Health screening of passengers coming from affected countries is continuing in 22 International airports. 42,024 passengers have been screened on 16.8.2009 of which 30,644 passengers were from affected countries.
225 doctors and 172 paramedics are manning 83 counters at these airports. A cumulative total of 48,52,048 passengers have been screened.
Two hundred and twenty laboratory confirmed cases have been reported today:
Maharastra
[Mumbai (90),
Pune (42),
Nashik (5),
Ahmadnagar (4),
Osmanabad (4),
Nagpur (3),
Washim (2),
Aurangabad (1),
Jalna (1)],
Chennai (20),
Bangalore (11),
Belgaum (1),
Udupi (3),
Ahmedabad (16),
Delhi (7),
Jammu (4),
Raipur (3) and
Kolkata (3).
Except for two cases in Mumbai who have foreign travel history (one to UK and another to Thailand), all other cases reported today are indigenous cases with no foreign travel history.
There is no new death reported today. The cumulative deaths reported till now is 25:
Pune (13),
Mumbai (2),
Ahmedabad (1),
Chennai (1),
Vadodara (1),
Nasik (1),
Trivandrum (1) and
Bangalore (5).
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