Gurgaon:
After Delhi and Mumbai, Gurgaon on Friday made protective masks mandatory for those stepping out of their homes in the city amid the coronavirus pandemic that has affected more than 12,000 people across the country and killed over 200.
Cloth or three-ply masks will be a must in all public places, offices and even inside vehicles. Those violating the directive will face strict action, the order signed by District Magistrate Amit Khatri said.
Five more people tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Friday in Haryana, taking the number of cases in the state to 161, according to the latest health bulletin. The state has recorded two coronavirus-related deaths.
Gurgaon is among the worst-affected districts in the state with 32 COVID-19 cases besides Nuh with 38 cases, Palwal with 28 and Faridabad with 28 cases.
Authorities in the city, neighbouring Delhi, have sealed nine areas that were declared coronavirus containment zones over a high concentration of cases.
The nine areas are Sector 9, Nirvana Country in Sector-54, Palam Vihar, Emar Palm Gardens Sector-83, Laburnum Society, Sector-39, Village Fazilpur Jharsa, Ward Number 11 Pataudi and Village Raipur Sohna, news agency ANI reported.
The district administration said that public movement in the containment zones is absolutely restricted.
Meanwhile, an Italian woman admitted at a private hospital in Gurgaon after testing positive for coronavirus died following a heart attack, a state health department official said on Friday.
The 78-year-old woman was said to have recovered from COVID-19, testing negative after over a month at the hospital. But she died on Thursday due to a heart attack, an official said.
World
Coronavirus has spread to 185 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 16,12,656 and 96,809 have died; 11,54,351 are active cases and 3,61,496 have recovered as on April 10, 2020 at 5:29 pm.
India
In India, there are 6,761 confirmed cases including 206 deaths. The number of active cases is 6,039 and 516 have recovered as on April 10, 2020 at 5:00 pm.
State & District Details State Cases Active Recovered Deaths Maharashtra
1364
1142
125
97
Delhi
898
860
25
13
Tamil Nadu
834
805
21
8
Telangana
473
431
35
7
Rajasthan
463
439
21
3
Uttar Pradesh
431
395
32
4
Andhra Pradesh
363
350
7
6
Kerala
357
259
96
2
Madhya Pradesh
259
243
0
16
Gujarat
241
198
26
17
Karnataka
197
161
30
6
Jammu And Kashmir
184
174
6
4
Haryana
169
137
29
3
Punjab
132
116
5
11
West Bengal
116
95
16
5
Bihar
60
59
0
1
Odisha
44
41
2
1
Uttarakhand
35
30
5
0
Assam
29
29
0
0
Himachal Pradesh
28
21
6
1
Chandigarh
18
11
7
0
Ladakh
15
5
10
0
Jharkhand
13
12
0
1
Andaman And Nicobar Islands
11
11
0
0
Chhattisgarh
10
1
9
0
Goa
7
6
1
0
Puducherry
5
4
1
0
Manipur
2
1
1
0
Mizoram
1
1
0
0
Tripura
1
1
0
0
Arunachal Pradesh
1
1
0
0
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