The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in India crossed the 67,000-mark on Monday
As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak continues to spread like wildfire in India, the central and state governments are respectively amping up all of their efforts to check potential contamination. The third phase of the nationwide lockdown with "considerable relaxations" is currently in place till May 17. However, governments are also keeping in place necessary curbs so as to not lose all the gains that have been achieved in the battle against the virus.
The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in India crossed the 67,000-mark on Monday, while the death toll has topped the 2,200-mark as well. However, the recovery rate this morning stands at 31.14%, which is a significant development over last Sunday's 26.59%, the Health Ministry informed.
In India, the state of Maharashtra has emerged as the epicenter of the coronavirus spread where the number of cases witnessed a massive spike recently. According to the Health Ministry, Maharashtra has the highest number of cases with over 22,000 positive cases of infection and more than 830 deaths.
Notably, Mumbai, the financial capital of the country, has become the hotbed of the coronavirus spread in the state where the number of cases has crossed the 13,700-mark and the death toll is over 500. One of the real challenges in Mumbai is controlling the disease contamination in Asia's biggest slum -- Dharavi, which is an extremely densely-populated region.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to conduct a meeting today via video conference with the Chief Ministers of all the states to discuss the next stage in the exit from the nationwide lockdown. He is also expected to take feedback from the states on further easing of restrictions on activities while gradually restarting economic activities in a phased manner.
The Indian Railways is also planning to gradually resume passenger train services from May 12, an official statement from the Ministry of Railways said. However, the ministry has made it clear that ticket booking counters at the railway stations shall remain closed and no counter tickets including platform tickets shall be issued.
Here are the latest updates on coronavirus in India on Monday, 11 May 2020:
22:47 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Gujarat update:
347 new COVID-19 cases and 20 deaths
Positive cases 8,542
Deaths 513
Discharge 2,780
Active cases 5,249
People tested so far 1,16,471
22:14 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
174 new cases of COVID19 and 5 deaths have been reported in Rajasthan today, taking the total number of cases & deaths to 3988 & 113, respectively. Number of active cases in the state stands at 1551: Rajasthan Health Department
22:13 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
109 more COVID19 cases reported in Uttar Pradesh today. Total number of cases in the state is now at 3573, including 1758 discharged, 1735 active cases, & 80 deaths: State Health Department
22:12 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
1,230 new COVID19 positive cases and 36 deaths reported in Maharashtra today. The total number of positive cases in the state rises to 23,401; total deaths stand at 868: Maharashtra Health Department
21:01 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to start local trains in Mumbai for essential services staff working in the city.
20:38 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Bengal Health Bulletin on Coronavirus
New cases: 124
Total active cases: 1374
Total cases: 2063
New deaths: 5
Total COVID-19 deaths: 118
Total discharged: 499
17:48 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Every delivery staff in Ahmedabad will compulsorily have to download Arogya Setu App on their mobiles: Gujarat Additional Chief Secy Rajiv Kumar Gupta
Home delivery has been made mandatorily cashless in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. To prevent spread of COVID19 through currency notes, it is mandatory to accept digital mode of payments through Unified Payment Interface (UPI) and other platforms:Gujarat Additional Chief Secy Rajiv Kumar Gupta
17:45 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Aarogya Setu app has been downloaded in 9.8 crore smartphones so far. It will be available on Jio feature smartphones from tomorrow. We've worked a lot on data privacy of Arogya Setu users & made sure that user data are not compromised: Ajay Sahni, Chairman of Empowered Group 9
15:12 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
West Bengal Government has issued an order clarifying that 'operations including plucking in tea gardens is allowed with the deployment of up to 50% of the total regular workforce at a time'.
15:04 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
In the last 24 hours, a total of 6 Border Security Force (BSF) jawans have tested COVID-19 positive. One each from Tripura and Delhi, 4 from Kolkata. All of them are under treatment in designated COVID Health Care hospitals: BSF
14:42 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Till now, 15 police personnel have tested positive for #Coronavirus in Bihar: Additional Director General of Police (headquarters), Jitendra Kumar
13:59 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
126 new cases of #COVID19 and 2 deaths have been reported in Rajasthan today till 1 pm, taking the total number of cases & deaths to 3940 & 110, respectively. Number of active cases stands at 1566: Rajasthan Health Department
13:49 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Ministry of Home Affairs issues Standard Operating Procedures for movement of persons by train, states, "Only those with confirmed e-tickets shall be allowed to enter the station.
13:30 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Bihar: Seven more positive cases of COVID-19 detected in Bihar. State tally mounts to 714
13:24 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
#VandeBharatMission: Details of the inbound and outbound passengers who have been carried onboard repatriation flights.
12:34 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Safe passage ensured for over 900 trucks carrying essential supplies, from Zoji La to Kargil in the past 21 days: Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
12:25 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
In a video tweeted by BJP MLA Nitesh Rane, body bags seen lying next to patients in a ward in Mumbai’s KEM hospital. No comment yet from KEM hospital on the body bags or unsanitary conditions of the ward.
12:11 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
38 new #COVID19 cases reported in the state in the last 24 hours. Out of the 38 cases, 26 have returned from Gujarat, 1 from Karnataka and 8 people from Chittoor Dist. had visited Chennai's Koyambedu market. Total number of positive cases in the state is now 2,018: Andhra Pradesh Govt
12:03 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
10 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Karnataka, taking the total number of positive cases to 858 including 31 deaths & 422 discharges: Karnataka Health Department
11:42 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Ministry of Railways modifies guidelines on the movement of stranded persons by Shramik Special Trains- trains to now have up to 3 stoppages in the destination state, train capacity should be equal to no. of sleeper berths on the train
10:57 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
#VandeBharatMission: Special evacuation flight Air India AI 1617 carrying 118 Indian citizens from US (San Francisco) landed at Hyderabad Airport today.
10:46 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Total 160 positive #COVID19 cases have been reported in the state till date, of which 79 are active cases and 78 are recovered/discharged cases: Jharkhand Health Department
10:43 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
310 new COVID19 cases reported in Delhi till midnight of 10th May. The total number of positive cases is now 7,233. We have ordered all hospitals to submit death report with death summary each day: Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain
10:36 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
To ensure that social distancing and other norms are strictly followed, all seats will not be available for booking in the passenger trains: Union Min of State for Railways Suresh Angadi on Indian Railways' decision to restart passenger trains from 12 May
10:33 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Madhya Pradesh: 1383 migrant labourers reach Bhopal by a 'Shramik Special' train from Morbi in Gujarat. "They will be sent to their home districts by buses," says Bhopal Sub Divisional Magistrate Rajesh Gupta.
10:24 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Delhi: Shram Shakti Bhawan has been sealed as per protocol, after an employee in the Ministry of Power, whose office is the building tested positive for #COVID19. All employees have been advised to work from home until further notice.
10:21 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
11 more #COVID19 positive cases reported in Bihar, taking the total number of cases to 707: Sanjay Kumar, Principal Secretary (Health), Bihar
10:11 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
A total of 37 stranded persons including 11 students (4 female students and 7 male students) left from Agra for J&K earlier today: Department of Information and Public Relations, Govt of Jammu & Kashmir
09:47 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
84 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Rajasthan today, taking the total number of cases & deaths to 3898 & 108, respectively. Number of active cases stands at 1537: Rajasthan Health Department
09:19 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
As per guidelines issued by J&K Govt, some relaxations have been given for the opening of standalone shops in orange zones. Shops will be allowed to open from 8 am to 1 pm, but on particular days as mentioned in the roster: Piyush Singla, Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur.
09:14 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
14 new #Coronavirus positive cases reported in Odisha, taking the total number of cases in the state to 391 including 306 active cases, 68 cured/discharged cases and 3 deaths: Odisha Health Department
09:13 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Out of the 755 samples tested yesterday for #COVID19, results of 16 are positive: King George's Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow
09:12 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
#VandeBharatMission: Total 7 special evacuation flights will be operated today on the 5th day of the mission; London to Delhi to Bengaluru, San Francisco to Mumbai to Hyderabad, Dhaka to Mumbai, Dubai to Kochi, Abu Dhabi to Hyderabad, Kaula Lampur to Chennai&Bahrain to Kozhikode.
09:10 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Karnataka: More than 300 Indians returned to Bengaluru from London, UK, on an Air India special flight early morning today.
09:08 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Spike of 4,213 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours
08:58 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Total cases in the country now at 67152, including 44029 active cases, 20917 cured/discharged/migrated cases and 2206 deaths: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
08:53 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has issued revised guidelines for home isolation of very mild/pre-symptomatic COVID-19 cases
08:46 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar thanks Air India, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Maharashtra Government, and others for continuous support and coordination during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.
08:15 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Special Officer Dr. RC Pandey to take charge as Agra Chief Medical Officer with immediate effect, replacing Dr. Mukesh Kumar Vats. The decision has been taken considering the current situation prevailing in Agra due to spread of #COVID19: Amit Mohan Prasad, State Chief Secretary
07:45 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Bihar records the largest single-day spike with 85 fresh COVID-19 positive cases, takes tally to 696.
06:44 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
NSG records the first coronavirus case as medical staff tests COVID-19 positive at Manesar.
06:40 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
First Air India special flight from the US brings in 225 Indians from San Francisco to Mumbai: Dr S Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister
06:35 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
A special train carrying 1200 passengers departed from Surat (Gujarat) for Kathgodam in Uttarakhand at 4 AM: Uttarakhand Chief Minister's Office
06:33 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
In a letter to Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani, Telangana Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao has urged for cooperation to protect the livelihoods of people in the textile industry.
06:30 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Air India flight 1387 carrying Indians from Manila, Philippines has arrived in Mumbai: Dr. S Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister
06:26 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
UGC urges universities to set up grievances cell for students amid the COVID-19 crisis.
06:23 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet the Chief Ministers of all states today at 3 PM via video conference. The ministers are expected to review the COVID-19 situation across the country.
06:12 IST Monday, 11 May 2020
Three more from Giridih tested #COVID19 positive late night. All had returned from Surat recently. Total positive cases rise to 160: Nitin Madan Kulkarni, Jharkhand Health Secretary
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