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India Reports 227 Cases, Sharpest Spike In A Single Day; Death Toll At 32

At least 25 fresh cases were reported from Delhi alone, taking the national capital’s tally to 97, as per the Delhi Health Department.

New Delhi| The number of Covid-19 cases climbed to 1,251 in India on Monday, registering the highest single-day increase of 227 cases, while the death toll rose to 32, the Union Health Ministry said.

The total cases are 1,251 — this includes 1,117 active cases, 102 cured/discharged/migrated people, and 32 deaths.

However, the government maintained it was still in the local transmission stage. The Supreme Court, meanwhile, cautioned that fear and panic are becoming a bigger problem than the coronavirus.

The government also said there was no immediate plan to extend the 21-day lockdown period, which entered its sixth day on Monday, while the Indian Army dismissed as “fake” social media posts about a possible emergency declaration next month.

While one death each was reported from Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, the details of the third was not available on the chart. So far, Maharashtra has reported the most deaths (8), followed by Gujarat (6), Karnataka (3) Madhya Pradesh (3), Delhi (2) and Jammu and Kashmir (2).

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India is still in the local transmission stage of the coronavirus pandemic, the government has said, responding to questions about a health ministry document that said the country was currently in “local transmission and limited community transmission phase”. “Nowhere are we calling it community transmission. We are still in the local transmission stage. If we use the word ‘community’ then there is speculation,” said Luv Agarwal of the Indian Council of Medical Research.

COVID-19 has already killed more than 35,000 people worldwide, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University, with the number of confirmed cases over 766,000. US President Donald Trump has warned that the peak death rate in the country from the coronavirus pandemic was likely to hit in two weeks.

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Telangana Government Cuts Salaries of Government Employees

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Coronavirus consequence, state government employees face salary cut down, CM Kamal Nath’s salary will be 75% cut along with other officials with 60%

HYDERABAD | The Coronavirus is adversely impacting the Telangana State’s economic situation. In this background, the state government had to act with caution and foresight. A high-level review meeting held on Monday at Pragathi Bhavan on the financial situation of the State. After reviewing the financial condition of the state, decisions are taken on payment of various salaries.

The government have decided, there will be 75 per cent cut on the salaries of the CM Kamal Nath, State cabinet, MLCs, MLAs, State Corporation Chairpersons, Local Bodies representatives.

Further, there will be 60 per cent salary cut of IAS, IPS IFS and other such central services officer. For all other categories of employees, there will be a 50 per cent salary cut.

For class IV, outsourcing and contract employees, there will be 10 per cent cut. For all category of pensioners there will be 50 per cent cut.

Additional for the class IV retired employees there will be 10 per cent cut.

For all the Public Sector Undertakings, Institutions that are receiving the government grants employees, like the government employees and retirees, there will be cut in their salaries.

Following the situation in the state right now and the situation of the economy of the Nation, the state has taken strictly decisions.

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