COVID19 tally nears 54,000; Tamil Nadu detects 580 new cases

The nationwide tally of COVID19 cases neared 54,000 on Thursday with more people testing positive for the deadly virus infection in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan among other states, but the number of those having recovered also crossed 15,000.

At least 4,500 new cases have been detected across thecountry since Wednesday morning, figures announced by different states andunion territories showed. The nationwide death toll has now risen to 1,783,while fatalities were also reported from paramilitary forces.

   

A 55-year-old CISF head constable posted at the Mumbaiinternational airport has succumbed to the novel coronavirus, while two BSFpersonnel have also died, officials said. The BSF also reported 41 new cases ofinfection, taking its tally of confirmed cases to 193.

A significant number of health workers and securitypersonnel, who are among the ‘frontline warriors’ in the COVID19 fight, havetested positive for the deadly virus in the recent days.

In Maharashtra alone, at least 531 police personnel,including 51 officers and 480 constables, have tested positive and are beingtreated at various hospitals in the state, an official said. Of this, 39 haverecovered so far, while five policemen have died.

While Maharashtra and Gujarat continue to top the nationwidetally, Tamil Nadu has now crossed the 5,000 mark with 580 new cases reportedduring the day. The death toll of the southern state has reached 37, with twomore women succumbing to COVID19 during the day.

A large number of new cases in the state are linked toChennai’s Koyambedu market, which is considered one of the largest vegetablemarkets in Asia. The state now has 3,822 active cases, while its overall tallyhas reached 5,409.

Jammu and Kashmir also reported 18 fresh coronavirus cases,nine of them from three tertiary care hospitals in Srinagar, taking the totalpositive cases in the union territory to 793. While Jammu has reported 68 casesso far, 725 are in the Kashmir valley.

In West Bengal, the death toll rose to 79 after seven morefatalities, while 92 positive cases were detected in the last 24 hours, thestate’s health bulletin said. The state has reported 1,548 cases so far, out ofwhich 1,101 are active cases. New cases were reported from Odisha also.

Kerala, however, did not report a single new case for thesecond consecutive day. The state had not seen any case earlier on May 1, 3 and4 also.

Andhra Pradesh reported 56 new cases, taking its tally to1,833. In Uttar Pradesh, 61 fresh cases got detected, taking its total to3,059.

Chhattisgarh also did not report any new case and announceddischarge of two more COVID19 patients, taking the total number of recoveriesto 38. This has also brought down the total number of active cases to 21 now,officials said.

In its morning update, the Union Health Ministry said theCOVID-19 death toll in the country has risen to 1,783 while the number of caseshas climbed to 52,952, registering an increase of 89 deaths and 3,561 casessince Wednesday morning,The number of active COVID19 cases stood at35,902 while 15,266 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, itsaid.

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