In Madhya Pradesh, the number of corona infected people in the state has risen to around fifteen hundred. With the arrival of 18 new patients during the last 24 hours in Indore, the number of corana virus infected patients has increased to 915. At the same time, 76 people have died due to this infection and 138 people have become healthy and discharged from hospitals. According to the Health Department, 543 people have also been kept under surveillance in various centres in Indore.<br />'' <br />'' 27 new patients have been reported in Bhopal yesterday. This has brought the number of patients in Bhopal to 246. Meanwhile, the number of patients has increased to 26 with 6 new cases in Jabalpur. The number of infected patients in the Raisen district has risen to 24 after reports of 16 more people being corona infected yesterday.&nbsp;<br />'' <br />'' In Rajasthan, 52 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported today in the state. The total number of infected persons in the state has gone up to 1628. Today, the highest 34 Corana cases have been reported from Jaipur taking the total no of cases 619. With 5 more persons tested positive for COVID 19, the number of infected persons in Jodhpur has increased to 265. Four cases have been reported from Bhilwara this morning. &nbsp;<br />'' <br />'' AIR correspondent reports, meanwhile, a team of the Center is scheduled to visit the Corona affected areas in Jaipur today. This team reached here to cooperate and monitor all efforts being made to deal with COVID-19. The team will also meet higher officials of various departments. Meanwhile, the state government has today stopped the use of rapid test kits for corona testing. Health minister Dr. Raghu Sharma said that the accuracy of these kits should have been up to 90 percent, but only 5 .4 percent results are coming right. Dr. Sharma informed that the Indian Council of Medical Research has been apprised of the situation in this regard and sought their consultation.<br />'' <br />'' <br />'' In Telangana, 14 more people tested positive for Coronavirus during the past 24 hours.&nbsp; With this, the number of total Covid-19 cases in the state has gone up to 872. State Health officials informed that 12 out of these 14 positive cases reported from Hyderabad while Nizamabad and Medchal districts reported one each. With this, active Covid-19 cases in the state has gone up to 663. Meanwhile, two more succumbed to COVID-19 yesterday taking the death toll to 23. It may be recalled that 186 people recovered from COVID-19 and discharged from hospital so far.<br />'' <br />'' Meanwhile, the state government has stepped up measures for strict implementation of the lock down across the state.&nbsp; State Director General of Police, Mahender Reddy informed that over 1 lakh 21 thousand vehicles have been seized for violating the lock down norms so far and they will be taken back through the court after the lock down. He further informed that the residents who are coming out of their houses must carry their residence proof as they are allowed within 3 kms radius from their residence for getting essentials. He further said the Government employees who have to attend services will be issued coloured passes marked with one a colour for each day.<br />'' <br />'' In Bihar, number of positive cases of COVID-19 has gone upto 113 after reporting of 17 new cases. These cases &nbsp;were reported from Bihar sharif area in Nalanda district. Number of positive cases of this district mounted to 28. In view of increasing number of positive cases, the state government has sealed Bihar sharif area while Nalanda has been put on . 45 persons have been completely cured from Corona and two persons died of Coronavirus.&nbsp;<br />'' &nbsp;<br />
News On AIR | April 21, 2020 1:37 PM
Fresh Covid-19 cases reported from MP, Rajasthan, Telangana, Bihar