#LatestUpdate: As of 7:30 p.m, #COVID19 cases in India have crossed 1,000. With 106 new cases reported today, the total is now 1,024, which is more than double the cases (471) detected 6 days ago. We are tracking the cases live: corona.health-check.in
#COVID19 cases in Kerala have crossed 200 as 20 new cases have been reported today, the state health minister said. The latest update by @MoHFW_India (at 7:30 p.m) does not include these cases.
In Maharashtra, too, the total cases crossed 200 as 22 new cases detected today pushed the state’s tally to 203, data released by the state’s public health department said. 2 more people died in the state. @MoHFW_India update does not include this either.
As cases increase, @MoHFW_India admitted “limited” community transmission in a standard operating procedure document for transporting a #COVID19 suspect or confirmed case
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The ministry said, “This SOP is applicable to current phase of COVID-19 pandemic in India (local transmission and limited community transmission)”. This, one day after @ICMRDELHI said it stopped random testing to check for community transmission
The home ministry has issued orders to seal state & district borders, saying that the movement of migrants to reach home towns is a violation of the lockdown measures. The migrants who have moved out will be quarantined for 14 days, added the ministry
States and UTs have been directed to provide temporary shelter & food for the migrants. Also, the govts must ensure that employers pay the migrants their wages and that landlords do not demand rent for the month
India has so far tested 34,931 samples, Raman Gangakhedkar, scientist @ICMRDELHI said today evening. This is 26 tests per million people, up from 20 on March 27.
Yet, India is testing far fewer people than other countries such as Italy (7,111/mn), US (2,330) and UK (1,819) #COVID19 #CoronavirusOutbreak 
.@ICMRDELHI has stopped posting regular (twice a day) updates on #COVID19 testing since March 25. The updates which provided data on the number of samples and individuals tested in India and the number of positive individuals was last published on March 27
India has, as of March 28, 160 functional testing centres (113 govt and 47 private ones). Of these, 53 are in the southern states of Kerala (12), Karnataka (9), Telangana (13), Andhra Pradesh (5) and Tamil Nadu (14) and 1 in the union territory of Puducherry.
States in central India with higher populations have fewer centres. Uttar Pradesh with a population of 234 mn has 9, Rajasthan (80 mn) has 8, Madhya Pradesh (84 mn) has 4, Bihar (122 mn) has 2
Global #COVID19 death toll crossed 32,000 with a third reported from Italy, as per March 29 data from Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. The US reported 20,000 new cases yesterday and has so far reported over 2,000 deaths
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Spain reported 838 deaths just yesterday, increasing the total to 6,528. Nearly 79,000 people in the country are infected with the novel coronavirus and 18.7% of the patients have recovered #COVID19 #CoronavirusOutbreak
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