Coronavirus news highlights: 1,411 fresh cases in Mumbai, total at 22,563; Thane crosses 4,000-mark

Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: The tally of coronavirus cases in Mumbai rose to 22,563 on Tuesday with the addition of 1,411 new infections, while 43 more deaths took the toll to 800, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

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Coronavirus in Odisha Latest Updates: Cyclone ‘Amphan’ prompts Odisha govt to ask migrants to stay away from coastal districts

With cyclone ‘Amphan’ set to hit Odisha shores, the state government has asked officials to discourage migrants from returning to their hometown in coastal districts, and insisted that food and accommodation arrangements be made for them. Additional Chief Secretary and Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) P K Jena, in an advisory issued on Tuesday, said district collectors should allow vehicles carrying migrant workers and others to enter the state, but exercise discretion on sending them home. On Tuesday, 15,773 people returned to Odisha from other states. “It is not advisable to allow the people returning from other states and entering Odisha by bus to proceed to the districts which are already under the threat of cyclone.

Coronavirus in Haryana Latest Updates: 22 fresh COVID-19 cases in Gurgaon, Faridabad; total reaches 964

After 36 fresh coronavirus cases were reported from Haryana on Tuesday, out of which 22 were from Gurgaon and Faridabad, the total number of cases has now risen in the state to 964. According to state Health Department’s bulletin, Gurgaon reported nine fresh cases, Faridabad 13 and Sonipat two. Among other districts, Panipat, Mahendragarh, Hisar and Charkhi Dadri reported two cases each, while Rohtak, Karnal, Jind and Palwal reported a case each. Gurgaon has 220 positive cases out of which 106 are active. Faridabad and Sonipat have a total of 163 and 139 cases, respectively, the bulletin stated. Total COVID-19 active cases in the state are 323 while the number patients who have been discharged is 627. The state has so far had 14 deaths, it stated.

Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates: Hundreds of migrants gather near Bandra station in Mumbai

Hundreds of migrant labourers gathered on an approach road to Bandra Terminus on Tuesday before the departure of a Shramik Special train for Bihar. The crowd was later dispersed by police, a Western Railway official said. In a video clip of Tuesday’s incident, a large number of migrants were seen carrying their luggage and running towards the gate of the Bandra Terminus. The crowd started gathering in the area around 11 am to board special trains to Purnia in Bihar.

Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates: Thane COVID-19 cases go past 4000-mark, Palghar at 404

The number of COVID-19 cases in Thane district on Tuesday went past the 4,000-mark after 241 people tested positive for novel coronavirus, said a health official. The COVID-19 case count now stands at 4,169, he added. There were seven deaths as well on Tuesday, taking the toll from the infection across the district to 128, he said. “Thane city now has 1,353 cases, while Navi Mumbai has 1,321,” he said. Neighboring Palghar has 404 COVID-19 cases, including 17 deaths so far.

Coronavirus in Mumbai Latest Updates: 1,411 coronavirus fresh cases reported total at 22,563; 43 dead

The tally of coronavirus cases in Mumbai rose to 22,563 on Tuesday with the addition of 1,411 new infections, while 43 more deaths took the toll to 800, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. For the third consecutive day, the city recorded over 1,000 coronavirus positive patients. A BMC release the number of recovered patients crossed the 6,000-mark and jumped to 6,116 after 600 more people were discharged from city hospitals. The civic body also informed that 727 new suspected COVID-19 patients have been admitted in different hospitals.

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates: COVID-19: States can get rapid testing kits from 13 ICMR-validated firms

The Central government on Tuesday informed the Bombay High Court that state governments can now directly procure rapid antibody test kits from the 13 validated Indian companies to carry out surveillance testing for COVID-19. Earlier, these kits had to be procured through the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Justice R B Deo of the HC’s Nagpur bench was hearing a petition filed by one Shrivaray Kulkarni that raised concerns about the manner in which COVID-19 patients were being tested at hospitals in Maharashtra’s Amravati district.

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates: Cases rose from 100 to 1 lakh in 64 days

It took 64 days for COVID-19 cases in India to touch the 1 lakh-mark from 100, more than double the time taken in the US and Spain, which have been hit hard by the pandemic, according to data shared by official sources. According to the data sourced from the union health ministry and Worldometers, in the US, coronavirus infection cases increased from 100 to 1,00,000 in 25 days, while it took 30 days for the cases to reach the 1 lakh-mark in Spain. It took 35 days in Germany, 36 days in Italy, 39 days in France and 42 days in the United Kingdom for coronavirus infection cases to rise from 100 to 1 lakh, respectively. The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 3,163 and the number of cases climbed to 1,01,139 in India on Tuesday, registering an increase of 134 deaths and 4,970 cases of coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours since Monday 8 am, according to the union health ministry. A total of 39,174 patients, which is 38.73 per cent of the total cases, have recovered so far, officials said.

Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu Latest Updates: 601 fresh cases reported, 3 deaths

Tamil Nadu reported 601 more fresh COVID-19 cases and three deaths on May 19, the state’s Health Department said. A total of cases 12,448 cases have been reported in the state so far, including 7,466 active cases and 84 deaths

Coronavirus in UP Latest Updates: UP Congress chief stages protest as busses bringing migrant workers stopped

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu and other party workers had staged a sit-in protest at Agra (UP)-Rajasthan border in Uncha Nangla area on May 19 after the buses they had arranged to bring back migrant workers from Rajasthan to UP, were not allowed to enter the state. The police removed him from the spot. The SP rural (west), Agra (UP) was quoted by ANI as saying that as per MHA guidelines “you need to apply for permission for inter-state bus movement after which pass is issued and permission is granted. They hadn’t applied and didn’t have pass”. So they were not allowed to enter. However, the SP clarified that UP Congress was not arrested.