Covid-19 (Corona Virus) updates - The Corona Virus is certainly scary

Covid-19 updates: Total cases in India cross 6,000-mark with 199 fatalities; Assam reports its first death 

The coronavirus is certainly scary, but despite the constant reporting on total cases and a climbing death toll, the reality is that the vast majority of people who come down with COVID-19 survive it. As many as 549 new COVID19 cases were reported in the last 24 hours, including 214 from Gujarat, 143 from Maharashtra and 30 from Rajasthan. 

Delhi Waqf Board designates one of its graveyards to bury those who die from Covid-19 

The United States in the last 24 hours reported 1,783 deaths from the coronavirus. 720 people have so far tested positive in the national capital, of which 12 have died.

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Here is state-wise update of Corona Virus in India

 Andhra Pradesh - 381, Andaman and Nicobar Islands - 11, Arunachal Pradesh - 1, Assam -29, Bihar - 63, Chandigarh - 19, Chhattisgarh - 18. Delhi - 1069, Goa - 7, Gujarat - 432, Haryana - 177, Himachal Pradesh - 32, Jammu and Kashmir - 207, Jharkhand - 17, Karnataka - 214, Kerala - 364, Ladakh - 15, Madhya Pradesh - 532, Maharashtra - 1761, Manipur -2, Mizoram - 1, Odisha - 50, Puducherry - 7, Punjab - 151, Rajasthan - 700, Tamil Nadu - 969, Telangana - 504, Tripura - 2, Uttarakhand - 35, Uttar Pradesh - 452, West Bengal - 134

A man who had returned to his house in Bawana in northwest Delhi after attending a Tablighi Jamaat conference in Bhopal was allegedly thrashed earlier this week after some people accused him of spreading COVID-19, police said.

The total number of infected persons reported in Gujarat was at 165, with 13 deaths. Thus the fatality rate in Gujarat is 7.88%. The fatality rate of COVID-19 in India as a whole is 2.87%. 

PM Narendra Modi to interact with CMs on Saturday; extension of lockdown on agenda

 Data shows:"12 Cr Indians have lost employment over the last two weeks. Let us assume that 8 Cr of these are the main or the only earner of their family. So, 2/3 of the country’s 25 crore households could be facing a livelihood crisis":

COVID2019 india has exposed Modi’s administrative strength. Now he will only survive on publicity and marketing. 20 domestic manufacturers in India have been developed for PPEs, orders for 1.7 Crore PPEs have been placed and the supplies have begun. 49,000 ventilators have been ordered: "With nearly 400 confirmed cases in the state, MadhyaPradesh is fast becoming one of India’s worst-managed states in its response to the COVID pandemic"