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State-wise details of total Covid-19 cases in India

New Delhi (NVI): As the country remains in lockdown for over a month, COVID-19 cases keep on increasing, with total confirmed cases at 29,435 and 934 deaths so far, according to the Union Health Ministry.

After the first confirmed coronavirus case in India, which was reported in the state of Kerala on January 30, the virus has tightened its grip across the nation.

Total positive cases in different states/UTs:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands-  33

Andhra Pradesh- 1,183

Arunachal Pradesh- 1

Assam- 36

Bihar- 345

Chandigarh- 40

Chhattisgarh- 37

Delhi- 3,108

Gujarat- 3,548

Haryana – 296

Himachal Pradesh- 40

Jammu and Kashmir- 546

Jharkhand- 82

Karnataka- 512

Kerala- 481

Ladakh- 20

Madhya Pradesh-  2,168

Maharashtra- 8,590

Meghalaya- 12

Mizoram- 1

Odisha- 118

Puducherry- 8

Punjab- 313

Rajasthan- 2,262

Tamil Nadu- 1,937

Telengana- 1,004

Uttarakhand- 51

Uttar Pradesh- 1,955

West Bengal – 697

State/UT wise total death toll in the country:

Andhra Pradesh- 31

Assam- 1

Bihar- 2

Delhi- 54

Gujarat- 162

Haryana- 3

Himachal Pradesh- 1

Jammu and Kashmir- 7

Jharkhand- 3

Karnataka- 20

Kerala- 4

Madhya Pradesh- 110

Maharashtra- 369

Meghalaya- 1

Odisha- 1

Punjab- 18

Rajasthan- 46

Tamil Nadu- 24

Telangana- 26

Uttar Pradesh- 31

West Bengal- 20

A total of 6,869 people have been cured or discharged from hospitals in India. There are around 21,632 active cases currently.

J&K’s Covid tally climbs to 566 after 20 more test positive

J&K Govt bans private practice by all SKIMS medical professionals
SKIMS, Srinagar (File)

Abid Bashir

Srinagar (NVI): Twenty more people have been tested positive for the deadly coronavirus virus in Jammu and Kashmir, pushing the total tally to 566.

Officials said that ten cases were tested positive at SKIMS Laboratory while ten more were tested positive at CD hospital, Srinagar. Among them, eight are from Anantnag, five are from Baramulla, four from Shopian, two from Pulwama and one from Kupwara.

Dr GH Yatoo, Nodal officer for COVID-19 at SKIMS said that out of 630 samples tested today, 10 were found positive for the Covid.

Dr Salim Khan, Nodal officer for COVID-19 at GMC Srinagar said that out of 377 samples tested, 10 were tested positive. Among them, 8 are from Anantnag while as 2 are from Pulwama, he added.

He further said that 689 samples were received today while the results of 180 samples are awaited.

As per the daily COVID bulletin, Bandipora is topping the list of positive cases in Kashmir with 127 cases. “Srinagar has 86, Shopian 71, Baramulla 72, Anantnag 62, Kupwara 49, Ganderbal 14, Budgam 15, Kulgam 6, and Pulwama 5,” the bulletin read.

In the Jammu region, the bulletin stated that Jammu has 26 cases, Udhampur 20,  Samba 4, Rajouri 4, Kathua 1, Kishtwar 1 and Ramban 1.

“The total number of positive cases in J&K is 565 of which 381 are active cases. 167 people have recovered and eight people have died so far,” the bulletin read.

It stated that 66,977 people have been enlisted for observation while as 6,364 have been kept under home quarantine. “381 people are in hospital isolation and 255 are under hospital quarantine. Surveillance of 52,172 people has been completed. 9,082 persons are under home surveillance,” the bulletin read.

2 militants killed, soldier injured in encounter at Shopian in south Kashmir

July 18 Shopian encounter: Army completes summary of evidence
An encounter site in Kashmir (File Pic)

Srinagar (NVI): Two militants were killed while a soldier was injured in an encounter in Mehloora village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district, a police official said.

The encounter took place after joint teams of Army, Police and CRPF launched a massive search operation on receiving a tip-off about the presence of militants in village Mehloora, Zainpora, in Shopian district, police sources said earlier.

“As the security forces zeroed in on the suspected house where militants were believed to be hiding, the militants fired indiscriminately triggering off an encounter. Heavy exchange of fire is going on from both sides,” a police official said.

“One militant has been killed. The operation is underway,” defence spokesperson in Srinagar, Rajesh Kalia told NVI earlier.

J&K Covid deaths at 8 as Srinagar woman dies day after testing positive

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Abid Bashir

Srinagar (NVI): A 70-year-old woman from Rainawari area of Srinagar, who was tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday, breathed her last at a hospital this afternoon, officials said.

With this, the total number of people who have died of Covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir UT has jumped to eight.

A doctor at Chest Diseases hospital Srinagar, told NVI that being elderly, the woman had multiple ailments that included hypertension and diabetes. “She was tested positive on Monday and her condition deteriorated today afternoon after which she died,” he said.

Medical Superintendent, Chest Disease hospital, Srinagar Dr Saleem Tak said: “She was having a series of medical conditions. We tried our best to save her but she couldn’t fight the Covid,” he said.

The elderly woman’s death comes close on the heels of the death of a pregnant lady in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district, who was tested positive for the virus, a day after she succumbed at a hospital after giving birth to stillborn twins.

Earlier, J&K had recorded six deaths including that of a woman from the Jammu region, who also had a series of underlined medical conditions.

COVID-19 cases climb to 14,504 in Pakistan; 312 dead so far

New Delhi (NVI): The number of confirmed cases due to coronavirus in Pakistan rose to 14,504 today while the total number of fatalities have gone up to 312.

Looking at the breakdown of cases, Punjab province has reported 5,730 coronavirus cases, highest among all the provinces, while Sindh has 5,291 positive cases.

On the other hand, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has recorded 1,984 cases, Balochistan is at 853, Gilgit-Baltistan at 320, Islamabad at 261 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is at 65 cases so far, according to Geo News.

In the last 24 hours, 204 recoveries have been recorded in the country to take the number 3,233.

In addition to this, implementing the lockdown is proving to be a challenge for Islamabad.

India signs $1.5 billion loan with ADB to combat Covid-19

New Delhi (NVI): In a big boost to the country’s Covid-19 response, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a $1.5 billion loan, that will help focus on immediate priorities such as disease containment and prevention, the Ministry of Finance said.

The loan will also support the Government’s action plan of social protection for the poor and economically vulnerable sections of the society, especially women and disadvantaged groups, the ministry said in a statement.

The signatories to the loan agreement for the ADB’s COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Programme (CARES Programme) were Sameer Kumar Khare, Additional Secretary (Fund Bank and ADB), in the Department of Economic Affairs in Ministry of Finance, and Kenichi Yokoyama, Country Director, ADB, in India.

“We thank ADB’s timely assistance for the government’s immediate response measures to the coronavirus pandemic to implement (i) COVID-19 containment plan to rapidly ramp up test-track-treatment capacity, and (ii) social protection for the poor, vulnerable, women, and disadvantaged groups to protect more than 800 million people over the next three months,” Khare was quoted as saying by the finance ministry.

“ADB’s financial and technical support will contribute to the sound implementation of the government’s far reaching emergency response programs launched in March 2020,” he added.

Earlier, the ADB’s Board of Directors approved the loan to provide budget support to the government to counter and mitigate the adverse health and socio-economic impact of the pandemic.

On April 9, ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa had conveyed the bank’s commitment to support India’s emergency needs for the health sector while alleviating the economic impact of the pandemic, as well as short- to medium-term measures to restore the dynamic economic growth of the country by exploring all available financing options, the Finance Ministry said.

The CARES Programme is provided as the first support to meet the immediate requirements of the government.

Covid-19 deaths reach 155 in Bangladesh; total 6,462 cases

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New Delhi (NVI): The total number of deaths from coronavirus continues to rise in Bangladesh as three more people have died in the last 24 hours, taking the total casualties in the country to 155, according to United News of Bangladesh.

Besides, a whopping 549 new cases of coronavirus infection were reported during this period, raising the number of such cases in the country to 6,462.

“In the last 24 hours, 2,392 people were put under home and institutional quarantine while 3,231 released from quarantine,” Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Nasima Sultana said.

Currently, there are 9,738 isolation beds in hospitals across the country, Dr Nasima added.

Meanwhile, only 113 people have recoverd from the virus till date, making the recovery rate of Bangladesh lowest in the world.

In addition to this, the coronavirus has now sread to 60 districts of the country out of the 64 districts.

125 new positive cases in Afghanistan take Covid tally to 1,828

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New Delhi (NVI): At least 125 new coronavirus positive cases have been reported in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of Covid-19 cases to 1,828 across the country, according to Afghan media reports.

The country’s Ministry of Public Health spokesman said that 361 samples were tested from 18 provinces in the last 24 hours.

Among the new coronavirus cases, 21 were reported in Herat, Kabul (15), Kandahar (15), Balkh (10), Logar (9), Jawzjan (8), Panjshir (7), Laghman (7), Paktia (7), Ghazni (6), Takhar (6), Nangarhar (5), Helmand (2), Wardak (2), Kunar (2), Badghis (1), Kapisa (1) and Badakhshan (1) provinces, media reports said.

According to the ministry, so far more than 9,000 samples have been tested.

So far, 228 people have been cured or discharged while 58 others have died across the country.

PM holds talks with Indonesian Prez 

New Delhi (NVI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held a telephonic conversation with President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, to discuss about the spread and effect of coronavirus in their regions and around the world.

The Indonesian President thanked PM Modi and the Government of India for supplies of pharmaceutical products to Indonesia.

PM Modi assured him that India would do its best to prevent disruption in supplies of medical products or the other commodities traded between the two countries.

The two leaders discussed issues related to their citizens present in each other’s countries, and agreed that their teams would remain in touch to ensure all possible facilitation in this regard, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.

PM Modi underlined the fact that Indonesia is an important maritime partner in India’s extended neighborhood, and the strength of the bilateral relationship would help both countries in fighting the effects of the pandemic.

He also conveyed greetings for the Holy Month of Ramadan to President Widodo and to the people of Indonesia.

The PM also wrote on Twitter later: “Discussed COVID-19 pandemic with good friend President @Jokowi. As close maritime neighbours and Comprehensive Strategic Partners, close cooperation between India and Indonesia will be important to deal with the health and economic challenges posed by this crisis.”

So far, around 9,000 people have been infected with coronavirus in Indonesia with around 765 fatalities.

Nepal: 2 more test positive for Covid-19, tally at 54

New Delhi (NVI): Two more persons have been tested positive for coronavirus in the Rautahat district of Nepal, taking the total number of Covid-19 cases in the Himalayan nation to 54, local media reports said.

According to the Himalayan Times, a 25-year-old man from Bhusaha of Brindaban municipality and a 21-year-old man in Dewani Gonahi municipality-1 of Rautahat district have been confirmed as infected.

The Nepal daily reported that the man in Brindaban had recently returned home from Kolkata in India. He was quarantined in Chandrapur for 14 days recently and was allowed to go home after completing his isolation period.

He tested negative for antibodies on Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) and negative for the virus through Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method carried out in Janakpur, the newspaper reported.

The other man is still in quarantine, as per media reports.

Earlier, another youth in Rautahat was found to be infected. He has already achieved recovery and diagnosed from the Narayani Sub-regional Hospital in Birgunj, Nepali media reports said.

Nepal has reported zero COVID-19 deaths so far while 16 people have been cured or discharged.

At present, the active coronavirus cases in Nepal stand at 38.

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