Coronavirus India News Highlights: Today is the 102nd day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown, to curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. India is the fourth most affected nation in world, and has so far recorded 6,48,315 cases, which includes 18,655 deaths, as per Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat have reported the highest number of cases.
Globally, there have been over 110.4 lakh confirmed cases of COVID-19. At least 5.24 lakh people have died so far, as per the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre. The United States, Brazil, Russia, India and the United Kingdom are the most-affected countries.
At least 23 more people havetested positive COVID-19 in Nagaland, raising the total tallyto 562, state health minister S Pangnyu Phom said on Saturday.
Of the 23 new cases, 21 are from Peren district andtwo from a quarantine centre in Kohima, he said. (PTI)
Forty-five more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Uttarakhand on Saturday, taking the number of confirmed cases in the state to 3,093.Of the new cases, 17 were reported in Udham Singh Nagar, eight in Dehradun, six in Bageshwar, five in Uttarkashi, four in Nainital, two in Almora and one case each was reported from Pauri, Tehri and Haridwar, a Health department bulletin said.As many as 2,502 COVID-19 patients have recovered in the state so far, 42 have died and 27 have migrated, it said. (PTI)
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was shifted to a military hospital in Rawalpindi on Saturday, a day after he tested positive for the coronavirus and went into self-isolation.
Qureshi on Friday announced that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, joining a long list of Pakistani lawmakers who have contracted the deadly virus.
"I have now tested positive for Covid-19. By the grace of Allah, I feel strong and energetic. I will continue to carry on my duties from home. Please keep me in your prayers,"he said in a tweet. (PTI)
The RajBhavancampus and its surrounding areas inGuwahatiwere sealed and declared a containment zone on Saturday after two persons of the Governor's Office tested COVID-19 positive, an official said. To maintain public hygiene and prevent the novel coronavirus from spreading in the area, it has been declared a containment zone and theGuwahaticircle officer has been directed to seal the area immediately,KamrupMetropolitan District Deputy CommissionerBiswajitPegu said. (PTI)
More than 6,000 COVID-19patients are presently being treated in home isolationinTelanganaand the state government is ramping up testing and the facilitiesto deal with the pandemic, a senior Healthofficial said on Saturday.
"After Delhi, the highest number of positive cases inhome isolation are inTelangana. While 12,000 cases have beenkept in home isolation for the last one month, at present6,552 cases are in home isolation," state Director of PublicHealth GSrinivasaRaotold reporters here. (PTI)
Delhi recorded 2,505 fresh coronavirus cases on Friday, taking the tally in the city to over 97,000, while the death toll from the disease mounted to 3,004, authorities said.Fifty-five fatalities have been recorded in the last 24 hours, the Delhi health department said in a bulletin.
It also said that 26 earlier deaths have been included in the cumulative figure.The bulletin said the death toll from coronavirus infection has risen to 3,004, and the total number of cases mounted to 97,200. (PTI)
For the third consecutive day,Tamil Nadu on Saturday reported over 4,000 new coronaviruscases and the tally touched 1.07 lakh cases. The number of cumulative samples tested in Tamil Naducrossed the 13 lakh mark and as on date 13,06,884 specimenshave been examined, a health department bulletin said.
Today alone, 36,164 samples have undergone scrutiny in 94 labs (49 in government and 45 in private sector) in the state. (PTI)
Bangladesh has reported 3, 288 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of infections in the country to 1,59,679, while nearly 2,000 people have succumbed to the novel coronavirus, a senior health official said on Saturday.
A total of 29 people died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, pushing the number of fatalities to 1,997, said Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). (PTI)
Kerala's COVID-19tally breached the 5,000 mark on Saturdaywith 240 fresh casesbeing reported, the highest single day surge so far. Of the positive cases, 152 had come from abroad and52 from other states, Health minister KK Shailaja said in apress release here.With the addition of the fresh cases, the infectioncount has touched 5,204.
According to the release, there have been209 recoveries today.About 1.77 lakh people are under observation invarious districts. (PTI)
Seven more persons have testedpositive for COVID-19 in Meghalaya, raising the number of active cases in the state to 25, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said on Saturday. Of the seven, three are BSF personnel, he said.
"4 persons who were high-risk contacts of a COVID19patient who is presently in Assam have tested positive for thesame in Ri Bhoi District," the chief minister tweeted."3 more persons from BSF have tested positive forCOVID 19 in Shillong," he added. (PTI)
The Odisha government on Saturday announced a ban on "Kanwar Yatra" by devotees of Lord Shiva during Shravan month this year, amid the rising number of novel coronavirus cases in the state.In view of the pandemic, the state government has decided not to allow 'Kanwariyas' or 'Bol Bam' devotees (disciples of Lord Shiva) to collect water from rivers, ponds and other water bodies and offer prayer at different Shiva temples on every Monday during Shravan month starting from July 6, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) PK Jena said. (PTI)
Iranians who do not wear masks will be denied state services and workplaces that fail to comply with health protocols will be shut for a week, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday as he launched new measures to try to curb the coronavirus. Iran has been battling the spread of the coronavirus, with the total number of cases hitting 237,878 on Saturday and a further 148 deaths bringing the country's toll to 11,408, Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on state television.
Wearing masks becomes mandatory from Sunday in covered public places, Rouhani said on state television after tougher curbs were imposed in cities and towns in five provinces where the outbreak is rising after an easing of lockdowns from mid-April. "Government employees should not serve people who do not wear masks and employees who do not wear them should be considered absentees and sent home," said Rouhani. (Reuters)
Researchers, led by an Indian scientist, have developed a cheap, electricity-free centrifuge to separate components in patient saliva samples for the detection of the novel coronavirus, an innovation that may increase accessibility of COVID-19 diagnostics in poor regions of the world.According to the scientists, including Manu Prakash from Stanford University in the US, the 'Handyfuge' device spins tubes containing patient saliva at very high speeds, enough to separate the virus genome from other components in the sample, without needing electricity. (PTI)
