Coronavirus India highlights: Today is the ninety-sixth day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown, to curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. India has so far recorded 5,28,859 lakh cases, which includes 16,095 deaths. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat have reported the highest number of cases. However, the recovery rate is rising and now stands at 58.5 percent. A number of activities have been allowed to resume in a phased manner this month as part of 'Unlock 1.0' plan.
Globally, there have been over 1 crore confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than 4.9 lakh people have died so far. Catch the LIVE updates here:
Coronavirus in J&K LIVE Updates | State Govt:
127 new COVID-19positive cases have been reported in Jammu and Kashmir today, 25 from Jammu division and 102 from Kashmir division. Total number of cases stands at 7,093 including 2683 actives cases, 4316 recoveries and 94 deaths.
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Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE Updates | Deputy CM Manish Sisodia:
Last week saw things stabilising-recovery rate has increased to 62%, today more patients are recovering in Delhi than those who are falling ill, number of deaths are coming down, positivity rate is decreasing rapidly.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE Updates | Deputy CM Manish Sisodia:
CM Arvind Kejriwal believes that battle against COVID-19is very big and no individual person or agency can deal with it alone. In this spirit, CM has brought everyone together and his efforts seem to be paying off.
Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE Updates |
Karnataka reports 1267 new COVID-19positive cases including 783 cases from Bengaluru Urban, taking the total number of cases to 13,190. Death toll rises to 207 after 16 deaths were reported today.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates |
The state has reported 5,493 cases and 156 deaths today. This takes the number of virus-related deaths in the state to 7,429.
Coronavirus in Gujarat LIVE Updates |
In the last 24 hours, 624 COVID-19positive cases and 19 deaths have been reported in Gujarat. State tally rises to 31,397 including 22,808 cured/discharged and 1,809 deaths.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE Updates |
Delhi recorded 2,889 fresh coronavirus cases on today, taking the tally in the city over the 83,000-mark, while the death toll from the disease mounted to 2,623.
Coronavirus in Dharavi LIVE Updates | BMC:
13 new COVID-19positive cases have been reported from Dharavi area of Mumbai today, taking the total number of cases to 2,245. Death toll stands at 81.
Coronavirus in Kerala LIVE Updates | State Health Minister:
118 persons have tested positive for COVID-19and 42 persons have recovered today. There are 124 COVID-19 hotspots in the state.
Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu LIVE Updates | State Health Dept:
Tamil Nadu reports 3,940 new COVID-19positive cases and 54 deaths today. Total number of cases stand at 82,275 including 45,537 discharges, 35,656 active cases and 1,079 deaths.
Coronavirus in Manipur LIVE Updates | CM N Biren Singh:
We have decided to extend the lockdown in Manipur for another 15 days from 1st-15th July.
Coronavirus in Telangana LIVE Updates | CMO:
Let us examine the situation keenly for two to three days. If need be, Cabinet will be convened in three to four days to discuss proposals for the lockdown, alternatives and other related issues and a decision will be taken.
Coronavirus in Telangana LIVE Updates | CMO:
Medical and Health departments made proposals that the re-imposition of lockdown in Hyderabad is good. But re-imposition of lockdown will be a very major decision. Governmentmachinery and people should be made ready for this.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates | Sanjay Khadse, Deputy Collector, Akola:
68 inmates in the Akola jail have tested positive for COVID-19out of which many are asymptomatic. Isolation wards have been made inside the jail. All the arrangements are in place to take care of the inmates.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates |
Children more resilient against COVID-19: Lancet study
The majority of children with COVID-19 in 26 countries fared well clinically compared to adults, according to a review of studies which assessed research published during the first four months of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Scientists, including those from The University of Texas in the United States, performed the largest systematic review to date of children and young adults with COVID-19, assessing the clinical data of more than 7,500 individuals.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates |
In the last 48 hours, 1 death and 150 new COVID-19positive cases have been reported in Maharashtra Police; the total number of positive cases rises to 4666 and the death toll is at 57.
Coronavirus in UP LIVE Updates | UP Principal Secretary Amit Mohan Prasad:
In the last 24 hours, 606 new COVID-19positive cases have been reported in the state. There are 6,679 active cases, 14,808 patients have been discharged so far and 660 patients have succumbed to the infection.
Coronavirus in Bihar LIVE Updates |
A minister of Bihar Government has testedpositive for COVID-19 and is under quarantine in Katihar. Two days ago, he held a meeting at the state secretariat.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | Recovered COVID-19 patients exceed active cases by over 1 lakh: Health Ministry
Thegap between recoveries and active cases of COVID-19 has crossed 1,00,000, the Union health ministry said onJune 28 ascoronavirus cases in India mountedto 5,28,859 and thedeath toll rose to16,095. The recovered cases have exceededthe active cases by 1,06,661 as on June 27, the ministry said.
A total of 3,09,712 patients have been cured ofCOVID-19 so far with13,832 patients having recovered in the last 24 hours, it said.
Coronavirus in Haryana LIVE Updates | State Govt:
Shopping malls will re-open in Gurugram and Faridabad districts from July 1 following the Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) issued by the central government.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates |
IIT Delhi, National Chemical Laboratory working on home-based testing kits for COVID-19
Home-based COVID-19 testing kits could soon be a reality with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) Pune working on an alternative testing method which can not only be performed by individuals at home but will also deliver quick results.
The collaborative project with the NCL, which comes under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has also received financial support from Microsoft India and is expected to be ready in a month's time.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates | CM Uddhav Thackeray:
Monsoon is approaching now. I want to tell, particularly those living in cities, that we need to keep our surroundings clean to keep ourselvessafe from dengue.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates | CM Uddhav Thackeray:
The cases will rise because we have opened up, but we have also ramped up testing. We are also increasing the health care facilities.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates | CM Uddhav Thackeray:
We are fighting the coronavirus crisis by using any weapon that we can get since March. We also started plasma therapy. Our state might probably turn into the biggest user of plasma therapy. I want to ask the patients who have recovered to come and donate plasma, so that you can save other lives.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates | CM Uddhav Thackeray:
It's not as if because we are opening up things, the threat of the disease has passed. Do not go out for non-essential things, only step out for essential things.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates | CM Uddhav Thackeray:
The lockdown is till June 30. What is going to happen after June 30? We have to keep the word 'lockdown' aside. But after June 30, will lockdown be lifted? No, strictly speaking, lockdown won't be lifted but things won't remain the same.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | Amit Shah to news agency ANI:
Some saddening incidents happened...when people lost patience andstarted travelling on foot, we were also pained by it. PM had told all CMs to run buses to ferry migrants travelling on foot to nearest railway stations. Till now, 1crore 20 lakh people have been ferried across the nation.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE Updates | Amit Shah to news agency ANI:
The situation regarding bodies (of COVID-19 victims) in Delhiwas grim. Over 350 bodies were pending for last rites. We decided that within twodays last rites of bodies will be done as per religion. Today, no body is left for last rites. Now last rituals are conducted same day.
Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LIVE Updates | Monsoon session of UP Assembly may be held through video conferencing: Speaker
The monsoon session of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly could be held in August through video conferencing, its Speaker Hriday Narayan Dixit said, but ruled out holding a 'hybrid session' on the lines of the British Parliament.
He also said the final decision on the issue will be taken by the state government and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
"At present, we are mulling all the possibilities (to hold the monsoon session of the UP Legislature). One possibility is holding the session through video conferencing," Dixit told news agency PTI.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE Updates | Amit Shah to news agency ANI:
There is coordination...Arvind Kejriwal is always kept in the loop. He is also involved in decision making. Some political statements may have been made but (there has been) no impact on decision making.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | Amit Shah to news agency ANI:
Government of Indiafought well against Corona. I can't advise Rahul Gandhi, that's the job of his party leaders. Some peopleare 'vakradrashti', they see wrong even in right things. India fought well against Corona and our figures are much better compared to the world.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE Updates | Home Minister Amit Shah in interview with news agency ANI:
After Delhi Deputy CM (Manish Sisodia) made a statement that by July 31 we will have 5.5 lakh COVID19 cases in Delhi...there was fear. I am sure now we will not reach that stage.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates |
China COVID-19 cases stabilise as Italy sees drop in deaths
China has extended COVID-19 tests to newly reopened salons amid a drop in cases, while South Korea continues to face new infections after it eased social distancing rules to lift the economy. In the US, Vice President Mike Pence called off off a planned campaign bus tour in Florida following a surge in confirmed cases there.
Hard-hit Italy, meanwhile, registered the lowest day-to-day tally of COVID-19 deathson June 27 in almost three months.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates |
India's COVID-19 fight people-driven: PM Narendra Modi
India's fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic is driven by its people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, attributing the "success" against the pandemic to the implementation the nationwide lockdown in its initial phase.
In an address during the virtual meeting of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) on June 27, Modi said COVID-19 had been used as an opportunity to work towards making the country self-reliant.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates | Number of COVID-19 containment zones now 417; nearly 2.45 lakh people screened so far
The number of COVID-19 containment zones in Delhi has risen to 417 after re-mapping of such areas. Around 2.45 lakh people have been screened in a mammoth exercise to check the spread of COVID-19 in the national capital, officials said today.
They said the count of containment zones is expected to jump further as the authorities in some districts were yet to complete the task of redrawing such areas following the Centre's directions. (Input from PTI)
Coronavirus LIVE updates | JUST IN:
Global COVID-19 cases have surged past the one crore-mark, according to a Reuters tally. This number includes nearly five lakh deaths due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
As many as 410 deaths and 19,906 new COVID-19 cases were reported in India in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Union Health Ministry. This is the highest single-day spike in cases.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said that 82,27,802 samples were tested for COVID-19 in India till yesterday. Of these, 2,31,095 samples were tested yesterday.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
With 1,59,133 COVID-19 cases, Maharashtra has reported the highest number of infections, followed by Delhi (80,188) and Tamil Nadu (78,335).
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN:
As many as 3,09,712 COVID-19 patients have been cured and discharged so far, the Union Health Ministry has said in its latest update.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN:
The reported active COVID-19 cases in India now stand at 2,03,051, according to the Union Health Ministry.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN:
The death toll in India due to the novel coronavirus pandemic has risen to 16,095, the Union Health Ministry has said.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN:
Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in India have risen to 5,28,859, according to the latest update from the Union Health Ministry. This number includes cases involving foreign nationals, patients who have recovered and the death toll.
Coronavirus in Mizoram LIVE updates | Three more test COVID-19 positive in Mizoram; count rises to 151
Three more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, taking the Northeast state's tally to 151 today, officials said.
Of the 151 cases, 96 are active while 55 people have recovered.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Dr R Lalthangliana said testing of samples of all returnees to the state is "almost complete". Around 2,000 residents are yet to return to the state, he said. (Input from PTI)
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing the nation at 11.00 am today, via his monthly radio show ‘Mann ki Baat’. The prime minister is likely to talk about the novel coronavirus pandemic and India’s response, among other things.
Coronavirus LIVE updates | South Korea reports 62 new cases, China has 17
South Korea has confirmed 62 additional cases of the coronavirus over a 24-hour period, as the country continues to grapple with new clusters after easing social distancing rules.
The additional cases reported Sunday took the total to 12,715 with 282 deaths.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 11,364 of them have recovered while 1,069 remain in quarantine for COVID-19 treatment. (Input from AP)
Coronavirus in Arunachal Pradesh LIVE updates | Five more test COVID-19 positive in Arunachal; tally rises to 177
Five more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, raising the state's infection tally to 177, an official said yesterday.
Arunachal has now 122 active cases. While 54 patients have recovered from the disease, a woman from West Kameng district died of coronavirus infection, the official said. (Input from PTI)
