India's total COVID-19 tally hits 933

At a time when the country is looking for updates on new corona patients and Indiarsquos total tally the health ministry could provide only one update through Friday However the latest tally as of Saturday by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare says that Indiarsquos total coronavirusaffected patient count has hit 933Besides active cases the country has reported 19 casualties so far while 78 persons have recovered or been discharged from hospital The disease has so far spread to 27 states and UTs A total of 103 districts have been affected by the virusSurat Municipal Corporation members pack food to distribute among the poor in the area on Saturday morning PicPTIlsquoEvacuate SikhsrsquoPunjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Saturday urged foreign affairs minister S Jaishankar to bring stranded Sikh families back from warravaged Afghanistan to India The chief minister tweeted ldquoDear DrSJaishankar there are a large number of Sikh families who want to be flown out of Afghanistan Request you to get them airlifted at the earliest In this moment of crisis itrsquos our bounden duty to help themrdquo On March 25 terrorists stormed a crowded Sikh Gurudwara and housing complex in Kabul killing at least 27 people in Afghanistan The terrorists belonged to Islamic StateCop on curfew duty diesA 48yearold policeman who was on duty to implement the curfew to prevent spread of coronavirus died of a heart attack in Patiala district on Saturday officials said Assistant SubInspector ASI Mian Singh was on patrol duty at Khari Fatan village in Samana town when he had the heart attack He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared deadIt was learnt that he had been putting in 14hour work days since the curfew beganA policeman feeds a monkey in Karad Satara district PicPTIVillages bar outsidersThree Goan villages two of them remote hamlets have set up blockades to prevent outsiders from entering amid the 21day curfew in the state The blockades in these Sonal Velus and Taleigao villages are manned by local youth While Sonal is located in the lower reaches of the Western Ghats Velus is represented by Health Minister Vishwajit Rane and Taleigao on the outskirts of Panaji ldquoDespite the curfew many people from neighbouring areas were entering our village to visit a popular waterfall called Mhoacho guno It is dangerousrdquo Daji More a local youth said208 in hospital isolationOver 200 people including 14 confirmed COVID19 patientsmdashone of them a ninemonthold baby girl the countryrsquos second youngest casemdashare admitted in the isolation wards of hospitals in West Bengal According to the state health department samples were collected from 330 suspects of whom 15 tested positive in the state A 57yearold man has been the only fatality in Bengal so farTill date 651134 persons have been screened at different entry points in the statemdash81093 at Kolkata and Bagdogra Airports 564566 at seven Land Border Check Points along Nepal and Bangladesh and 5475 crew members of ships at three ports ldquoSo far 2710 travellers have been identified and placed under surveillance For 1819 of them the surveillance period has been over A total of 208 people are admitted in isolation facilities at hospitals Rest 25080 is under home surveillancerdquo it said Meanwhile Mohun Bagan on Saturday announced that they will donate R20 lakh towards West Bengal State Emergency Relief FundCatch 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