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Coronavirus Outbreak LIVE Updates: 32 States, UTs In Complete Lockdown As Death Count Rises To 10 In India Live

The Total Number Of Active COVID-19 Cases Across The Country Now Stands At 446, After Over 22 Fresh Cases Were Reported.

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Pawas Kumar | Updated on: 24 Mar 2020, 12:33:25 PM
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Coronavirus Outbreak LIVE Updates: COVID-19 Cases Touch 500 As Flights Grounded Amid Lockdown (Photo Credit: Representational Image/Reuters File)

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India continued to remain in lockdown as it stepped up efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak. The death count in India due to the coronavirus pandemic rose to 10 as a 65-year-old died in Mumbai. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing the nation at 8 pm today over the coronavirus crisis. This will be the second national broadcast within a week. Currently, thirty-two states and union territories have declared a lockdown.

Nearly 500 coronavirus cases have been reported in India so far, according to Health Ministry data on Tuesday. According to the data updated Tuesday morning, the total number of COVID-19 cases stood at 492. The figure includes at least 41 foreign nationals and the nine deaths reported so far, the Health Ministry said. The total number of active COVID-19 cases across the country now stands at 446, after over 22 fresh cases were reported. Thirty-six people have been cured/discharged/migrated, it added. (With Agency Inputs)

Aadhar-PAN linking date has been postponed June 30th, 2020. Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme extended from April 1 to June 30, no additional 10% payment.

The last date for the income tax return for the financial year 18-19 is extended to 30th June 2020. For delayed payments interest rate has been reduced from 12% to 9%: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

There will be complete lockdown in Goa from midnight today till March 31: Goa CM Pramod Sawant

Total number of COVID-19 cases in Telangana stand at 36 including 3 new cases: Telangana Health Department

Two patients who tested positive for COVID-19 in Ladakh have been completely cured. Total positive cases in Ladakh is 11 now.

Class 10 exams which were scheduled to start on 31st March have been postponed for two weeks, due to coronavirus. New dates will be announced after taking stock of the situation after 31st March: Andhra Pradesh Education Minister Adimulapu Suresh.

65-year-old dies in Mumbai taking the toll to 10. According to reports, he had arrivced from UAE to Ahmedabad on March 15 and to Munbai on March 20. He died yesterday at Mumbai's Kasturaba hospital.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing the nation at 8 pm today over the coronavirus crisis. This will be the second national broadcast within a week.

China's central Hubei province, where the deadly coronavirus first emerged late last year, is to lift travel curbs after two months under lockdown, local officials said Tuesday. Healthy residents will be allowed to leave the province from midnight Tuesday, while Wuhan, the initial epicentre of the outbreak, will lift restrictions from April 8. (AFP)

Total number of positive Coronavirus cases in Maharashtra rises to 101 including 3 new cases in Pune and 1 in Satara: Health Department, Maharashtra

A 23-year-old woman in Manipur tests positive for coronavirus. She has recent travel history to the UK.

Two new positive cases of coronavirus in Gujarat. The total number of Covid-19 patients in the state rises to 33: Gujarat Principal Secretary (Health) Jayanti Ravi

Delhi Police has cleared the protests in Shaheen Bagh, Jamia Millia Islamia and Jaffrabad protest sites amid complete lockdown in Delhi.



Dr Michael J Ryan, the Executive Director of World Health Organisation, has said that the future of COVID-19 to greater extent will be determined by what happens in densely populated large countries like India. It is really important that India continue to take aggressive action at public health level. He added that India led the world in eradicating two silent killers - Small Pox and Polio. It has has tremendous capacities. 

According to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there are 446 active COVID-19 cases so far in the country. So far 37 patients have been cured/discharged/migrated cases and 9 people have died.



Strictly implementing social distancing measures like home quarantine will reduce overall expected number of cases by 62% and peak number of cases by 89%, thus 'flattening' the curve said Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) study. 

States/UTs with lockdown on all districts: Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Ladakh, Jharkhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Tripura, Telangana, Chattisgarh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Haryana, Daman Diu & Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Gujarat, Karnataka and Assam 


States/UTs with lockdown of certain areas: Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha

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First Published : 24 Mar 2020, 09:26:18 AM

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