Coronavirus outbreak: 10 COVID-19 hotspots under scanner

The government is focusing its attention on 10 hotspots across the country in its effort to control the spread of COVID19 which has infected more than 1200 people and claimed at least 35 lives There are two hotspots each in Uttar Pradesh Delhi Kerala and Maharashtra and one each in Gujarat and RajasthanDelhiNizamuddin West The south Delhi locality has emerged as an epicentre for spread of the Coronavirus in different parts of the country after thousands of people took part in a Tablighi Jamaat congregation from March 115 Six people who died in Telangana and one in JampK attended the congregation In Delhi alone 24 participants tested positive for the disease Besides 441 of the participants were hospitalised after they had symptomsDilshad Garden The northeast Delhi locality made headlines when a woman with a travel history to Saudi Arabia tested positive and infected her daughter and two relatives She also came in contact with a lsquomohallarsquo clinic doctor in Maujpur who was infected too The doctor who is believed have come into contact with hundreds of people later transmitted the infection to his wife The area accounts for 11 per cent of Delhirsquos count of more than 100 Coronavirus casesRajasthanBhilwara Of the total 83 Coronavirus positive cases detected in Rajasthan 26 are from Bhilwara A massive screening exercise is underway with over 26 lakh people in urban and rural areas being screened Two Coronavirus positive deaths have taken place in BhilwaraUttar PradeshNoida Gautam Buddh Nagar adjoining Delhi in western UP has so far recorded 38 COVID19 cases the highest for any district in the country About two dozen of these cases are linked directly or indirectly to a private firm in Noida which has now been booked for endangering peoplersquos lives and sealed An estimated 626 samples have been tested so far and 1852 people are under surveillance across Noida and Greater Noida while another 291 have been quarantined local health department officials saidMeerut The western UP district is the second hotspot in the state where the number of cases has crossed the 100 mark with 19 people testing positive for the disease On Wednesday a 72yearold man died the first death in the districtMaharashtraMumbai After several cases of random people testing positive for COVID19 emerged on Monday in Mumbai the state health department declared Koliwada area of Worli and the Goregaon suburb as two hotspots In Mumbai the novel coronavirus has claimed eight lives and there are 167 positive cases As of now there are 230 COVID19 positive cases detected in MaharashtraPune 46 cases were reported as on Tuesday The first two positive cases in Maharashtra were reported from Pune on March 9 Pune Municipal Corporationrsquos chief health officer Dr Ramchandra Hankare said one COVID19 patient died of multiorgan failure on Monday Barring two people who are critical rest of all the patients are stableand recuperating in the hospitals he saidGujaratAhmedabad Of the 73 Coronavirus cases registered in Gujarat so far the highest number of 23 cases has been detected in Ahmedabad district mostly in Ahmedabad city Ahmedabad city counts for three of six deaths in Gujarat Of the five persons who have recovered so far four are from Ahmedabad cityKeralaKasaragod Kasaragod is one of the worst affected districts with the number of positive cases standing at 99 while over 7725 people are under observation 163 people are in isolation wardsPathanamthitta Pathanamthitta may have reported lesser number of positive cases at five but 7254 people are under observation Both these districts have not reported any deathPassengers of five trains being screenedThe Railways is scrambling to provide information regarding thousands of passengers who travelled on five trains with people who participated in the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi many of whom have tested positive All these trains started from Delhi between March 13 and March 19RBI announces more measuresThe RBI provided more time to exporters to collect payment of goods and software sold to overseas buyers and repatriate that to India as it announced more measures to deal with the current economic falloutThe central bank has also decided to increase the limit of advances it gives to states and UTs by 30 per centCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever