Coronavirus Updates: Confirmed Cases Reached 1300 in India

Union health ministry’s count of coronavirus positive cases reached 1267. Govt advises senior citizens, children aged below 10 years to stay indoors. Companies told to implement Work-from-home policy to staff. Export of ventilators, surgical/disposable masks banned. Rupee slides 86 paisa to its all time low of 75.12 against dollar.

Health Ministry’s Reports & State wise tally

Novel Corona Virus:

Total number of passengers screened at airport : 14,31,734

Total number of Active COVID 2019 cases across India * : 171

Total number of Discharged/Cured COVID 2019 cases across India * : 19

Total number of Migrated COVID-19 Patient * : 1

Total number of Deaths due to COVID 2019 across India * : 4

(*including foreign nationals, as on 20.03.2020 at 09:00 AM)

A total of 20 patients have been discharged so far, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said today.

As India continues to reel under the threat of COVID-19, the government on Thursday decided to not allow any international commercial passenger aircraft to land during 22-29 March.

How big and bad infected this COVID-19

Coronavirus is infecting people at a faster rate now. It took three months for the first 100,000 cases, but only 12 days for the next 100,000.

Now you can imagine yourself how dangerous and scary this corona virus is. WHO calls it a global pandemic.

Coronavirus Test Centres Accross the Country

Andhra Pradesh

• Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences in Tirupati
• GMC, Anantapur
• Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada
• Ranagaraya Medical College, Kakinada

Andaman and Nicobar

• Regional Medical Research Centre, Port Blair

Assam

• Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati
• Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh
• Silchar Medical College, Silchar
• Jorhat Medical College, Jorhat

Bihar

• Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna

Chandigarh

• Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research

Chhattisgarh

• AIIMS, Raipur

Delhi

• AIIMS

Gujarat

• BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad
• M P Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar

Haryana

• Pt B D Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak
• BPS Government Medical College, Sonipat

Himachal Pradesh

• Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla
• Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Kangra, Tanda

Jammu-Kashmir

• Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar
• Government Medical College, Jammu
• Government Medical College, Srinagar

Jharkhand

• MGM Medical College, Jamshedpur

Karnataka

• Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, Bengaluru
• National Institute of Virology Field Unit, Bengaluru
• Mysore Medical College & Research Institute, Mysore
• Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences, Hassan
• Shimoga Institute of Medical Sciences, Shivamoga

Kerala

• National Institute of Virology Field, Kerala Unit
• Government Medical College, Thriuvananthapuram
• Government Medical College, Kozhikhode
• Government Medical College, Thrissur

Madhya Pradesh

• AIIMS, Bhopal
• National Institute of Research in Tribal Health (NIRTH), Jabalpur

Maharashtra

• Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur
• Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai
• NIV Mumbai Unit

Manipur

• JN Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, Imphal
• Regional Institute of Medical Science, Imphal

Meghalaya

• North Eastern Indira Gandhi Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong

Odisha

• Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar

Puducherry

• Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry

Punjab

• Government Medical College, Patiala
• Government Medical College, Amritsar

Rajasthan

• Sawai Man Singh Hospital, Jaipur
• Dr S N Medical College, Jodhpur
• Jhalawar Medical College, Jhalawar
• SP Medical College, Bikaner
• RNT Medical college, Udaipur

Tamil Nadu

• King’s Institute of Preventive Medicine & Research, Chennai
• Government Medical College, Theni
• Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli
• Government Medical College, Thiruvarur

Telangana

• Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad
• Osmania Medical college, Hyderabad

Tripura

• Government Medical College, Agartala

Uttar Pradesh

• King George Medical University, Lucknow
• Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
• Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh

Uttarakhand

• Government Medical College, Haldwani

West Bengal

• National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata
• IPGMER, Kolkata

Sources: Indian Council of Medical Research