<span style="color: #222222;">In Assam, four positive cases of COVID-19 were reported today. State Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that all are undergoing treatment at Gauhati medical college and are stable now. Another Covid 19 patient is undergoing treatment at Silchar medical college. All had attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal called on the people from Assam who took part in Tablighi Jamaat congregation held at Markaz Nizamuddin to voluntarily come forward and identify themselves before the concerned authorities. He urged them to go through necessary tests and screenings by Health Department to determine COVID- 19 infection.<br />''<br />''In Punjab, five more people were tested positive for COVID-19 today. With this the number of positive cases has risen to 46 in the state.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports till now one person has cured and four people have lost their lives due to Covid 19 in Punjab.  Those who have been tested positive today, three are from Mohali one from Amritsar and one from Ludhiana. The person who tested positive  in Amritsar  is Padmshri Nirmal Singh Khalsa.<br />''<br />''In Haryana, today three more Covid-19 patients were cured and discharged from hospitals. With this, the number of persons who have been discharged after recovery in the state has risen to 13. Now 16 positive cases are under treatment in Haryana while the report of 244 suspected cases is yet awaited.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, so far 9 patients of Gurugram, 2 patients from Panipat and one each from Faridabad and Palwal have cured and discharged.<br />''<br />''In Bihar, total number of cases from Covid-19 has gone up to 24 with two new positive cases today. The fresh case is of a youth from Nalanda who had returned from Abudhabi while other case if of a woman from Gaya who had returned from Dubai. Three patients have cured while one person person died due to Coronavirus in the state so far.The state government has ed all districts where the Covid – 19 patients hailed from.<br />''<br />''More Covid 19 positive cases confirmed in Kerala today.<br />''AIR correspondent reports, 24 more Covid 19positive cases are confirmed in kerala today , among which 9 people returned from other countries . Out of  265 cases  reported  in Kerala, 191 people had returned from abroad and 67  got it from primary contact.Chief Minister Pinaray Vijayan said that within 4 days Kasargode Medical College will be converted to exclusive Covid Hospital.  On the first day of free ration distribution today, over 14 lakh people collected ration.Chief Minister said that lock down guidelines need to followed strictly  for the coming days too to contain the infection.<br />''<br />''In Maharashtra, as many as 16 people were tested positive for novel coronavirus in Mumbai today, taking the total number of cases to 167 in the metropolis itself. So far, eight people have succumbed to the infection in the city. The state has recorded 322 COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths so far. With the rapid increase of cases in the metropolis, the administration has sealed various areas in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Kalyan-Dombivali  and Vasai-Virar. <br />''<br />''The district administrations have restricted movement of people in these areas. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Health Minister Rajesh Tope have cautioned people about the rapid spread of the disease and called for strict actions against those people who are not following the guidelines and restrictions imposed by the administration. Mr Tope said over 5,000 people in Maharashtra have been quarantined so far as they were in close contact with COVID-19 patients in the state. He said the state is expected see a high rise of cases in coming days.</span><br />