first case was reported on January 30.
DurgeshNandan.Jha@timesgroup.com
New Delhi:11.04.2020
The Covid-19 outbreak in India touched another peak on Friday with the number of fresh cases going past 800 for the first time in the wake of a big spike in Delhi, which reported 183 new infections, as well as surging numbers in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.
The country’s overall coronavirus count topped 7,500 while the death toll rose to 258, with 26 casualties reported from various states on Friday. As many as 859 fresh cases were confirmed by states beating Thursday’s record high of 787 cases, as per numbers collated by TOI.
Mumbai became the first Indian city to record 1,000 Covid-19 cases.
Kerala maintains downward trend in cases
With132 newcases and10 deaths reported on Friday, Mumbai’s overall case tally stood at 1,008 and casualties to 64. The city accounts for 64% of cases in Maharashtra, which reported over 200 fresh infections for the second day in a row.
Delhisaw a doubling of new cases as compared to the previous highest of 93 recorded on Wednesday, with 84% (154) of these coming from Tablighi Jamaat members put under quarantine after being evacuated from the organisation’s Nizamuddin headquarters.Delhi also recorded two deaths, taking its casualty count to14.
Gujarat (116) and Rajasthan (98) also saw their highest single-day count of Covid cases. In Delhi, a 56-year-old man who had contracted Covid-19 while undergoing treatment for gall bladder cancer at Delhi State Cancer Institute (DSCI) – a state-run hospital where 22 healthcare workers have been confirmed positive for Covid-19 – is among the latest victims of the novel coronavirus in Delhi.
Officials said more than 40 Covid-19 patients admitted in hospitals are in ICU support and another 20 require oxygen support. Also, there are 50 Covid-19 patients in the capital for whom the source of infection is yet to be ascertained, officials said. Maharashtra’s total coronavirus count touched 1,574 on Friday. The state accounts for over 20% of all cases in India. Dharavi, Mumbai’s most densely populated locality, reported11new cases.
Northeast India reported the first death due to Covid-19 on Friday when a 65-year-old man from Assam’s Hailakandi district succumbed to the infection. He had returned from Saudi Arabia on March 18 after performing Umrah Haj and had also attended the Tablighi Jamaat meet in Delhi.
Kerala which was the first state to report Covid-19 in the country maintained its downward trend in cases, recording only seven on Friday, taking the state’s total count to 364. As many as 124 Covid-19 patients have recovered in Kerala since the first case was reported on January 30.
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