Maharashtra, however, continues to be the worst-hit state in India where the number of cases crossed the 4,000-mark.
The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection in India topped 17,000 on Monday while the death toll crossed the 500-mark yesterday as well.
As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak continues to spread like wildfire across India, the state of Maharashtra has emerged as the epicentre of coronavirus spread where cases have crossed the 3,500-mark and over 200 deaths. Mumbai, the financial capital of the country, has become the hotbed of the coronavirus spread in the state.
Delhi comes next, where the number of COVID-19 cases hit the 2000-mark on Sunday while registering more than 40 fatalities.
Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Kerala are respectively next in the list of the worst-hit states due to the virus.
Notably, most of the deceased in India were in the age group of above 60, an analysis by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has revealed.
The ICMR in a release informed that a total of 4,01,586 samples from 3,83,985 individuals have been tested as of 9 PM on Sunday. At least 17,615 individuals have been confirmed positive among suspected cases and contacts of known positive cases in India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Tuesday announced an extension of nationwide lockdown till May 3 to battle the novel coronavirus. Monday marks Day 6 of the extended COVID-19 Lockdown 2.0.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates: All you need to know about COVID-19 related developments on Monday, April 20, 2020:
23:44 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Maharashtra - More cases in Dharavi in Mumbai.
Dharavi on Monday reported 30 new COVID-19.
Out of 30 new cases, eight are women while 22 are men
Dharavi figure increases to 168 with 11 deaths so far.
23:34 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Corona Maharashtra update:
Maharashtra State tally now 4666.
466 new cases in Maharashtra today
9 deaths today (7 in Mumbai and 2 in Malegaon)
65 patients discharged today, taking tally 572 patients discharged after full recovery till today.
Important : out 2336 cases, 1890 patients (81%) had no symptoms, 393 (17%) patients were symptomatic. 53 out of these (2%) are admitted in ICU. Means ‘no symptoms’ but positive tested are 81%
22:12 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
The number of cases in UP reaches 1184. 140 COVID-19 patients recover
22:10 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Delhi corona update:
78 cases reported in Delhi in the last 24 hours, total cases reach 2081
Two more die of coronavirus, death toll 47
141 patients discharged today, total recovered patients now 431
22:02 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
After 3 journalists (2 TV and 1 print) in Chennai tested positive, today samples of over 250 journalists from TV and print media have been taken. Results to be out by tomorrow evening
20:39 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
466 new COVID-19 cases & 9 deaths reported in Maharashtra till 6 PM today, taking total number of cases to 4666 & deaths to 232 in the State. With 65 patients being discharged from hospitals today, number of cured patients stands at 572: Maharashtra Health Department
20:38 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
A staffer at Ayushman Bharat office found corona positive. Office of National Health Authority sealed.
18:42 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Jharkhand corona update:
Number of total cases - 42
Ranchi - 24
Bokaro - 10
Hazaribagh - 2
Simdega 2
Kodarma- 1
Giridih - 2
Dhanbad- 2
18:32 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
53 journalists in Mumbai tested positive for COVID19; All are under isolation. Samples of 171 journalists reporting from the field, including Photographers, video journalists and reporters were collected. Most of the positive journalists were asymptomatic: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
18:25 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Total cases - 17,656
Cured - 2842
Dead - 559
In last 24 hours, 1540 new cases and 40 deaths reported
| S. No. |
Name of State / UT |
Total Confirmed cases (Including 77 foreign Nationals) |
Cured/Discharged/
Migrated |
Death |
| 1 |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
15 |
11 |
0 |
| 2 |
Andhra Pradesh |
722 |
92 |
20 |
| 3 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 4 |
Assam |
35 |
17 |
1 |
| 5 |
Bihar |
96 |
42 |
2 |
| 6 |
Chandigarh |
26 |
13 |
0 |
| 7 |
Chhattisgarh |
36 |
25 |
0 |
| 8 |
Delhi |
2003 |
290 |
45 |
| 9 |
Goa |
7 |
7 |
0 |
| 10 |
Gujarat |
1851 |
106 |
67 |
| 11 |
Haryana |
233 |
87 |
3 |
| 12 |
Himachal Pradesh |
39 |
16 |
1 |
| 13 |
Jammu and Kashmir |
350 |
56 |
5 |
| 14 |
Jharkhand |
42 |
0 |
2 |
| 15 |
Karnataka |
395 |
111 |
16 |
| 16 |
Kerala |
402 |
270 |
3 |
| 17 |
Ladakh |
18 |
14 |
0 |
| 18 |
Madhya Pradesh |
1485 |
127 |
74 |
| 19 |
Maharashtra |
4203 |
507 |
223 |
| 20 |
Manipur |
2 |
2 |
0 |
| 21 |
Meghalaya |
11 |
0 |
1 |
| 22 |
Mizoram |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 23 |
Nagaland |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 24 |
Odisha |
68 |
24 |
1 |
| 25 |
Puducherry |
7 |
3 |
0 |
| 26 |
Punjab |
219 |
31 |
16 |
| 27 |
Rajasthan |
1478 |
183 |
14 |
| 28 |
Tamil Nadu |
1477 |
411 |
15 |
| 29 |
Telangana |
873 |
190 |
21 |
| 30 |
Tripura |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| 31 |
Uttarakhand |
44 |
11 |
0 |
| 32 |
Uttar Pradesh |
1176 |
129 |
17 |
| 32 |
West Bengal |
339 |
66 |
12 |
| Total number of confirmed cases in India |
17656 |
2842 |
559 |
17:46 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
As per the directions of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi government has allowed Azadpur Mandi to remain open 24*7. From 6 am to 10 pm, sale of fruits and vegetables will be allowed while trucks will be allowed to enter from 10 pm to 6 am.
17:42 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Karnataka update
18 new cases have been confirmed in the state from 19.04.2020, 5:00 PM to 20.04.2020, 5:00 PM.
408 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the State, it includes 16 Deaths & 112 Discharges. Out of remaining 280 cases, 278 COVID-19 positive patients (including 1 pregnant woman, P-176) are in isolation at designated hospitals are stable and 2 in ICU (P101 & P349).
16:19 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Since yesterday, there have been 1553 additional confirmed COVID19 cases, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 17,265. 36 more deaths also reported in the last 24 hours: Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry
16:05 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
LIVE: Union Health Ministry briefs the media over #Coronavirus, in Delhi. (20th April)
14:52 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
COVID19 situation in the State is completely under control. The role of our health-workers, policemen & all frontline workers is commendable. I appeal to all citizens to continue to cooperate with lockdown rules: Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat
14:50 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
SpiceJet B737 freighter carrying medical&emergency supplies from Shanghai arrived in Delhi yesterday. SpiceJet has operated close to 430 cargo flights since lockdown began carrying over 3300 tons of cargo. Of the 430 cargo flights, 130 were international cargo flights. #COVID19
14:40 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Delhi govt has received 1.6 lakh application of auto, taxi&e-rickshaw driver for aid of Rs 5,000 of in wake of #CoronavirusLockdown. Money has been transferred into bank accounts of 23,000 drivers &verification completed for another 20,000: Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot
14:16 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
88 people have been arrested for deliberate violation of the safety restrictions since morning till 1200 hours today. A total of 3 vehicles have been seized in the same period: Kolkata Police.
14:16 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Total 57 new #COVID19 cases & 2 deaths have been reported today in the state, of which 43 are from Jaipur, 6 from Jodhpur & 3 from Kota. Cumulative positive cases now stand at 1535, death toll at 25: Rajasthan Health Department
14:16 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
No one should think that lockdown has been lifted. We have just tried to revolve the wheel of the economy a bit. I've heard that some people are treating relaxations as the lifting of lockdown. If they continue to behave like this we'll take strict measures: Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray
14:04 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
MHA writes to Maharashtra over violations to COVID19 lockdown measures; Situation especially serious in Mumbai & Pune (Maharashtra). Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCT) to visit Mumbai & Pune to make an on-spot assessment of the situation, issue necessary directions to the State
14:00 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Media reports about elephants in Chilla range contracting COVID19 are false and baseless. All animals and staff are coronavirus free. All staff are taking full precautions: Ranger, Chilla range, Rajaji Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand
13:33 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray over Palghar incident.
13:06 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
#Maharashtra A 25-year-old woman who tested positive for COVID19 has given birth to a healthy baby boy at the hospital. The woman was admitted to the hospital on Apr16.
The baby is not infected with COVID19 and is kept in a separate ward: Sassoon hospital officials, Pune
13:01 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Spoke on phone with President of Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih about the COVID-19 pandemic, and the health and economic challenges it poses for the Maldives: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
12:42 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
#Delhi All 16 high-risk contacts of the pizza delivery boy who had tested positive for COVID19, have tested negative: District Magistrate South Delhi
12:24 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
5 #COVID19 dedicated hospitals were launched in Odisha today via video-conferencing. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan & Pralhad Joshi, and other officials were present at the launch via video-conferencing.
12:02 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
5 new COVID19 positive cases reported from Kalaburagi in the State; the total number of positive cases in the State is 395 including 16 deaths and 111 discharged: Government of Karnataka
11:06 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
108 new #COVID 19 positive cases reported in Gujarat today. Now the total positive cases in the state stand at 1,851, including 106 discharged and 67 deaths: Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Gujarat
11:03 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Ludhiana: Agricultural activities have been permitted by the Government during the extended lockdown till May 3. #COVID19
10:52 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
There are 2003 COVID19 positive cases in Delhi including 110 positive cases from yesterday. Death toll is 45. 38 patients who died suffered from serious ailments; Rapid tests are most likely to start from today: Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain
10:49 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
There were 49 active cases here. Now, as per Microbiology dept's report this morning, 17 more positive cases have been found: Dr. Ashok Shukla, Kanpur Chief medical officer
10:42 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Kerala: Italy's Roberto Tonizzo, who had tested positive for #COVID19 on March 13 while visiting Varkala of Thiruvananthapuram dist, today left for Bengaluru after making a full recovery. He will leave for Italy from there. A car to Bengaluru was arranged for him by the state govt. He had recovered from #COVID19 on March 26 and was under quarantine till date.
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10:32 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Oberoi apartment in Delhi's Civil Lines has been identified as a COVID19 'containment zone' by Delhi Government after positive cases were found here.
10:28 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai visits Padarayanapura in Bengaluru where a ruckus erupted last night, over shifting of some people - who had primary & secondary contact with 3 #COVID19 patients to quarantine. 59 people have been arrested, 5 FIRs have been registered.
10:26 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
I am glad to share that Manipur is now Corona free. Both patients have fully recovered and have tested negative. There are no fresh cases of the virus in the state: Manipur CM N Biren Singh
10:16 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Poonch doesn't have any COVID19 positive case. The citizens are following govt directions. The supply of essential items in the district is under control. Ration being supplied to migrant labourers here: Dist Development Commissioner Poonch Rahul Yadav
09:56 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
#Maharashtra 3 new COVID19 positive cases reported in Nagpur; the total number of positive cases in the district is 76: Nagpur District Information Office
09:29 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has called Goa a 'Zero coronavirus case' state after the last patient tested negative yesterday. All seven COVID19 patients in the state have now tested negative for the disease.
09:28 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Rajasthan: 17 new #COVID19 positive cases reported in Rajasthan so far - 1 each in Ajmer, Banswara & Nagour, 2 each in Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur & Kota and 8 in Jaipur. The total of positive cases in the state rises to 1,495. Total 24 deaths and 205 recovered in the state: Rajasthan Health department
09:08 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
1,553 new cases and 36 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. India's total number of #Coronavirus positive cases rises to 17,265 (including 14,175 active cases, 2,546 cured/discharged/migrated and 543 deaths): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
09:06 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Total number of COVID19 positive cases in Odisha stands at 68 including 43 active cases, 24 cured and 1 death: Odisha Health Department
08:49 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Tamil Nadu: Chennai's Koyambedu wholesale market functions as usual, amid #Coronavirus lockdown
08:26 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Meerut: Valentis Cancer Hospital had put an advertisement in a newspaper asking new Muslim patients & their caretakers to come for treatment after undergoing COVID19 test & only if the results are negative. The hospital management has now tendered an apology for the advertisement
07:49 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Jammu and Kashmir: Police tightened their surveillance in the Bathinda area of Jammu which has been identified as a 'red zone'. #COVID19
07:29 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Tamil Nadu: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) resumes toll collection on national highways from today. Visuals from Porur Toll Plaza in Chennai.
07:13 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Kerala: The Kerala health department has declared 88 local bodies including the corporation, municipality, and panchayats, spread over 14 districts in the state as COVID-19 hotspots. (ANI input)
07:12 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Agra: With 14 new corona positive cases reported in Agra on Sunday, the district's tally of the virus-infected people climbed to 255.
06:52 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
COVID-19 Global Data: The total number of cases rises to 2,401,379 and the death toll stands at 165,044. Cases in the US rise to 759,118.
06:48 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
West Bengal: 150 people have been arrested for deliberate violation of the safety restrictions since morning till Monday morning (April 20, 2020). A total of 40 vehicles have also been seized in the same period by the Kolkata Police.
06:40 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
UP's Gautam Buddh Nagar District: 2 new COVID-19 cases detected in Noida; tally now 97 in the district. 38 out of 97 coronavirus patients in UP's Gautam Buddh Nagar have been cured and discharged from hospitals.
06:37 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
Coronavirus cases in national capital cross 2000; the death toll in Delhi rises to 45. (PTI)
06:24 IST Monday, 20 April 2020
United States records 1,997 #Coronavirus deaths in 24 hours: AFP news agency quoting Johns Hopkins tally
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