Coronavirus Updates: Assam reports 1,123 new cases in 24 hrs; positivity rate at 4.58%, says health minister

Coronavirus in Meghalaya LATEST Updates

Night curfew in East Khasi Hill extended till 17 August

The East Khasi Hills district administration has extended night curfew in the entire district from Monday till 17 August in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said on Sunday. The night curfew will be from 9 pm to 5 am, they said. The state capital Shillong is in the East Khasi Hills district The District Magistrate said that the order will not apply to security forces, medical teams on duty, wholesale and retail pharmacies and essential government departments.

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Coronavirus in Assam LATEST Updates

Assam reports 1,123 new cases in 24 hrs

📌Alert ~ 1123 COVID cases detected out of 24492 tests in last 24 hrs.

Positivity rate- 4.58%

Kamrup (M)- 240
Jorhat- 121

↗️Total cases 58837
↗️Recovered 40591
↗️Active cases 18098
↗️Deaths 145

10:20 PM, Aug 09 pic.twitter.com/dERdeyFYNB

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) August 9, 2020

Coronavirus in AssamLATEST Updates

Assam to provide free pulse oximeters to COVID-19 patients in home isolation in Guwahati

“From tomorrow, we’ll provide patient preferring to stay in home isolation a pulse oximeter and first-line supportive medicine completely free in Guwahati. We’ve also activated Tele Medicine service for them through 104, will expand it to other places soon,” said Assam health minister Himanata Biswa Sarma.

Coronavirus in Maharashtra LATEST Updates

At 35%, Kolhapur’s COVID-19 positivity rate highest in state, claims health minister

Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope expressed concern over the high positivity rate of COVID-19 cases in Kolhapur district after reviewing the situation there and Satara along with NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday. He said Kolhapur’s positivity rate was 35 per cent. “No other district in Maharashtra has that kind of rate. We will have to increase testing large-scale. We will have to trace people, and isolate co-morbid people by doing house to house survey,” he said.

Tope said a “jumbo COVID facility” can be constructed in Satara if need be, adding that a new testing lab was being set up there to ensure results are received within 24 hours. He said Satara and Kolhapur were witnessing spike in cases but expressed confidence that the outbreak would be contained in the two places.

Coronavirus in Goa LATEST Updates

Mandatory COVID-19 test before admission in GMCH: Goa health minister

The state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) will conduct rapid antigen tests on people before they are admitted in the facility, said state health minister Vishwajit Rane on Sunday. He said an RT-PCR test would be done as a second layer of confirmation before surgery. Rane said, to ensure smooth functioning of GMCH amid rising cases, all HODs have been instructed to reduce Out Patient Department (OPD) services to bare minimum with all non-essential services to be slowed down in a phased manner.

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Coronavirus in Gujarat LATEST Updates

1,078 new cases in Gujarat

Gujarat reported 1,078 new coronavirus positive cases on Sunday, taking the total in the state to 71,064, the health department said. The number of patients, who succumbed to COVID-19, rose to 2,654 with 25 new fatalities on Sunday, it said. The number of recovered patients grew to 54,138 as 1,311 of them were given discharge. With this, there are now 14,272 active cases in Gujarat, of which the condition of 73 patients is critical, the department said in a release.

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Coronavirus in Maharashtra LATEST Updates

Maharashtra records 12,248 new cases, 390 deaths

Maharashtra on Sunday reported its second highest single-day spike of 12,248 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total count to 5,15,332, state Health department said. With 390 fatalities reported on Sunday, the toll in the state went up to 17,757, a Health official said. At the same time, a record 13,348 patients were discharged in the day, taking the count of recoveries to 3,51,710, the official added. The state now has 1,45,558 active cases compared with 1,47,048 of Saturday, he said.

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Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh LATEST Updates

Andhra Pradesh reports record daily jump of 10,820 new cases

Andhra Pradesh registered 10,820 new COVID-19 cases and 97 deaths, propelling the total number of cases now to 2,27,860 including 87,112 active cases, 1,38,712 recoveries and 2,036 deaths, reports ANI. The current positivity rate is over 16 percent as the state has been reporting cases in excess of 10,000 per day in the last five days. “What we are witnessing is a peak curve. Our infection positivity rate was less than one per cent till May (during lockdown), which increased to 2.16 percent in June and 12.33 percent in July (post-lockdown). Now it is about 16.24 percent,” Special Chief Secretary (Health) KS Jawahar Reddy told news agency PTI.

Coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh LATEST Updates

Madhya Pradesh minister Vishvas Sarang tests COVID-19 positive

Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Vishvas Sarang in  Twitter post said that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection. “Today my second COVID-19 test report came back positive. I have been in home isolation since the first test report came negative,” he said in Hindi.

The minister also urged those who came into contact with him to get themselves tested.

आज मेरी दूसरी #COVID19 टेस्ट रिपोर्ट #पॉज़िटिव आई है।
प्रथम टेस्ट रिपोर्ट नेगेटिव होने के बाद से ही मैं होम आइसोलेशन में हूँ।
आप सबसे अनुरोध है कि जो भी मेरे संपर्क में आए हैं आप सभी #COVID19 टेस्ट करा लें।

— विश्वास कैलाश सारंग (@VishvasSarang) August 9, 2020

Coronavirus in Telangana LATEST Updates

Telangana to ramp up testing to 40,000 tests per day, says KT Rama Rao

The Telangana government is presently conducting 23,000 COVID-19 tests per day and the number would soon be scaled to 40,000, state Municipal Administration Minister KT Rama Rao said on Sunday. “Tests are being carried out in 1,200 plus centres. Our fatality rate is less than one percent and recovery rate one of the best in the country at 72 percent. Of course there is more to do,” he noted.

Rao was responding to a query posed by a twitter user on whether testing in Telangana was low compared to states like Maharashtra, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Coronavirus in US LATEST Updates

Confirmed COVID-19 cases cross 50 lakh

The confirmed number of coronavirus cases in the US crossed 50 lakh on Sunday, by far the highest in the world, reports news agency The Associated Press, quoting data recorded by the Johns Hopkins University. However, health officials believe that for every reported case, there are roughly 10 times as many people infected, given the limits on testing and the large number of mild infections that have unreported or unrecognised. The bleak milestone was reached as new cases in the US are averagingat about 54,000 a day. While that figure is down from a peak of well over 70,000 in the second half of July, cases are rising in nearly 20 states, and deaths are climbing in most. Many Americans have resisted wearing masks and social distancing

Coronavirus in Punjab LATEST Updates

Principal secy to Punjab governor tests COVID-19 positive

 JM Balamurugan, the principal secretary to Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been home quarantined, an official spokesperson told news agency PTI. However, Badnore, who is also the administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh, has tested negative for the infection.

A two-day COVID-19 testing exercise with rapid-antigen kits was carried out at the Raj Bhawan in which 336 people, including security personnel, officers and staff members, were tested for the disease, the spokesperson said. Besides Balamurugan, four other people at the Raj Bhawan were found to be positive for COVID-19, he said. All precautions have been taken as per health advisories and the entire Raj Bhawan is being sanitised, he added

Coronavirus in Maharashtra LATEST Updates

Dharavi reports five new cases

 The Dharavi slum in Mumbai has recorded just five new COVID-19 cases today, taking the total number of cases to 2,617 of which 88 are active cases, reports ANI quoting the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

Coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir LATEST Updates

Jammu and Kashmir reports 507 new cases

An increase of 507 coronavirus cases took the COVID-19 case count in Jammu and Kashmir to 24,897, while 13 deaths due to the viral disease were recorded in the last 24 hours, reports PTI quoting officials.Of the new deaths, 12 occurred in the Kashmir Valley and one in the Jammu region, they said. With the fresh fatalities, the toll in the Union Territory rose to 472, of which 437 were from the Valley and 35 from the Jammu region. Among them, 64 had returned to the Union Territory recently.

Of the 507 new COVID-19 o farcases, 129 were reported from the Jammu region and 378 persons were from the Valley, officials said. The Union territory now has 7,422 active cases while 17,003 patients have recovered from the infection.

Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu LATEST Updates

Tamil Nadu reports 5,994 new cases, 119 deaths

Tamil Nadu on Sunday recorded 5,994 fresh infections while 119 more succumbed to the coronavirus infection, taking the total number of cases to 2,96,901 and toll to 4,927, reports ANI quoting the state health department. The state now has 53,336 active cases as a total of  2,38,638 persons have been discharged till date.Of the new cases, a total of 989 were from Chennai.

Coronavirus in Kerala LATEST Updates

Kerala records 1,211 new cases, two deaths

As many as 1,211 new coronavirus cases, 970 recoveries and two fatalities were reported in Kerala in the last 24 hours, ANI quotes state health minister KK Shailaja as saying. The state now has 12,347 active cases as 21,836 persons have recovered so far while the toll stands at 108, the minister further said..

Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates

India’s recovery rate now 68.78%, claims health ministry

 The number of recoveries has surged to 14,80,884 with 53,879 coronavirus patients having recuperated and discharged in 24-hours, the highest in a day so far, pushing the recovery rate to 68.78 percent, said the health ministry. The fatality rate has further dropped to 2.01 percent, it said.  Recoveries are over twice the number of active cases (6,28,747) of coronavirus infection at present.

“The number of recovered cases has touched another high of 2.36 times the active cases. All patients are all under medical attention either in home isolation or in hospitals,” the ministry said.  From 7.69 percent on 5 April, the recovery rate improved to 26.59 percent on 3 May, 48.37 percent on 7 June and to 68.78 percent as on date, it said.

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Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates

Record 7,19,364 samples tested for COVID-19 on Saturday, says ICMR

Scaling up testing capacity, over seven lakh samples have been examined for COVID-19 in a day taking the cumulative tests conducted so far to 2,41,06,535, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. The ministry said the number of single-day tests has been growing exponentially and India has been testing over six lakh samples daily for several days.

“A record 7,19,364 samples have been tested on Saturday, the highest in a day so far. India is conducting around 500 tests for detection of COVID-19 per minute and the per-day testing capacity has increased over five lakhs,” Scientist and media coordinator at ICMR, Dr Lokesh Sharma said.

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Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LATEST Updates

Barracks of Muzaffarnagar jail sealed as inmates contract coronavirus

All barracks of the district jail in Muzaffarnagar were sealed as over 90 inmates have contracted coronavirus in the past some days, reports PTI. According to Jail Superintendent AK Saxena, all 25 barracks have been sanitised and the inmates are not being allowed to come to the jail compound to prevent the spread of the disease.  Around 2,250 inmates are lodged in the jail. A compounder of the jail hospital and a guard have also been found infected with the virus. The jail authorities said most infected inmates have recovered.

Coronavirus in Karnataka LATEST Updates

Karnataka health minister tests positive

Karnataka health minister B Sriramulu said he has tested positive for coronavirus. Since the beginning of the outbreak, I have had the opportunity to visit the 30 districts and work towards fulfilling the government’s wish to ensure good treatment to people. It is on this backdrop that I am going to be hospitalized and get myself treated," he tweeted. The minister also urged all those who had come into contact with him to take adequate precautionary measures.

The minister later tweted that he had been admitted to the state-run Bowring hospital in Bengaluru.

Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu tests positive for #COVID19. pic.twitter.com/kNuIwXIDir

— ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2020

Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LATEST Updates

Uttar Pradesh’s cases up by 4,571 to 1,22,609

Uttar Pradesh reported 4,571 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking the total cases in the state to 1,22,609 as 41 more fatalities pushed the toll due to the disease to 2,069. The count of active COVID-19 cases in the state stands at 47,890, and 72,650 patients have been discharged after recovering from the disease, Additional Chief Secretary, Medical and Health, Amit Mohan Prasad said. “The case fatality rate, which was at three per cent till last month, has now further dipped to 1.68 per cent,” Prasad said.

The number of COVID-19 cases stood at 1,18,038 on Saturday, while the toll was at 2,028. However, the government said 4,687 fresh COVID-19 cases were reported in the past 24 hours. It did not mention which 24-hour period it was referring to.

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Coronavirus in Jharkhand LATEST Updates

Jharkhand to get its second plasma therapy centre in Dhanbad

The second plasma therapy centre in Jharkhand will be set up at the state-run Patliputra Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) in Dhanbad, reports PTI quoting an official Chief Minister Hemant Soren had inaugurated the state’s first plasma therapy facility at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) in Ranchi on 28 July.  Dhanbad Deputy Commissioner Uma Shankar Singh, also the chairman of the district Disaster Management Department, issued a directive to set up a plasma therapy centre at the PMCH, after meeting the hospital’s director Dr Shailendra Kumar and civil surgeon Dr Gopal Das on Saturday evening, the official said.

Coronavirus in Delhi LATEST Updates

Delhi reports 1,300 new cases, 13 deaths

Delhi reports 1,300 new coronavirus positive cases and 13 deaths today, pushing the total number of cases to 1,45,427 and toll to 4,111, reports ANI quoting the state government. As many as 1,225 patients also recovered, taking the number of such cases to 1,30,587 and  active cases to 10,729.

Coronavirus in Bihar LATEST Updates

Bihar records 3,934 new cases

Bihar registered a spike of 3,934 new cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total positive cases in the state rise to 79,720, reports ANI quoting the Bihar Health Department. Patna has reported the highest number with 781 fresh cases.

Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu LATEST Updates

Efforts on to bring positivity rate down to 6%, says Chennai Corporation Commissioner

The COVID-19 test positivity rate in Chennai may drop to about six percent by the end of this month and concerted efforts were on to accomplish it, Greater
Chennai Corporation Commissioner G Prakash has said. The positivity rate, gradually has dipped to about 8.50 percent to 9.50 percent now from 14-15 percent last month, he said.
   

 Another good outcome to several efforts was that the doubling time has improved to 72.2 days in Chennai from 65 days a week ago and in divisions under north Chennai, it was a welcome 140-150 days, he said.

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Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh LATEST Updates

742 TTD staffers have tested positive, three have died of COVID-19

As many as 743 staff of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) including including some priests of the Lord Venkateswara shrine at Tirumala have tested positive for COVID-19 and three have succumbed to the virus since June 11,  TTD Executive Officer Anil Kumar Singhal told reporters Of the 743 infected, three employees succumbed to the dreaded contagion and about 402 personnel have recovered so far from infection while 338 people were undergoing treatment at different COVID care facilities, he said.

The famous Lord Venkateswara temple in nearby Tirumala governed by the TTD had re-opened on 11 June for public after being close for two and a half months owing to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, he said.

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Coronavirus in Tripura LATEST Updates

Two BSF personnel among four new COVID-19 deaths in Tripura

Four more persons, including two BSF personnel, have succumbed to COVID-19 in Tripura, taking the death toll due to the disease to 41, while 147 new cases pushed the infection tally to 6,164, an official said today. A total of 700 BSF jawans have infected with the disease in the state, he said.

The COVID-19 tally in Tripura has increased to 6,164 with 147 new cases, the official said. Tripura now has 1,929 active cases, while 4,176 people have recovered from the disease and eighteen patients have migrated to other states

Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates

India hands over a batch of ten ventilators to Nepal

Kathmandu: India hands over ten ventilators to Nepal. These were handed over to Chief of Army Staff General Purna Chandra Thapa by Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra at Army Headquarters. pic.twitter.com/HcDcQvWDmH

— ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2020

Coronavirus in Himachal Pradesh LATEST Updates

Himachal reports 40 new cases, takes total to 3,304

40 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Himachal Pradesh today, taking the total confirmed cases to 3,304. This includes 2,118 recoveries and 13 deaths, reports ANI

Coronavirus in Jharkhand LATEST Updates

Jharkhand reports over 1,000 new cases today

1,084 COVID19 cases were reported in Jharkhand in the past 24 hours. The total number of cases in the state is now at 17,626, including 9,067 active cases, 8,391 recoveries and 168 deaths, reports ANI.

Coronavirus in Puducherry LATEST Updates

Seven more succumb to COVID-19 in Puducherry as UT reports 264 new cases

Seven more people including four women succumbed to coronavirus in Puducherry taking the toll to 87 while 264 fresh cases were detected, a top Health department official said on Sunday.

Most of the patients died of severe Covid pneumonia, Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar said, adding the deceased were in the range between 38 and 80 years.

The seven deaths in the last 24 hours ending 10 am Sunday took the number of fatalities to 87, he said.

Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates

No test done on Amit Shah since last week, says MHA

The COVID-19 test of Home Minister Amit Shah has not been conducted since last week, a Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) official has told ANI. This clarification comes after BJP leader and MP Manoj Tiwari tweeted saying that Shah had tested negative for coronavirus. 

The BJP leader has now deleted his tweet.

#COVID19 test of Home Minister Amit Shah has not been conducted so far: Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Official https://t.co/8UaeUtNgBp

— ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2020

Coronavirus in Delhi LATEST Updates

COVID-19 situation in Delhi under control, says Kejriwal

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said the COVID-19 situation in Delhi is under control and the recovery rate is improving. Speaking at the inauguration of a hospital in Ambedkar Nagar, he said in case the situation takes a turn for the worse, the government is fully prepared to deal with it.

“The hospital was conceived in 2013. It is a 600-bed hospital. We are inaugurating the first 200 beds which will be used for the treatment of COVID-19 patients,” Kejriwal said at the launch event.

On the COVID-19 situation in Delhi, the chief minister said, “The situation is under control, all parameters good, recovery rate is improving, positivity ratio reducing and deaths have reduced.”

Coronavirus in Delhi LATEST Updates

Cases in Delhi rising due to outsiders getting their tests done in Capital, says Satyender Jain

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain claims the Capital’s coronavirus cases are rising because people from other places are getting their tests done here, ANI reports.“Otherwise, the trend of COVID19 cases in Delhi is decreasing,” he adds.

On Saturday, 1,404 new COVID19 cases and 16 deaths were reported in Delhi, taking the total to 1,44,127. Over 1,100 people recovered yesterday from the infection and there are 10,668 active cases. The toll has risen to 4,098.

Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates

Over 17,000 cr deposited into bank accounts of over 8 cr farmers, says PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that Rs 17,000 crore from the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi have been deposited into the bank accounts of over 8 crore farmers.

Rs 17,000 crores of PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi have been deposited into bank accounts of 8.5 crore farmers with a single click. No middlemen or commission, it went straight to farmers. I am satisfied because the objective of the scheme is being fulfilled: Prime Minister Narendra Modi https://t.co/jFwTxAAi0S pic.twitter.com/s0depFZ24i

— ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2020

Coronavirus in Odisha LATEST Updates

Odisha reports 13 deaths, as toll rises to 272

Odisha recorded the highest single-day spike of 13 COVID-19 fatalities, which pushed the death toll in the coastal state to 272 on Sunday, reports PTI. At least 1,734 fresh cases were registered in 29 districts of the state, raising the coronavirus tally to 45,927, he said.

Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates

Amit Shah tests negative for COVID-19, says Manoj Tiwari

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manoj Tiwari on Sunday in a tweet announced that Home Minister Amit Shah has tested negative for the coronavirus. Nearly a week after saying he had tested positive for coronavirus, Shah was the first member of the Union Cabinet to test positive for the disease.

Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates

India’s recovery rate now at 68.78%

The number of recoveries surged to 14,80,884 with record 53,879 more people recuperating in the past 24 hours, taking the recovery rate to 68.78 percent,. The case fatality rate has dropped 2.01 percent, according to the ministry data.

There are 6,28,747 active cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), comprising 29.20 percent of the total caseload in the country. The total coronavirus cases have mounted to 21,53,010, including 43,379 deaths, it said.

This is the third consecutive day that the COVID-19 cases have increased by more than 60,000. India had crossed the 20-lakh mark on Friday.

Coronavirus in Telangana LATEST Updates

Telangana reports 1,982 new cases; 12 deaths push toll to 627

Telangana reported 1,982 new COVID-19 cases, taking the overall infection tally to 79,495, while the death toll mounted to 627 with 12 more fatalities, reports PTI.

The declining trend in new positive cases (observed during the last several days) continued in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) with 463 new cases being reported.

According to the bulletin, the case fatality rate in the state was 0.78 percent, while it was 2.03 percent at the national level. The total number of people who have recovered from the infectious disease so far was 55,999, while 22,869 were under treatment.

The recovery rate was 70.44 percent in the state, while it was 68.32 percent in the country.