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Andhra Pradesh reports 21 more Covid-19 cases, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 132: Arja Srikanth, State Nodal Officer : ANI

Of the 1,965 cases reported so far in India,there have been 50 deaths due to the disease, 1,764 are active cases, 150 have been cured and / or discharged and one patient migrated.

The health ministry said 131 new Covid-19 cases have been added in the country in the last 12 hours.

Death toll related to coronavirus touches 50, total number of positive cases rise to 1,965 in country: Health Ministry official

Haryana has recorded its first Covid-19-related death, reports news agency PTI. The agency, quoting a senior health department official, said that a 67-year-old man from Ambala died at the PGIMER , Chandigarh soon after testing positive for coronavirus.

A 52-year-old Covid-19 patient lost his life on Thursday morning, reports ANI quoting S Agarwal, Vadodara Collector. He had a history of travel to Sri Lanka and was admitted to SSG Hospital, Vadodara on 19 March. Four members of his family have also tested positive for the virus&are undergoing treatment.

A 52-year-old #COVID19 patient lost his life today morning. He had a history of travel to Sri Lanka&was admitted to SSG Hospital, Vadodara on 19 March. 4 members of his family have also tested positive for the virus&are undergoing treatment: S Agarwal, Vadodara Collector #Gujarat

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Three persons test positive for Covid-19 in Assam's Goalpara district on Thursday, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 16,says state Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.: PTI

Three more Covid-19 cases have been reported in Maharashtra - two from Pune and one from Buldhana,taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 338: Maharashtra Health Department

Twelve more coronavirus cases reported in Indore; this takes the total Covid-19 cases in Madhya Pradesh to 98: PTI quotes an official.

Indian Navy's Naval Dockyard in Mumbai has designed and developed its own handheld infrared-based temperature sensor for screening a large number of personnel at the entry gates of the yard. This will reduce the load on the security sentries at the gate. The instrument has been manufactured under Rs. 1000, through in-house resources (which is a fraction of the cost of the temperature guns in the market),the navy said: ANI

Manipur has reported one more Covid-19 positive case, that of a person who attended Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz, chief minister N Biren Singh said. The total number of positive cases in the state now stands at two. Some are at quarantine centres & under observation, he added. : ANI

The US has begun repatriation efforts for its citizens who have been stranded in India due to the 21-day national lockdown. Principal deputy assistant secretary for consular affairs, Ian G Brownlee, told reporters in Washington that a flight brought some 170-some U.S. citizens back home on Tuesday.

Rajasthan has reported nine more Covid-19 cases, the state health department said. Of these, seven are from Ramganj, and one each from Jodhpur and Jhunjhunu. This takes the total number of coronavirus positive cases in the state to 129: ANI

Singapore on Thursday reported its fouth death from Covid-19, news agency PTI said quoting the country's health ministry.

A day earlier, 74 new coronavirus infections, including seven Indian nationals, were confirmed in the country. The total number of infections in Singapore till now is 1,000.

Giani Nirmal Singh, former Hazoori Ragi of Golden Temple in Amritsar, who had tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, died away at around 4:30 AM on Thursday, said KBS Sidhu, Special Chief Secretary, Punjab Disaster Management (COVID-19). The 67-year-old was a Padma Shri awardee.

The death toll due to Covid-19 in Punjab has now reached six.

US sets new one-day record with 884 coronavirus deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally: AFP new agency