New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: The number of coronavirus cases has been increasing at a rapid pace in India from the last few days. According to the Union Health Ministry, number of COVID-19 cases in India has surged to 1,51,767 while death toll stands at 4,337. Of the total number of cases, 60,490 have recovered from the deadly infection. In India, Maharashtra remains to be the worst-hit state with more than 54,000 cases so far and 1,792 deaths. Tamil Nadu, with 17,728 cases and 127 deaths is at the second place, while Gujarat with 14,821 cases and 915 deaths is the worst-affected state of India.

Meanwhile, the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said that the fatality rate in India is one of the lowest in the world at 2.87 per cent. The ministry credited the lockdown, timely identification and proper management of the coronavirus cases for the low fatality rate. "COVID-19 fatality rate reduced from 3.3% on April 15 to 2.87% which is among the lowest in the world," said Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry.

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Here are the LIVE Updates of COVID-19 pandemic:

10:05 am: ICMR writes to states/UTs on strategy for COVID19 testing&firming up price for RT-PCR test through pvt labs, states, "Earlier suggested upper ceiling for Rs4500 may not be applicable now&all state govts/UTs to negotiate with pvt labs&fix mutually agreeable prices for testing".

9:50 am: Traffic congestion at Delhi-Ghaziabad border near Ghazipur after Ghaziabad sealed the border with Delhi again yesterday, due to rising Coronavirus cases.

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9:45 am: Thiruvananthapuram: Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) and vocational higher secondary education (VHSE) examinations are underway till May 30 in the state, amid COVID19 lockdown. The total number of COVID19 cases in Kerala is 964.

9:35 am: 109 new COVID19 positive cases, 2 deaths reported in the state till 9 am today; the total tally of positive cases in the state rises to 7645: Rajasthan Health Department.

9:25 am: Dyeing units in Surat have resumed operations with 25-30% staff,amid fourth phase of lockdown. Paresh Chaudhary, owner of a dyeing unit says,"We'are following all govt guidelines;regular temperature checks being done,use of masks&sanitisers compulsory&social distancing followed"

9:10 am: Spike of 6387 new COVID19 cases & 170 deaths in the last 24 hours. Total number of cases in the country now at 1,51,767 including 83004 active cases, 64425 cured/discharged and 4337 deaths: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

8:30 am: 30 people have been tested positive for COVID19: Harish Thapliyal, Public Relation Officer, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh The total number of COVID19 positive patients in Uttarakhand now stands at 431.

 

8:15 am: West Bengal: North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) has resumed inter district bus services from today for North Bengal districts and Kolkata amid COVID19 lockdown.

8:00 am: Global coronavirus count tops 5.4 million with over 343,000 deaths

7:30 am: The Indian Council of Medical Research has removed the price cap of Rs 4,500 for the real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test used to detect COVID-19, asking states and UTs to negotiate with private labs to fix "mutually agreeable" rates for the test.

7:20 am: Mission Vande Bharat continues to serve our citizens. 3393 Indians return on 19 flights from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Bahrain, Manila, Cebu, Vancouver, Tel Aviv, Singapore, Birmingham, New York, Moscow, Karaganda, Bishkek&Minsk on 26 May 2020: Hardeep Singh Puri, Civil Aviation Minister

 

 

7:10 am: 39 new positive cases of COVID19 reported in Assam. Total cases in thse state are 682 including 597 active cases, 62 recovered, 4 deaths and 3 migrated: Assam Health Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma

 

7:00 am: US records less than 700 new coronavirus deaths for the third day in a row, as per Johns Hopkins University. The overall death toll in the country is now 98,875: AFP news agency

Posted By: Talib Khan