Coronavirus Updates: Maharashtra reports 15,765 new cases, 320 deaths; total cases now 8,08,306

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Maharashtra reports 15,765 new cases, 320 deaths

Coronavirus caseload in Maharashtra rises to 8,08,306 with 15,765 new cases, toll reaches 24,903 with 320 new fatalities, reports PTI.

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Mumbai reports 1,142 new cases, 35 deaths

Mumbai reports 1,142 new cases, 35 deaths today, taking total cases to 1,46,947 and toll to 7,690, according to the BMC. With 1,596 discharged today, the recovery rate rises to 81%. As many as 1,18,864 persons have recuperated from the infection till now and the city now has 20,065 active cases.

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West Bengal reports 2,943 new cases today

The West Bengal health department said that 2,943 new COVID-19 cases, 3,346 discharges and 55 deaths were reported in the state on Tuesday. The total number of cases stands at 1,65,721 in the state.

Coronavirus in Delhi LATEST Updates

Delhi reports 2,312 new cases, 18 deaths

The national capital on Tuesday recorded 2,312 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike in around two months, taking the tally to over 1.77 lakh, while the toll mounted to 4,462, authorities said. Eighteen fatalities have been recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the bulletin issued by the Delhi health department.

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Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu LATEST Updates

One-fifth of Chennai’s population has been exposed to coronavirus, finds sero survey

One-fifth of Chennai’s population have previously contracted the coronavirus infection, shows a sero-survey carried out in the city. the rest 80 percent of the population is still susceptible to COVID-19. According to India Today , blood samples of 12,405 people from 51 wards were collected for the survey. Of these 12,405 samples, the samples of 2,673 people showed evidence of past SARS CoV 2 infection. According to the Times of India , huge variations were found across different zones, said the report released by the Greater Chennai Corporation.

Sero survey involves testing of blood serum of people to check for the prevalence of antibodies against the coronavirus infection.

Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu LATEST Updates

Tamil Nadu reports 5,928 new cases; 1,084 from Chennai

Tamil Nadu on Tuesday reported 5,928 new COVID cases pushing the tally to 4,33,969, while the toll stood at 7,418 with 96 more fatalities. With 6,031 recoveries, the active cases stood at 52,379 and in total 3,74,172 people have got cured, a health department bulletin said. Out of the over 5,900 new infections, the state capital shared 1,084 and the remainder was scattered across Tamil Nadu. The state tally of 4.33 lakh plus positive cases till date includes Chennai’s 1,36,697 infections.

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Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LATEST Updates

97 persons found seronegative in Delhi had tested COVID019 positive earlier

A sero-prevalence survey in Delhi did not find antibodies against the novel coronavirus in the blood of 97 out of 208 people who had previously tested positive for COVID-19, with the National Centre for Disease Control saying it indicates that immune response generated by the virus could be “transient in nature”.
The survey, carried out jointly by the Delhi government and the NCDC between 27 June and 10 July , had used 21,387 samples and found that around 23 percent of the people surveyed had an exposure to the novel coronavirus. “Among surveyed population, 8 percent…informed about testing (positive) for COVID-19. Of these, only 208 i.e 13.5 percent were positive by RT-PCR and only 111 of 208 i.e 53.37 were found to be seropositive and 97 study subjects who were tested positive by RT-PCR were seronegative,” the NCDC report says. “The caveat of this finding corroborates with the current scientific knowledge that the immune response generated by SARS CoV 2 is probably transient in nature and need to further investigated though prospective cohort studies,” it added.

Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LATEST Updates

Shops in Uttar Pradesh allowed to open on Saturdays

Shops in Uttar Pradesh will remain closed only on Sundays, instead of the two-day weekend lockdown, the state government said on Tuesday.  Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi on Tuesday said, “The chief minister has instructed that there will be no weekly closure on Saturdays, and shops can remain open from 9 am to 9 pm. “However, shops will remain closed on Sundays from midnight of Saturday to midnight of Sunday,” he said.

The government had in July announced that shops and offices would remain closed on Saturdays and Sundays to stop the spread of the coronavirus infection.

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Coronavirus in Karnataka LATEST Updates

Karantaka minister KS Eshwarappa tests positive, hospitalised

Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister KS Eshwarappa on Tuesday said he has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been admitted to hospital on doctor’s advice. “I have been confirmed with coronavirus infection today, there are no other health issues. As of now on the advice of the doctors I’m undergoing treatment at hospital,” Eshwarappa tweeted.

Eshwarappa is the new addition to the list of ministers in the Yediyurappa Cabinet who had tested positive for the coronavirus infection. On Monday, Women and Child Development Minister Shashikala Jolle said she has tested positive for COVID-19 and is under home quarantine. Last month, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, Health Minister B Sriramulu, Tourism Minister CT Ravi, Agriculture Minister BC Patil, Forest Minister Anand Singh were among those who had tested positive and have now recovered.

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Uttar Pradesh reports 5,571 new cases, 56 deaths

Uttar Pradesh reports 5,571 new coronavirus cases, taking the overall case count to 2,35,757. The toll rises to 3,542 with 56 more deaths. The state now has 55,538 active cases reports PTI quoting a health official.

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All 13 members on CSK contingent test negative

All 13 members of the Chennai Super Kings contingent, who tested positive for COVID-19 early last week, have come out negative in the latest tests, the IPL team’s CEO KS Viswanathan told  news agency PTI .  India seamer Deepak Chahar and India A batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad were among the 13 who had  tested positive for COVID-19 and are in a 14-day quarantine. “Yes, all 13 members have tested negative for COVID-19. They will have to undergo another test on Thursday, 3 September. We are likely to start training on Friday,4 September ,” Viswanathan said from Dubai where the team is based right now. “Deepak and Ruturaj will complete their 14-day quarantine and then join training after two negative tests as per protocol,” he added. The IPL starts on September 19.

Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates

Over 4.3 lakh tests for detecting COVID-19 conducted so far, says health ministry

India’s cumulative tests crossed 4.3 crores (4,33,24,834) with 1,22,66,514 tests being conducted in the last two weeks alone, said the health ministry.  Over 10 lakh tests were conducted in last 24 hours:The states contributing the maximum number of tests to the overall number include Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra among others, said the ministry.

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Indian scientists find higher viral load in asymptomatic COVID-19 patients

Scientists have observed a higher association between asymptomatic COVID-19 cases and viral load, or the amount of virus in an infected person’s bodily fluid, in a study of over 200 patients with SARS-CoV-2 virus in Telangana, a “surprise” finding that may better inform the policymakers about the spread of the novel coronavirus infection. The researchers, including those from the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) in Hyderabad, advise testing asymptomatic primary and secondary contacts followed by surveillance.

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Five states account for over 50% new cases, 65% deaths in last 24 hrs, says Centre

Five states — Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh — have accounted for over half of the total COVID-19 cases and close to 60 percent of the recoveries reported in the last 24 hours, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday. Cumulatively, these five states reported 536 deaths in a day which is over 65  percent of the total fatalities registered in the country during the period.

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Coronavirus in Goa LATEST Updates

Goa  Airport does away with negative test report rule

Goa Airport on Tuesday announced it had done away with a rule which laid down that domestic travelers must carry COVID-19 negative certificates on arrival. The move came after the Union Home ministry issued guidelines as part of ‘Unlock 4’ under which many restrictions in place for the coronavirus outbreak were eased. In a tweet, Goa Airport said, “As per announcements by the Govt of Goa restrictions on interstate travel have been removed in line with guidelines of Govt of India. No more COVID-19 -ve report and no more test requirements for domestic travelers.”

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Delhi starts fresh round of sero-survey, to cover all wards

The National Capital’s next round of monthly sero-prevalence survey began on Tuesday covering all 272 municipal wards to analyse the COVID-19 situation in Delhi at “micro-level”, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said.  The sample size this time will be 17,000 and the exercise will be carried out for seven days, he told reporters. The last sero-prevalence survey was held from 1-7 August , which showed that 29.1 percent of the people surveyed had antibodies against the coronavirus infection. “The fresh round of sero-survey began today. This time we will be doing it ward-wise, so all 272 municipal wards of Delhi will be covered, plus two Assembly areas. Sampling will be done for a week. After that, results should come in 7-10 days,” Jain said. The previous surveys were done district-wise. But this time, it is being done ward-wise to analyse the COVID-19 situation in the city at a “micro-level”, the Delhi health minister said.

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Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates

India logs 69,921 new cases, total now 36.91 lakh

With 69,921 people testing positive for coronavirus infection on Tuesday, India’s COVID-19 case count mounted to 36,91,166, while recoveries surged to 28,39,882, pushing the recovery rate to 76.94 percent, according to Union Health Ministry data. The death toll, meanwhile, climbed to 65,288 with 819 new fatalities being reported in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed. The COVID-19 case fatality rate has declined further and now stands at 1.77 percent.