Sequence of major events in ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in India
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Major events of COVID-19 pandemic in India in March
6 March
International passenger screenings at airports
10 March
First airlift from Iran
11 March
First airlift from Italy
12 March
First confirmed death
13 March
Suspension of non-essential traveller visas
15 March
100 confirmed cases
16 March
Passenger land border crossing suspended
22 March
One day Janta Curfew Passenger air travel suspended till further notice
22 March
Final airlift from Italy (Total of 564 Indians), India observed a 14-hour curfew
25 March
Nationwide lock-down imposed till 14 April
28 March
1,000 confirmed cases
29 March
Final airlift from Iran (Total of 764 Indians)
30 March
100 confirmed recoveries
31 March
Cluster identified: Delhi religious congregation event – Tablighi Jamaat
1–2 March
On 2 March, the
Union Health Ministry reported two more cases: a 45-year-old man in Delhi who had travelled back from Italy and a 24-year-old engineer in
Hyderabad who had a travel history with the
United Arab Emirates.[5][6] In addition, an Italian citizen in
Jaipur, who was earlier tested negative, tested positive, totalling six confirmed cases in the country.[7] 88 people who were in contact with the Hyderabad individual, including fellow bus passengers from
Bangalore, were tracked down by the government and placed under watch.[8] Officials of the
Government of Telangana stated that 36 people who had been in contact with the Hyderabad engineer had developed coronavirus symptoms.[9] An employee of
Intel in Bangalore who had come in contact with him was quarantined.[10] Fifteen crew members of the
Air India flight, which had carried the Delhi man from Vienna, were placed in isolation for 14 days,[11] while six of his family members in
Agra were quarantined.[12] Staff of a restaurant in Delhi where he had dined on 28 February were asked to self-quarantine for two weeks,[13] and two schools in
Noida whose students had attended a birthday party of his child were closed for a week.[14]
3–4 March
On 3 March, the wife of the Italian tourist in Jaipur also tested positive, and her samples were sent to
Pune for confirmation.[15] A total of 24 people (21 Italians and 3 Indians) residing in a
South Delhi hotel were shifted to an
ITBP camp for testing.[16]
On 4 March, 15 of them (14 Italians and 1 Indian), along with the Jaipur Italian tourist's wife, tested positive for coronavirus, according to an announcement by the
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi; the 14 Italians were quarantined at
Medanta in
Gurgaon.[17] The six family members of the Delhi case in Agra were confirmed to be infected with the virus.[18] A
Paytm Gurgaon employee from Delhi, who had returned from a vacation in Italy, tested positive, taking the number of cases to 29.[19] 459 passengers have been screened in
Kochi who were on board the Italian luxury cruise ship 'Costa Victoria'.[20]
5–6 March
On 5 March, a middle-aged man in
Ghaziabad who had travel history with Iran tested positive.[21] More than 1,200 people, who came from other countries, were quarantined in
Kolkata.[22]
On 6 March, a resident of
West Delhi, who had travelled to Malaysia and Thailand, was diagnosed with the virus.[23]
7–8 March
On 7 March, a man in
Jammu, who had travelled to Iran and South Korea,[24] and two people from
Hoshiarpur with travel history to Italy were tested positive in preliminary tests, but a confirmation from Pune was awaited.[25] The Union Health Ministry announced three confirmed cases on 7 March—two people from
Ladakh who had visited Iran, and a person in
Tamil Nadu who had been to Oman.[26] The lone patient of
COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu later tested negative on 10 March with that no fresh cases remained in the state.[27] An American tourist who was tested positive in Bhutan, caused alert in
Assam after he was found to have visited several places in the state before leaving the country.[28]
On 8 March, five people of the same family in
Ranni,
Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, were tested positive for the virus. Three of them had been to Italy while other two came in direct contact with those infected.[29]
9–10 March
On 9 March, a three-year-old, who returned from Italy two days before, was tested positive in
Ernakulam; the child's parents were also quarantined as a precaution. A 63-year-old woman in
Jammu and Kashmir who had been to Iran was confirmed to be infected with the virus.[30] A person in Agra, who had come in contact with an infected person, and a man in Delhi were diagnosed with the virus.[31] Later, one of the two
Hoshiarpur,
Punjab suspected cases tested positive, as did a techie in
Bangalore who had travel history to the United States.[32] Maharashtra reported its first two cases later in the day after a couple in
Pune, with travel history to Dubai, tested positive.[33]
On 10 March, a press release from the
Indian Council of Medical Research confirmed that three more people in Karnataka, including wife and child of the infected Bangalore techie, were diagnosed with the virus.[34] The
Chief Minister of KeralaPinarayi Vijayan reported six fresh cases in Pathanamthitta, all of whom were linked to the five previously confirmed cases from the town.[35] Three more people in Pune, who had come in contact with the infected couple from the city, tested positive.[36] Later, both parents of the infected three-year-old child in Ernakulam were also tested positive.[37]
11–12 March
On 11 March, an 85-year-old man in
Jaipur tested positive who had travel history to Dubai.[38] Two people tested positive in
Mumbai, who were close to previously reported Pune patients.[39] Maharashtra Chief Minister
Uddhav Thackeray confirmed while addressing a press conference that total 10 people have tested positive in the state which included 8 from Pune and 2 from Mumbai. Later, a 45-year-old man who returned from US tested positive in
Nagpur, taking the toll to 11 in
Maharashtra.[40]
On 12 March, a 76-year-old man from
Kalaburgi, Karnataka who had a travel history to Saudi Arabia became the first victim of the virus in the country.[41] A tourist guide in
Noida, Uttar Pradesh who had come in contact with a group of Italian tourists, tested positive.[42] Later, a Canadian woman tested positive in
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Her husband, who had travelled with her was also put in isolation.[43] A 69-year-old woman in
West Delhi who tested positive and died later, transmitted it from her 46-year-old son who had travel history to Japan, Italy and
Geneva, Switzerland.[44][45]Andhra Pradesh reported its first case, a man returned from Italy tested positive in
Nellore. Five people with whom he came in contact were quarantined.[46]
13–14 March
On 13 March, 69-year-old woman from Delhi, who had transmitted it from her 46-year-old son with the travel history to Japan, Italy and
Switzerland, became the second victim of the virus in the country.[45][47] An employee of Google in
Bangalore, who had returned from a trip to Greece, tested positive; his colleagues were quarantined.[48] Later, two more people in
Kerala who had returned from Dubai and Qatar tested positive taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the state to 16.[49] In Maharashtra, 1 more person in Pune and 2 more in
Nagpur tested positive taking total to 17 in the state.[50] An employee of a private firm in
Noida tested positive who had travelled to Italy and then Switzerland.[51] An Indian national evacuated from Italy and quarantined at an Army facility near
Gurugram tested positive.[52] Seven patients – 5 from Uttar Pradesh, and one each from Rajasthan and Delhi survived the disease and got discharged from various hospitals.[53]
On 15 March, A 59-year-old woman from
Aurangabad with a travel history to Russia tested positive.[59] Uttar Pradesh reported its 12th case in Lucknow.[60] A UK national and a doctor who returned from abroad tested positive in Kerala.[61]Telangana reported its third case in a person who had travelled to the Netherlands.[62] A trainee officer at
Forest Research Institute who had returned from a study tour to Spain, Finland and Russia became the first person to be tested positive in
Uttarakhand.[63] The daughter of the first victim of the virus in the country tested positive in
Kalaburagi, Karnataka.[64] The Italian couple and the Dubai-returned 85-year-old
Jaipur native in Rajasthan recovered from the virus.[65] A 31-year-old man from Pune who recently travelled to Dubai and Japan tested positive later in the day.[66]
On 16 March,Odisha reported its first case when a 31-year-old man from
Bhubaneswar with travel history to Italy tested positive.[67] Maharashtra reported four more cases – three in Mumbai and one in
Navi Mumbai.[68] A woman who was part of a nine-member group that returned from Dubai on 1 March tested positive in
Yavatmal in Maharashtra.[69] Kerala reported three more cases – two in
Malappuram and one in
Kasaragod.[70] A 32-year-old man from Karnataka, who had returned in the same flight from
Heathrow, London as the
Mindtree employee, tested positive.[71] A 34-year-old soldier of the
Indian Army, whose father had contracted the virus on 6 March, tested positive in
Leh.[72]
17–18 March
On 17 March, a 64-year-old man from
Mumbai, Maharashtra, who had a travel history to
Dubai, became the third victim of the virus in the country.[73] Two people who returned from France tested positive in
Noida.[74] Three more cases were reported in
Ladakh – two from
Leh and one from
Kargil district.[75] A 3-year-old girl and both her parents tested positive in Mumbai.[76] In
Puducherry, a 68-year-old woman who travelled to the
UAE was the first reported case in the Union Territory.[77] In
Kalaburagi, Karnataka, a 63-year-old doctor, who treated the first victim of the virus in the country, tested positive.[78] Two inmates at the
ITBP quarantine facility in New Delhi, who had a travel history to Italy, tested positive.[79]West Bengal reported its first case in a person who had returned from England.[80]
On 18 March, a woman in her late 20s, who had a travel history to France and the Netherlands, tested positive in Pune.[81] Telangana reported its sixth case in a person who had a travel history to the UK.[82] A man from
Gautam Buddha Nagar district in
Noida who had returned from Indonesia tested positive.[83] Karnataka reported two more cases, a 56-year-old man who returned from the United States and a 26-year-old woman who returned from Spain.[84]Tamil Nadu's second case was reported in a person who travelled by train from Delhi to
Chennai.[85]Rajasthan reported three more cases in a couple and their 2-year-old daughter from
Jhunjhunu, they had returned from Italy.[86]
19–20 March
On 19 March, a 72-year-old man in
Punjab who had returned from Germany via Italy became the fourth victim of the virus in the country.[87] A 23-year-old woman in
Chandigarh who had a travel history to the UK tested positive.[88] Two women from Mumbai – a 22-year-old who had returned from the UK and a 49-year-old resident of
Ulhasnagar who had returned from Dubai tested positive.[89]Chhattisgarh reported its first case in a 23-year-old woman from
Raipur who had travelled to London, UK.[90] Two more people tested positive in Uttar Pradesh – one from Lucknow and the other from
Lakhimpur Kheri district.[91] A person from
Kodagu district in Karnataka tested positive.[92] A 21-year-old student who had returned from Ireland tested positive in Tamil Nadu.[93] An
HCL employee in
Noida, Uttar Pradesh who had returned from international travel tested positive.[94]
On 20 March,Bollywood singer
Kanika Kapoor who returned from London tested positive in Lucknow.[95] A 69-year-old Italian man who recovered from coronavirus earlier, died due to cardiac arrest in Rajasthan.[96] Gujarat reported its first two cases, a woman in
Surat who returned from New York City and a man in
Rajkot who returned from Mecca tested positive.[97] Telangana reported ten new cases, seven Indonesians, a 22-year-old man who had returned from Scotland,[98] and two person who returned from London tested positive.[99] Four more people tested positive in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh – three related to a previously infected doctor and one with a travel history to Gulf.[100] A third case was reported in
Punjab's
Mohali where a 68-year-old women who returned from United Kingdom tested positive.[101] One more person tested positive in Kolkata, West Bengal, a 20-year-old man with a travel history to United Kingdom.[102] An 18-year-old-girl in Telangana with a travel history to London tested positive.[103] Three more cases were reported in Maharashtra – one each in Mumbai, Pune and
Pimpri-Chinchwad.[104]Himachal Pradesh reported its first two cases.[105] Twelve more cases were reported in Kerala – five from
Ernakulam, six from
Kasaragod and one from
Palakkad.[106] In
Bhilwara, Rajasthan, six people tested positive.[107] A couple who returned from Spain, tested positive in Jaipur.[108]
21–22 March
On 21 March,Noida confirmed a case in Supertech CapeTown society.[109]West Bengal reported its third case in a woman with a travel history to
Scotland.[110] Number of coronavirus positive cases increases in
Punjab to 13.[111] Six new cases were reported in Rajasthan – five from
Bhilwara and one from
Jaipur.[112][113] In
Karnataka, three more positive cases were confirmed.[114][115] Three more positive cases were confirmed in Tamil Nadu, all foreign nationals.[116][117]
On 22 March, a 63-year-old man from
Mumbai, Maharashtra,[118] a 38-year-old man from
Patna, Bihar[119] and a 64-year-old man from
Surat, Gujarat[120] became the fifth, sixth and seventh victims of the virus in the country. In
Karnataka, a 33-year-old-man with recent foreign travel history tested positive.[121] Ten more people tested positive in
Maharashtra – six from
Mumbai and four from
Pune, five of whom got the infection through local transmission and the other five had a history of foreign travel.[122] Seven more cases were confirmed in
Punjab, all of whom had come in contact with the 70-year-old man from
Pathlawa village who had succumbed to the virus in the previous week.[123]Gujarat reported four more cases – two each from
Ahmedabad and
Gandhinagar.[124] In
Telangana, a 24-year-old man of
Guntur district of
Andhra Pradesh tested positive.[125] 15 more people tested positive in
Karnataka.[126]Rajasthan reported three new cases – one each from
Bhilwara,
Jhunjhunu and
Jodhpur.[127]
On 24 March, a 65-year-old man from
Mumbai, Maharashtra, who had a travel history to the
UAE, became the tenth victim of the virus in the country.[132] Two more cases were reported in
Kozhikode, Kerala – a 42-year-old man who returned from
Abu Dhabi and a 27-year-old person from Cherapuram.[133]Manipur reported its first case in a woman who had returned from the UK.[134] In
Maharashtra, four more cases were reported – three from
Pune and one from
Satara.[135] Three more cases were reported in
Telangana – one each from
Kokapet,
Chanda Nagar and
Begumpet.[136] Six more people tested positive in
Punjab, all of whom had come in contact with the 70-year-old
Nawanshahr resident who had tested positive for the infection and died of cardiac arrest the previous week.[137] Three more cases were reported in
Chennai – a 74-year-old male and a 52-year-old female who had returned from the United States and a 25-year-old female who had returned from
Switzerland.[138]Mizoram reported its first case in a 50-year-old man with a travel history of
Qatar, Amsterdam,
Istanbul and
Doha.[139]
25–26 March
On 25 March, a 54-year-old man from
Madurai in Tamil Nadu, a 65-year-old woman from
Indore in Madhya Pradesh and an 85-year-old woman from
Ahmedabad in Gujarat became the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth victims of the virus in the country.[140] A 29-year-old from
Patna, Bihar, who had returned from
Gujarat tested positive.[141] Three more cases were reported in
Gujarat – one each from
Ahmedabad,
Surat and
Vadodara, of which one was related to travel history to
Dubai and two were local transmissions.[142] In
Madhya Pradesh, a journalist, who had attended the final press conference of
Congress leader
Kamal Nath as the
CM, tested positive.[143] Five more cases were reported in
Tamil Nadu – four
Indonesians and their
travel guide from
Chennai.[144] Six more cases were reported in
Maharashtra – five from
Mumbai and one from
Thane.[145] In
Maharashtra, a 65-year-old woman who used to serve lunch near a corporate office in
Mumbai's
Prabhadevi tested positive.[146]
On 26 March, a 65-year-old man from
Srinagar in
Jammu and Kashmir,[147] a 70-year-old man from
Bhavnagar in Gujarat[148] and a 75-year-old woman from
Gauribidanur in Karnataka,[149] a 65-year-old woman from
Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra[150] and a 73-year-old man from
Bhilwara district in Rajasthan[151] became the fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth victims of the virus in the country. Three more cases were reported in Goa – a 25-year-old man who returned from Spain, a 29-year-old man who returned from Australia and a 55-year-old man who returned from the US.[152] Four more people tested positive in
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh – a 21-year-old woman whose parents had tested positive, a 32-year-old man who had returned from
Dubai, a 33-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man.[153] Five more people tested positive in
Telangana – a 3-year-old kid who had returned from
Saudi Arabia, a middle-aged lady who was the primary contact of another person who had tested positive, a 49-year-old man from
Medchal, a 36-year-old lady doctor from
Domalguda and her 41-year-old doctor husband.[154][155] Five more cases were reported in
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, none of which were linked to foreign travel history.[citation needed] Three more cases were reported in
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, all related to each other – a 21-year-old woman whose parents had tested positive, 39-year-old man who was a co-worker of the 21-year-old woman's father and his 33-year-old wife.[156]Andaman and Nicobar Islands reported its first case – a man who had returned from
Chennai.[157] Two more cases were confirmed in
Maharashtra – one each from
Mumbai and
Thane.[158] Three more cases were reported in
Bihar – a 20-year-old man from
Patna who had no travel history; a 40-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy from
Munger district who had come in contact with the 38-year-old man from the state who had succumbed to the virus.[159][160] two more positive cases were reported in
Andhra Pradesh.[161]
On 30 March, a 45-year-old woman from
Bhavnagar in Gujarat,[216] a 44-year-old woman from
Kalimpong in West Bengal,[217] a 52-year-old man from
Pune in Maharashtra,[218] a 42-year-old woman from
Ludhiana in Punjab,[219] a 41-year-old man from
Indore in Madhya Pradesh[220] a 49-year-old woman from
Indore in Madhya Pradesh,[221] an 80-year-old man from
Mumbai in Maharashtra,[222] five persons from
Telangana,[223] a 25-year-old man from
Basti district in Uttar Pradesh[224] and a 48-year-old woman from
Howrah in West Bengal[225] became the thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, thirty-seventh, thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, forty-second, forty-third, forty-fourth, forty-fifty, forty-sixth and forty-seventh victims of the virus in the country. Thirty-two cases were detected in
Kerala, of which seventeen were linked to foreign travel history and fifteen were local transmissions.[226] A 49-year-old man from
Kakinada and a 72-year-old man from
Rajahmundry tested positive in
Andhra Pradesh.[227] Seventeen more cases were reported in
Tamil Nadu.[228] One more case was confirmed in
Andaman and Nicobar Islands.[229]Gujarat confirmed six more cases – five from
Bhavnagar and one from
Ahmedabad.[230] Eight more cases were registered in
Madhya Pradesh – seven from
Indore and one from
Ujjain.[231]Punjab registered three more cases – one each from
Mohali,
Ludhiana and
Patiala.[232]Jammu and Kashmir reported eleven more cases – eight from
Kashmir and three from
Jammu division.[233] Five more cases were confirmed in
Chandigarh – an
NRI couple who reside in Canada and three local transmissions.[234] Seven more people tested positive in
Telangana.[235] Twenty-five more people tested positive in Delhi.[236]Maharashtra registered seventeen more cases – eight from
Mumbai, five from
Pune, two from
Nagpur and one each from
Nashik and
Kolhapur.[237] Sixteen more cases were reported in
Uttar Pradesh – seven from
Noida, six from
Meerut and one each from
Lucknow,
Agra and
Bulandshahr.[238] Twenty cases were detected in
Rajasthan.[239] Three members of a family who returned from Italy and their two close relatives were discharged.[240]
Major events of COVID-19 pandemic in India in April
5 April
100 confirmed deaths
14 April
10,000 confirmed cases Nationwide lock-down extended till 3 May
13 April
1,000 confirmed recoveries
19 April
500 confirmed deaths
22 April
20,000 confirmed cases
25 April
5,000 confirmed recoveries
29 April
30,000 confirmed cases
29 April
1,000 confirmed deaths
1–2 April
On 1 April, a 65-year-old man from
Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh,[255] a 72-year-old from
Meerut in Uttar Pradesh[256] a 51-year-old man from
Mumbai in Maharashtra, a 50-year-old man from
Palghar in Maharashtra, a 75-year-old man from
Mumbai in Maharashtra, an 84-year-old woman from
Mumbai in Maharashtra, a 73-year-old woman from
Mumbai in Maharashtra and a 63-year-old woman from
Mumbai in Maharashtra[257] became the fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second, fifty-third, fifty-fourth, fifty-fifty, fifty-sixth and fifty-seventh victims of the virus in the country. One hundred and ten people tested positive in
Tamil Nadu.[258] Forty-three more cases were reported in
Andhra Pradesh.[259]Maharashtra reported thirty-three more cases – thirty from
Mumbai, two from
Pune and one from
Buldhana.[260] Confirmed cases in Delhi increased by thirty-two.[261] Kerala reported twenty-four more cases – twelve from
Kasargod, three from
Ernakulam, two each from
Thiruvananthapuram,
Thrissur,
Malappuram and
Kannur, and one from
Palakkad.[262] Twenty more infections were detected in
Madhya Pradesh – nineteen from
Indore and one from
Khargone district.[263] Sixteen positive cases were confirmed in
Maharashtra.[264] Eight more people tested positive cases in
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, of whom four had inter-state travel history, three contracted it from locals and one had foreign travel history.[265] Four positive cases were confirmed in
Guwahati, Assam.[266] Thirteen more cases were registered in
Ramganj area of
Jaipur in Rajasthan, all of whom had come in contact with the first positive case in the area.[267]
On 2 April, two persons who had visited the
Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi,[268] a 52-year-old man from
Vadodara in Gujarat,[269] a 55-year-old man from
Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh,[270] a 62-year-old man from
Amritsar in Punjab,[271] four persons from Maharashtra,[272] a 67-year-old man from
Ambala in Haryana,[273] a 65-year-old woman from
Indore in Madhya Pradesh, a 54-year-old man from
Indore in Madhya Pradesh[274] and a 71-year-old man from
Chennai in Tamil Nadu[275] became the fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first, sixty-second, sixty-third, sixty-fourth, sixty-fifth, sixty-sixth, sixty-seventh, sixty-eighth, sixty-ninth and seventieth victims of the virus in the country. Delhi recorded an increase of one hundred and forty-one in confirmed cases, 91.49 percent of which were linked to the
Nizamuddin Markaz congregation.[276] Eighty-eight more infections were identified in
Maharashtra – fifty-four from
Mumbai, eleven from
Pune, nine from
Ahmednagar, nine from areas around Mumbai, two from
Aurangabad and one each from
Satara,
Osmanabad and
Buldhana.[277]Tamil Nadu reported seventy-five more case of which seventy-four were linked to the
Nizamuddin Markaz congregation.[278] Three cases were confirmed in
Assam's
Goalpara district.[279] Thirteen persons tested positive in
Rajasthan – seven from
Ramganj and one each from
Jodhpur,
Jhunjhunu,
Udaipur,
Dholpur &
Bharatpur.[280][281] Twenty cases were reported in
Andhra Pradesh.[282] A 10-month-old girl and her grandmother tested positive in
Chandigarh.[283]Arunachal Pradesh reported its first case in a 31-year-old man who returned from the
Nizamuddin Markaz meet.[284] Three persons who attended the
Nizamuddin Markaz congregation tested positive in
Una, Himachal Pradesh.[285]
On 4 April, a 67-year-old woman from
Ahmedabad in Gujarat,[300] a 51-year-old man from
Villupuram in Tamil Nadu,[301] a 53-year-old woman from
Theni district in Tamil Nadu,[302] six persons in
Maharashtra[303] and 36-year-old man from
Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh[304] became the seventy-sixth, seventy-seventh, seventy-eighth, seventy-ninth, eightieth, eighty-first, eighty-second, eighty-third, eighty-fourth and eighty-fifth victims of the virus in the country. Four positive cases were reported in
Visakhapatnam.[305] 47 positive cases were reported in
Maharashtra.[306] First case reported in
Faridkot District where a 35-year-old man tested positive.[307] One positive cases was reported in
Assam.[308] Six positive cases were reported in
Uttarakhand.[309]
5–6 April
On 5 April, a person from Delhi,[310] a 61-year-old woman from
Surat in Gujarat,[311] thirteen people from
Maharashtra,[312] a 69-year-old woman from
Ludhiana in Punjab,[313] and a 60-year-old man from
Chennai in Tamil Nadu[314] became the eighty-sixth, eighty-seventh, eighty-eighth, eighty-ninth, ninetieth, ninety-first, ninety-second, ninety-third, ninety-fourth, ninety-fifth, ninety-sixth, ninety-seventh, ninety-eighth, ninety-ninth, hundredth, hundred-and-first and hundred-and-second victims of the virus in the country. One hundred and thirteen cases were registered in
Maharashtra – eighty-one from
Mumbai, eighteen from
Pune, four from
Aurangabad, three from
Ahmednagar, two each from
Kalyan-Dombivli and
Thane, one each from
Osmanabad and
Vasai and one from
Gujarat.[315] Eighty-six more people tested positive in
Tamil Nadu, of whom eighty-five had attended the
Tablighi Jamaat congregation and one had a travel history to
Dubai.[316] Delhi's case count rose by fifty-eight.[317]Telangana detected sixty-two more infections.[318] Positive cases were reported in
Mewat –
Haryana.[319] 16 positive cases were reported in
Indore –
Madhya Pradesh.[320] 29 positive cases were confirmed in
Maharashtra.[321] 42 years old man tested positive in
Dera Bassi of
Mohali and 28 years old man tested positive in
Ludhiana.[322]
On 7 April, the nationwide death toll hit one hundred and twenty-four.[331] 23 positive cases were reported in
Maharashtra.[332] 12 positive cases were reported in
Karnataka.[333] Three positive cases were reported in
Rajasthan.[citation needed] 12 more cases confirmed in the state as 7 from Mohali and all belongs to a single village, 2 from Mansa, 1 from Pathankot, the husband of the deceased corona patient, first Coronavirus case from
Moga originally belongs to
Maharashtra state[334] and 1 from
Amritsar, the wife of corona patient who died a day before in
Amritsar. Later on 8 more cases confirmed in Punjab. 5 from
Pathankot and all came into the contact of the deceased corona patient in the District and 3 from
Moga.[335]
On 9 April, the death toll in the country rose to one hundred and sixty-nine.[343]Maharashtra reported two hundred and eleven cases.[344] Ninety-six people tested positive in
Tamil Nadu.[345] Seventy-six people in
Gujarat tested positive for the virus.[346] Delhi saw an increase of fifty-one new cases.[347] One positive case was reported in
Himachal Pradesh.[348] 22 positive cases including a doctor & his wife have been tested positive in
Madhya Pradesh.[349][350] 51-year-old woman in
Dhenkanal and a 69-year-old man from West Bengal in
Bhubaneswar were confirmed positive.[351] 7 positive case reported in Mohali.[352] Four more cases confirmed in Piunjab – 3 from
Jalandhar and 1 from
Amritsar.[353]
On 10 April, four positive cases were reported in
Odisha.[354] 26 positive cases were reported in
Rajasthan.[355] 21 positive cases were confirmed in
Gujarat.[356] Two positive cases were reported in
Bihar.[357] 10 positive cases were reported in
Karnataka.[358] Eight positive cases were reported in
Srinagar.[359]
On 12 April, 51 cases were reported in
Rajasthan.[371] 54 cases were reported in
Odisha.[372] 15 cases reported from
Dharavi in
Mumbai.[373] 25 positive cases were reported in
Gujarat.[374] 36 people have recovered in a single day in Kerala.[375] 217 positive cases were reported in
Mumbai.[376] 21 positive cases were reported in
Jammu and Kashmir.[377] 2 more cases confirmed from Jawaharpur village of Mohali where an 80 years old and 55 years old females tested positive.[378] 70-year-old woman has been discharged in Karnataka from hospital after treatment. At the same time, seven patients have been discharged after treatment so far.[379]
13–14 April
On 13 April, 11 positive cases reported in
Rajasthan – 10 from Bharatpur & 1 from Banswara.[380] 30 positive cases were reported in
Agra.[381] 22 positive cases were reported in
Gujarat.[382] Four positive cases were reported from
Dharavi in
Mumbai.[383] 52-year-old Gazetted Officer reported positive of Punjab Police in
Ludhiana.[384] The 44 Indians from
Iran, who were brought to the country and kept in the Indian Navy's Quarantine Center at
Ghatkopar,
Mumbai, have now returned home.[385] 6 positive cases were reported in
Punjab – 1 case from
Mohali and 2 cases reported each from
Jalandhar and
Pathankot[386] 25 staff members of a hospital in
Mumbai have tested positive.[387] 25 cases reported in
Kashmir.[388]
On 14 April, 29 deaths has been reported.[389] A 56-year-old woman and a 38-year-old woman have tested positive in
Mohali.[390] 45 cases were reported in
Gujarat.[391] 34 positive cases were reported in
Andhra Pradesh.[392] Two cases were reported in
Haryana.[393] 8 positive cases were reported in
Kerala.[394] 204 positive cases were reported in
Mumbai.[395] 71 positive cases were reported in
Rajasthan.[396] First corona case confirmed in
Gurdaspur District where a 60 years old man tested positive who returned from Jalandhar hospital.[397]
15–16 April
On 15 April, the number of positive cases in India exceeded 11,000.[398] 39 deaths has been reported.[399] 76 positive cases were reported in
Indore.[400] Five positive cases were reported in Dharavi –
Mumbai.[401] 56 positive cases were reported in
Gujrat.[402] 29 cases reported in
Rajasthan.[403] 19 positive cases were reported in
Andhra Pradesh.[404] 183 positive cases were reported in
Mumbai.[405] only one positive case was reported in
Kerala.[406] 15 case were reported in
Karnataka.[407] 38 cases reported in
Tamil Nadu, Of these, 34 are people who joined the Tablighi Jamaat and were in contact with them.[408]
On 18 April, According to
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Out of a total of 14378 cases, 4291 (29.8%) cases are affected by Nizamuddin Markaz cluster. 84 percent in Tamil Nadu, 63 percent in Delhi, 79 percent in Telangana, 59 percent in Uttar Pradesh and 61 percent in Andhra Pradesh are related to this incident & 1992 patients have been cured until the date, which is overall cure 13.85% of the total patients.[431] 98 cases were reported in
Rajasthan.[432] 12 positive cases were reported in
Karnataka.[433] 49 cases were reported in
Tamil Nadu.[434] 2 cases were reported in
Uttarakhand.[435] In Ludhiana another state official, an
Assistant sub-inspector of police tested corona positive.[436]
Jharkhand: One person reported positive in
Dhanbad, taking the tally in Dhanbad to 2.[438]
Uttar Pradesh: 45 positive cases were reported in
Agra, taking the tally in an Agra to 241.[439]
Maharashtra: 9 cases were reported in
Nagpur. taking the tally in a city to 72.[440]
Bihar: one positive case was reported in Bihar, taking the tally to 87 in a state.[441]
Karnataka: 4 cases were reported in the
Mysuru. Out of the 4 patients, 2 patients have travel history to Delhi. taking the telly in the state to 388.[442]
Rajasthan: 80 positive cases reported -17 in
Bharatpur, 1 in
Bhilwara, 2 in
Bikaner, 7 in
Jaipur, 1 in Jaisalmer, 1 in Jhunjhunu, 30 in
Jodhpur, 12 in Nagour, 2 in
Kota 2 in Jhalawar, 1 in Hanumangarh & 1 in Sawai Madhopur. Taking the tally in a state to 1431.[443]
After
Goa, now
Manipur has also defeated the coronavirus. Two people were infected with the coronavirus there, but now both have recovered and returned home. Manipur has become a COVID-19 free state.[446]
Maharastra: Three cases were reported in Nagpur. Taking the tally in Nagpur to 76.[447] In a same day new 466 cases reported in Maharashtra, taking the total telly in a state to 4666.[448]
Karnataka: 5 cases were reported in
Karnataka. Taking the tally in a state to 395.[449]
Jammu & Kashmir: 14 cases were reported in Jammu and Kashmir. Taking the telly in the state to 368.[450]
Andhra Pradesh: 75 cases were reported in state, taking the total tally in a state to 722.[451]
Madhya Pradesh: 18 cases taking the total tally in a state to 915.[454]
Uttar Pradesh: 28 cases were reported in
Agra. Taking the total tally in Agra to 295.[455] 31 cases were reported in Raebareli.[456]
West BengalË 29 cases were reported, taking the total tally in a state to 274.[457]
MaharashtraË 12 cases were reported in Dharavi, taking the total tally in dharavi to 179.[458]
PunjabË One new case confirmed from Mohali where a 25 years old boy tested corona positive and 5 corona positive cases confirmed in Patiala and all came into contact with the corona positive patient.[459]
Jammu and KashmirË 27 cases were reported in a state.[469]
23 April
34 deaths & 1299 new cases has been reported.[470]
Rajasthan: 47 positive cases have been reported in Rajasthan – 20 in
Jodhpur, 12 in
Jaipur, 10 in Nagaur, 2 each in Hanumangarh & Kota, 1 in Ajmer.[471]
Andhra Pradesh: 80 cases were reported in a state.[472]
Uttar Pradesh: 13 cases were reported in Saharanpur.[473] 2 cases were reported in
Kanpur, taking the total tally in Kanpur to 79.[474]
MaharashtraË 25 cases were reported in Mumbai from Dharavi.[475]
PunjabË A 35 years old lady tested corona positive in Ludhiana[480] and one new case in Jalandhar.[481] Later on 6 cases confirmed from Patiala, 2 from Mansa and 1 from Amritsar.[482]
Tamil Nadu: 72 new cases were reported, of which 52 belonged to Chennai.[483]
Maharashtra: 21 cases were reported from Dharavi in Mumbai.[486] 96 police personnel reported positive in a state.
Karnataka: 26 cases were reported in a state.[487]
Jharkhand: 4 cases were reported positive in Ranchi.[488]
PunjabË A lady doctor tested corona positive in Pathankot.[489] Six more cases confirmed in
Rajpura of Patiala District and all came into contact with corona positive patients.[490] Near about after one month a new COVID-19 case reported in Nawanshahr where a 35 years old man tested corona positive who returned from Jammu.[491] 18th death reported in Punjab from Jalandhar district where a 48 years old man died at morning and later on tested positive.[492]
Rajasthan: 49 cases and 2 deaths were reported.[493]
26 April
47 deaths & 1975 cases were reported.[494] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Madhya Pradesh: 91 cases were reported in Indore.[495]
West BengalË 33 cases were reported in state.[526]
PunjabË 2 cases confirmed in Faridkot who returned from Nanded, Maharashtra.[527] 11 cases confirmed in Ludhiana, out of these 7 returned from Nanded and 4 returned from Kota University in Rajasthan and 3 cases confirmed in Hoshiarpur[528] 2 new cases reported in Mohali.[529]
Rajasthan: 159 cases 30
BSF soldiers tested positive who returned from Delhi after COVID-19 management duty.[591]
7 May
89 deaths & 3561 cases were reported.[592]
The tally of total cases in country crosses 50,000-mark.[593] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
MaharashtraË 1,216 cases in the state & 250 policeman cases were reported in a Mumbai city & tally of total cases in Mumbai crosses 10,000-mark till.[600]
Maharashtra, Mizoram & Tamil Nadu government extended the lockdown until 31 May.[700][701][702] But later NDMA extended the lockdown until 31 May in all Indian states.[703] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
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Major events of COVID-19 pandemic in India in March
6 March
International passenger screenings at airports
10 March
First airlift from Iran
11 March
First airlift from Italy
12 March
First confirmed death
13 March
Suspension of non-essential traveller visas
15 March
100 confirmed cases
16 March
Passenger land border crossing suspended
22 March
One day Janta Curfew Passenger air travel suspended till further notice
22 March
Final airlift from Italy (Total of 564 Indians), India observed a 14-hour curfew
25 March
Nationwide lock-down imposed till 14 April
28 March
1,000 confirmed cases
29 March
Final airlift from Iran (Total of 764 Indians)
30 March
100 confirmed recoveries
31 March
Cluster identified: Delhi religious congregation event – Tablighi Jamaat
1–2 March
On 2 March, the
Union Health Ministry reported two more cases: a 45-year-old man in Delhi who had travelled back from Italy and a 24-year-old engineer in
Hyderabad who had a travel history with the
United Arab Emirates.[5][6] In addition, an Italian citizen in
Jaipur, who was earlier tested negative, tested positive, totalling six confirmed cases in the country.[7] 88 people who were in contact with the Hyderabad individual, including fellow bus passengers from
Bangalore, were tracked down by the government and placed under watch.[8] Officials of the
Government of Telangana stated that 36 people who had been in contact with the Hyderabad engineer had developed coronavirus symptoms.[9] An employee of
Intel in Bangalore who had come in contact with him was quarantined.[10] Fifteen crew members of the
Air India flight, which had carried the Delhi man from Vienna, were placed in isolation for 14 days,[11] while six of his family members in
Agra were quarantined.[12] Staff of a restaurant in Delhi where he had dined on 28 February were asked to self-quarantine for two weeks,[13] and two schools in
Noida whose students had attended a birthday party of his child were closed for a week.[14]
3–4 March
On 3 March, the wife of the Italian tourist in Jaipur also tested positive, and her samples were sent to
Pune for confirmation.[15] A total of 24 people (21 Italians and 3 Indians) residing in a
South Delhi hotel were shifted to an
ITBP camp for testing.[16]
On 4 March, 15 of them (14 Italians and 1 Indian), along with the Jaipur Italian tourist's wife, tested positive for coronavirus, according to an announcement by the
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi; the 14 Italians were quarantined at
Medanta in
Gurgaon.[17] The six family members of the Delhi case in Agra were confirmed to be infected with the virus.[18] A
Paytm Gurgaon employee from Delhi, who had returned from a vacation in Italy, tested positive, taking the number of cases to 29.[19] 459 passengers have been screened in
Kochi who were on board the Italian luxury cruise ship 'Costa Victoria'.[20]
5–6 March
On 5 March, a middle-aged man in
Ghaziabad who had travel history with Iran tested positive.[21] More than 1,200 people, who came from other countries, were quarantined in
Kolkata.[22]
On 6 March, a resident of
West Delhi, who had travelled to Malaysia and Thailand, was diagnosed with the virus.[23]
7–8 March
On 7 March, a man in
Jammu, who had travelled to Iran and South Korea,[24] and two people from
Hoshiarpur with travel history to Italy were tested positive in preliminary tests, but a confirmation from Pune was awaited.[25] The Union Health Ministry announced three confirmed cases on 7 March—two people from
Ladakh who had visited Iran, and a person in
Tamil Nadu who had been to Oman.[26] The lone patient of
COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu later tested negative on 10 March with that no fresh cases remained in the state.[27] An American tourist who was tested positive in Bhutan, caused alert in
Assam after he was found to have visited several places in the state before leaving the country.[28]
On 8 March, five people of the same family in
Ranni,
Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, were tested positive for the virus. Three of them had been to Italy while other two came in direct contact with those infected.[29]
9–10 March
On 9 March, a three-year-old, who returned from Italy two days before, was tested positive in
Ernakulam; the child's parents were also quarantined as a precaution. A 63-year-old woman in
Jammu and Kashmir who had been to Iran was confirmed to be infected with the virus.[30] A person in Agra, who had come in contact with an infected person, and a man in Delhi were diagnosed with the virus.[31] Later, one of the two
Hoshiarpur,
Punjab suspected cases tested positive, as did a techie in
Bangalore who had travel history to the United States.[32] Maharashtra reported its first two cases later in the day after a couple in
Pune, with travel history to Dubai, tested positive.[33]
On 10 March, a press release from the
Indian Council of Medical Research confirmed that three more people in Karnataka, including wife and child of the infected Bangalore techie, were diagnosed with the virus.[34] The
Chief Minister of KeralaPinarayi Vijayan reported six fresh cases in Pathanamthitta, all of whom were linked to the five previously confirmed cases from the town.[35] Three more people in Pune, who had come in contact with the infected couple from the city, tested positive.[36] Later, both parents of the infected three-year-old child in Ernakulam were also tested positive.[37]
11–12 March
On 11 March, an 85-year-old man in
Jaipur tested positive who had travel history to Dubai.[38] Two people tested positive in
Mumbai, who were close to previously reported Pune patients.[39] Maharashtra Chief Minister
Uddhav Thackeray confirmed while addressing a press conference that total 10 people have tested positive in the state which included 8 from Pune and 2 from Mumbai. Later, a 45-year-old man who returned from US tested positive in
Nagpur, taking the toll to 11 in
Maharashtra.[40]
On 12 March, a 76-year-old man from
Kalaburgi, Karnataka who had a travel history to Saudi Arabia became the first victim of the virus in the country.[41] A tourist guide in
Noida, Uttar Pradesh who had come in contact with a group of Italian tourists, tested positive.[42] Later, a Canadian woman tested positive in
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Her husband, who had travelled with her was also put in isolation.[43] A 69-year-old woman in
West Delhi who tested positive and died later, transmitted it from her 46-year-old son who had travel history to Japan, Italy and
Geneva, Switzerland.[44][45]Andhra Pradesh reported its first case, a man returned from Italy tested positive in
Nellore. Five people with whom he came in contact were quarantined.[46]
13–14 March
On 13 March, 69-year-old woman from Delhi, who had transmitted it from her 46-year-old son with the travel history to Japan, Italy and
Switzerland, became the second victim of the virus in the country.[45][47] An employee of Google in
Bangalore, who had returned from a trip to Greece, tested positive; his colleagues were quarantined.[48] Later, two more people in
Kerala who had returned from Dubai and Qatar tested positive taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the state to 16.[49] In Maharashtra, 1 more person in Pune and 2 more in
Nagpur tested positive taking total to 17 in the state.[50] An employee of a private firm in
Noida tested positive who had travelled to Italy and then Switzerland.[51] An Indian national evacuated from Italy and quarantined at an Army facility near
Gurugram tested positive.[52] Seven patients – 5 from Uttar Pradesh, and one each from Rajasthan and Delhi survived the disease and got discharged from various hospitals.[53]
On 15 March, A 59-year-old woman from
Aurangabad with a travel history to Russia tested positive.[59] Uttar Pradesh reported its 12th case in Lucknow.[60] A UK national and a doctor who returned from abroad tested positive in Kerala.[61]Telangana reported its third case in a person who had travelled to the Netherlands.[62] A trainee officer at
Forest Research Institute who had returned from a study tour to Spain, Finland and Russia became the first person to be tested positive in
Uttarakhand.[63] The daughter of the first victim of the virus in the country tested positive in
Kalaburagi, Karnataka.[64] The Italian couple and the Dubai-returned 85-year-old
Jaipur native in Rajasthan recovered from the virus.[65] A 31-year-old man from Pune who recently travelled to Dubai and Japan tested positive later in the day.[66]
On 16 March,Odisha reported its first case when a 31-year-old man from
Bhubaneswar with travel history to Italy tested positive.[67] Maharashtra reported four more cases – three in Mumbai and one in
Navi Mumbai.[68] A woman who was part of a nine-member group that returned from Dubai on 1 March tested positive in
Yavatmal in Maharashtra.[69] Kerala reported three more cases – two in
Malappuram and one in
Kasaragod.[70] A 32-year-old man from Karnataka, who had returned in the same flight from
Heathrow, London as the
Mindtree employee, tested positive.[71] A 34-year-old soldier of the
Indian Army, whose father had contracted the virus on 6 March, tested positive in
Leh.[72]
17–18 March
On 17 March, a 64-year-old man from
Mumbai, Maharashtra, who had a travel history to
Dubai, became the third victim of the virus in the country.[73] Two people who returned from France tested positive in
Noida.[74] Three more cases were reported in
Ladakh – two from
Leh and one from
Kargil district.[75] A 3-year-old girl and both her parents tested positive in Mumbai.[76] In
Puducherry, a 68-year-old woman who travelled to the
UAE was the first reported case in the Union Territory.[77] In
Kalaburagi, Karnataka, a 63-year-old doctor, who treated the first victim of the virus in the country, tested positive.[78] Two inmates at the
ITBP quarantine facility in New Delhi, who had a travel history to Italy, tested positive.[79]West Bengal reported its first case in a person who had returned from England.[80]
On 18 March, a woman in her late 20s, who had a travel history to France and the Netherlands, tested positive in Pune.[81] Telangana reported its sixth case in a person who had a travel history to the UK.[82] A man from
Gautam Buddha Nagar district in
Noida who had returned from Indonesia tested positive.[83] Karnataka reported two more cases, a 56-year-old man who returned from the United States and a 26-year-old woman who returned from Spain.[84]Tamil Nadu's second case was reported in a person who travelled by train from Delhi to
Chennai.[85]Rajasthan reported three more cases in a couple and their 2-year-old daughter from
Jhunjhunu, they had returned from Italy.[86]
19–20 March
On 19 March, a 72-year-old man in
Punjab who had returned from Germany via Italy became the fourth victim of the virus in the country.[87] A 23-year-old woman in
Chandigarh who had a travel history to the UK tested positive.[88] Two women from Mumbai – a 22-year-old who had returned from the UK and a 49-year-old resident of
Ulhasnagar who had returned from Dubai tested positive.[89]Chhattisgarh reported its first case in a 23-year-old woman from
Raipur who had travelled to London, UK.[90] Two more people tested positive in Uttar Pradesh – one from Lucknow and the other from
Lakhimpur Kheri district.[91] A person from
Kodagu district in Karnataka tested positive.[92] A 21-year-old student who had returned from Ireland tested positive in Tamil Nadu.[93] An
HCL employee in
Noida, Uttar Pradesh who had returned from international travel tested positive.[94]
On 20 March,Bollywood singer
Kanika Kapoor who returned from London tested positive in Lucknow.[95] A 69-year-old Italian man who recovered from coronavirus earlier, died due to cardiac arrest in Rajasthan.[96] Gujarat reported its first two cases, a woman in
Surat who returned from New York City and a man in
Rajkot who returned from Mecca tested positive.[97] Telangana reported ten new cases, seven Indonesians, a 22-year-old man who had returned from Scotland,[98] and two person who returned from London tested positive.[99] Four more people tested positive in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh – three related to a previously infected doctor and one with a travel history to Gulf.[100] A third case was reported in
Punjab's
Mohali where a 68-year-old women who returned from United Kingdom tested positive.[101] One more person tested positive in Kolkata, West Bengal, a 20-year-old man with a travel history to United Kingdom.[102] An 18-year-old-girl in Telangana with a travel history to London tested positive.[103] Three more cases were reported in Maharashtra – one each in Mumbai, Pune and
Pimpri-Chinchwad.[104]Himachal Pradesh reported its first two cases.[105] Twelve more cases were reported in Kerala – five from
Ernakulam, six from
Kasaragod and one from
Palakkad.[106] In
Bhilwara, Rajasthan, six people tested positive.[107] A couple who returned from Spain, tested positive in Jaipur.[108]
21–22 March
On 21 March,Noida confirmed a case in Supertech CapeTown society.[109]West Bengal reported its third case in a woman with a travel history to
Scotland.[110] Number of coronavirus positive cases increases in
Punjab to 13.[111] Six new cases were reported in Rajasthan – five from
Bhilwara and one from
Jaipur.[112][113] In
Karnataka, three more positive cases were confirmed.[114][115] Three more positive cases were confirmed in Tamil Nadu, all foreign nationals.[116][117]
On 22 March, a 63-year-old man from
Mumbai, Maharashtra,[118] a 38-year-old man from
Patna, Bihar[119] and a 64-year-old man from
Surat, Gujarat[120] became the fifth, sixth and seventh victims of the virus in the country. In
Karnataka, a 33-year-old-man with recent foreign travel history tested positive.[121] Ten more people tested positive in
Maharashtra – six from
Mumbai and four from
Pune, five of whom got the infection through local transmission and the other five had a history of foreign travel.[122] Seven more cases were confirmed in
Punjab, all of whom had come in contact with the 70-year-old man from
Pathlawa village who had succumbed to the virus in the previous week.[123]Gujarat reported four more cases – two each from
Ahmedabad and
Gandhinagar.[124] In
Telangana, a 24-year-old man of
Guntur district of
Andhra Pradesh tested positive.[125] 15 more people tested positive in
Karnataka.[126]Rajasthan reported three new cases – one each from
Bhilwara,
Jhunjhunu and
Jodhpur.[127]
On 24 March, a 65-year-old man from
Mumbai, Maharashtra, who had a travel history to the
UAE, became the tenth victim of the virus in the country.[132] Two more cases were reported in
Kozhikode, Kerala – a 42-year-old man who returned from
Abu Dhabi and a 27-year-old person from Cherapuram.[133]Manipur reported its first case in a woman who had returned from the UK.[134] In
Maharashtra, four more cases were reported – three from
Pune and one from
Satara.[135] Three more cases were reported in
Telangana – one each from
Kokapet,
Chanda Nagar and
Begumpet.[136] Six more people tested positive in
Punjab, all of whom had come in contact with the 70-year-old
Nawanshahr resident who had tested positive for the infection and died of cardiac arrest the previous week.[137] Three more cases were reported in
Chennai – a 74-year-old male and a 52-year-old female who had returned from the United States and a 25-year-old female who had returned from
Switzerland.[138]Mizoram reported its first case in a 50-year-old man with a travel history of
Qatar, Amsterdam,
Istanbul and
Doha.[139]
25–26 March
On 25 March, a 54-year-old man from
Madurai in Tamil Nadu, a 65-year-old woman from
Indore in Madhya Pradesh and an 85-year-old woman from
Ahmedabad in Gujarat became the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth victims of the virus in the country.[140] A 29-year-old from
Patna, Bihar, who had returned from
Gujarat tested positive.[141] Three more cases were reported in
Gujarat – one each from
Ahmedabad,
Surat and
Vadodara, of which one was related to travel history to
Dubai and two were local transmissions.[142] In
Madhya Pradesh, a journalist, who had attended the final press conference of
Congress leader
Kamal Nath as the
CM, tested positive.[143] Five more cases were reported in
Tamil Nadu – four
Indonesians and their
travel guide from
Chennai.[144] Six more cases were reported in
Maharashtra – five from
Mumbai and one from
Thane.[145] In
Maharashtra, a 65-year-old woman who used to serve lunch near a corporate office in
Mumbai's
Prabhadevi tested positive.[146]
On 26 March, a 65-year-old man from
Srinagar in
Jammu and Kashmir,[147] a 70-year-old man from
Bhavnagar in Gujarat[148] and a 75-year-old woman from
Gauribidanur in Karnataka,[149] a 65-year-old woman from
Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra[150] and a 73-year-old man from
Bhilwara district in Rajasthan[151] became the fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth victims of the virus in the country. Three more cases were reported in Goa – a 25-year-old man who returned from Spain, a 29-year-old man who returned from Australia and a 55-year-old man who returned from the US.[152] Four more people tested positive in
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh – a 21-year-old woman whose parents had tested positive, a 32-year-old man who had returned from
Dubai, a 33-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man.[153] Five more people tested positive in
Telangana – a 3-year-old kid who had returned from
Saudi Arabia, a middle-aged lady who was the primary contact of another person who had tested positive, a 49-year-old man from
Medchal, a 36-year-old lady doctor from
Domalguda and her 41-year-old doctor husband.[154][155] Five more cases were reported in
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, none of which were linked to foreign travel history.[citation needed] Three more cases were reported in
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, all related to each other – a 21-year-old woman whose parents had tested positive, 39-year-old man who was a co-worker of the 21-year-old woman's father and his 33-year-old wife.[156]Andaman and Nicobar Islands reported its first case – a man who had returned from
Chennai.[157] Two more cases were confirmed in
Maharashtra – one each from
Mumbai and
Thane.[158] Three more cases were reported in
Bihar – a 20-year-old man from
Patna who had no travel history; a 40-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy from
Munger district who had come in contact with the 38-year-old man from the state who had succumbed to the virus.[159][160] two more positive cases were reported in
Andhra Pradesh.[161]
On 30 March, a 45-year-old woman from
Bhavnagar in Gujarat,[216] a 44-year-old woman from
Kalimpong in West Bengal,[217] a 52-year-old man from
Pune in Maharashtra,[218] a 42-year-old woman from
Ludhiana in Punjab,[219] a 41-year-old man from
Indore in Madhya Pradesh[220] a 49-year-old woman from
Indore in Madhya Pradesh,[221] an 80-year-old man from
Mumbai in Maharashtra,[222] five persons from
Telangana,[223] a 25-year-old man from
Basti district in Uttar Pradesh[224] and a 48-year-old woman from
Howrah in West Bengal[225] became the thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, thirty-seventh, thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, forty-second, forty-third, forty-fourth, forty-fifty, forty-sixth and forty-seventh victims of the virus in the country. Thirty-two cases were detected in
Kerala, of which seventeen were linked to foreign travel history and fifteen were local transmissions.[226] A 49-year-old man from
Kakinada and a 72-year-old man from
Rajahmundry tested positive in
Andhra Pradesh.[227] Seventeen more cases were reported in
Tamil Nadu.[228] One more case was confirmed in
Andaman and Nicobar Islands.[229]Gujarat confirmed six more cases – five from
Bhavnagar and one from
Ahmedabad.[230] Eight more cases were registered in
Madhya Pradesh – seven from
Indore and one from
Ujjain.[231]Punjab registered three more cases – one each from
Mohali,
Ludhiana and
Patiala.[232]Jammu and Kashmir reported eleven more cases – eight from
Kashmir and three from
Jammu division.[233] Five more cases were confirmed in
Chandigarh – an
NRI couple who reside in Canada and three local transmissions.[234] Seven more people tested positive in
Telangana.[235] Twenty-five more people tested positive in Delhi.[236]Maharashtra registered seventeen more cases – eight from
Mumbai, five from
Pune, two from
Nagpur and one each from
Nashik and
Kolhapur.[237] Sixteen more cases were reported in
Uttar Pradesh – seven from
Noida, six from
Meerut and one each from
Lucknow,
Agra and
Bulandshahr.[238] Twenty cases were detected in
Rajasthan.[239] Three members of a family who returned from Italy and their two close relatives were discharged.[240]
Major events of COVID-19 pandemic in India in April
5 April
100 confirmed deaths
14 April
10,000 confirmed cases Nationwide lock-down extended till 3 May
13 April
1,000 confirmed recoveries
19 April
500 confirmed deaths
22 April
20,000 confirmed cases
25 April
5,000 confirmed recoveries
29 April
30,000 confirmed cases
29 April
1,000 confirmed deaths
1–2 April
On 1 April, a 65-year-old man from
Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh,[255] a 72-year-old from
Meerut in Uttar Pradesh[256] a 51-year-old man from
Mumbai in Maharashtra, a 50-year-old man from
Palghar in Maharashtra, a 75-year-old man from
Mumbai in Maharashtra, an 84-year-old woman from
Mumbai in Maharashtra, a 73-year-old woman from
Mumbai in Maharashtra and a 63-year-old woman from
Mumbai in Maharashtra[257] became the fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second, fifty-third, fifty-fourth, fifty-fifty, fifty-sixth and fifty-seventh victims of the virus in the country. One hundred and ten people tested positive in
Tamil Nadu.[258] Forty-three more cases were reported in
Andhra Pradesh.[259]Maharashtra reported thirty-three more cases – thirty from
Mumbai, two from
Pune and one from
Buldhana.[260] Confirmed cases in Delhi increased by thirty-two.[261] Kerala reported twenty-four more cases – twelve from
Kasargod, three from
Ernakulam, two each from
Thiruvananthapuram,
Thrissur,
Malappuram and
Kannur, and one from
Palakkad.[262] Twenty more infections were detected in
Madhya Pradesh – nineteen from
Indore and one from
Khargone district.[263] Sixteen positive cases were confirmed in
Maharashtra.[264] Eight more people tested positive cases in
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, of whom four had inter-state travel history, three contracted it from locals and one had foreign travel history.[265] Four positive cases were confirmed in
Guwahati, Assam.[266] Thirteen more cases were registered in
Ramganj area of
Jaipur in Rajasthan, all of whom had come in contact with the first positive case in the area.[267]
On 2 April, two persons who had visited the
Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi,[268] a 52-year-old man from
Vadodara in Gujarat,[269] a 55-year-old man from
Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh,[270] a 62-year-old man from
Amritsar in Punjab,[271] four persons from Maharashtra,[272] a 67-year-old man from
Ambala in Haryana,[273] a 65-year-old woman from
Indore in Madhya Pradesh, a 54-year-old man from
Indore in Madhya Pradesh[274] and a 71-year-old man from
Chennai in Tamil Nadu[275] became the fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first, sixty-second, sixty-third, sixty-fourth, sixty-fifth, sixty-sixth, sixty-seventh, sixty-eighth, sixty-ninth and seventieth victims of the virus in the country. Delhi recorded an increase of one hundred and forty-one in confirmed cases, 91.49 percent of which were linked to the
Nizamuddin Markaz congregation.[276] Eighty-eight more infections were identified in
Maharashtra – fifty-four from
Mumbai, eleven from
Pune, nine from
Ahmednagar, nine from areas around Mumbai, two from
Aurangabad and one each from
Satara,
Osmanabad and
Buldhana.[277]Tamil Nadu reported seventy-five more case of which seventy-four were linked to the
Nizamuddin Markaz congregation.[278] Three cases were confirmed in
Assam's
Goalpara district.[279] Thirteen persons tested positive in
Rajasthan – seven from
Ramganj and one each from
Jodhpur,
Jhunjhunu,
Udaipur,
Dholpur &
Bharatpur.[280][281] Twenty cases were reported in
Andhra Pradesh.[282] A 10-month-old girl and her grandmother tested positive in
Chandigarh.[283]Arunachal Pradesh reported its first case in a 31-year-old man who returned from the
Nizamuddin Markaz meet.[284] Three persons who attended the
Nizamuddin Markaz congregation tested positive in
Una, Himachal Pradesh.[285]
On 4 April, a 67-year-old woman from
Ahmedabad in Gujarat,[300] a 51-year-old man from
Villupuram in Tamil Nadu,[301] a 53-year-old woman from
Theni district in Tamil Nadu,[302] six persons in
Maharashtra[303] and 36-year-old man from
Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh[304] became the seventy-sixth, seventy-seventh, seventy-eighth, seventy-ninth, eightieth, eighty-first, eighty-second, eighty-third, eighty-fourth and eighty-fifth victims of the virus in the country. Four positive cases were reported in
Visakhapatnam.[305] 47 positive cases were reported in
Maharashtra.[306] First case reported in
Faridkot District where a 35-year-old man tested positive.[307] One positive cases was reported in
Assam.[308] Six positive cases were reported in
Uttarakhand.[309]
5–6 April
On 5 April, a person from Delhi,[310] a 61-year-old woman from
Surat in Gujarat,[311] thirteen people from
Maharashtra,[312] a 69-year-old woman from
Ludhiana in Punjab,[313] and a 60-year-old man from
Chennai in Tamil Nadu[314] became the eighty-sixth, eighty-seventh, eighty-eighth, eighty-ninth, ninetieth, ninety-first, ninety-second, ninety-third, ninety-fourth, ninety-fifth, ninety-sixth, ninety-seventh, ninety-eighth, ninety-ninth, hundredth, hundred-and-first and hundred-and-second victims of the virus in the country. One hundred and thirteen cases were registered in
Maharashtra – eighty-one from
Mumbai, eighteen from
Pune, four from
Aurangabad, three from
Ahmednagar, two each from
Kalyan-Dombivli and
Thane, one each from
Osmanabad and
Vasai and one from
Gujarat.[315] Eighty-six more people tested positive in
Tamil Nadu, of whom eighty-five had attended the
Tablighi Jamaat congregation and one had a travel history to
Dubai.[316] Delhi's case count rose by fifty-eight.[317]Telangana detected sixty-two more infections.[318] Positive cases were reported in
Mewat –
Haryana.[319] 16 positive cases were reported in
Indore –
Madhya Pradesh.[320] 29 positive cases were confirmed in
Maharashtra.[321] 42 years old man tested positive in
Dera Bassi of
Mohali and 28 years old man tested positive in
Ludhiana.[322]
On 7 April, the nationwide death toll hit one hundred and twenty-four.[331] 23 positive cases were reported in
Maharashtra.[332] 12 positive cases were reported in
Karnataka.[333] Three positive cases were reported in
Rajasthan.[citation needed] 12 more cases confirmed in the state as 7 from Mohali and all belongs to a single village, 2 from Mansa, 1 from Pathankot, the husband of the deceased corona patient, first Coronavirus case from
Moga originally belongs to
Maharashtra state[334] and 1 from
Amritsar, the wife of corona patient who died a day before in
Amritsar. Later on 8 more cases confirmed in Punjab. 5 from
Pathankot and all came into the contact of the deceased corona patient in the District and 3 from
Moga.[335]
On 9 April, the death toll in the country rose to one hundred and sixty-nine.[343]Maharashtra reported two hundred and eleven cases.[344] Ninety-six people tested positive in
Tamil Nadu.[345] Seventy-six people in
Gujarat tested positive for the virus.[346] Delhi saw an increase of fifty-one new cases.[347] One positive case was reported in
Himachal Pradesh.[348] 22 positive cases including a doctor & his wife have been tested positive in
Madhya Pradesh.[349][350] 51-year-old woman in
Dhenkanal and a 69-year-old man from West Bengal in
Bhubaneswar were confirmed positive.[351] 7 positive case reported in Mohali.[352] Four more cases confirmed in Piunjab – 3 from
Jalandhar and 1 from
Amritsar.[353]
On 10 April, four positive cases were reported in
Odisha.[354] 26 positive cases were reported in
Rajasthan.[355] 21 positive cases were confirmed in
Gujarat.[356] Two positive cases were reported in
Bihar.[357] 10 positive cases were reported in
Karnataka.[358] Eight positive cases were reported in
Srinagar.[359]
On 12 April, 51 cases were reported in
Rajasthan.[371] 54 cases were reported in
Odisha.[372] 15 cases reported from
Dharavi in
Mumbai.[373] 25 positive cases were reported in
Gujarat.[374] 36 people have recovered in a single day in Kerala.[375] 217 positive cases were reported in
Mumbai.[376] 21 positive cases were reported in
Jammu and Kashmir.[377] 2 more cases confirmed from Jawaharpur village of Mohali where an 80 years old and 55 years old females tested positive.[378] 70-year-old woman has been discharged in Karnataka from hospital after treatment. At the same time, seven patients have been discharged after treatment so far.[379]
13–14 April
On 13 April, 11 positive cases reported in
Rajasthan – 10 from Bharatpur & 1 from Banswara.[380] 30 positive cases were reported in
Agra.[381] 22 positive cases were reported in
Gujarat.[382] Four positive cases were reported from
Dharavi in
Mumbai.[383] 52-year-old Gazetted Officer reported positive of Punjab Police in
Ludhiana.[384] The 44 Indians from
Iran, who were brought to the country and kept in the Indian Navy's Quarantine Center at
Ghatkopar,
Mumbai, have now returned home.[385] 6 positive cases were reported in
Punjab – 1 case from
Mohali and 2 cases reported each from
Jalandhar and
Pathankot[386] 25 staff members of a hospital in
Mumbai have tested positive.[387] 25 cases reported in
Kashmir.[388]
On 14 April, 29 deaths has been reported.[389] A 56-year-old woman and a 38-year-old woman have tested positive in
Mohali.[390] 45 cases were reported in
Gujarat.[391] 34 positive cases were reported in
Andhra Pradesh.[392] Two cases were reported in
Haryana.[393] 8 positive cases were reported in
Kerala.[394] 204 positive cases were reported in
Mumbai.[395] 71 positive cases were reported in
Rajasthan.[396] First corona case confirmed in
Gurdaspur District where a 60 years old man tested positive who returned from Jalandhar hospital.[397]
15–16 April
On 15 April, the number of positive cases in India exceeded 11,000.[398] 39 deaths has been reported.[399] 76 positive cases were reported in
Indore.[400] Five positive cases were reported in Dharavi –
Mumbai.[401] 56 positive cases were reported in
Gujrat.[402] 29 cases reported in
Rajasthan.[403] 19 positive cases were reported in
Andhra Pradesh.[404] 183 positive cases were reported in
Mumbai.[405] only one positive case was reported in
Kerala.[406] 15 case were reported in
Karnataka.[407] 38 cases reported in
Tamil Nadu, Of these, 34 are people who joined the Tablighi Jamaat and were in contact with them.[408]
On 18 April, According to
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Out of a total of 14378 cases, 4291 (29.8%) cases are affected by Nizamuddin Markaz cluster. 84 percent in Tamil Nadu, 63 percent in Delhi, 79 percent in Telangana, 59 percent in Uttar Pradesh and 61 percent in Andhra Pradesh are related to this incident & 1992 patients have been cured until the date, which is overall cure 13.85% of the total patients.[431] 98 cases were reported in
Rajasthan.[432] 12 positive cases were reported in
Karnataka.[433] 49 cases were reported in
Tamil Nadu.[434] 2 cases were reported in
Uttarakhand.[435] In Ludhiana another state official, an
Assistant sub-inspector of police tested corona positive.[436]
Jharkhand: One person reported positive in
Dhanbad, taking the tally in Dhanbad to 2.[438]
Uttar Pradesh: 45 positive cases were reported in
Agra, taking the tally in an Agra to 241.[439]
Maharashtra: 9 cases were reported in
Nagpur. taking the tally in a city to 72.[440]
Bihar: one positive case was reported in Bihar, taking the tally to 87 in a state.[441]
Karnataka: 4 cases were reported in the
Mysuru. Out of the 4 patients, 2 patients have travel history to Delhi. taking the telly in the state to 388.[442]
Rajasthan: 80 positive cases reported -17 in
Bharatpur, 1 in
Bhilwara, 2 in
Bikaner, 7 in
Jaipur, 1 in Jaisalmer, 1 in Jhunjhunu, 30 in
Jodhpur, 12 in Nagour, 2 in
Kota 2 in Jhalawar, 1 in Hanumangarh & 1 in Sawai Madhopur. Taking the tally in a state to 1431.[443]
After
Goa, now
Manipur has also defeated the coronavirus. Two people were infected with the coronavirus there, but now both have recovered and returned home. Manipur has become a COVID-19 free state.[446]
Maharastra: Three cases were reported in Nagpur. Taking the tally in Nagpur to 76.[447] In a same day new 466 cases reported in Maharashtra, taking the total telly in a state to 4666.[448]
Karnataka: 5 cases were reported in
Karnataka. Taking the tally in a state to 395.[449]
Jammu & Kashmir: 14 cases were reported in Jammu and Kashmir. Taking the telly in the state to 368.[450]
Andhra Pradesh: 75 cases were reported in state, taking the total tally in a state to 722.[451]
Madhya Pradesh: 18 cases taking the total tally in a state to 915.[454]
Uttar Pradesh: 28 cases were reported in
Agra. Taking the total tally in Agra to 295.[455] 31 cases were reported in Raebareli.[456]
West BengalË 29 cases were reported, taking the total tally in a state to 274.[457]
MaharashtraË 12 cases were reported in Dharavi, taking the total tally in dharavi to 179.[458]
PunjabË One new case confirmed from Mohali where a 25 years old boy tested corona positive and 5 corona positive cases confirmed in Patiala and all came into contact with the corona positive patient.[459]
Jammu and KashmirË 27 cases were reported in a state.[469]
23 April
34 deaths & 1299 new cases has been reported.[470]
Rajasthan: 47 positive cases have been reported in Rajasthan – 20 in
Jodhpur, 12 in
Jaipur, 10 in Nagaur, 2 each in Hanumangarh & Kota, 1 in Ajmer.[471]
Andhra Pradesh: 80 cases were reported in a state.[472]
Uttar Pradesh: 13 cases were reported in Saharanpur.[473] 2 cases were reported in
Kanpur, taking the total tally in Kanpur to 79.[474]
MaharashtraË 25 cases were reported in Mumbai from Dharavi.[475]
PunjabË A 35 years old lady tested corona positive in Ludhiana[480] and one new case in Jalandhar.[481] Later on 6 cases confirmed from Patiala, 2 from Mansa and 1 from Amritsar.[482]
Tamil Nadu: 72 new cases were reported, of which 52 belonged to Chennai.[483]
Maharashtra: 21 cases were reported from Dharavi in Mumbai.[486] 96 police personnel reported positive in a state.
Karnataka: 26 cases were reported in a state.[487]
Jharkhand: 4 cases were reported positive in Ranchi.[488]
PunjabË A lady doctor tested corona positive in Pathankot.[489] Six more cases confirmed in
Rajpura of Patiala District and all came into contact with corona positive patients.[490] Near about after one month a new COVID-19 case reported in Nawanshahr where a 35 years old man tested corona positive who returned from Jammu.[491] 18th death reported in Punjab from Jalandhar district where a 48 years old man died at morning and later on tested positive.[492]
Rajasthan: 49 cases and 2 deaths were reported.[493]
26 April
47 deaths & 1975 cases were reported.[494] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
Madhya Pradesh: 91 cases were reported in Indore.[495]
West BengalË 33 cases were reported in state.[526]
PunjabË 2 cases confirmed in Faridkot who returned from Nanded, Maharashtra.[527] 11 cases confirmed in Ludhiana, out of these 7 returned from Nanded and 4 returned from Kota University in Rajasthan and 3 cases confirmed in Hoshiarpur[528] 2 new cases reported in Mohali.[529]
Rajasthan: 159 cases 30
BSF soldiers tested positive who returned from Delhi after COVID-19 management duty.[591]
7 May
89 deaths & 3561 cases were reported.[592]
The tally of total cases in country crosses 50,000-mark.[593] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
MaharashtraË 1,216 cases in the state & 250 policeman cases were reported in a Mumbai city & tally of total cases in Mumbai crosses 10,000-mark till.[600]
Maharashtra, Mizoram & Tamil Nadu government extended the lockdown until 31 May.[700][701][702] But later NDMA extended the lockdown until 31 May in all Indian states.[703] New cases were reported in the states/UTs as following:
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