India Sees Biggest Jump in Covid-19 Cases
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c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA NELLORE I THURSDAY I 2 APRIL 2020 WEATHER BUSINESS 7 TABLOID Max: 38.5OC NATION|4 | Min: 25.0OC Save people, forget about US may force India to Not ready for RH: 52% Rainfall: Nil GDP growth: Cong ease drug export ban the game Forecast: Haze.Max/Min temp. 36/24ºC deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle, google.com/+deccanchronicle Vol. 17 No. 267 Established 1938 | 16 pages | `6.00 CORONA C UNT India sees biggest jump in Covid-19 cases CASES DEATHS Health ministry puts total cases at 1,637 in evening; total tally of state reports shows 1,910 coronavirus cases 1637 39 VINEETA PANDEY country in last 24 hours 1,910 with 58 deaths and a joint secretary in the after Tablighi Jamat. with agency inputs (between 4 pm on Tuesday 158 discharged. Union health ministry. More such cases are NEW DELHI, APRIL 1 and 4 pm on Wednesday). The government has The official added all expected to come up in the TS: 107 06 The total number of Covid- attributed the sharp rise states which have reported coming days from other In 24 hours, state Religious gatherings con- 19 positive cases in India in cases to the Tablighi positive cases of the dis- religious gatherings such AP: 111 00 ducted before the imposi- till Wednesday is 1,637 and Jamaat gathering in ease have been asked to as Hola Mohalla in Pun- tion of a nationwide lock- 39 had died of coronavirus Delhi’s Nizamuddin area carry out intensive drives jab, which was attended by WORLD CONFIRMED CASES down are posing a fresh infection. Out of these, the and underlined that this of rigorous contact tracing Sikh religious preacher sees 67 new cases challenge for India, which number of active cases are does not reflect the nation- and testing and also send- Baldev Singh, who died of recorded a steep rise in its 1,466 while 132 have got al trend. “One of the main ing those with symptoms Covid-19 on March 30. He SAMPAT G. 6, Kurnool 1, Nellore 3, 8,65,970 fresh cases of Covid-19. cured and 1 migrated. reasons for the rise in pos- to quarantine facilities or came to India grom Italy SAMRITAN/PATHRI Visakhapatnam 11 and According to the health However, news agency itive cases is the travel by hospitals. RAJASEKHAR/AVINASH West Godavari 13. ■ DEATHS ministry, 386 fresh cases PTI claimed total number members of Tablighi All religious gatherings Page 4: Baldev held P. SUBRAMANIAN/D. The government has col- have been reported in the of confirmed cases was Jamat,” said Lav Agarwal, are now under scanner meetings at many places SIVA RAMI REDDY/N.S. lected as many as 1,313 sa- CHOWDARY | DC mples including 218 of for- 43,082+ VIJAYAWADA/NELLORE/TIR eign returnees, 543 from COUNTRIES, UPATI/KADAPA/KURNOOL/ those who returned after AREAS WITH VISAKHAPATNAM, APRIL 1 attending the religious CASES 186 Ration rush meet in Delhi, 140 which Andhra Pradesh regis- belonged to friends and tered as many as 67 fresh close contacts of foreign Covid-19 cases on Wedn- returnees, 269 of contacts ASTROGUIDE esday alone, taking the from returnees of Delhi Sarvari; Uttarayana total number of positive meet and 143 samples col- cases to 111 in the state. lected from suspect cases. Tithi: Chaitra Suddha Navami till According to a release Out of 87 Covid-19 posi- 2.40 am(Friday) from the director of health tive cases detected so far, Star: Punarvasu till 7.21 pm and family welfare, dis- 10 cases were of foreign Varjyam: 7.22 am to 8.58 am trict wise positive cases returnees, six of their con- and 3.05 am to 4.38 am (Friday) registered are as follows: tacts, 63 Delhi returnees Durmuhurtam: 10.17 am to Anantapur-2, Chittoor-6, and six their contacts, and 11.06 am; 3.11 pm to 3.59 pm East Godavari-9, Guntur- some others. Four more Rahukalam: 1.30 pm to 3 pm 20, Kadapa-15, Krishna-15, positive cases were found HIJRI CALENDAR Kurnool-1, Nellore-3, Pra- in Prakasam district tak- Shabaan 7,1441 AH kasam-15, Visakhapatn- ing total number of cases am-11 and West Godavari- to 15. Two more cases PRAYERS(SHAHI MASJID) 14. According to the direc- detected in Nellore dis- Fajar: 5.02 am tor of health and family trict took number of posi- Zohar: 12.17 pm welfare, out of 373 sam- tive cases to three. Howe- ples tested in the last 12 ver, one patient among Asar: 4.48 pm hours, 43 turned out to be the three was cured and Maghrib: 6.32 pm positive while the remain- discharged from the hos- Isha: 7.32 pm ing 330 tested negative. pital. Nellore collector SUNSET TODAY 6.22PM Prakasam and Kadapa M.V. Seshagiri Babu said SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.04 AM districts have registered that they sent samples of the highest number of 103 suspected persons for MOONSET TOMORROW 1.08 AM Covid-19 positive cases so testing and got results of MOONRISE TODAY 1.43 PM far with 15 cases each, wh- 57 persons so far. ile Anantapur has two, COUNTER POINT Chittoor, six, East Godav- ■ Page 2: Two test positive ari, six, Guntur 9, Krishna from suspected cases Navy’s ‘breather’ A large number of people stand close to each other whle ignoring social distancing norms in a queue to collect their ration from a fair price store at Sanjeevaiah Colony near NAD Junction in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. — P. NARASIMHA MURTHY for Covid rescue N. VAMSI SRINIVAS | DC facilities at the local level VIJAYAWADA, APRIL 1 with the available materi- al in the markets. An indigenous innovation Ventilators cater to one 2,361 shifted out India scouts for protective by the Indian navy is all patient at a time and, set to revolutionise the therefore, the use of venti- health care provided to lator is only five to eight Covid-19 patients, the per cent for emergencies. of Delhi Markaz equipment around world number of which is wit- But it is very important to nessing an exponential supply oxygen to all SUNIL THAPLIYAL and staff worked together in SRIDHAR was also taken to accept short supply. Ventilators, growth in the last few patients. “The portable IN BRIEF BHASKAR HARI this 36-hour operation, KUMARASWAMI | DC donations from abroad to N95 masks, surgical days in the country. MOM is developed using a SHARMA | DC putting their lives at risk. NEW DELHI, APRIL 1 the new PM-Cares fund. masks are in short supply The successful trial of six-way radial header fit- NEW DELHI, APRIL 01 Hats off to all of them,” he Sources said domestic in India. That process is the innovation — multi- ted to a single cylinder. CBSE promotes said in another tweet. There is a “huge shortage” companies were “urged to on (to import) from coun- feed oxygen manifold As of now, only one It took 36 hours to evacu- Soon after the evacua- of essential equipment to ramp up production” of tries willing to offer (MOM) — made by the patient can be supplied all till Class 8 ate 2,361 people from tion, the Nizamuddin Ma- fight the coronavirus pan- such critical equipment these,” the sources added. Visakhapatnam naval oxygen through the cylin- New Delhi: HRD minister Alami Markaz (headquar- rkaz and the area around demic in India, including and the textiles ministry Sources said assistance dockyard at the naval hos- der. This innovation will Ramesh Pokhriyal on Wed- ters of Tablighi Jamaat) it was sanitised by the ventilators, N95 masks, was also working on it. from China could come pital, INHS Kalyani, will enable supply of oxygen nesday directed the CBSE in Nizamuddin West area, South Delhi Municipal surgical masks and per- “On equipment like PPE either through donations address the critical aspect from one cylinder to six to to promote all students of Delhi deputy chief minis- Corporation. sonal protection equip- kits, ventilators and surgi- from agencies there or by of supply of oxygen to 12 patients simultaneous- classes 1 to 8 to the next ter Manish Sisodia said With 32 new positive ment (PPE) kits, and the cal masks, there is a huge outright purchase of these patients in large numbers ly,” rear admiral, class in view of the coron- on Wednesday. cases of coronavirus on government plans to shortage... we will contin- items. at the makeshift facilities. Sreekumar Nair, superin- avirus outbreak. Students of Tabligh-e-Jamaat's Wednesday, the total import these wherever it ue to source (these from On accepting foreign The navy is ready to tendent of the dockyard at class 9 and 11 will be pro- three-day congregation, number in Delhi has is available abroad, abroad)... We are working donations, the sources share the design and man- Visakhapatnam, told moted on school-based in which people from climbed to 152. Of these, 53 including from China, with the Indian ambas- said: “Yes, a decision has ufacture process with Deccan Chronicle. assessments. Whenever across the country and cases are linked to the government sources said sador in Beijing,” the been taken to accept dona- industry to help the gov- CBSE can hold exams, he various countries had Nizamuddin Mazrak. on Wednesday. sources said. “We should tions from abroad to the ernment arrange the cost- ■ Page 3: Portable MOM said it shall conduct for 29 gathered, has emerged as An FIR has been regis- They added a decision be able to get any item of PM-Cares fund.” effective oxygen supply installed in half an hour subjects which are crucial “super spreader” of the tered against the Alami for university admissions.