Coronavirus News Highlights: Today is the ninety-eighth day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown, to curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. India has so far recorded 5,66,840 lakh cases, which includes 16,893 deaths. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat have reported the highest number of cases. However, the recovery rate is rising and now stands at 59.1 percent. The government released guidelines for 'Unlock 2.0' yesterday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing the nation at 4.00 pm today.
Globally, there have been over 1.03 crore confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than 5.04 lakh people have died so far.
The national capital recorded 2,199 fresh coronavirus cases, and 62 deaths due to the disease in the last 24 hours, authorities said on Tuesday. The total number of COVID-19 patients in Delhi now stands at 87,360.
The death toll due to the disease is 2,742, according to the latest Delhi health department bulletin.The Delhi government had earlier predicted that "there will be 1 lakh cases in the national capital by June 30 and 15,000 beds will be needed". (PTI)
Only small temples in rural areas with an annual income of less than Rs 10,000, small mosques, dargahs, churches & other religious places will be allowed for public worship from July 1 except in Greater Chennai Police Commissionerate areas & in Containment zones: Tamil Nadu Govt (ANI)
The number of COVID-19 cases inChhattisgarh rose to 2,858 on Tuesday with 97 more peopletesting positive for the viral infection in the last 24 hours, a health official said.
Also, 100 patients were discharged from hospitals following their recovery from the disease, he said.While 63 new coronavirus cases were detected on Tuesday, 34 people had tested positive on Monday night, theofficial said. (PTI)
With 903 new patients beingreported, coronavirus case tally in Mumbai increased to 77,197on Tuesday while death toll rose to 4,554 with 93 fatalities, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).36 of the deaths took place since Monday eveningwhile 57 deaths had taken place earlier, said a BMC release.
The number of recovered COVID-19 patients increased to44,170 with 625 patients being discharged from hospitals inthe city on Tuesday. (PTI)
The toll due to COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir crossed the 100-mark on Tuesday as six more patients succumbed to the disease, while the union territory's tally rose to 7,497 after 260 fresh cases were detected, officials said.Five of these deaths were reported from Kashmir and one from Jammu, they said. "Six persons, who were COVID-19 positive, have died over the past 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir," the officials said. (PTI)
243 patients have recovered today, taking the total number of recoveries to 5189. Total number of COVID-19 positive cases stand at 7,065, including 1844 active case and 25 deaths: Information and Public Relations Department, Odisha
There will be a completelockdown on five Sundays in Karnataka, starting from July 5 toAugust 2, the state government's Unlock-2 guidelines said on
Tuesday.However, essential activities and marriages already fixedon these days shall be permitted, a Government Order said. The number of guests should not exceed 50 inmarriage-related gatherings.
The order issued by Chief Secretary TM Vijay Bhaskar byand large implements the Unlock 2 guidelines issued by thecentre, that will be in force until July 31. (PTI)
More than 400 people have beenfined in Pune district in the last two days for not wearing face masks in public places. Seeing lax attitude to following the measures such as wearing masks which are necessary to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the district administration on Tuesday warned of strict action against violators. (PTI)
A wedding ceremony in rural Patnaa fortnight ago where the groom was running high fever, two days before he died and his body cremated without being tested for COVID 19, appears to have set off the biggest infection chain in Bihar so far, health department officials said on Tuesday.
More than 100 people have tested positive in Paliganj sub-division of Patna district, about 55 km from the state capital, in the last few days, out of over 350 who have beentested upon contact tracing, they said. Fifteen of hisrelatives who attended the wedding tested positive for thecontagion and apparently infected others. (PTI)
The COVID-19 death toll in Rajasthan rose to 413 on Tuesday with eight more fatalities, while 354 fresh cases took the number of infections to 18,014, according to an official report here.
Four deaths were reported in Jodhpur, three in Jaipur, besides one patient from outside the state. Bharatpur reported a maximum of 58 cases, while Jodhpur reported 55 cases. Sikar, Jaipur, Alwar reported 44, 27 and 22 cases, respectively, the report stated. (PTI)
945 COVID-19 cases, 1,712 discharged and 7 deaths reported in Telangana today. Total number of cases in the state is now at 16339, including 8785 active cases, 7294 discharged and 260 deaths: State Health Department
Nine more persons tested positive for coronavirus in Ladakh, taking the total number of cases in the Union territory to 973, officials said on Tuesday.All the nine new cases were detected in Leh district, the health department officials said. (PTI)
