Like Terrorism, We''ll Fight COVID-19 Together: PM Modi To Ashraf Ghani

Like Terrorism, We''ll Fight COVID-19 Together: PM Modi To Ashraf Ghani
New Delhi:

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 Maharashtra

4203

3473

507

223

Delhi

2003

1668

290

45

Gujarat

1851

1678

106

67

Madhya Pradesh

1485

1284

127

74

Rajasthan

1478

1281

183

14

Tamil Nadu

1477

1051

411

15

Uttar Pradesh

1176

1030

129

17

Telangana

873

662

190

21

Andhra Pradesh

722

610

92

20

Kerala

402

129

270

3

Karnataka

395

268

111

16

Jammu And Kashmir

350

289

56

5

West Bengal

339

261

66

12

Haryana

233

143

87

3

Punjab

219

172

31

16

Bihar

96

52

42

2

Odisha

68

43

24

1

Uttarakhand

44

33

11

0

Jharkhand

42

40

0

2

Himachal Pradesh

39

22

16

1

Chhattisgarh

36

11

25

0

Assam

35

17

17

1

Chandigarh

26

13

13

0

Ladakh

18

4

14

0

Andaman And Nicobar Islands

15

4

11

0

Meghalaya

11

10

0

1

Goa

7

0

7

0

Puducherry

7

4

3

0

Manipur

2

0

2

0

Tripura

2

1

1

0

Mizoram

1

1

0

0

Arunachal Pradesh

1

1

0

0

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