India's COVID-19 case tally rose to 54.87 lakh with a spike of 86,961 new cases & 1,130 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday.
The total case tally stands at 54,87,581 including 10,03,299 active cases, 43,96,399 cured/discharged/migrated & 87,882 deaths, the Health Ministry's latest update informed.
Schools in parts of the country reopened today partially in accordance with the Unlock 4 guidelines. Class 9-12 students in states like Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir have been allowed to attend school on a voluntarary basis following the guidelines.
This high rate of daily recoveries has positioned India as the top country globally with maximum number of recovered cases. This has also pushed the recovery rate to a high of more than 80%: Ministry of Health https://t.co/7Bn2U8qjJt
— ANI (@ANI) September 22, 2020
107 new #COVID19 cases reported in Mizoram, taking the total tally to 1,692. The number of active cases is 680 while 1,012 people have been discharged. No death reported in the State till date: Government of Mizoram pic.twitter.com/zuc46Zts3f
— ANI (@ANI) September 22, 2020
Chhattisgarh: Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated Maharaja Agrasen COVID Centre in Raipur via video conferencing, yesterday. pic.twitter.com/z7uF3hZatX
— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2020
Former Himachal minister Shyama Sharma and six others died of COVID-19 in the state, which recorded 309 fresh cases on Monday, pushing the infection count to 12,439. So far, the state has reported 125 deaths due to the disease.
With 1,998 new COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths, Chhattisgarhs overall count rose to 88,181 and the toll to 690 on Monday, while a fresh round of lockdown with a slew of curbs has been imposed in worst-hit Raipur district and some other parts of the state, officials said.
The COVID-19 tally in Maharashtra's Pune district rose to 2,54,506 with the addition of 2,338 new cases in the last 24 hours, a health official said on Monday.
Sixteen more people succumbed to COVID-19 in Assam on Monday taking the death toll to 578, while 2,640 new positive cases pushed the tally to 1,59,320, Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Health Minister Raghu Sharma on Monday said the state-level war room functioning round the clock at the secretariat in Rajasthan would help in getting medical facilities to the coronavirus patients in just 30 minutes.
Police personnel in Maharashtra's Nagpur can now avail of treatment in a new dedicated COVID-19 hospital for them.
Bihar reported six more COVID-19 fatalities on Monday, pushing the death toll to 870, while the tally rose to 1,69,855 with 1,314 fresh cases, the health department said in a bulletin. The deaths were reported from Patna, Bhagalpur, Vaishali and Banka districts, it said.
Delhi University Executive Council members on Monday demanded that the trials for extra-curricular activities (ECA) should be held with all precautions for prevention of coronavirus spread.
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The COVID-19 cases tally of Haryana touched 1,13,075 with 1818 cases fresh reported today, as till date 1177 people have died and 90,884 patients discharged/Recovered#Hry @Newindianxpress, @SundayStandard, @TheMornStandard
— Harpreet Singh Bajwa (@Harpreet_TNIE) September 21, 2020
Revised strategy for triaging of COVID-19 patents and rationalisation of ambulances have been made and the administration has proposed to enhance the strength of ambulances, Kiran Bedi said.
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A total of 2247, COVID-19 positive cases were reported today in Punjab, taking the state’s total tally to 99,930 cases, while 75,409 patients discharged/recovered and 2860 have died till date#Pb @Newindianxpress, @SundayStandard, @TheMornStandard
— Harpreet Singh Bajwa (@Harpreet_TNIE) September 21, 2020
Government Institute of Medical Science (GIMS) on Monday said 196 COVID-19 patients have benefited from plasma therapy and 174 of them have survived. There are 128 fully recovered patients who have donated their plasma for these therapies while 10 of them made the donation more than once (twice or thrice), GIMS director Brig (retd) Dr Rakesh Gupta said.
Surat reported 290 new coronavirus cases on Monday, the highest among Gujarat districts, raising its tally to 25,545, while 294 more patients were discharged following recovery, the state health department said.
Rajasthan recorded 16 more fatalities due to COVID-19 on Monday, taking the death toll in the state to 1,352, while 1,892 fresh cases pushed the caseload to 1,16,881, according to a health department bulletin.
After remaining shut for the past six months due to the COVID-19 outbreak, schools in Haryana partially reopened on Monday to enable students studying in Classes 9 to 12 to visit their institutions on a voluntary basis for taking guidance from their teachers.
Tamil Nadu Principal Health Secretary, Dr J Radhakrishnan, on Monday visited a COVID Care Centre at a private medical college hospital in this district, officials said. Radhakrishnan visited the centre at DD Medical College and Hospital, accompanied by District Collector Maheswari Ravikumar, an official release said.
Healthcare bodies NHA and CAHO have partnered with not-for-profit organisation Generation India Foundation for upskilling nurses and nursing students on COVID-19, according to a joint statement.
Forty-seven more deaths due to COVID-19 in Punjab took the toll to 2,860, while 2,247 new cases pushed the infection tally to 99,930 on Monday. Nine deaths were reported from Amritsar, seven from Jalandhar, five each from Ludhiana and Pathankot, four each from Kapurthala and Patiala, and two each from Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Moga and Sangrur, according to the medical bulletin.
Nagpur on Monday saw 1,350 coronavirus cases, taking the infection count in the district to 65,107, while 48 deaths took the toll to 2,094, an official said. A total of 53,550 people have been discharged so far, including 1,994 on Monday, leaving the district with 9,463 active cases, he added.
22 new #COVID19 cases reported in Andaman and Nicobar, taking the total number of cases to 3,673; death toll stands at 52. Total 3,469 patients have recovered so far: Andaman and Nicobar Administration pic.twitter.com/qPPbjvcBxH
— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2020
A video of a doctor in a Community Health Centre (CHC) in Mathura went viral on social media in which he was seen giving around 15 swab samples from his nose and throat to a health worker to meet the daily testing target.
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These #covidwarriors from Bengaluru all geared to bring patients to the hospital to treat them for #COVID19.
— The New Indian Express (@NewIndianXpress) September 21, 2020
Express Photos | @MeghanaSastry @XpressBengaluru pic.twitter.com/w6KArWMNt4
Three more people died of COVID-19 in Chandigarh, pushing the death toll to 123 while 240 fresh cases took the infection tally to 10,298 on Monday. There are 2,761 active cases in the city. A total of 273 patients were discharged on Monday after they recovered from the infection.
Twenty-eight more COVID-19 fatalities in Haryana pushed the death toll to 1,177, while 1,818 new coronavirus cases took the state's infection tally to 1,13,075 on Monday, the Health department said.
The number of COVID-19 cases in Nashik increased by 1,061 on Monday, while the death toll rose by 17, an official said. The district now has 65,063 cases and the number of deaths from the infection so far stands at 1,190, he said.
Two persons died due to COVID- 19 in Meghalaya on Monday, raising the death toll in the northeastern state to 38, a senior health official said. A 75-year old-man and 48-year-old woman succumbed to the infection at North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, he said.
Madhya Pradesh on Monday recorded 2,523 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the statewide count to 1,08,167, while 2,244 more patients were discharged following recovery, health officials said. The cumulative toll went up to 2,007 with 37 fresh deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, they said.
West Bengal reported 62 COVID-19 fatalities on Monday, the highest single-day spike so far, pushing the death toll to 4,421, a bulletin released by the health department said. The state's caseload climbed to 2,28,302 with 3,165 new infections, it said.
As many as 814 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Uttarakhand on Monday, taking the state's case tally to 41,777, while 10 more people died, according to official data.
Agra's Taj Mahal was opened to tourists on Monday after 188 days of its COVID-19-led closure. The Taj Mahal and Agra Fort were closed to tourists from March 17 amid the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
With a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district, the number of beds in civil hospital here will be increased to 300 by this month-end, its civil surgeon said on Monday.
Delhi registers 2548 new #COVID19 cases.
— Somrita Ghosh (@Somrita_Ghosh) September 21, 2020
3672 recovered.
33K plus samples collected.
32 more deaths. Fatality count reaches to 5,000.
Marginal dip in active cases @NewIndianXpress @TheMornStandard #CoronaVirusUpdates pic.twitter.com/CrIJfS7ugI
Two more COVID-19 patients died in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar pushing the death toll to 58, while 97 new coronavirus cases took the active cases in the district to 1,192, officials said on Monday. The fresh cases, include 20 jail inmates and a bank employee, they said.
Seventy-seven new instances of COVID-19 infection pushed the tally of cases in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar district to 11,419 on Monday, official data showed. The number of active cases came down to 1,578 from 1,678 on Sunday, according to the data released by the state health department for a 24-hour period.
Ahmedabad district reported 177 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, taking its tally to 35,118, the Gujarat health departmentsaid. With three more fatalities, the death toll rose to 1,801, it said. With 120 patients getting discharged from hospitals, the number of recovered COVID-19 cases rose to 29,241, the department said.
Maharashtra's COVID-19 count rose to 12,24,380 on Monday with the addition of 15,738 new cases, state health department said. With 344 people succumbing to the infection, the cumulative toll in the state crossed the 33,000 mark and reached 33,015, it said.
Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope on Monday said the number of beds for COVID-19 treatment in Sassoon General Hospital in Pune would be almost doubled. Tope, who is on a two-day tour here, also said the process of recruiting doctors for the facility will be expedited.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration set up a committee on Monday to strengthen the COVID control measures at the Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital here, the institution's principal said on Monday. The premier health facility is catering to all patients amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to GMC principal NC Dingra.
Amravati in Maharashtra reported eight COVID-19 deaths and 225 new cases on Monday, taking the toll to 239 and infection count to 11,185, an official said. He said 121 people were discharged during the day, taking the total number of such cases to 8,510, leaving the district with 2,436 active ones.
Andhra Pradesh reported 6,235 fresh COVID-19 cases on Monday, taking the aggregate to 6,31,749. In the 24 hours ending 9 AM on Monday, 10,502 patients got discharged from hospitals after recovering from the pandemic infection while 51 succumbed, according to the latest bulletin.
The death toll due to COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh rose to 5,135 on Monday with 88 more fatalities, while 4,703 fresh cases pushed the infection tally in the state to 3,58,893, officials said. Briefing reporters here, Additional Chief Secretary (Medical and Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said 2,89,594 COVID-19 patients have recovered from the viral disease and have been discharged.
Goa's COVID-19 caseload increased by 324 on Monday to reach 28,753, while nine deaths took the toll to 360, an official said. He said 429 people were discharged during the day, taking the count of such cases to 22,726. A total of 1,145 sample were tested in the coastal state on Monday, he added.
The DDMA on Monday clarified that all social, cultural and political functions along with large gatherings and congregations in Delhi are prohibited till September 30. In view of several protests against farm bills in the city, the Delhi Police also said demonstrations cannot be allowed till September 30, citing an earlier order of DDMA which prohibits such activities.
Madhya Pradesh reported 2,523 new COVID-19 cases, 2,244 recoveries and 37 deaths today, taking total cases to 1,08,167 including 83,618 recoveries and 2,007 deaths. Number of active cases stands at 22,542: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/wKbzhk9Ni3
— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2020
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said this while responding to questions posed by Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) Rajya Sabha MP Vaiko.
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Punjab records 2,247 new COVID-19 cases, 2,811 recoveries and 47 deaths, taking total cases to 99,930 including 75,409 recoveries and 2,860 deaths. Number of active cases stands at 21,661: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/TgRqRUzwcJ
— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2020
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa hinted at curtailing the eight-day long monsoon session of the state legislature that began on Monday, saying he will discuss with opposition leaders about ending it soon after discussion on important necessary issues, due to the COVID pandemic.
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Jammu and Kashmir reported 1,036 new COVID-19 cases, 1,158 recoveries and 23 deaths, taking total cases to 65,026 including 42,115 recoveries, 1,024 deaths and 21,887 active cases: J&K administration pic.twitter.com/MzqkaizTIm
— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2020
The five-day session of the Gujarat Assembly began on Monday amid precautions for the coronavirus outbreak. Staffers, legislators and mediapersons who will cover proceedings have been tested for the infection, while entry for outsiders has been banned.
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Uttarakhand reported 814 new coronavirus cases, 1,172 recoveries today, taking total cases to 41,777 including 501 deaths and 12,075 active cases: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/SOQ3cdJN7W
— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2020
According to the latest health department bulletin, Bihar clocked a recovery rate of 91.63 per cent on Sunday, far better than the national average of around 80 per cent.
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Manipur reports 116 new COVID-19 cases, 71 recoveries and 2 deaths, taking total cases to 9,010 including 6,838 recoveries, 59 deaths and 2,113 active cases: State Health Department
Covid updates for Sept 21:
— T Muruganandham (@muruga_TNIE) September 21, 2020
5,492 Covid patients discharged today; total so far:4,91,971
Active cases: 46,495
New cases:5,344
Total positives till today:5,47,337
Samples tested: 80,672
New cases in Chennai: 982
Deaths: 60/8,871@xpresstn
@NewIndianXpress pic.twitter.com/YlDdWwWTir
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray was fined Rs 1000 for not wearing a mask in a public place amid an outbreak of Covid 19. He was travelling to Mandva in new Mandva to Mumbai Ro-Ro service. @NewIndianXpress @Sunday_Standard
— Sudhir Suryawanshi (@ss_suryawanshi) September 21, 2020
Clean and clear from infections! Members of a charitable trust were seen sanitising gym equipment to prevent the spread of #COVID19 at the Mananchira Open Gym in Kozhikode.
— The New Indian Express (@NewIndianXpress) September 21, 2020
Express Photos | @manumavelil @xpresskerala pic.twitter.com/04gy2Segt3
Karnataka reports 7,339 COVID-19 cases, 9925 discharges and 122 in the last 24 hours. The total cases in the state rise to 5,26,876, including 4,23,377 discharges and 8,145 deaths. Active cases stand at 95,335: State Government
#CovidUpdates: The state recorded 6,235 new cases till Monday 9am while 10,502 patients recovered. 51 deaths were recorded taking the toll to 5410.
— TNIE Andhra Pradesh (@xpressandhra) September 21, 2020
Total cases: 6,31,749
Active: 74,518
Recovered: 5,51,821@NewIndianXpress #coronavirus #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/7Q4Br3Ppf3
#Covid19Update #Kerala
— Sovi Vidyadharan (@sovividyadharan) September 21, 2020
Sep 21
New cases - 2910
Recoveries - 3022
Deaths - 18
Contact transmission cases - 2653
Unknown source of infection - 313
From abroad - 36
From other states - 133
Health workers infected - 88
533 in Thiruvananthapuram district (highest)@NewIndianXpress
4,703 new COVID19 cases take UP's tally to 3,58,893, death toll mounts to 5,135 with 88 more fatalities, number of active cases stands at 64,164: Officials
COVID19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rises to 3,651 as 7 more people test positive; active case count 148: Health official
Demand made in Rajya Sabha to provide free of cost face masks to poor and vulnerable sections of society to help them combat threat of COVID19 pandemic
Balram Kumar Upadhyay, the city police commissioner, was advised to observe home quarantine after his personal security officer was among the infected. For the time being, south zone IG Hatshita Attaluri will be in-charge of the city police commissionerate in Thiruvananthapuram.
159 police personnel tested positive for COVID-19 and 5 died in the last 24 hours, taking total cases to 21,311 in the force including 17,434 recoveries and 222 deaths: Maharashtra Police
Fire breaks out at Sadguru Covid hospital at Jagatpur in #Cuttack district. Fire tenders rush to the spot and douse flames. Patients undergoing treatment shifted to nearby Covid hospitals. Collector and SP review situation at the hospital. @NewIndianXpress @XpressOdisha
— Sudarsan Maharana (@Sud_TNIE) September 21, 2020
As of now, there are around 1000 ICU beds available in Delhi: Satyendar Jain, Delhi Health Minister. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/euK5Z0gWH3
— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2020
76% of 86,961 new COVID19 cases in last 24 hrs concentrated in 10 States/UTs. Maharashtra & Andhra Pradesh contributed over 20,000 & 8,000, respectively. 10 States/UTs account for 86% of 1,130 deaths in last 24 hrs- 455 in Maharashtra, 101 in Karnataka & 94 in UP: Health Ministry
Odisha's COVID-19 tally mounts to 1,84,122 with 4,242 new cases; 9 fresh fatalities push death toll to 710: Health official
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 21, 2020
Our journey towards achieving Pre-Covid domestic numbers continues.
— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) September 21, 2020
1,49,371 passengers flew on 1384 flights on 20 September 2020.
More than 9.5 million domestic passengers have now flown since recommencement of domestic operations on 25 May 2020.#AatmaNirbharBharat pic.twitter.com/7WokNP8plw
Scene 1:Finally! Schools have started partially reopening as part of #unlock4 for Class IX & X students.
— The New Indian Express (@NewIndianXpress) September 21, 2020
Scene 2: Teachers take declaration forms from parents on sending their children to school.
Place: Visakhapatnam #COVID19 @xpressandhra
Express Photos | @Gsn_tnie pic.twitter.com/IEdwDORsc1
Union Home Ministry on Monday said the Tablighi Jamaat gathering in Delhi's Nizamuddin locality in March led to the coronavirus infection spreading to "many persons".
Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy also said in the Rajya Sabha that Delhi Police arrested 233 Tablighi Jamaat members and 2,361 people have been evacuated from the organisation's headquarters since March 29.
Himachal Pradesh: Schools reopen in the state after Govt allowed students of Class 9 to 12 to visit schools from today on a voluntary basis, for taking guidance from teachers; Visuals from schools in Dharamshala. pic.twitter.com/gXFSu1qORQ
— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2020
Students appearing for Class X exams - supplementary & private - getting their temperature checked ahead of the exams in Chennai and Bengaluru.#COVID19 @xpresstn @XpressBengaluru @shibasahu2012
— The New Indian Express (@NewIndianXpress) September 21, 2020
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Srinagar: Students of Class 9 to 12 can visit schools from today on a voluntary basis, for taking guidance from teachers
— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2020
A student says, "I'm really excited to come to school today. Our teachers have supported us a lot. We have to take a lot of precautions."#JammuAndKashmir pic.twitter.com/P7LEqjZcBd
The state conducted only 31,095 tests against the usual of more than 50,000 tests. As a result, the number of new Covid-19 cases detected in the state was also less on that day at just 1,302.(READ FULL REPORT HERE)
India's COVID-19 case tally at 54.87 lakh with a spike of 86,961 new cases & 1,130 deaths in the last 24 hours
The total case tally stands at 54,87,581 including 10,03,299 active cases, 43,96,399 cured/discharged/migrated & 87,882 deaths: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Assam: Schools and colleges in the state reopen today; visuals from Dispur College.
— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2020
A student says, "I am really happy with govt's decision to reopen schools and colleges. We will try & follow all #COVID guidelines while attending the classes." pic.twitter.com/G4sshbwxYI
Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally rose to 71,352 on Monday as 1,492 more people tested positive for the infection, while two fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 617, a health official said.
The fresh infections have taken the number of active cases in the state to 13,791, while 56,944 people have recovered from the disease so far, he said.
The state has tested 81,169 samples for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the official added.
Total samples tested up to 20th September are 6,43,92,594 including 7,31,534 samples tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research
— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2020
Agra: Taj Mahal reopens for public from today as part of #Unlock4. pic.twitter.com/NhVkXMUiVV
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) September 21, 2020
India occupies the top position in the world in terms of total recoveries. More than 43 lakhs have recovered. India's recoveries constitute 19% of total global recoveries: Ministry of Health pic.twitter.com/g2wMmqd5K7
— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2020
he government is giving all necessary support for development of a vaccine against the novel coronavirus in the country and three vaccine candidates are in different phases of clinical trial, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Parliament on Sunday. Replying to a discussion in Lok Sabha on the coronavirus pandemic, the Health Minister said so far 6.37 crore tests have been conducted in the country which is "probably the highest in the world". (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
