Coronavirus Crisis Fund: Centre has released Rs 11,092 crores to all states (Representational)

A 100 per cent centrally-funded five-year scheme worth Rs 15,000 crores to strengthen national and state-level health systems was approved on Wednesday as India fights to control the spread of the infectious COVID-19 virus, the government has said.

The "COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package" will be implemented in three phases - from January 2020 to June 2020, from July 2020 to March 2021 and from April 2021 to March 2024. This fund will be divided among all states and union territories.

Activities to be funded under this scheme include the development of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals, ICUs (intensive care unit) and supply of oxygen in medical centres.

"With the objective of emergency COVID-19 response, (a fund has been set up for) strengthening national and state health systems to support prevention and preparedness, procurement of essential medical equipment, consumables and drugs and strengthening of surveillance activities, including setting up laboratories and bio-security preparedness," a circular signed by the Director of the National Health Mission said.

Activities listed under the first phase also include disinfection of hospitals and government ambulances, as well as purchase of PPE (personal protection equipment) and N-95 face masks.

India has reported over 5,700 COVID-19 cases so far, including at least 166 deaths. Maharashtra (1,135 cases, 72 deaths), Tamil Nadu (738 cases, eight deaths) and Delhi (669 cases, nine deaths) are the areas worst-hit, so far. As of Monday cases have been reported from 284 districts across 28 states and union territories.

Across the country COVID-19 hotspots have been detected (with 20 in Delhi alone) to contain the virus

The scale of the outbreak, and the speed with which it has spread over the past few weeks, has left several states scrambling for funds to fight the virus.

The three-week "total lockdown" imposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month - this includes shutting down non-essential industries, commercial establishments and manufacturing centres - has also been testing states' economic resilience.

States are slashing salaries, demanding an increase in borrowing limits and asking for fund transfers from the centre as tax revenues and reserves dry up.

Both Telangana (427 cases, seven deaths) and Andhra Pradesh (348 cases, four deaths) have deferred at least portions of the salaries of some, including the Chief Minister. The Delhi government has stopped all expenditure except salaries.

The centre too has gone into belt-tightening mode, with salaries of union ministers and MPs, starting with the Prime Minister, slashed by 30 per cent for the coming year.

This week the Union Home Ministry released Rs 11,092 crores from the State Disaster Risk Management Fund. In March the centre also allowed states to tap into their respective disaster response funds (SDRF).

The question of funds to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak became a political issue this week after the centre's decision to suspend, for two years, the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Fund (MP-LAD) - a sum of Rs 5 crore allotted to MPs every year for their constituencies.

The decision was criticised with Congress MP Karti Chidambaram calling it "absolutely unacceptable".

Meanwhile, the World Bank has approved $1 billion in emergency funds for India. The funds, the financial agency said, should be used to "support better screening, contact tracing and laboratory diagnostics" among other expenditures.

World 3,04,91,096 Cases 87,62,381 Active 2,07,76,975 Recovered 9,51,740 Deaths Coronavirus has spread to 188 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 3,04,91,096 and 9,51,740 have died; 87,62,381 are active cases and 2,07,76,975 have recovered as on September 19, 2020 at 9:18 am. India 53,08,014 93337 Cases 10,13,964 -3790 Active 42,08,431 95880 Recovered 85,619 1247 Deaths In India, there are 53,08,014 confirmed cases including 85,619 deaths. The number of active cases is 10,13,964 and 42,08,431 have recovered as on September 19, 2020 at 8:00 am. 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Kannada 179 Dharwad 61 Gadag 45 Kalaburagi 669 Mandya 346 Tumakuru 36 Uttara Kannada 95 Vijayapura 201 Chamarajanagara 0 Chikkamagaluru 19 Chitradurga 14 Davangere 204 Hassan 205 Haveri 24 Kodagu 4 Kolar 29 Koppal 5 Raichur 369 Ramanagara 3 Shivamogga 67 Udupi 1176 Yadgir 538 502982 8626 101148 394026 10949 7808 179 Goa District Cases North Goa 57 South Goa 69 27379 596 5730 118 21314 470 335 8 Tamil Nadu District Cases Chengalpattu 1314 Chennai 23324 Kanchipuram 503 Madurai 322 Namakkal 83 Ranipet 133 Thanjavur 130 Thiruvallur 774 Thiruvarur 67 Tiruppur 116 Vellore 71 Virudhunagar 185 Ariyalur 444 Coimbatore 188 Cuddalore 477 Dharmapuri 15 Dindigul 175 Erode 75 Kallakurichi 324 Kanniyakumari 110 Karur 88 Nagapattinam 99 Perambalur 133 Pudukkottai 53 Ramanathapuram 119 Salem 258 Sivaganga 46 Tenkasi 103 The Nilgiris 17 Theni 129 Tiruchirappalli 119 Tirunelveli 433 Tirupathur 45 Tiruvannamalai 496 Tuticorin 333 Villupuram 509 Krishnagiri 43 530908 5488 46506 475717 5525 8685 67 Kerala District Cases Kannur 357 Kottayam 73 Alappuzha 76 Idukki 40 Kasaragod 333 Kollam 118 Kozhikode 90 Malappuram 119 Palakkad 224 Pathanamthitta 98 Thiruvananthapuram 104 Thrissur 106 Ernakulam 60 Wayanad 36 126381 4167 35795 1415 90085 2740 501 12 Chhattisgarh District Cases Raipur 46 Korba 100 Balod 41 Baloda Bazar 85 Balrampur 17 Bastar 2 Bemetara 21 Bijapur 2 Bilaspur 100 Dantewada 0 Dhamtari 6 Durg 31 Gariyaband 10 Janjgir-Champa 56 Jashpur 77 Kabirdham 52 Kanker 19 Kondagaon 0 Korea 39 Mahasamund 54 Mungeli 87 Narayanpur 0 Raigarh 47 Rajnandgaon 52 Sukma 0 Surajpur 9 Surguja 14 81617 3842 36580 544 44392 3281 645 17 Telangana District Cases Hyderabad 2475 MedchalMalkajgiri 75 Ranga Reddy 183 Suryapet 87 Vikarabad 40 Warangal Urban 32 Adilabad 22 Jagitial 77 Jangoan 8 Jayashankar Bhupalapally 9 Jogulamba Gadwal 40 Kamareddy 11 Karimnagar 17 Khammam 26 Kumuram Bheem Asifabad 8 Mahabubnagar 30 Mancherial 43 Medak 11 Nalgonda 33 Narayanpet 3 Nirmal 21 Nizamabad 76 RajannaSircilla 16 Sangareddy 26 Bhadradri Kothagudem 5 Mahabubabad 10 Mulugu 3 Nagarkurnool 8 Peddapalli 5 Siddipet 7 Wanaparthy 1 Warangal Rural 4 YadadriBhuvanagiri 40 169169 2123 30636 137508 2151 1025 9 Odisha District Cases Baleshwar 190 Bhadrak 137 Jajapur 322 Dhenkanal 36 Kalahandi 33 Kendrapara 164 Khordha 238 Koraput 16 Sundargarh 102 Anugul 26 Balangir 129 Bargarh 16 Boudh 34 Cuttack 155 Deogarh 33 Gajapati 61 Ganjam 581 Jagatsinghapur 91 Jharsuguda 8 Kandhamal 28 Kendujhar 34 Malkangiri 20 Mayurbhanj 73 Nabarangpur 2 Nayagarh 86 Nuapada 69 Puri 103 Rayagada 2 Sambalpur 16 Sonepur 29 171341 4180 33092 66 137567 4101 682 13 Madhya Pradesh District Cases Barwani 60 Bhopal 1880 Dewas 140 Dhar 132 East Nimar 266 Gwalior 211 Indore 3839 Jabalpur 276 Ujjain 799 Agar Malwa 15 Alirajpur 3 Betul 35 Burhanpur 351 Chhindwara 16 Dindori 29 Harda 4 Hoshangabad 37 Khargone 196 Mandsaur 112 Morena 109 Raisen 71 Ratlam 51 Sagar 228 Shajapur 39 Shandol 14 Sheopur 26 Tikamgarh 18 Vidisha 37 Anuppur 22 Ashoknagar 13 Balaghat 9 Bhind 87 Chhatarpur 35 Damoh 26 Datia 12 Guna 8 Jhabua 14 Katni 3 Mandla 15 Narsinghpur 17 Neemuch 319 Niwari 0 Panna 20 Rajgarh 31 Rewa 39 Satna 24 Sehore 12 Seoni 2 Shivpuri 15 Sidhi 17 Singrauli 13 Umaria 10 100458 2552 21605 76952 2554 1901 24 Gujarat District Cases Ahmadabad 17125 Anand 107 Arvalli 134 Banas Kantha 147 Bhavnagar 146 Gandhinagar 410 PanchMahals 107 Surat 2311 Vadodara 1555 Bharuch 56 Botad 55 Chhotaudepur 37 Dang 5 Dohad 43 GirSomnath 45 Jamnagar 63 Kachchh 99 Kheda 98 Mahesana 159 Mahisagar 125 Narmada 25 Naysari 35 Patan 105 Rajkot 135 SabarKantha 101 Surendranagar 55 Tapi 6 Valsad 47 Amreli 16 DevbhumiDwarka 22 Junagadh 31 Morbi 4 Porbandar 11 120336 1410 16076 101 100974 1293 3286 16 Rajasthan District Cases Ajmer 379 Banswara 91 Bharatpur 563 Jaipur 2177 Jhalawar 329 Jodhpur 1748 Kota 503 Nagaur 500 Alwar 90 Barmer 34 Bhilwara 250 Bikaner 112 Chittorgarh 188 Churu 81 Dausa 61 Dholpur 60 Dungarpur 374 Hanumangarh 31 Jaisalmer 53 Jhunjhunu 64 Karauli 17 Pali 352 Rajsamand 140 SawaiMadhopur 26 Sikar 231 Tonk 171 Udaipur 724 Baran 59 Bundi 5 Ganganagar 8 Jalore 164 Pratapgarh 14 Sirohi 130 111290 1817 17717 222 92265 1580 1308 15 Haryana District Cases Faridabad 867 Sonipat 404 Ambala 93 Bhiwani 60 CharkiDadri 43 Fatehabad 38 Gurugram 2950 Hisar 98 Jhajjar 114 Jind 38 Kaithal 48 Karnal 104 Kurukshetra 55 Nuh 68 Palwal 120 Panchkula 39 Panipat 78 Rohtak 145 Sirsa 50 Yamunanagar 19 Mahendragarh 47 Rewari 56 106261 2488 21291 277 83878 2188 1092 23 Uttar Pradesh District Cases Agra 933 Aligarh 215 Amroha 80 Bareilly 17 Bijnor 157 Bulandshahr 166 Firozabad 190 Gautam Buddha Nagar 1119 Kanpur Nagar 286 Lucknow 386 Mathura 129 Meerut 504 Moradabad 252 Muzaffarnagar 117 Rae Bareli 78 Rampur 203 Saharanpur 298 Sant Kabeer Nagar 132 Varanasi 243 Auraiya 37 Ayodhya 120 Azamgarh 138 Baghpat 68 Bahraich 73 Balrampur 49 Banda 27 Basti 214 Bhadohi 60 Budaun 23 Etah 52 Etawah 46 Ghaziabad 794 Ghazipur 159 Gonda 59 Gorakhpur 166 Hapur 225 Hardoi 49 Jalaun 41 Jaunpur 194 Jhansi 41 Kannauj 69 Kasganj 16 Kaushambi 6 Mainpuri 46 Mau 48 Mirzapur 22 Pilibhit 15 Pratapgarh 15 Prayagraj 30 Sambhal 116 Shamli 40 Shravasti 23 Sitapur 32 Sultanpur 97 Unnao 42 Ambedkar Nagar 92 Amethi 206 Ballia 60 Barabanki 168 Chandauli 38 Chitrakoot 4 Deoria 143 Farrukhabad 36 Fatehpur 3 Hamirpur 3 Hathras 43 Kanpur Dehat 4 Kheri 72 Kushi Nagar 67 Lalitpur 3 Maharajganj 85 Mahoba 3 Shahjahanpur 25 Siddharth Nagar 159 Sonbhadra 10 342788 6494 67825 270094 6806 4869 98 Delhi District Cases Central 4817 East 2472 New Delhi 3405 North 3059 North East 1914 North West 5463 Shahdara 1580 South 2329 South East 2446 South West 2391 West 4768 238828 4127 32250 529 201671 3568 4907 30 Assam District Cases Dhubri 30 Goalpara 19 Marigaon 50 Baksa 14 Barpeta 28 Biswanath 16 Bongaigaon 12 Cachar 80 Charaideo 29 Chirang 6 Darrang 20 Dhemaji 47 Dibrugarh 61 Dima Hasao 86 Golaghat 203 Hailakandi 57 Hojai 89 Jorhat 24 Kamrup 42 Kamrup Metro 276 KarbiAnglong 13 Karimganj 85 Kokrajhar 37 Lakhimpur 57 Majuli 2 Nagaon 143 Nalbari 23 Sivasagar 20 Sonitpur 27 South SalmaraMancachar 4 Tinsukia 84 Udalguri 28 West KarbiAnglong 5 152858 2509 28631 423 123687 2074 540 12 Sikkim District Cases East District 3 North District 0 South District 3 West District 0 2303 29 422 1857 68 24 2 Bihar District Cases Buxar 134 Gaya 115 Munger 188 Patna 279 Rohtas 256 Arwal 52 Aurangabad 75 Banka 134 Begusarai 243 Bhagalpur 266 Bhojpur 103 Darbhanga 143 Gopalganj 123 Jehanabad 178 Kaimur (bhabua) 105 Lakhisarai 72 Madhepura 82 Madhubani 199 Nalanda 123 Nawada 122 PurbiChamparan 138 Purnia 135 Saran 101 Siwan 139 Vaishali 87 Araria 68 Jamui 47 Katihar 175 Khagaria 253 Kishanganj 75 Muzaffarpur 96 Pashchim Champaran 57 Saharsa 88 Samastipur 139 Sheikhpura 118 Sheohar 20 Sitamarhi 73 Supaul 87 165218 1167 12609 151750 1710 859 4 West Bengal District Cases 24 Paraganas North 1031 24 Paraganas South 281 Darjeeling 97 Howrah 1435 Jalpaiguri 88 Kalimpong 18 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