Coronavirus Latest Updates:India COVID-19 death toll rises to 35,cases increase to 1,397,Mar 31, 2020 11:24 pm

Coronavirus (Covid-19) Latest Updates in India State-Wise: The total number of Covid-19 cases in India has reached 1251, including 1117 active cases, while 101 people have been cured/discharged.
Coronavirus (Covid-19) Latest Updates in India State-Wise: The total number of Covid-19cases in India has reached 1397, including 1238 active cases, while 124 people have been cured/discharged. As many as 35 people have died because of Covid-19, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s update at 8.30 PM on Tuesday. Delhi cases have risen to 97, while 47 have tested positive in Madhya Pradesh.

The Government has identified 10 “hotspots” across the country where an unusual transmission of the disease has been detected. These places are Dilshad Garden and Nizamuddin in Delhi, Noida Meerut, Bhilwara, Ahmedabad, Kasargod, Pathanamthitta, Mumbai and Pune. According to the officials, a place is identified as a “cluster” where more than 10 cases are detected while “hotspots” are such places where several clusters are detected.

The Government has decided to step up testing in the identified hotspots to stop the spread of the disease to other areas. Hundreds of people from the Nizamuddin area in Delhi are being tested for potential Covid-19 infection. Violating lockdown conditions, a religious gathering was organised in Nizamuddin where several coronavirus positive cases have been found among those who attended the event.

As coronavirus cases from the capital rise, Delhi government has written to LG Anil Baijal for registering an FIR in connection with Nizamuddin religious congregation, said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. He added that the government won’t hesitate to take strict action in such cases where the lives of people are put in danger. Till now 1,548 people have been brought out of Markaz (Nizamuddin), 441 of them were symptomatic and they have been shifted to hospitals and their tests are being conducted, Kejriwal said. 1,107 who did not show symptoms have been sent to quarantine, added Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.