India and Afghanistan have fought the scourge of terrorism together and will similarly take on COVID-19 with solidarity and shared resolve, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday.
Responding to a tweet by Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani thanking India for the supply of wheat and medicines, PM Modi said New Delhi and Kabul share a special friendship based on ties of history, geography, and culture.
"For long, we have fought jointly against the scourge of terrorism," PM Modi tweeted.
"We will similarly combat COVID-19 together, with solidarity and shared resolve," he said.
In his Twitter post, Mr Ghani said, "Thank you my friend Prime Minister @narendramodi , and thank you India for providing 500K (5 lakh) tablets of hydroxychloroquine, 100K (10 lakh) tablets of paracetamol, and 75,000 metric tons of wheat that the first consignment of it (5,000) will reach AFG (Afghanistan) in a day or so, for the Afghan people."
World
Coronavirus has spread to 185 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 24,17,936 and 1,66,066 have died; 16,16,547 are active cases and 6,35,323 have recovered as on April 20, 2020 at 5:48 pm.
India
In India, there are 17,656 confirmed cases including 559 deaths. The number of active cases is 14,255 and 2,842 have recovered as on April 20, 2020 at 5:00 pm.
State & District Details
State Cases Active Recovered Deaths Maharashtra4203
3473
507
223
Delhi2003
1668
290
45
Gujarat1851
1678
106
67
Madhya Pradesh1485
1284
127
74
Rajasthan1478
1281
183
14
Tamil Nadu1477
1051
411
15
Uttar Pradesh1176
1030
129
17
Telangana873
662
190
21
Andhra Pradesh722
610
92
20
Kerala402
129
270
3
Karnataka395
268
111
16
Jammu And Kashmir350
289
56
5
West Bengal339
261
66
12
Haryana233
143
87
3
Punjab219
172
31
16
Bihar96
52
42
2
Odisha68
43
24
1
Uttarakhand44
33
11
0
Jharkhand42
40
0
2
Himachal Pradesh39
22
16
1
Chhattisgarh36
11
25
0
Assam35
17
17
1
Chandigarh26
13
13
0
Ladakh18
4
14
0
Andaman And Nicobar Islands15
4
11
0
Meghalaya11
10
0
1
Goa7
0
7
0
Puducherry7
4
3
0
Manipur2
0
2
0
Tripura2
1
1
0
Mizoram1
1
0
0
Arunachal Pradesh1
1
0
0
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