India on Sunday reported a spike of 63,489 cases taking the tally past 25.89 lakhs, while the number of fatalities neared 50,000 with 944 deaths in the last 24 hours.
According to figures from the ministry, 18.62 lakh people have so far recuperated from the disease.
India has been reporting over 60,000 cases daily since August 7, barring August 11 when the country registered 53,601 new instances of the infection.The COVID-19 caseload stood at 25,89,682, while the death-toll climbed to 49,980, data updated on Sunday at 8 am showed.Meanwhile, Delhi Pollution Control Committee has said that there will be no large congregations, community celebrations or idol immersion at public places on Ganesh Chaturthi in the national capital this year in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A fine of Rs 50,000 will be imposed on violators, it said.
11,111 new #COVID19 positive cases, 8,837 discharges and 288 deaths reported in Maharashtra today. Total number of cases now at 5,95,865 including 1,58,395 active cases, 4,17,123 discharges and 20,037 deaths: Public Health Department, Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/xE0mKBetOy
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2020
Manipur reports 179 new #COVID19 cases. 194 cured cases and 3 more deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 4,569, including 1,921 active cases, 2,632 recovered cases and 16 deaths till date: State Health Department, Manipur pic.twitter.com/5oXMX9dbut
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2020
235 new #COVID19 positive cases reported in Uttarakhand today, taking the total number of cases to 12175. Death toll is at 152: State Control Room COVID-19 pic.twitter.com/vgI4new9Z3
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2020
Nagaland: Additional Deputy Commissioner Kohima orders the sealing of the office of Chief Secretary & Directorate of Under Developed Areas (DUDA) for 48 hours, as per SOP on preventive measures to contain the #COVID19 spread, in view of the detection of a #COVID19 positive person pic.twitter.com/homuINCHtZ
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2020
1165 new #COVID19 positive cases, 41 deaths and 568 discharges reported in Punjab today. Total number of cases now at 31206 including 10963 active cases, 19431 discharges and 812 deaths: Punjab Govt pic.twitter.com/QwQrwf1a2i
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2020
7040 new #COVID19 positive cases (including 2131 cases from Bengaluru Urban), 6680 discharges and 124 deaths reported in Karnataka today. Total number of cases rise to 226966 including 81512 active cases, 141491 discharges and 3947 deaths: State Health Department. pic.twitter.com/p3EhlMUTPs
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2020
743 new #COVID19 cases, 662 recoveries & 10 deaths reported in Haryana today. The total number of cases rises to 47,153 in the state, including 7,014 active cases, 39,601 recovered cases & 538 deaths: State Health Department, Haryana pic.twitter.com/xqWbfgxFdP
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2020
1,010 new #COVID19 cases, 719 recovered cases and 47 deaths reported in Mumbai today. Total number of cases now at 1,28,726 including 1,03,468 recovered/discharged cases, 17,828 active cases and 7,130 deaths: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) #Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/No0V1KHS1x
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2020
300 new #COVID19 positive cases reported in Goa today, taking the total number of cases to 11,693 including 3,760 active cases, 7,775 recoveries and 104 deaths: Directorate of Health Services, Goa pic.twitter.com/AUvWWjSH6F
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2020
1,317 new #COVID19 cases and 14 deaths reported in Rajasthan as of 8:30 PM today. Total number of cases now at 61,296 including 13,816 active cases, 46,604 recoveries and 876 deaths: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/QmNgjwaV0o
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2020
546 new #COVID19 cases and 14 deaths reported in Jharkhand today. Total number of cases now at 23,224 including 14,747 recoveries and 244 deaths: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/I5gSHtaexX
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2020
576 new #COVID19 cases and 8 deaths reported in Chhattisgarh yesterday, taking total cases to 15,621 including 5,244 active cases, 10,235 discharges and 142 deaths: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/ET2osU6RYw
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2020
Sikkim on Sunday recorded 19 new cases of COVID-19, taking the state's tally to 1,167, officials said. There are 463 active cases in the state at present, they said. Eight of the new cases were detected among those working in the state's pharma companies, they added.
Assam's COVID-19 caseload shot up to 76,875 on Sunday as 1,317 more people tested positive for the infection, while seven fresh fatalities pushed its coronavirus death toll to 189, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Bihar's COVID-19 caseload rose to 1. 04 lakh on Sunday as 2,187 more people tested positive for the infection, while 22 fresh fatalities pushed its coronavirus death toll to 537, a health bulletin said. Patna district registered the highest number of fresh cases at 255, followed by Bhagalpur (177), Madhubani (127), Aurangabad (113) and Muzaffarpur and Saharsa (97 each), it said.
Ninety inmates of a government shelter home for girls here have tested positive for COVID-19, an official said on Sunday. Deputy Director of Women Welfare Department Nita Ahirwar said, "In the past two days, 90 inmates of Nari Niketan here have tested positive for COVID-19.
The COVID-19 tally in Maharashtra's Amravati district rose to 3,766 on Sunday with addition of 79 new cases, officials said. With no fatality being reported for the second consecutive day, the toll remained at 95.
The famous Lord Ayyappa temple here opened on Sunday on the eve of the monthly five- day poojas for the Malayalam month of Chingam but the bar on devotees entry will continue as per COVID-19 health protocol. The temple will remain opentill August 21 and only the usual rituals will be conducted, the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which manages the hill shrine, said.
Pune district in Maharashtra reported 2,800 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the overall number to 1,25,197, a health official said on Sunday. The death toll in the district crossed the 3,000-mark to reach at 3,022 after 65 patients succumbed to the infection, he said.
In Mumbai, today 1010 new #COVID__19 positive cases, 719 recovery and 47 deaths are reported. @NewIndianXpress @Sunday_Standard pic.twitter.com/xJDi9ZAiQd
— Sudhir Suryawanshi (@ss_suryawanshi) August 16, 2020
West Bengal's COVID-19 toll rose to 2,428 with 51 more patients losing their lives on Sunday, as per an official bulletin. The state also reported 3,066 new cases of coronavirus infection, taking the tally to 1,16,498, the bulletin issued by the Health Department said.
The recovery rate from COVID-19 in Delhi improved to more than 90 per cent on Sunday while 652 fresh cases were recorded, even as the state disaster management authority has prohibited pandals and processions on religious occasions due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Amid the #COVID19 crisis, a lung transplant was done successfully at Hyderabad for a patient at KIMS Heart & Lung Transplant Institute while following #COVID__19 protocol, after the organ was airlifted from Pune.@XpressHyderabad @Gsn_tnie @KrishnaRaoCHVM
— The New Indian Express (@NewIndianXpress) August 16, 2020
Express Photos pic.twitter.com/SZxd41eIzr
After an incident of a dead body being carried on a pull cart was reported at Athani town, another heart-wrenching incident of a family transporting a dead body on a bicycle has come to light in Belagavi.
The Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka has opened all border roads to Kasaragod district in Kerala, allowing inter-state travel of daily commuters with some regulations related to COVID-19 norms. As per the new order of Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner K V Rajendra, the commuters would have to secure monthly passes from the local gram panchayat, municipality or town panchayat for their daily travel.
#TNIEupdatesonCovid19
— Bosky Khanna (@BoskyKhanna) August 16, 2020
7040 new cases, tally 226966. 124 new deaths.#Bengaluru 2131#Mysuru 620#Belagavi 478@NewIndianXpress @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @MoHFW_INDIA @DHFWKA @sriramulubjp @mla_sudhakar @drashwathcn @RAshokaBJP @CMofKarnataka @CovidKarnataka @BBMPCOMM pic.twitter.com/MgRD91Lvf3
After a long wait, the liquor shops in the limits of the Greater Chennai city police will open from Tuesday. The liquor outlets will be functioning from 10 am to 7 pm, said a statement from the government on Sunday.
People will now be able to see the birds and animals of the Alipore zoo from their homes with the authorities starting live sessions on Facebook, as the city's one of the top destinations continues to remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Veteran playback singer S P Balasubrahmanyam being treated for COVID-19 isable to recognise people around him and is breathing a little more comfortably than before, his son and filmmaker S P Charan said on Sunday.
Ten more deaths due to COVID-19 were reported in Haryana on Sunday while 743 fresh cases took the tally of total infections in the state to 47,153, according to the health department's daily bulletin.
Traffic police questioning motorists venturing out during the total #lockdown on Sunday at Coimbatore. #COVID19 @shibasahu2012 @xpresstn
— The New Indian Express (@NewIndianXpress) August 16, 2020
Express Photos | @rk_clicks pic.twitter.com/N8i5DK7TBU
#COVID19 in #AndhraPradesh: The no. Of recoveries cross the 2-lakh-mark
— Jayanth P (@Jayanth_TNIE) August 16, 2020
8,012 new cases
88 more deaths
48,746 more tests
10,117 more recoveries
Death toll: 2,650
Total discharged: 2,01,234
Active cases: 85,945 (All from AP)
Total cases: 2,89,829 (AP + others + FR) https://t.co/O5I9g7bnV9 pic.twitter.com/W8zyBemHVi
Roads connecting Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka to Kerala have been opened, says district collector. It may be noted that the borders of this region were sealed in the wake of rising coronavirus cases.
Karnataka health minister @sriramulubjp who tested positive last week was admitted to Government hospital in Bengaluru last week, discharged from hospital today. @NewIndianXpress @santwana99 @XpressBengaluru pic.twitter.com/iFAwiBadP5
— Ashwini M Sripad (@AshwiniMS_TNIE) August 16, 2020
652 new #COVID19 cases in Delhi.
— Somrita Ghosh (@Somrita_Ghosh) August 16, 2020
1310 patients recovered.
8 fatalities.
Active cases goes down to 10K
Around 10K tests done @NewIndianXpress @TheMornStandard #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/s2ZeCcADoZ
449 new COVID19 cases reported from Jammu and Kashmir today; 100 from Jammu division and 349 from Kashmir division, taking the total number of cases in the Union Territory to 28,470. Death toll rises to 542 after 15 deaths were reported today: Govt of J&K
Covid updates for August 16:
— T Muruganandham (@muruga_TNIE) August 16, 2020
6,019 Covid patients discharged today; total- 2,78,270
125 deaths today - total: 5,766
For 3rd day, Chennai recorded new cases above 1,000 (1,196)
Active cases: 54,019
New cases:5,950
Samples:70,450@xpresstn pic.twitter.com/1D1vUkgT5Y
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has said the process of lifting the lockdown in the state would be done in a stepwise manner. The threat of COVID-19 still persists, Thackeray said on Saturday, and added that he does not want a second wave of the deadly viral infection in the state.
#COVID19Update #Kerala #Aug16
— Dileep V Kumar (@dileepvk_TNIE) August 16, 2020
1530 new cases
1099 recoveries
10 deaths
+ive cases:
Returnees- 126
Contact- 1351
Unknown source of infection- 100
Total cases- 44, 415
Total active cases- 15, 310
Total deaths- 156@xpresskerala @NewIndianXpress @MSKiranPrakash
Former India cricketer Chetan Chauhan has died of COVID-19 related complications, says younger brother Pushpendra Chauhan
Number of COVID19 patients who have recovered from the disease crosses one lakh-mark in Uttar Pradesh; state reports 56 more fatalities due to the coronavirus, pushing the death toll to 2,449: Official
On August 1, state's education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had announced that the state was preparing to reopen schools and colleges from September 1. “We are mentally preparing to reopen schools and colleges from September 1 pending the Central government’s approval,” he had then said.
- #COVID outbreak at central jail in Thiruvananthapuram
— TNIE Kerala (@xpresskerala) August 16, 2020
- More bodies recovered from the Pettimudi landslide site
- and more news@martin_josephp brings today's updates from Kerala@NewIndianXpress @MSKiranPrakash pic.twitter.com/zPHbuR6eRv
India's COVID-19 case fatality rate declines to 1.93 per cent, recovery rate nears 72 per cent: Union Health Ministry
A few kind-hearted people help the homeless by distributing food amid complete Sunday lockdown in Tirunelveli.
— The New Indian Express (@NewIndianXpress) August 16, 2020
Express photos | @KARTHIKALAGU86.#COVID19 @shibasahu2012 @xpresstn pic.twitter.com/y3O0DSasAO
"In view of the considerable number of Covid-19 positive cases in Shar and Sullurpeta housing colonies, it is essential to trace the primary contacts, test and isolate them to avoid further spread. All the office premises need to be fumigated and sanitised wherever the Covid positive employees had worked. Hence, the regular activities of SDSC Shar are suspended till completion of aforementioned activities," said Shar controller V Kumbakarnan, in an official circular dated August 15, which is accessed by The New Indian Express.
The total number of infections here rose to 362 after rapid antigen tests were conducted over the weekend. Of these, three are prisoner staff and the remaining are jail inmates. On Saturday, 53 have tested positive while 145 have tested positive on Sunday. The latest results have given way to a large cluster in the prison and its premises.
RS Chairman directs full preparedness by third week of August for Monsoon session of Parliament. Work is in progress at fast pace for ensuring several additional installations in prescribed time like four large display screens in the chamber of the House: Rajya Sabha Secretariat
Maharasthra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari inaugurated Atma Nirbhar Bharat Cell of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere virtually on 15th Aug. Cell has been created to promote innovation & creativity among youths & students from Maharashtra: Governor's office.
#TNIEImpact | After TNIE reported of this twelve year who was working as a cobbler in #Mysuru, unable to attend the #onlineClasses, Karnataka MLA @ramadassmysuru decided to sponsor his education.
— The New Indian Express (@NewIndianXpress) August 16, 2020
Express Video | @UdayUdayphoto2 @XpressBengaluru @shibasahu2012 pic.twitter.com/TBFzR0Ib7v
Delhi Disaster Management Authority issues instructions to Dist Magistrates ahead of forthcoming festivals, in the wake of #COVID19. During Ganesh Chaturthi, no idol of Lord Ganesha to be set up in public places. No permission to be granted for procession during Moharram. pic.twitter.com/2sF18vGwER
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2020
Based on some inputs, the police conducted a raid at the 'Bombay Brute' restaurant located on Link Road in suburban Jogeshwari where they found people dancing, consuming liquor and smoking hookah, the official said, adding that those nabbed were from well-off families.
Triyasha Paul, who is part of the national camp for sprint cyclists, has tested Covid-19 positive: @Media_SAI @NewIndianXpress
— Ayantan Chowdhury (@ayantanc_25) August 16, 2020
Rapid antigen tests were conducted on 94 inmates and results of 23 of them, including undertrials and convicts, came out positive on Saturday night. The infected inmates are asymptomatic and have been isolated.The jail authorities are in the process of hospitalising the infected inmates.
Tirupati Municipal Commissioner Girisha and MLA Karunakar Reddy cremated a #COVID19 victim to create awareness in Tirupati.
— The New Indian Express (@NewIndianXpress) August 16, 2020
Express photos | @KanchiMadhav.@xpressandhra pic.twitter.com/CgJcblhffp
2,187 new COVID19 cases reported on 15th August in Bihar, taking the total count of active cases in the state to 35,056: State Health Department
Total #COVID19 positive cases in Himachal Pradesh stands at 3,995 including 1,307 active cases, 2,635 recoveries & 17 deaths: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/LBWJFnENgN
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2020
Assam's COVID-19 tally surpassed the 75,000-mark with 1,057 fresh cases, while the death toll mounted to 182 as eight more people succumbed to the virus, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The state's coronavirus caseload stood at 75,558, while 53,286 people have so far recovered from the disease, he said.(READ FULL REPORT HERE)
There will be no large congregations, community celebrations or idol immersion at public places on Ganesh Chaturthi in the national capital this year in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Delhi Pollution Control Committee.
Manikandan was hospitalized four days ago after he collapsed in the prison. During the medical test, he was tested positive for COVID-19. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
Telangana's COVID-19 tally rises to 91,361 with 1,102 fresh cases; death toll reaches 693 after nine more patients succumb to the disease: Health Department's bulletin
Mukherjee's son said that the vital parameters of the former President, who underwent life-saving emergency surgery for the brain clot on August 10, following which his health status had worsened, are stable and he is responding to the treatment. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
98 years old War Veteran defeats corona.
— Mayank (@scribesoldier) August 16, 2020
Sepoy Ramu Laxman Sakpal(Retd) was admitted to Indian Naval Hospital Ship Asvini in a critical state,with Pneumonia due to COVID-19 a few weeks ago. He was given warm sendoff on 15 August #IndependenceDay 1/2@indiannavy@NewIndianXpress pic.twitter.com/4oEjfP9NL9
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2,93,09,703 samples tested up to 15th August for #COVID19. Of these, 7,46,608 samples were tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) pic.twitter.com/5K6RLnWEu8
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2020
With a sharply falling Case Fatality Rate below 2%, India has one of the lowest #COVID19 mortality globally. USA crossed 50,000 deaths in 23 days, Brazil in 95 days and Mexico in 141 days. India took 156 days: Ministry of Health pic.twitter.com/dX472FDe0I
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2020
Spike of 63,489 cases and 944 deaths reported in India, in the last 24 hours.
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2020
The #COVID19 tally in the country rises to 25,89,682 including 6,77,444 active cases, 18,62,258 discharged & 49,980 deaths: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare pic.twitter.com/55ZQrgdo0P
The World Health Organisation is raising funds globally for people to get the Covid-19 vaccine free of cost. Currently India is only in the first phase of vaccine trials and it will take at least a year for the vaccines to be finalised, according to WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
Jammu & Kashmir: Mata Vaishno Devi Temple will reopen for public today, nearly 5 months after it was suspended due to COVID-19. Only 2,000 people will be allowed to visit the temple per day. A devotee says, "I'm happy that people can visit the temple once again." pic.twitter.com/BDYQA1z5WK
— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2020
