Coronavirus Daily Updates

CORONAVIRUS DAILY UPDATE

Rise in cases cause of concern, says Health Ministry; 16,002 tests in 24 hrs   The Union Ministry of Health said there has been no community transmission of the novel coronavirus so far in the country. There has been a rise of 678 COVID-19 cases and 33 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of novel coronavirus cases to 6,412 and death toll to 199 in the country.

Punjab to extend lockdown till May 1: CM Amarinder Singh   Keeping in mind the present harvesting season, Singh said Punjab will allow district-wise relief from lockdown only to farmers so as to allow them harvesting of Rabi crop.

hat early studies tell us about the viral load of SARS-CoV-2   In the case of COVID-19, it cannot be said certainly if a high viral load translates to more severe symptoms for a person or if they are more contagious.

In Kerala’s Alappuzha, automated calls add power to Covid-19 response   The technology is simple. Instead of wasting human labour on making thousands of manual calls, automated calls through IVR would be placed to those under quarantine with a set of questions they had to answer.

Tracking COVID-19: Countries with the highest death rate rank poorly in Human Development Index too   Zimbabwe has the highest mortality rate of 27.30%, which is nearly five times that of the global rate of 5.9%. Zimbabwe is followed by Bahamas, Guyana, Algeria and Myanmar -- none of which feature in the top 10 countries with most cases or fatalities.