On Thursday, the number of active Covid-19 cases in India stood at 633, while 44 people were either cured or discharged and one had migrated. (Photo:PTI)

The total number of known coronavirus cases has crossed the 800-mark on Friday with the death toll due to Covid-19 at 20. With 136 new cases, Friday witnessed the highest rise in novel coronavirus cases in a single day in India.

As per the Union health ministry data, 80 fresh cases were reported on Thursday, taking the tally to 694. Follow Live Updates on coronavirus outbreak

By Friday 07:30 pm, the number of positive Covid-19 cases reported in India stood at 820, while 66 people either cured or discharged and one had migrated. The number of deaths climbed to 20.

On Friday, Kerala's tally reached 176 -- the highest number of Covid-19 cases so far. Kerala is followed by Maharashtra, where the number of cases has climbed up to 147. Five persons tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region- four in Nagpur city and another in Gondia district, officials said on Friday.

With a fresh case in Andhra Pradesh on Friday, the total cases has now gone up to 12 in the state. The number of cases in Tamil Nadu has climbed to 29, including six foreigners. Three positive cases were confirmed in Tamil Nadu on Friday.

The number of cases in Telangana has gone up to 59, including 10 foreigners.

Karnataka has reported 55 cases of novel coronavirus, while the number of cases in Gujarat has climbed to 43, including a foreigner.

The number of cases in Rajasthan has increased to 41, including two foreigners. Uttar Pradesh has reported 47 cases, including a foreigner, while the number of positive cases in Delhi has gone up to 39, including a foreigner.

Punjab has reported 38 cases, while 30 Covid-19 cases have so far been detected in Haryana, including 14 foreigners. Madhya Pradesh has recorded 20 cases, Ladakh reported 13 each while Jammu and Kashmir reported 18. West Bengal has 10 Covid-19 patients.

Chandigarh has reported seven cases, Chhatisgarh has registered six cases while Uttarakhand has five, including a foreigner. Three fresh cases of coronavirus have been reported from Bihar, taking the total number of those who have tested positive for the Covid-19 to nine, the health department said on Friday.

Himachal Pradesh have reported three cases each, while two cases have been detected in Odisha.

Goa has reported three coronavirus cases. Earlier, the ministry had wrongly attributed 33 cases to the coastal state. Subsequently, the figure was revised. A man has tested positive for Covid-19 in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the second such case in the Union Territory, a senior official said on Friday.

Puducherry, Mizoram and Manipur have reported one case each.

ANOTHER DEATH IN KARNATAKA

The death toll due to novel coronavirus in India also climbed to 20 on Friday.

On Friday, a 65 year-old man who had tested positive for coronavirus passed away in Tumakuru, Karnataka on Friday. He had travelled to Delhi by train on March 5th and returned on March 11.

As per the ministry data, out of total Covid deaths in India, Maharashtra reported three deaths, Gujarat three, Karnataka two, while Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Punjab, Delhi, West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh reported one death each.

Jammu and Kashmir also reported its first Covid-19 fatality.

A 60-year-old man, who had tested positive for coronavirus in Rajasthan's Bhilwara, has died due to comorbid conditions, an official said on Friday.

G-20 announces USD 5 trillion to deal with coronavirus crisis

The powerful G-20 grouping on Thursday decided to inject over USD 5 trillion into the global economy to counter economic disruptions triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.

The G-20 leaders under the chairmanship of Saudi Arabia's King Salman held an extraordinary video conference in which they resolved to use all available policy tools to minimise the economic and social damage from the pandemic that has killed over 21,000 people and infected more than 4,70,000 globally.

In his address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for developing a new crisis management protocol to deal with global health crisis and urged G20 to work towards addressing shockwaves triggered by the pandemic. PM Modi also urged the grouping to come out with a concrete action plan to fight the pandemic and said human beings rather than economic targets should be put at the centre of its vision for global prosperity and cooperation.

"We are currently undertaking immediate and vigorous measures to support our economies; protect workers, businesses - especially micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises - and the sectors most affected," it added.

Rs 1.7 lakh cr stimulus to help poor hit by lockdown

The government on Thursday announced a Rs 1.7 lakh crore stimulus that included free foodgrain and cooking gas to poor for three months, and cash doles to women and poor senior citizens as it looked to ease the economic impact of the nationwide lockdown.

While over 80 crore poor ration card holders will each get 5 kg of wheat or rice and one kg of preferred pulses free of cost every month for the next three months, 20.4 crore women having Jan Dhan bank accounts would get one-time cash help of Rs 1,500 spread over three months.

Over 8.3 crore poor women, who were handed out free cooking gas connections since 2016, will get free LPG refills for the next three months, while poor senior citizens, widows and disabled will get an ex-gratia cash of Rs 1,000.

"Since the lockdown has been in force (since Wednesday) and therefore we have come out with a package which will immediately take care of the concerns and welfare of poor and suffering workers and those who need immediate help," Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said at a news conference.

The package, she said, is being announced within 36 hours of the 21-day nationwide lockdown announced by the Prime Miniter to protect the nation's 130 crore people from the fast-spreading coronavirus. "We do not want anyone to remain hungry."

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