Coronavirus news: Kerala on Monday surpassed Maharashtra as the state with the highest number of COVID-19 positive cases in the country
Coronavirus: Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic and corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of Infosys, has committed Rs 100 crore towards fighting coronavirus in India. Earlier, Reliance Industries donated Rs 500 crore to PM CARES Fund. Meanwhile, Kerala on Monday surpassed Maharashtra as the state with the highest number of COVID-19 positive cases in the country. Kerala reported 182 active cases with 32 fresh novel coronavirus cases whereas Maharashtra has 172 active cases currently.
The Union Health Ministry said on Monday that the country is in the local transmission stage. The ministry added that there is no community transmission in India and the word "Community" was used in a government document in a particular context. Meanwhile, the Prasar Bharti News Services (PBNS) on Monday denied a media news report that the government could extend the coronavirus lockdown by a week as on account of the alarming situation in the wake of a mass exodus of migrant workers. The PBNS took to Twitter to deny the news report. "PBNS got in touch with the Cabinet Secretary on this news article. The Cabinet Secretary expressed surprise & said that there is no such plan of extending the lockdown," is said on its official Twitter account. The world so far has recorded around 30,000 deaths leaving more than six lakh infected due to novel coronavirus pandemic. As several countries such as the US are gradually stepping up efforts to combat the deadly virus as death toll due to COVID-19 keeps mounting. India too is ramping up steps to contain the pandemic. The novel coronavirus has so far claimed 30 lives in the country and infected nearly 1,100 people. However, the government is also facing an unprecedented problem in the ways to tackle the mass exodus of migrant workers.
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