India's COVID-19 tally sprinted past the 30-lakh mark, just 16 days after it crossed 20 lakh, while 22,80,566 people have recuperated in the country so far pushing the recovery rate to 74.90 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
With a single-day spike of 69,239 infections, the country's COVID-19 caseload mounted to 30,44,940, while the death toll climbed to 56,706 with 912 fatalities being reported in a span of 24-hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The COVID-19 case fatality rate has declined to 1.86 per cent.
There are 7,07,668 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 23.24 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
India is the third worst-hit nation in terms of COVID-19 cases after the US and Brazil.
Family members and locals staged a flash protest against the district administration and demanded that the DC arrive at the spot. (READ MORE)
While the recovery rate has shot up to 68.23 per cent, the mortality rate has dipped to 1.68 per cent, according to the state war room. (READ MORE)
Karnataka Medical Education Minister Sudhakar K has said the government will make arrangements to supply liquid oxygen to all hospitals in the state. (READ MORE)
According to the officials, most of the fresh cases were reported at a South Korean conglomerate’s warehouse near the HMT Junction. (READ MORE)
The ban, introduced as a COVID-19 precautionary measure in April, hit senior citizens who needed to transact their properties. (READ MORE)
According to bus owners, even the institutional lenders were not keen to seize the buses for causing loan arrears. (READ MORE)
Among the fresh cases, 309 persons contracted the disease through local transmission with the sources of infection of 56 persons remaining unknown. (READ MORE)
The department will investigate cases in which healthcare workers and patients get infected on a case-to-case basis. (READ MORE)
Using throat-wash sample and saliva to detect the novel coronavirus are among the innovative solutions scientists are working on globally to speed up testing. (READ MORE)
Claiming that the Chennai model would help control the spread of Covid-19 in Coimbatore, Health Minister C Vijayabaskar on Sunday said that the district administration would go for aggressive testing strategy. (READ MORE)
Nearly three months after the government dumped American company 'Sprinklr' over the data breach controversy, the state-owned Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT) has come up with its own application called 'Koode' to collate the details of people under observation for Covid-19 on a daily basis. (READ MORE)
China has authorised emergency usage of COVID-19 vaccines developed by some select domestic companies, a Chinese health official has said. An emergency use authorisation, which is based on Chinese vaccine management law, allows unapproved vaccine candidates to be used among people who are at high risk of getting infected on a limited period. (READ MORE)
West Bengal Environment Minister Soumen Mahapatra on Sunday said he has tested positive for COVID-19. Stating that he is asymptomatic, the minister urged people who had come in contact with him recently to be in home isolation. (READ MORE)
West Bengal on Sunday recorded 3,274 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of cases to 1,38,870 including 28,069 active cases and 2,794 deaths. The state now has 1,08,007 recoveries, the state health department said.
Rajasthan on Sunday reported 1,345 new COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths, taking the state's tally to 70,609.
Many Goans on Sunday bid adieu to Lord Ganesh, as many households follow the tradition of immersing the idols one-and-a-half-day after Ganesh Chaturthi, which marks the beginning of the annual 10-day festival. (READ MORE)
A COVID-19 Hospital in Dhanbad has hit the headlines once again on Sunday after photographs of a small time criminal celebrating and taking liquor inside the ward with handcuffs on his hands went viral on social media on Sunday. (READ MORE)
Students from across the country have demanded that CBSE compartment exams be cancelled and entrance exams such as UGC-NET, CLAT, NEET and JEE be postponed in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases. (READ MORE)
Nilekani said that during the ongoing crisis, digital and medical technologies stood out, which enabled people to work from home, among other things, and helped in dealing with the virus by developing better tests, drugs, and vaccines. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
Valasaravakkam, along with Ambattur and Adyar zones, has the maximum number of active cases as on Sunday, each zone having 15% active cases out of the total reported Covid 19 cases. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
Last year, while the Railways had refunded Rs 3,660.08 crore for the April 1-August 11 period, it also earned Rs 17,309.1 crore in the same period. This is the first time when the refunds were more than the amount earned by the Railways from sale of tickets. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
In its presentation made before the World Health Organisation on August 20 on Gujarat's COVID-19 prevention strategy, the health department said it distributed Arsenicum Album-30 to 3.48 crore people, which is more than half of the state's population of 6.6 crore. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
Three people who tested COVID-19 positive in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district cannot be traced as they provided fake information and phone numbers during sample collection, officials said on Sunday. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar hoped that the release of the SOPs will not only lead to resumption of shooting of films and TV serials, but also generate employment. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
Also, 1,841 more cases were reported as recovered, by the state government in its medical bulletin, taking the total number of recovered cases in the state to 80,586. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
With a single-day spike of 69,239 infections, the country's COVID-19 caseload mounted to 30,44,940, while the death toll climbed to 56,706 with 912 fatalities being reported in a span of 24-hours, the data updated at 8 am showed. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
Accordingly, persons desirous to travel to India on Vande Bharat flights, will register themselves with the Indian missions in the country where they are stranded or residing, along with necessary details as prescribed by Ministry of External Affairs. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
The Union health ministry on Saturday said the total number of recoveries has surged to 22,22,577 pushing the recovery rate to 74.69 per cent while the case fatality rate has further declined to 1.87 per cent. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
After reporting more than 100 fatalities daily since August 3, the fresh death cases in the state was in double digits on Saturday. Active cases stood at 53,710 with 5,603 discharges from various health care facilities and in total 3,13,280 have recovered, a health department bulletin said. (READ FULL HIGHLIGHTS HERE)