In order to maintain social distancing and avoid overcrowding, Western Railway has taken the decision to increase the number of daily special suburban services from 350 to 500 from Monday, 21st September.
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In order to maintain social distancing and avoid overcrowding, Western Railway has taken the decision to increase the number of daily special suburban services from 350 to 500 from Monday, 21st September.
Rajasthan reported 1,817 new COVID-19 cases, 1,580 recoveries and 15 deaths today, taking total cases to 1,11,290 including 92,265 recoveries, 1,308 deaths and 17,717 active cases.
Mumbai reports 2,267 fres COVID-19 cases and 52 deaths. The recovery rate of Mumbai district is 76 percent while the doubling rate in the city is 56 days.
West Bengal reports 3,192 new COVID-19cases and 59 deaths today, taking total cases to 2,18,772 including 1,90,021 discharges, 24,509 active cases and 4,242 deaths.
Maharashtra reported 21,656 new coronavirus cases, 22,078 recoveries and 405 deaths today, taking total cases to 11,67,496 including 8,34,432 recoveries, 31,791 deaths and 3,00,887 active cases.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday said over 500 extra ICU beds are now available for COVID-19 patients after an order was issued recently to several private hospitals to earmark designated percentage of those beds for the purpose.
Last week an order was issued that 80 per cent ICU beds in 33 private hospitals here are to be reserved for COVID-19 patients, Jain had earlier said.
"As per the Corona app, over 500 extra ICU beds are now available for COVID-19 patients," he told reporters.
South Africa should know its true toll from the coronavirus pandemic within a few weeks, the government's chief medical adviser says, as the country prepares to almost fully reopen its economy after bringing the first surge in cases under control.
The official death toll from COVID-19 is more than 15,700 but the real number is likely more than 30,000 when deaths not recorded at hospitals are taken into account, Salim Abdool Karim, epidemiologist and chairman of the government's COVID-19 advisory committee, said.
He hopes that a nationwide survey for the presence of antibodies to the virus will show results soon. Similar surveys are beginning in other countries across Africa, which has seen far fewer confirmed cases and deaths in the pandemic than health experts once feared.
5,488 new COVID-19cases, 5,525 discharges and 67 deaths reported in Tamil Nadu today. Total number of positive cases now at 5,30,908 including 46,506 active cases, 4,75,717 discharged cases and 8,685 deaths.
Nearly 30 Covid vaccine candidates are under development and are in different stages of pre-clinical andclinical development of which 3 candidates are in advanced stage of Phase I/II/III trials and4 are in advanced pre-clinical development stage.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday appealed to gym owners and people coming for workouts at these establishments to follow preventive measures against COVID-19.
Representatives of the gym associations met the chief minister and thanked him for allowing these establishments to reopen in the city.
"I appeal to all gym operators of Delhi and people coming for workouts at these centres to follow safety rules. We also have to stop the spread of coronavirus and stay healthy as well," Kejriwal said in a tweet in Hindi.
According to the Chief Minister's Office, during the meeting, the CM also assured support to the gym operators in future.
Andhra Pradesh reports 8,096 new COVID-19 cases, 11,803 recoveries and 67 deaths, taking total cases to 6,09,558 including 5,19,891 recoveries, 5,244 deaths and 84,423 active cases.
ICMR serosurvey conducted in April-May found 6.4 mn adults above the age of 18 yrs as infected. Sero-survey only shows the direction of infection while testing shows the actual number of infections.
