New Delhi:
With 29 deaths so far,the number of confirmed caronavirus cases in India rose to 1,024 including 48 foreign nationals on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Of them, 95 have been cured or discharged with one migrated case.
Total number of Covid-19 cases across the world has surpassed 690,000 and there have been over 33,034 coronavirus-related deaths as on Sunday.
Maharashtra is the worst-hit state and has reported 186 coronavirus positive cases, followed by Kerala at 182.
Deaths have so far been reported from Maharashtra (6), Gujarat (5), Karnataka (3), Madhya Pradesh (2), Delhi (2), Jammu and Kashmir (2) and one each from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Bihar, Punjab, West Bengal, and Himachal Pradesh.
Meanwhile, the Centre on Sunday asked state governments and Union Territory administrations to effectively seal state and district borders to stop movements of migrant workers during lockdown, officials said.
During a video conference with Chief Secretaries and DGPs, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba and Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla asked them to ensure that there is no movement of people across cities or on highways as the lockdown continues.
"There has been movement of migrant workers in some parts of the country. Directions were issued that district and state borders should be effectively sealed," a government official said.
States were directed to ensure there is no movement of people across cities or on highways.Only movement of goods should be allowed.
District Magistrates and SPs should be made personally responsible for implementation of these directions, the official said.
Adequate arrangements for food and shelter of poor and needy people including migrant labourers be made at the place of their work, the official said.