With 60,975 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's COVID-19 tally rose to 31,67,323, while recoveries surged to 24,04,585 pushing the recovery rate to 75.92 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The death toll climbed to 58,390 with 848 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 1.84 per cent.
There are 7,04,348 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 22.24 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7.
The 39-year-old senator's office said in a statement he was "feeling fine," isolating at home and taking the anti-malaria drug chloroquine, which his father has aggressively pushed as a treatment for COVID-19 despite studies finding it is ineffective against the virus. (READ MORE)
With 10,425 new COVID-19 cases and 329 deaths reported in Maharashtra on Tuesday, the tally for coronavirus cases reached 7,03,823 in the state, according to the state Health Department. (READ MORE)
Punjab reports 1,293 new COVID-19 cases and 49 deaths, taking total cases to 44,577 including 29,145 discharges and 1,178 deaths: State Health Department.
Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleged that private hospitals in the state are "hiding" COVID-19 deaths, fearing that patients would avoid those establishments if the cause of the fatalities are reported. (READ MORE)
Amid chorus to postpone national entrance examinations, the National Testing Agency on Tuesday said JEE (Main) and NEET (UG) exams will be held on the dates announced earlier, which are 1st to 6th September and 13th September respectively.
While admission for Class 11 is going on in Nirmala Girls Higher Secondary School in Tamil Nadu's Madurai, students receive textbooks for the academic year while maintaining #SocialDistancing. #COVID19 @xpresstn @shibasahu2012
— The New Indian Express (@NewIndianXpress) August 25, 2020
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Telangana Health Minister Eatala Rajender on Tuesday confirmed that of the 1 lakh COVID-19 cases detected in the state, there have been two cases of reinfection with SARS COV-2 virus. (READ MORE)
#COVID19 cases on surge in Delhi.
— Somrita Ghosh (@Somrita_Ghosh) August 25, 2020
1544 new positives.
1155 patients recovered.
17 more fatalities owing to the virus.
Around 19K tests done.
654 containment zones @NewIndianXpress @TheMornStandard #CoronaUpdatesInIndia pic.twitter.com/vDW398uYVe
he Russian government has reached out to India seeking collaboration for manufacturing its COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V' and conducting its phase 3 clinical trial here, sources said. (READ MORE)
Minister Kadakampally Surendran on Tuesday said the COVID-19 situation in Thiruvananthapuram might escalate in the next three weeks. This has prompted the district administration to come up with a new action plan to tackle the situation. The minister was speaking at a meeting held here at the collectorate. (READ MORE)
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) rocket launch station at Sriharikota has resumed work partially to carry out critical and essential activities related to the ambitious Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) project. (READ MORE)
Kids getting tested for #COVID__19 in an iMASQ bus at the ENT hospital in Visakhapatnam. @xpressandhra
— The New Indian Express (@NewIndianXpress) August 25, 2020
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Kids getting tested for #COVID__19 in an iMASQ bus at the ENT hospital in Visakhapatnam. @xpressandhra
— The New Indian Express (@NewIndianXpress) August 25, 2020
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The trial may begin from August 26, said a top official of the institute, one of the 17 sites selected for the phase 2 human trials in the country by Serum Institute of India. (READ MORE)
82 new #COVID19 cases reported in Manipur including 8 personnel from CAPF. The total number of cases in the State stands at 5,444 including 1,431 central security personnel. The recovery rate is 70.02%: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/5YnQ5HwXeP
— ANI (@ANI) August 25, 2020
In the past six months, more than 2,000 health personnel have got infected with COVID-19, & around 16 people have died due to it. We're giving medical treatment to infected & helping families of the deceased: Dr Srinivas Rao, Director of Public Health & Family Welfare, Telangana
Tamil Nadu reports 5,951 new COVID-19 cases, 6,998 recoveries and 107 deaths, taking active cases to 52,128, recoveries to 3,32,454 and deaths to 6,721: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/yFizQ7OO8E
— ANI (@ANI) August 25, 2020
701 new COVID-19 cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir today; 139 from Jammu division and 562 from Kashmir division. Total number of cases now at 33,776 including 7,544 active cases, 25,594 recoveries and 638 deaths: Govt of Jammu and Kashmir
#COVIDUpdates: As many as 9,927 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours. 92 deaths were recorded taking the toll to 3460. The state tested 33,56,852 samples till date.
— TNIE Andhra Pradesh (@xpressandhra) August 25, 2020
Total cases: 3,71,693
Active: 89,932
Discharged: 2,78,247@NewIndianXpress #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/lfOcL7lnOL
Mysuru city Police Commissioner Chandragupta has tested positive for COVID-19, official sources said on Tuesday. Karnataka State Reserve Police ACP Bharat Raj too has tested positive for the infection,they said.
The testing for the disease has been increased from 363 tests per million per day on August 1 to more than 600 tests per million per day at present, the Union Health Ministry said. (READ MORE)
The Maharashtra government on Tuesday informed the Bombay High Court it was providing online education for specially-abled students across the state in special schools and training centres run by NGOs amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
A section of students and teachers of various universities in the national capital on Tuesday voiced their concern over holding online classes, fee hike and lack of infrastructural support in the varsities amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
As on Monday, Thiruvottiyur zone has the lowest percentage of active COVID-19 cases in Chennai. The percentage of active cases has halved from 12% on August 4 to 6%. (READ MORE)
#Odisha Govt refixes price for #COVID19 tests through RT-PCR, reduces from Rs 2200 to Rs 1200. Private labs & hospitals charging more will be taken to task as per Clinical Establishment Act. Test is free at Govt labs. @XpressOdisha @NewIndianXpress pic.twitter.com/1Exg321e60
— Hemant Kumar Rout (@TheHemantRout) August 25, 2020
Covid updates for August 25:
— T Muruganandham (@muruga_TNIE) August 25, 2020
Active cases: 52,128
6,998 Covid patients discharged today: Total: 3,32,454
Deaths: 107/6,721
Samples tested: 70,221
New cases: 5,951
New cases in Chennai: 1,270
@xprestn
JMM chief Shibu Soren, who was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Ranchi after tested positive for coronavirus on Monday, is now being shifted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram as a precautionary measure. 76-year old Soren and his wife Rupi Soren were found positive for coronavirus on Saturday. (READ MORE)
#Covid19Update #Kerala
— Sovi Vidyadharan (@sovividyadharan) August 25, 2020
August 25
New cases - 2375
Recoveries - 1456
Deaths - 10
Contact transmission - 2142
Unknown sources - 174
From abroad - 61
From other states - 118
Health workers - 49
454 cases in Malappuram@xpresskerala@NewIndianXpress
The Punjab government on Tuesday said it has extended the validity of vehicle related documents including driving licences and registration certificates (RCs) till December 31, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (READ MORE)
The body of a patient who succumbed in the COVID-19 ward of the Government Medical College in Thiruvananthapuram was not moved out for hours on Tuesday. Other patients in the ward, who were served food while the body was still there, protested by refusing to eat. Medical College authorities have launched an internal inquiry into the issue. (READ MORE)
The new normal? Teachers at a primary school in Madurai conducting #OnlineClasses to students through mobile phones due to #COVID19 induced #lockdown. @xpresstn @shibasahu2012
— The New Indian Express (@NewIndianXpress) August 25, 2020
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Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Chief and former Jharkhand CM, Shibu Soren is being taken to Delhi from Medanta hospital in Ranchi where he was admitted.
— ANI (@ANI) August 25, 2020
CM Hemant Soren says, "My father is stable. We are shifting him to a hospital in Delhi as a precautionary measure". pic.twitter.com/mnAqByVtP8
As far as Sputnik-5 vaccine (COVID-19 vaccine developed in Russia) is concerned, India and Russia are in communication. Some initial information have been shared: Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Union Health Ministry
Three COVID-19 vaccines are ahead in the race in India. Serum Institute's vaccine is in phase 2(B) & phase 3 trials and Bharat Biotech and Zydus Cadila's vaccines have completed phase 1 trial: ICMR Director General Prof (Dr.) Balram Bhargava
Out of the total COVID-19 active cases in India, only 2.7% patients are on oxygen support, 1.92% patients are in ICU and 0.29% patients are on ventilator support: Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Union Health Ministry
Puducherry Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao on Tuesday indicated that the union territory may have 2-day lockdown every weekend, as part of the government's efforts to contain spread of coronavirus.
Amid the coronavirus scare, bed coffee was served in the COVID ward of the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College hospital allegedly by keeping the kettle and cups near the body of a patient who died early Tuesday morning, prompting the College Superintendent Dr Sharmad to order a probe.
Eighteen more people, including 11 personnel of various armed forces, tested positive for COVID-19 in Meghalaya on Tuesday, taking the state's tally to 1,994, a senior health department official said. At least 10 people were discharged from hospitals, taking the total number of recoveries in the northeastern state to 799, Health Services Director Aman War said.
Representatives of various banquets hall associations in the city have urged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to "waive" electricity and water charges incurred by these facilities during the period they were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The chief minister on Monday held a meeting with these representatives and thanked them for their cooperation in combating the pandemic in the national capital.
With 72 more patients succumbing to COVID-19, the death toll due to the viral disease rose to 3,059 in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, while 5,124 fresh cases took the infection tally to 1,97,388.
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has directed officials of the state's COVID-19 core committee to ramp up sample testing, and appealed to people to cooperate with the government in its fight against the disease, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Government consumption will have to fuel demand till the economy comes out of the COVID-19 shock and regains pre-COVID-19 momentum, the Reserve Bank's annual report said on Tuesday. (READ MORE)
The government may look at introducing a second set of fiscal stimulus measures once the COVID-19 infections abate and the psychological fears in people's minds ebb, a top Finance Ministry official said on Tuesday. (READ MORE)
Today, the recovered cases are 3.4 times more than the active cases in the country: Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Union Health Ministry on COVID-19 situation in the country
Ever since COVID-19 started in March, we have suffered a lot of losses. There is no earning but only burning and Delhi is not disbursing as much funds as they should, to states: Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee, addressing District Administration officials
Chief Medical Officer has been instructed to look into matter. Appropriate action will be taken after completion of investigation by team constituted to probe it: Suhas LY, District Magistrate, Gautam Buddh Nagar on insect allegedly found in food being provided at COVID hospital pic.twitter.com/VL4U0Bi7CA
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) August 25, 2020
With the detection of 265 fresh cases, Indore recorded its highest single-day spike on Tuesday that took the district's COVID-19 tally to 11,673, an official said. According to officials, the health department has been ramping up treatment facilities for critical patients in hospitals to ease the pressure on intensive care units.
Rajasthan recorded six more fatalities due to the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, taking the COVID-19 death toll in the state to 973, according to a health department official.
Union Minister Nityanand Rai on Tuesday said that a 500-bed COVID-19 makeshift hospital at Muzaffarpur will be functional by August 31. The Union Minister of State for Home said this after visiting the hospital site near Patahi airport in Muzaffarpur town.
With India having tested nearly 3.7 crore cumulative COVID-19 samples so far, the tests per million have further risen to 26,685 while the positivity rate has come down to 8.60 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
A kit containing masks, gloves and sanitisers will also be provided at the seats to the legislators and every paper to be laid on the table of the House will go through sanitisation. (READ MORE)
The Uttar Pradesh CM said better surveillance could control the fatality rate in the state and asked officials to regularly monitor the work of integrated command and control centres. (READ MORE)
After remaining off the road for more than four months, the different modes of public transport system including buses resumed their passengers’ services in Bihar from Tuesday between the state capital – Patna and other parts of the state amid strict Standard Operating Procedures. (READ MORE)
Fifty-one per cent of people across the country are against the resumption of metro and local train services from September 1 as they feel these are risky in the current COVID-19 crisis, while seventy-seven per cent are not in favour of visiting multiplexes, according to a survey.
Bihar detected 1,444 new #COVID19 positive cases on 24th August. Active cases in the state are 22,837: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/71mPLnwvTW
— ANI (@ANI) August 25, 2020
With a record 66,550 patients recovering from COVID-19 in a day, the total recoveries have surged to 24.04 lakh pushing the recovery rate to 75.92 per cent, while the active cases comprise only 22.24 per cent of the total cases, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar has tested positive for coronavirus and has been hospitalised, party sources said on Tuesday.
Mizoram has reported 35 new coronavirus cases, taking the northeastern state's COVID-19 tally to 953, an official statement said on Tuesday. The new cases were reported from Aizawl district (31) and two cases each from Kolasib and Mamit districts. (READ MORE)
Puducherry on Tuesday registered its highest single day spurt of 571 new coronavirus cases and eight deaths, taking the overall tally to 11,426. Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar said in a release that the fresh infections were reported during last 24 hours ending 10 am on Tuesday in the Union Territory.
People in large numbers gather at market places in Meerut; social distancing norms flouted. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/jteb4abLn8
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) August 25, 2020
Uttarakhand: Nainital High Court closes for sanitisation purpose after an employee tests positive for COVID-19. Court to re-open on August 27.
Total number of #COVID19 cases rises to 5102 in Himachal Pradesh, including 1431 active cases, 3590 recovered cases & 27 deaths so far: State Health Department, Himachal Pradesh pic.twitter.com/HDZp91aJFp
— ANI (@ANI) August 25, 2020
Raipur: Chhattisgarh Assembly Session commenced from today, CM Bhupesh Baghal addressed the assembly. Arrangements, including marking of seats and glass partitions, in place to ensure social distancing. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/uODa59GGPp
— ANI (@ANI) August 25, 2020
It would be unsafe for students to visit test centres physically amid #COVID19 for JEE (Main) & NEET tests. Therefore, it is requested that exams scheduled to be held in September may be postponed to a later date: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik in a letter to Union Education Minister pic.twitter.com/uTqHh3A8cl
— ANI (@ANI) August 25, 2020
Uttarakhand: Nainital High Court closes for sanitisation purpose after an employee tests positive for #COVID19. Court to re-open on August 27.
— ANI (@ANI) August 25, 2020
Two more IIT Kharagpur students and a hostel staff have tested positive for COVID-19, a top institute official said on Tuesday.
Total number of #COVID19 cases rises to 5102 in Himachal Pradesh, including 1431 active cases, 3590 recovered cases & 27 deaths so far: State Health Department, Himachal Pradesh pic.twitter.com/HDZp91aJFp
— ANI (@ANI) August 25, 2020
It would be unsafe for students to visit test centres physically amid #COVID19 for JEE (Main) & NEET tests. Therefore, it is requested that exams scheduled to be held in September may be postponed to a later date: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik in a letter to Union Education Minister pic.twitter.com/uTqHh3A8cl
— ANI (@ANI) August 25, 2020
351 more police personnel found #COVID19 positive & 3 died in the last 24 hours in Maharashtra. Total number of Corona positive police personnel in Maharashtra reaches 14,067 including 2,569 active cases, 11,356 recoveries & 142 deaths till date: Maharashtra Police pic.twitter.com/RHdzQkHfrM
— ANI (@ANI) August 25, 2020
Karnataka Congress State President DK Shivakumar says he has tested positive for #COVID19.
— ANI (@ANI) August 25, 2020
He has been admitted to a private hospital in Bengaluru. pic.twitter.com/j3kWTLxS4X
Andhra Pradesh Health Minister Alla Nani distributed cheques worth Rs 50 lakh as compensation to the kin of #COVID19 victims, who lost their lives in the fire accident that took place at Swarna Palace.
— The New Indian Express (@NewIndianXpress) August 25, 2020
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Volunteers of Changanacherry Archdiocese join medical staff to bury a #COVID19 victim in Mallappally, Pathanamthitta. This Youth brigade is trained to use PPE kit & assist medical team as protocol prohibits kin of the victims at the cemetery.@NewIndianXpress @xpresskerala pic.twitter.com/OUGARJjC0p
— Bechu.S (@bechu_s) August 25, 2020
JMM Chief Shibu Soren, currently admitted to Medanta Hospital in Ranchi, likely to be shifted to Medanta, Gurugram as a precautionary measure. 76-year old Soren and his wife Rupi Soren were found positive for coronavirus on Saturday.@NewIndianXpress @TheMornStandard
— Mukesh Ranjan (@Mukesh_TNIE) August 25, 2020
Private doctors claimed that the number of people suffering from depression, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and phobia of stepping out of home has significantly increased in the last few months. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
"We had appealed to people to help the administration in curtailing the Ganesh festival celebration this year. As a result, there has been no public installation of Ganesh idols in Parbhani," the district collector said. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
Conducted between August 1 and August 7, the survey, second in the city, showed that 29.1 percent of the population in the national capital has now developed antibodies against SARS CoV-2. As many as 15,000 people from four age groups participated in the survey -- around 25 percent of them below 18, 50 percent between 18 and 50, and the rest aged above 50. A prevalence rate of 34.7 percent was found among the participants aged between 5 and 17, the survey results show.
"I have tested positive for #COVID19. I am asymptomatic and have isolated myself as per the protocol & guidelines. Request everyone who have come in my contact for last 14 days to get tested," Mundhe tweeted.(READ FULL REPORT HERE)
695 new #COVID19 positive cases and 6 deaths reported in Rajasthan today. Total number of cases rise to 72650 including 14883 active cases, 973 deaths and 56091 discharges: State Health Department
— ANI (@ANI) August 25, 2020
Bihar: Bus services in the state resumed from today following a State Transport Department directive.
— ANI (@ANI) August 25, 2020
"It's good the govt has resumed bus services. Social distancing measures are hard to follow but we are trying. Sanitisers need to be made compulsory," says a passenger. pic.twitter.com/vjboEMqRO0
2752 new #COVID19 cases in #Odisha, 9 die
— Hemant Kumar Rout (@TheHemantRout) August 25, 2020
1708 in quarantine
1044 local cases
Tests: 58338
Khurda 423
Cuttack 247
Jajpur 217
Ganjam 212
Rayagada 177
Koraput 174
Puri 144
Mayurbhanj 137
Balasore 129
Nayagarh 103
Jagatsinghpur 101
Malkangiri 101
Total cases: 84231
Tests:1421958 pic.twitter.com/Wi6O1JBpXw
For passengers travelling to UAE (12 yrs & above), a valid negative #COVID19 PCR test report in printed form, from a govt-approved lab in India (ICMR/verified designated lab), is required. Passengers are required to take PCR test not more than 96 hrs before departure: AI Express pic.twitter.com/qF0ObDnR2D
— ANI (@ANI) August 25, 2020
A division bench comprising Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly issued the order while closing the petition filed by Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala seeking to quash the order of state police chief to collect Call Detail Records of COVID-19 patients.(READ FULL REPORT HERE)
In a meeting of Crisis Management Group, it has been decided to resume
public transport system, including bus service in the state from 25 Aug. Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to be followed to prevent the spread of #COVID19: Sanjay Kumar Aggarwal, Secy, Transport Dept, Bihar pic.twitter.com/qK0uSpPRd8
— ANI (@ANI) August 25, 2020
The total number of samples tested up to 24th August is 3,68,27,520 including 9,25,383 samples tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)#COVID19 pic.twitter.com/k7iAlzfKqY
— ANI (@ANI) August 25, 2020
India's #COVID19 case tally crosses 31 lakh mark with 60,975 fresh cases and 848 deaths in the last 24 hours.
— ANI (@ANI) August 25, 2020
The #COVID19 case tally in the country rises to 31,67,324 including 7,04,348 active cases, 24,04,585 cured/discharged/migrated & 58,390 deaths: Ministry of Health pic.twitter.com/X0tb6dYInC
Telangana records 2579 cases of COVID-19
— TNIE Telangana (@XpressHyderabad) August 25, 2020
9 more deaths occur taking death toll to 770
Telangana has now done over 10 lakh tests pic.twitter.com/KxbwzEq6HV
US researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis are trying out a Covid-19 vaccine that can be delivered through drops or spray through the nasal cavity. It has already been successfully tested on mice which were found to be protected against the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the dreaded disease. Once successfully tested on humans and certified, the vaccine is likely to be delivered on the lines of the polio vaccine, but through nostrils.
India has tested more than 3.5 crore people for #COVID19 so far, resolutely following its 'Test Track Treat' strategy: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare pic.twitter.com/ko07vU2TKs
— ANI (@ANI) August 25, 2020
What lockdown? Heavy traffic was witnessed on Tank Bund road on the third day of Ganesha idol Immersion in Hyderabad.
— The New Indian Express (@NewIndianXpress) August 24, 2020
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The observer-blind, randomised controlled study to determine the safety and immunogenicity of ''Covishield'' on healthy Indian adults will begin at Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College and Hospital in Pune, sources said. (READ MORE)
