Sunday 5 April 2020

Cases in India doubling every four days

CORONAVIRUS UPDATES

5 Apr, 2020 | 06:16 PM IST


Cases in India doubling every four days

India's officially confirmed Covid-19 cases jumped to 3,374 as of Saturday with 79 fatalities, even as the global numbers passed the 1.2 million mark with over 65,000 deaths.

In a major decision today, all exports of hydroxycloroquine — the malaria drug on which Trump sought India to relax export rules — were banned.

PM Modi spoke to several leaders including Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi and Pranab Mukherjee, on the Covid-19 situation; meanwhile, India gets ready for a candlelight vigil at 9 pm tonight.

Here are the other big developments during the day:


The count so far:
    Two deaths in Tamil Nadu; cases in the state now 485.
    One death in Madhya Pradesh; state's case tally now up to 182.
    One death in Maharashtra; 26 new cases raise total to 661.
    One death in Gujarat; 14 new cases bring the state total to 122.
    One death in Rajasthan; six new cases raise tally to 210.
    34 new cases in Andhra Pradesh; state tally now 226.
    14 new cases in Kashmir; J&K count now up over 100.
    13 new cases in Uttar Pradesh, state count up to 227.
    Seven new cases in Himachal Pradesh; state tally now 14.
    Six new cases in Haryana, bringing the state total to 76.

World India Global deaths
12,13,927 3,374 65,652

Health:
    ICMR pushes for rapid Antibody testing in the country.
    India bans all export of malaria drug hydroxycloroquine and diagnostic kits.
    LIC extends premium payment deadlines by 30 days.

World:
    630 deaths recorded in New York State in the last 24 hours.
    Spain's death toll rises to 12,418.
    Germany records over 90,000 cases.
    China reports 30 new cases.
    Pakistan's case count now 2818; 45 dead.
    Japan reports 130 new cases.
    USA to airlift 22,000 Americans stranded overseas.


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