India on Monday added 14,821 new COVID-19 cases pushing the infection tally to 4,25,282, while the death toll rose to 13,699 with 445 new fatalities, according to Union Health Ministry data.
The country registered over 10,000 cases for the 11th day in a row.
The number of recoveries also continued to surge with 2,37,195 patients cured so far, while there were 1,74,387 active cases, according to the updated official figures at 8.00 am. One patient has migrated.
In the last 24 hours, a total of 9,440 COVID-19 patients have recovered, taking the recovery rate to 55.77 per cent, officials said.
267 new COVID-19 cases reported in Assam yesterday (22 June) as of 11:50 pm. Total number of cases in the state is now at 5853, including 3565 discharged, 2276 active & 9 deaths: Himanta Biswa Sarma, State Health Minister.
42 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Jharkhand today, 63 people recovered and discharged. The total number of positive cases in the state rises to 2140, including 11 deaths and 1469 recovered & discharged: Jharkhand health department.
Sources said that in his directions to Principal Secretary (Health) Vikram Dev Dutt and Divisional Commissioner Sanjeev Khirwar, the chief secretary also asked them to ensure enhanced testing and patient-friendly medical care. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
Delhi Chief Secretary directs officials to implement all MHA COVID-19 directions including re-mapping of containment zones, contact-tracing.
Review regarding reopening of schools to be done on 31st July. Exams to be held once again for students who could not write their class 12th examinations due to any reason: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
Krishna Raja Market (city market) and Kalasipalyam Market in Karnataka's Bengaluru are being sealed for 15 days. Several cases of COVID-19 have been linked to the markets: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
A COVID-19 patient allegedly commits suicide at AIIMS Patna. Police are investigating the matter.
302 fresh COVID-19 cases and 7 deaths have been reported in Rajasthan till 8:30 pm today. Cumulative positive cases stand at 15232 including 2966 active cases, 356 deaths and 11675 discharged cases: State Health Department.
Of the 29 inmates who were sharing a barrack in Mandoli Jail with a person who passed away on June 15 and was later found COVID-19 positive, 17 have tested positive while 12 others are negative: Director General (Prisons), Delhi.
57 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Manipur today, taking the total number of cases to 898 including 648 active cases.
Supreme Court has allowed organisation of RathYatra with certain restrictions in Odisha. Keeping this in mind, Gujarat Government has decided to file a petition in Gujarat High Court to seek permission to hold the yatra of Lord Jagannath in Ahmedabad too: Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.
Bihar recorded 206 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking total number of cases to 7808 including 5767 recoveries and 52 deaths: State Health Department.
In last 24 hours, 563 new cases of COVID-19 and 21 deaths have been reported in Gujarat. State tally rises to 27,880 including 19,917 cured/discharged and 1,685 deaths: State Health Department.
It has been decided to restrict the issuance of Himachal Pradesh entry e-passes. The passes will be given in case of death, medical emergency or any other unavoidable circumstances only: Kangra Deputy Commissioner
177 fresh cases of COVID-19 and two deaths recorded in Punjab today, taking total number of cases to 4,235 including 2,825 recoveries and death toll to 101: State Health Department.
132 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Jammu and Kashmir today; 10 from Jammu division and 122 from Kashmir division. Total number of positive cases stand at 6088 including 2472 active cases, 3531 recovered cases and 85 deaths: J&K Government.
The total tally of inmates testing positive at Cuddalore Central Prison has now reached 11, of whom nine are Puzhal returnees and the rest are primary contacts of the patients.
In the last 24 hours, 55 policemen in Maharashtra were found corona positive. So far, 48 policemen have died due to coronavirus in Maharashtra. The number of coronavirus positive policemen in Maharashtra has reached 4,103, including 1,016 active cases, PTI reported.
Doctors wore a smile on their faces after helping a 20-year-old woman, who had tested positive for COVID-19, deliver twins at a hospital in Vijayapura. The woman who had comorbidities tested positive for the virus on Sunday. She was nine months into her pregnancy when she was brought to the designated COVID-19 hospital.
Till date, our recovery rate is 63.3% while the mortality rate is 0.16% with 10 deaths. As of now, confirmed COVID-19 cases are 5586, of which 2170 patients are hospitalised and 3521 patients have recovered: Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, who had tested positive for COVID-19 on June 17, has been shifted to General Ward following improvement in his health condition, his oxygen suppprt has been removed: Office of Delhi Health Minister
Fresh curbs on diamond units in Gujarat's Surat city after nearly 300 workers test COVID19 positive in last 10 days: Municipal commissioner
Complete lockdown in jurisdiction of Madurai Corporation limits, Paravai Town Panchayat and rural blocks of Madurai east, Madurai west and Thiruparankundram from 23 June to 30 June: Government of Tamil Nadu
605 new COVID-19 cases in UP, tally 18,322; toll rises to 569 with 19 more deaths: Health official
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A 28-year-old street vendor was detected with novel coronavirus infection in Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh and the district administration on Monday asked people who may have come in contact with him to come forward to get themselves tested. District Collector Kaushlendra Vikram Singh said the man's report returned positive on Sunday night after he had gone to a hospital on Wednesday complaining of fever.
57 new COVID-19 positive cases and 11 patients treated as of June 22, 2020. Total number of positive cases here rises to 2401, including 1511 recovered and 27 deaths: Uttrakhand State Control Room COVID-19
The WHO Situation Report 153 of 21st June, 2020 shows that India has one of the lowest cases per lakh population in spite of its high population density. India’s cases per lakh population are 30.04 while the global average is more than its triple at 114.67. The recovery rate is 55.77% among COVID-19 patients: Ministry of Health
A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Nataraj Rangaswamy issued this direction after hearing the public interest litigation petition filed by Anumitha Sharma and several others. The petitioners challenged the ban on online classes from LKG to 5th standard in the state on June 16.
For the past 15 days, the Lt Governor has been passing instructions to officials directly after interacting with them in the evening at 7 pm. The CM or ministers had no knowledge about this, he said.
Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao said 229 samples were tested and the remaining are being tested on Monday. Hence it should not be construed that cases have come down.
Kamakhya Temple in Assam's capital Guwahati set to open for devotees on 30 June. Temple Doloi (head) tells ANI that Ambubachi Mela (scheduled to take place from 22-25 June) will not take place this year, in view of COVID-19 pandemic. Last year 25 lakh people had participated in the mela.
We are steadily maintaining a healthy recovery rate of 61.39% and mortality rate remains low at 1.49%. We're continuing to effectively trace contacts of positive case within 24 hours & every inter-state arrival is being quarantined for 14 days: Karnataka Minister for Medical Education
With the lockdown being eased, some sex workers in Pune's red light area want to get back to business by taking all precautions and following the standard operating procedures to stay protected against COVID-19. The livelihood of nearly 3,000 sex workers in the Budhwar Peth area here in Maharashtra has been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent lockdown, following which several of them moved back to their hometowns, according to an NGO working for their welfare. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
Agriculture Minister V S Sunilkumar has gone into self-quarantine after he attended a meeting which saw the participation of a health worker who tested positive for the virus. The minister attended the meeting at Thrissur Corporation office on June 15. He quarantined himself at the residence of the minister in Thiruvananthapuram as a precaution. His personal staff were also directed to go into quarantine. Seven people including the health worker have tested positive in Thrissur Corporation.
Fifty-seven girls at a state-run children's shelter home in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district have tested positive for COVID-19, with five of them found to be pregnant, an administration official said on Sunday. Two other girls in the shelter home, who are also pregnant, have tested negative for the virus, he said. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
The first wastewater based surveillance in India shows presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus in such water while infectivity or transmission through contaminated water is yet to be identified but researchers say it can help to estimate actual COVID-19 infected population.
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DMK MLA from Rishivandhiyam, Vasantham K Kathikeyan, tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday.He is the second DMK legislator and third from the state to contract the virus.
198 new COVID-19 cases reported in Assam on 21st June, as of 11:45 pm. Total number of cases in the state is now at 5586, including 3404 discharged, 2170 active cases & 9 deaths: Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam Health Minister.
62 COVID-19 cases and two recovered cases reported in Jharkhand today. Total number of cases in the state is now at 2089, including 672 active cases, 1406 recovered and 11 deaths: State Health Department.
Today 1242 new COVID-19 positive cases and 41 deaths have been reported in Mumbai. Total positive cases stand at 66,507 including 3669 deaths, 33,491 discharged and 29,347 active cases: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Maharashtra reports 3870 new cases and 101 deaths today. Total positive cases stand at 1,32,075 including 65,744 recovered, 60,147 active cases and 6170 deaths: State Health Department.
Madhya Pradesh reports 179 new COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths today. Total number of positive cases stand at 11903 including 515 deaths, 9015 discharged and 515 deaths: State Health Department.
Madhya Pradesh reports 179 new COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths today. Total number of positive cases stand at 11903 including 515 deaths, 9015 discharged and 515 deaths: State Health Department.
Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia held a virtual meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss strategies to make contact tracing more effective and strengthen medical services in COVID-19 affected areas in the city.(READ FULL STORY HERE)
It's been decided that a Serological Survey will be conducted between 27 June and 10 July across Delhi and samples of 20,000 people will be tested. Through this, an overall assessment of COVID infection will be done and a comprehensive strategy will be decided based on findings of the survey.
Each house outside containment zones should be listed and monitored,through which Delhi can get complete information and COVID positive cases to be kept in a hospital, COVID Care Center or Home isolation.COVID Care Centers to be run properly with the help of voluntary organizations/NGOs.
Major points of containment Strategy set by Dr Paul are: Renewed delimitation of Containment Zones, strict monitoring & control over the limits & activities within them, Contact Tracing of all infected persons&Quarantining of Contacts, including use of Arogya Setu App.
Mapping of containment zones in Delhi will be done again; close watch on activities inside such areas. Contact tracing will be done for all COVID-19 positive cases in Delhi with help of Aarogya Setu app.
412 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Haryana today, taking the total number of cases to 10635: State Health Department.
139 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Chhattisgarh today. Total number of cases stand at 2273 including 841 active cases, 1421 discharged and 11 deaths: State Health Department.
64 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Goa, taking the total number of cases to 818. There are 683 active cases and 135 recovered cases: Directorate of Health Services, Goa.
14 more personnel of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. There are total 58 active cases & 210 have recovered till date: Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
Punjab reports 122 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of cases to 4074. Death toll rises to 99 after one death was reported today. Till date, 2700 patients have been discharged: Department of Information & Public Relations, Punjab Government.
88 new COVID-19 positive cases and one death recorded in the last 24 hours in Maharashtra Police, taking the total number of positive cases and deaths to 4,048 and 47 deaths respectively: Maharashtra Police
Supreme Court will hear tomorrow four petitions seeking modification of its earlier order of June 18, which had stayed the 'Rath Yatra' in Puri and all other places in Odisha keeping in view the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.
The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Chandigarh is now 404, including 82 active cases, six deaths and 316 cured cases: Chandigarh Health Department
The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Himachal Pradesh stands at 662 now, including 237 active cases, 406 recovered and six deaths: State Health Department.
Since May 18, we have registered around 500 FIRs against people who were seen not wearing masks & flouting social distancing, around 11,000 challans have been issued till date. I appeal to people to follow all the guidelines: Rakesh Agrawal,Police Commissioner of Ludhiana, Punjab.
In last 24 hours, 596 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the state. There are 6186 active cases and 10,995 patients have been discharged. Death toll stands at 550: Principal Health Secretary Amit Mohan Prasad.
12 fresh COVID-19 cases have been reported in Dharavi area of Mumbai today, taking the total number of cases to 2170. Death toll stands at 80: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
Gujarat reports 580 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 25 deaths, in the last 24 hours. State tally rises to 27,317 including 19,357 cured/discharged and 1,664 deaths: State Health Department.
Nine personnel of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), deployed in the conflict zone of Bastar in south Chhattisgarh, have tested positive for Covid-19.
The judges were working from the chambers of their residences. They were hearing cases through the video conferencing facility. (READ MORE)
Home Minister Amit Shah will hold a meeting over COVID-19 management in Delhi. Lt Governor Anil Baijal, CM Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia will attend the meeting via video conferencing.
For the first time in over 400 years, Mathura's famous Guru Purnima fair, also known as Mudia Mela, has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. All shrines in the district, besides Sri Krishna Janamasthan temple, will remain shut for the public till July 8.
The health condition of Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain has improved after being administered plasma therapy. His fever has subsided and oxygen level has improved. Doctors say that he can be shifted to the general ward by tomorrow: Office of Delhi Health Minister.
With several inmates and staff at prisons in the city testing positive for COVID-19, a high-powered committee headed by a Delhi High Court judge has issued several directions, like creating isolation wards and carrying out rapid tests, to prevent further spread of the virus among prisoners. (READ MORE)
A day after the highest recovery of 237 Covid-19 patients, Odisha recorded its biggest single-day spike of 304 cases in the last 24 hours taking the total number of infected persons to 5160 on Sunday.
As Tamil Nadu government is enforcing a stringent lockdown in Chennai and three other neighboring districts, the state animal welfare board on Sunday has appealed to the authorities concerned to allow animal shelters and pet shops to remain operational. (READ MORE)
Jain was on Saturday administered plasma therapy at the Max Hospital in Saket and his condition is stable now, sources said. A team of doctors from a few government and private hospitals has been kept on standby to assist the doctors attending to him, if needed, sources said (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
Officials said constable Jitender Kumar died at the RML Hospital here after he was admitted with fever and difficulty in breathing on June 10. The jawan had contracted the coronavirus infection and was deployed for law and order duties in Delhi, a senior CISF officer said. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
Tamil Nadu reported a record single-day spike of 2,396 fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday, recording over 2,000 infections for a fourth straight day as the overall tally rose to 56,845 in the state, the Health department said. Also, 38 people succumbed to the virus, taking the toll in the state to 704.