With the highest single-day spike of 55,079 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, India's coronavirus tally breached the 16 lakh mark on Friday, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
With this latest spike, the total cases in the country stand at 16,38,871. Among these cases 5,45,318 are active. A total of 10,57,806 patients have been cured/discharged/migrated.
779 deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 35,747.
As per the Union Health Ministry, Maharashtra has a total of 1,48,454 active cases and recorded 14,729 deaths due to COVID-19. Tamil Nadu has a total of 57,962 active cases and 3,838 deaths in the state.
Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka and Tripura are yet to follow directives on timely payment of salaries to healthcare workers engaged in COVID-19, the Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court, which said it cannot be "helpless" in implementing the directions.
The official bulletin recorded three deaths, 59-year-old Baihaiki and 85-year-old Aleyamma (both from Ernakulam) and 56-year-old Rukmini (Kollam) but these were from the previous days. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
Not only did Chouhan deposit 30 per cent of his salary of last three months to the fund, but also appealed his ministerial colleagues, legislators and people across the state to contribute as well. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
Transport Minister A K Saseendran, who had announced the commencement of services from Saturday, told PTI that the decision to put on hold plying of buses by the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation was taken in view of the hindrances in operating as there were many containment zones, besides increasing spike in COVID-19 cases through contacts. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
The sero survey is likely to start on August 5. During the survey, random samples will be collected to determine the presence of antibodies. The campaign will commence from Agra and Meerut in western UP. Both districts have seen an unprecedented spread of the virus. However, the case load is on the decline.
In a rare event, a gharial has hatched 23 babies during the lockdown at the Guindy Snake Park in Chennai after mating with a sibling. It is for the first time in three decades that one of these fish-eating crocodiles has produced offspring here.
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International commercial passenger flights to remain suspended till 31st August: Director General of Civil Aviation
Punjab Govt has decided to allow provisional admission of as many as 31,022 open category candidates in 10+1 as regular students. Such students will have to take exams of Class 10 when situation normalises: State Public Relations Dept
Sweet shops and those selling rakhis outside containment zones can conduct business during the weekend in Noida in view of Raksha Bandhan on Monday, officials said. District Magistrate Suhas L Y asked residents and shopkeepers to take all precautionary measures like maintaining social distancing and wearing face covers during outdoor activities to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
In a message to the public six months after the infection was first reported in the state, the DGP said of the 84, 18 are under treatment at various COVID first line treatment centres in the state. He also praised the efforts of policemen in the state in enforcing the lockdown restrictions diligently.
The decision has been taken by RIMS administration as a precautionary measure looking at the soaring of COVID-19 cases in Jharkhand in the last few weeks. According to doctors looking after him, RJD chief is a chronic patient of hypertension, diabetes, heart, kidney, and several other ailments, and hence, he must be kept away from patients suffering from COVID-19.
A senior resident doctor at the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) and two patients tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. Close to 15 medical and office staff in the hospital are now in quarantine. The doctor, currently asymptomatic, is quarantining himself at home.
460 new COVID19 cases reported in Jharkhand today. Total number of cases in the State is now at 10,488, including 6,208 active cases, 4,176 recovered & 104 deaths: State Health Department
121 more Maharashtra Police personnel test positive for COVID19 while 2 died in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 102. Total number of police personnel infected with Corona at 9217, out of which 7,176 have recovered and 1,939 are active cases
Himachal Pradesh's COVID19 case tally rises to 2,510. There are 1,095 active cases, 1,388 recovered cases and 12 deaths in the State: Himachal Pradesh Health Department
We had a COVID campaign from 1-31 July wherein tests were done extensively. Phase 2 of the campaign will be from 1-14 August wherein we'll resolve to maintain social distancing & wear masks to break chain of infection. During this period CM, Ministers, MLAs & other public representatives won't have any public rallies. Foundation stone laying ceremonies, 'bhoomi pujan', inaugurations & all functions where a large crowd gathers, will be prohibited. These can be done via video conferencing: MP CM in conversation with ministers, via video conferencing
"If the states are not complying with the directions and orders of the Central government, you are not helpless. You have to ensure that your order is implemented. You have go t the power under the Disaster Management Act. You can take steps also", the bench told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre.
The top court took note of an application filed by United Resident Doctors Association (URDA) that salaries of doctors are being deducted for the period of compulsory quarantine treating it as leave period. To this, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta conceded that "the said period can't be treated as leave" and said that he would take necessary instructions on the issue. He said the Central government will take steps to ensure that the salaries of doctors and healthcare workers is paid on time.
At least 45 Kolkata Police personnel including two senior officers of the Detective Department have tested positive for COVID-19, an official said on Friday. So far, over 1,100 police personnel have been infected by the virus, the official said. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
Children younger than five years with mild to moderate COVID-19 have much higher levels of genetic material in the nose compared to older children and adults, according to a new study which raises concern about the reopening of schools and daycare centres across the world.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat inaugurated a 300-bed COVID-19 hospital building at Pandit Ram Sumer Shukla Smriti Government Medical College in Rudrapur on Thursday.
Of the 779 deaths reported on Friday, 266 are from Maharashtra, 97 from Tamil Nadu, 83 from Karnataka, 68 from Andhra Pradesh and 57 from Uttar Pradesh. West Bengal registered 46 deaths, Delhi 29, Gujarat 22, Jammu and Kashmir 17, Madhya Pradesh 14 and Rajasthan and Telangana 13 each.
The Delhi government has allowed weekly bazaars to function on a trial basis for a week while maintaining social distancing and all necessary precautionary measures in view of COVID-19, informed the Delhi Chief Minister's Office on Thursday.
A Central Group of Ministers meeting is scheduled to be held at Nirman Bhawan today on the COVID-19 situation in the country. India has achieved another milestone in its fight against COVID-19 by conducting over six lakh tests in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday.
The government has allowed street hawkers to function in the national capital 10 am to 8 pm on a trial basis for a week, said the CMO. "It was decided that the street hawkers will be permitted to function in the future without any limitations on operating hours."
The Delhi government has allowed weekly bazaars to function on a trial basis for a week while maintaining social distancing and all necessary precautionary measures in view of COVID-19, informed the Delhi Chief Minister's Office on Thursday.
The Delhi government has allowed weekly bazaars to function on a trial basis for a week while maintaining social distancing and all necessary precautionary measures in view of COVID-19, informed the Delhi Chief Minister's Office on Thursday.
Kerala on Thursday reported seven more Covid19 deaths, two each in Ernakulam and Thiruvananthapuram, and one each in Kozhikode, Malappuram and Kollam districts.(READ FULL REPORT HERE)
Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has quarantined himself at his home after a few staffers of his residential complex have tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Thursday. The residential complex is being sanitised and all the standard operating procedures are being followed, they said. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
The West Bengal government on Thursday said the lockdown in containment zones in the state will be extended till August 31. Earlier, the state had said the shutdown in containment zones will be in force till July 31. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)