Tuesday 14 April 2020

Coronavirus cases and updates from various ministries

29 deaths and 1463 new cases reported in last 24 hours, the sharpest ever increase in cases. India's total number of #Coronavirus positive cases rises to 10,815 (including 9272 active cases, 1190 cured/ discharged/ migrated and 353 deaths)


- Our major effort is to see how to break the chain of transmission. If no new case is reported in an area for 28 days, the last case comes negative, then we believe that chain of transmission has broken there and no new cases are coming. Under this, we are promoting the concept of behavioral change in terms of Social Distancing to break the chain of transmission: Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry


-India reports 1,211 fresh cases of COVID-19, total count jumps to 10,363. Till now 1036 people have been cured. Yesterday 179 people were diagnosed and found cured: Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry

-5.29 crore beneficiaries have been given free ration of food grains under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana. 3,985 MT of Pulses have been dispatched to various states/union territories for distribution. Swift implementation of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package is being monitored at the highest level. As of yesterday, more than 32 crore poor people have been given direct cash support of Rs 29,352 crore under the package: Rajesh Malhotra, Ministry of Finance


- Until yesterday we had tested 2,31,902 samples: Raman R Gangakhedkar, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

-17585 First Information Reports (FIRs) have been registered & 22632 vehicles seized for violation of the Coronavirus Lockdown. In action against fake news-12 TikTok, 7 Facebook, 2 Twitter &1 WhatsApp accounts have been blocked:Awanish K Awasthi, Additional Chief Secretary (Home)



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