76% of COVID-19 cases are male: Govt
April 06, 2020 16:37
Health ministry update from Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry:
-- 693 new COVID19 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total number to 4067 in India out of which 1445 cases are related to Jablighi Jamaat.
-- 76 per cent cases have been reported in males and 24 per cent in females.
-- In the last 13 days, Indian Railways transported sugar through 1340 wagons, salt through 958 wagons and edible oil through 316 wagons/tanks, to different parts of the country, amid the Coronavirus lockdown.
-- 16.94 lakh metric tonnes of food grains have been transported across India till now. In 13 states, 1.3 lakh metric tonnes of wheat and in 8 states, 1.32 lakh metric tonnes of rice have been allotted.
-- Rs 1100 crores have already been released from the National Health Mission Funds for the states. Also an additional amount of Rs 3000 crores has been released today.
-- Number of COVID19 deaths stand at 109, with 30 people succumbing to it yesterday. 63 per cent of the deaths have been reported among people over 60 years age, 30 per cent in age bracket of 40 to 60 years and 7 per cent victims were below 40 years age.
-- We have quarantined over 25,000 Tablighi Jamaat workers and their contacts; 5 Haryana villages where they visited have been sealed, says unya Salila Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs.
-- An order has been placed for 5 lakh testing kits for COVID19; 2.5 lakhs kits to be delivered on April 8-9, says R Gangakhedkar, Indian Council of Medical Research.
Image: Social distancing? What's that? Women queue up at a bank in Srinagar. Pic: ANI
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