Coronavirus India Live Updates: India’s recovery rate has moved to 27.52 per cent. (File)
New Delhi:
The COVID-19 curve in India is relatively flat and the peak “may never come” if the work is done collectively, the health ministry said as India recorded 42,836 coronavirus cases on Monday and 1,389 deaths. With 1,074 COVID-19 patients getting cured in 24 hours on Monday, India’s recovery rate has further moved to 27.52 per cent, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
“During lockdown and containment activities, we have been able to control cases relatively. The curve is relatively flat as of now. When the peak will come – that’s not the right way of looking at the situation,” Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.
More than a quarter of a million people have died from the novel coronavirus worldwide, with over 85 percent of them in Europe and the United States, according to an AFP tally of official figures. The US had recorded 68,689 virus deaths, the most for any single country, while Europe was the hardest-hit continent with 145,023 confirmed fatalities.
Here are the Coronavirus Outbreak Live Updates:
As many as 905 migrant labourers of Jharkhand reached Barkakana railway station of Ramgarh district, from Rajasthan”s Nagaur, on Monday. They were later sent to their respective districts on buses arranged by the state government.
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2 special flights to evacuate Indians from UAE on Thursday
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Telangana to run 40 special trains for migrants for a week
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The chief minister has instructed officials to organise travel of migrant labours on behalf of the state government. He said from various stations in Hyderabad, special trains would also run from Warangal, Khammam, Damaracharla and other places in the state. He said trains would run from the state to Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal and other places.
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Three naval ships have been sent to evacuate Indians stranded in Maldives and UAE due to the coronavirus pandemic, says Defence spokesperson.
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