![]() ![]() One, a 41-year-old woman from Pune and another, a 20-year-old Delhi resident who tested positive in Tamil Nadu. The state has also hit a hurdle in contact tracing with a COVID-19 positive patient coming from one of the densely populated slums in the city, making it hard to trace all the individuals the person could have potentially spread the virus to.Ĭommunity-spread fears also rose with the detection of two positive cases where the patient had no history of foreign travel or known local exposure. Officials have also said that there may be a case of limited local transmission taking place in Nagpur based on the tests conducted in the city. Mumbai and Pune are the hotspots in the state with the highly populous cities forced into partial shutdown as a result. Two deaths have taken place as a result of the pandemic. Maharashtra has seen a huge spike in COVID-19 cases with the latest number at 74. All positive samples must be sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune. The government has notified that home collection may be preferred for suspected COVID-19 cases. ![]() Strict biosecurity and biosafety guidelines have to be followed by the labs in order to ensure there is no contamination of samples or risk of spread. A cap has been set on the price at Rs 4500, with the initial screening test at Rs 1500 and the confirmation test at Rs 3000. Meanwhile, in a move to ramp up testing, the government has allowed private labs accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) to carry out testing for COVID-19. All non-essential businesses were also shut in most parts. The curfew is said to have been called to enforce the idea of practising social distancing to prevent the spread of Covid-19. With many states scaling back public transport, cancellation of trains and suspension of metro rail services, commute options for the public have been completely removed. Haryana (5) : Faridabad, Sonepat, Panchkula, Panipat and GurugramĮarlier during the day today, the streets of major cities in India found themselves empty, as citizens followed the one-day Janta Curfew, called for by the Prime Minister. Gujarat (6) : Kutchh, Rajkot, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, and Ahmedabad Punjab (3) : Hoshiarpur, SAS Nagar and SBS NagarĪndhra Pradesh (3) : Prakasam, Vijayawada and Vizagĭelhi (7) : Central, East Delhi, North Delhi, North West Delhi, North East Delhi, South Delhi and West Delhi Maharashtra (10) : Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, Mumbai Sub-Urb, Pune, Ratnagiri, Raigad, Thane and Yavatmal Kerala (10) : Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kannur, Kasargod, Kottayam, Mallapuram, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur Karnataka (5) : Bangalore, Chikkaballapura, Mysore, Kodagu and Kalaburgi ![]() West Bengal (2): Kolkata and North 24 Parganas Uttar Pradesh (6) : Agra, GB Nagar, Ghaziabad, Varanasi, Lakhimpur Kheri and Lucknow Telangana (5) : Bhadradri Kothagudam, Hyderabad, Medchai, Ranga Reddy and Sanga Reddy Tamil Nadu (3) : Chennai, Erode and Kanchipurum ![]() Rajasthan (4) : Bilwara, Jhunjhunu, Sikar and Jaipur Here are the 80 districts where the centre has called for a lockdown: This came in addition to independent orders for total lockdowns by at least 13 State Governments including Maharashtra, Kerala, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Punjab, Delhi, Nagaland and Rajasthan. įurthermore, a list released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare lists 81 districts which have reported COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases, but does not mention any lockdowns. While news channels and social media users have shared this information, the number of districts on the list released by PTI is actually 80, not 75. The report further claimed that state governments will release orders to only allow essential services to operate in these 75 affected districts and that restrictions will be imposed on non-essential passenger transport including inter-state bus services, which will be suspended till March 31st. Meanwhile, the Press Trust of India reported that, “The Centre and state governments have decided to announce a lockdown in 75 districts across the country where coronavirus cases have been reported, officials said on Sunday…The decisions have been taken at a high level meeting attended by chief secretaries of all States and the Cabinet Secretary and the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister.” Ma| Number of deaths: 7 | India heads for total lockdownĪt 5.47 pm today, the Press-Information Bureau released a list of 75 affected districts which are to be locked down. ![]()
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