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Agra reports 25 new cases, Maharashtra 47; total infections near 3,000

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The total number of positive cases in India Saturday rose to 2,902 including 68 deaths and 183 people who have been treated and discharged so far. While Maharashtra has reported 47 new cases, 25 new infections emerged from Agra on Saturday. There has been a spike of 355 cases in the country in the last 12 hours.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has urged people to use homemade face masks, saying “such people who are not suffering from any medical condition or having breathing difficulties may use the handmade reusable face cover, particularly when they step out of their house.”

On the other hand, Indian Railways has started preparing a plan for phased resumption of its passenger services post lockdown, even as the government is yet to take a final call on the matter.

Also, it has been reported that over 25 per cent of the positive cases in the country are linked to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in New Delhi last month. While the government is still tracing all those who attended the gathering at Markaz Nizamuddin, at least 247 have been traced so far.

Globally, 58,871 people have died of the virus. The number of active cases is about to touch 11 lakh with 1,098,848 cases reported as of Saturday morning, according to John Hopkins. The US has reported the worst 24-hour death toll since the pandemic started, with nearly 1,500 deaths from COVID-19 between Thursday and Friday. The country has 277,828 active cases. Italy, meanwhile, has reported the maximum number of deaths at 14,681 followed by Spain (11,198), France (6,507), United Kingdom (3,605), Iran (3,294) and China (3,203).

Indian express

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