Covid headlines on April 2: A cluster case keeps India on tenterhooks as deaths hit 50

India today invoked a never-used WTO peace clause to raise the subsidy ceiling for rice farmers for the marketing year 2018-2019. Meanwhile, the Covid-19 casualty count crept up to 50 in the country, with 1,965 confirmed cases.

By ET Online | Updated: Apr 02, 2020, 11.56 PM IST

India lockdown day 09 wrap: Here's all you should know

India today invoked a never-used WTO peace clause to raise the subsidy ceiling for rice farmers for the marketing year 2018-2019. Meanwhile, the Covid-19 casualty count crept up to 50 in the country, with 1,965 confirmed cases, largely on the back of the now-(in)famous Tablighi Jamaat cluster spread case.

Here are all the developments from today...

THE COUNT SO FAR

12 new cases in Indore, total count of city rises to 75
30 new positive cases and 3 deaths reported in Telangana
Second COVID19 case confirmed in Dharavi
8 more people test positive in Gujarat; Total now 82
11 more test positive in Rajasthan; Total tally 129
3 more test positive in Maharashtra (2 from Pune & 1 from Buldhana)
21 more cases in Andhra Pradesh; case count now 132
65-yr-old succumbs in Indore; MP toll reaches 7
Kargil man tests positive
AIIMS Delhi doctor tests positive
Cases rise to 33 in Haryana, active cases now 20

World	India	Global Death Toll
951,901	1,965	48,284

UNRAVELING OF A VIRUS HOTSPOT--TABLIGHI JAMAAT

3 attendees test positive in Goalpara, Assam
1 person tests positive in Manipur
Arunachal man who attended event tests positive
2 Italians & 14 attendees test positive
275 foreign nationals quarantined in Delhi
Passports of 8 foreigners impounded
104 people traced in Agra, samples to be collected
36 people identified and isolated in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu
2 returnees test positive in Tamil Nadu
Telangana reports 3 more deaths; 30 new cases
1,500 attendees from Karnataka; 800 traced, tested
23 out of 24 patients in Delhi's Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital test positive
Maharashtra civic bodies and collectors join search for 480 attendees
2 people in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra test positive

LIFE & HEALTH

Health Ministry identifies 20 existing, 22 potential coronavirus hotspots
Mumbai's containment zones jump from 146 to 193 as cases rise
Naval Dockyard, Mumbai has developed a handheld infrared-based temperature sensor to screen large number of personnel at yard
Odisha Govt sets up 2 hospitals, in Bhubaneswar & Cuttack in a record time
Polio immunization suspended
Mylab partners with Adar Poonawalla, Abhijit Pawar to scale up production of test kits
Exams for 7th, 8th standard cancelled in Karnataka
Schools in Chhattisgarh instructed to postpone the recovery of fees
Teachers roped in to trace migrant workers in Gujarat
Wadala housing complex under complete lockdown
Reservations post April 15th unaffected by lockdown, Railways clarifies
Govt extends deployment of 100 CAPF companies in Delhi
Air India suspends contracts of 200+ pilots
AI plans to conduct special flights to London to fly out stranded foreigners
Parts of Worli Police camp sealed after patient at Police camp tests positive

ECONOMY & MARKETS

Moody's changes outlook on Indian banks to negative
India’s March factory activity growth at 4-month low
Housing sales may fall 35% in 2020, demand for office space may shrink 30%
Sebi extends deadline for comments on proposed relaxation in QIP, delisting norms

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