Coronavirus India News Highlights: Today is the 74th day of India’s nationwide lockdown, meant to curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. Confirmed COVID-19 cases in India stand at 2,36,657. The death toll from the outbreak in India is at 6,642. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat have reported the highest number of cases. A number of activities will be allowed to resume in a phased manner over this month as part of 'Unlock 1'.
Globally, there have been over 67.3 lakh confirmed cases of COVID-19. At least 3.94 lakh people have died so far. The United States, Brazil, Russia, the United Kingdom and Spain are the most-affected countries.
Coronavirus cases in Gujarat LIVE updates | 498 new coronavirus patients in Gujarat, 29 deaths
498 new coronavirus patientswere detected in Gujarat on Saturday, taking the number ofcases in the state to 19,617, while the death of 29 COVID-19 patients took the toll to 1,219, state health department said.
Coronavirus cases in Jammu & Kashmir LIVE updates |
143 new COVID-19 cases and 3 deaths recorded in Jammu & Kashmir today, taking the total number of cases to 3467 and death toll to 39. Number of active cases stands at 2,302: Jammu & Kashmir Administration (ANI)
Coronavirus cases in Ladakh LIVE updates | Two new COVID-19 cases in Ladakh, tally reaches 99
Two more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Ladakh taking the total number of cases in the Union Territory to 99, Health department officials said on Saturday.
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Ahmedabad COVID-19 case count nears 14,000, fatalities 994
The number of COVID-19 cases in Ahmedabad rose to 13,967 on Saturday with 289 more people testing positive for coronavirus while the death toll rose by
26 to 994, a Health official said.A total of 210 patients were discharged from hospitals in the day, the official said. (PTI)
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Weeks ahead of retirement, Mumbai Railway cop dies of COVID-19
A 58-year-old assistant sub-inspector attached to Dombivali railway police in Thane district died of COVID-19 on Saturday, an official said. He was set to retire on June 30. (PTI)
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Virus: 5 BSF men, 2 Kandla Port workers test positive in Kutch
Five Border Security Force (BSF)jawans on Saturday tested positive for novel coronavirus in Bhuj in Gujarat's Kutch district, an official said. The five jawans of the BSF's 79th battalion stationedat Bhuj were detected with the infection after they resumed duty post a holiday in their native states, the Kutch districtofficial said. (PTI)
COVID-19: 29 Aurangabad central jail inmates test positive
A few days after an inmatetested positive for novel coronavirus in the central jail in Harsulin Maharashtra's Aurangabad, 29 others who were in
contact were detected with the infection on Saturday afternoon, said an official. (PTI)
Coronavirus cases in Assam LIVE updates |
The number of COVID-19 cases has reached 2,397 in Assam, with 73 more people testing positive. Number of active cases stands at 1,843: Assam Health Department
Coronavirus cases in Manipur |
Manipur reports 14 fresh cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of cases to 157 of which 105 cases are active: State Government.
Coronavirus cases in Punjab LIVE updates | Punjab reports 54 news COVID-19 cases
54 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Punjab today, taking the total number of cases to 2515 out of which 373 cases are active. Number of fatalities due to the disease stands at 50: State Health Department. (ANI)
Coronavirus LIVE updates | 19 more die of COVID-19 in TN, toll at 251; 1458 fresh cases reported
Nineteen more people succumbed to the coronavirus in Chennai which reported a spike of 1,458 fresh cases on Saturday taking the infection count to 30,152
and death toll to 251, the health department said.This is the seventh consecutive day the state is witnessing more than 1,000 plus cases. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Nepal LIVE updates | Nepal reports 323 new COVID-19 cases, infections cross 3,000
Nepal's COVID-19 cases crossed 3,000 on Saturday after a record 323 new infections were detected across the country, while the death toll due to the coronavirus has gone up to 13, according to the health ministry. Among the new infections, 286 are men while 37 are women, the Ministry of Health and Population said, adding that the total number of COVID-19 patients in Nepal has risen to 3,235. (PTI)
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | NDRF man tests COVID positive after return from cyclone-hit Bengal, 173 being tested
An NDRF personnel has tested positive for COVID-19 after his return to Odisha from cyclone Amphan-hit West Bengal following restoration work, official sources said on Saturday.With detection of the case, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) authorities have ordered testing of all 173 men who were deployed in the neighbouring state on post-cyclone duty, they said. (PTI)
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Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday underlined the need for "proper" data on migrant workers to help authorities impart them with required skills and provide employment opportunities as the country exits the coronavirus-triggered lockdown.
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Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE updates | Maharashtra govt to procure 10,000 vials of Remdesivir: Tope
The Maharashtra government willprocure 10,000 vials of the drug Remdesivir for treating coronavirus patients, Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope said
on Saturday.
"GoM to procure 10k vials of Remdesivir. Based on evidence from Laboratory, animal and clinical studies, It has generated promising results in MERS-CoV and SARS which are also caused by Corona Virus," Tope tweeted.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | MCX staffer succumbs to COVID-19; nine others test positive
A 36-year-old staffer of the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) has died of COVID-19, while nine others, who were part of a core team which helped ensure business continuity of the bourse during the lockdown, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, officials said on Saturday. (PTI)
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Reduce syllabus by 30%, reopen schools with precautions: Sisodia to HRD minister
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia pitched for a 30 per cent reduction in the syllabus for all grades to make up for the loss caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and advocated reopening of schools withreasonable precautions."Syllabus should be reduced by at least 30 percent across all grades and subject," he said. (PTI)
Coronavirus LIVE updates | COVID-19: ITBP opens its countrywide health centres for veterans
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), that guards the LAC with China, has thrown open the gates of its countrywide health centres and hospitals for its veterans suffering from the novel coronavirus, the chief of the paramilitary force said on Saturday.
"Our Himveers (mountain warriors) have sweated throughout their life. We do not want that they suffer and hence all our veterans are being offered health services in case anyone of isaffected by COVID-19," he said. (PTI)
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | India now sixth worst-hit nation by COVID-19; surpasses Italy with infection tally of 2,36,657
India went past Italy to become the sixth worst-hit nation by COVID-19, with the country registering a record single-day spike of 9,887 cases which pushed the nationwide tally to 2,36,657.India's death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 6,642, with a record increase of 294 deaths in the last 24 hours till Saturday 8 am. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LIVE updates | With 370 fresh cases, UP's COVID-19 tally crosses 10K-mark
The number of coronavirus positive cases in Uttar Pradesh crossed the 10,000-mark with 370 fresh cases reported on Saturday even as the number of casualties rose to 268.The number of COVID-19 cases in the state now stands at 10,103 as on Saturday.
Principal secretary, health, Amit Mohan Prasad said the number of active cases in the state was 3,927 and the number of those who have recovered and been discharged from hospitals was 5,908. (PTI)
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A23-year-old stranded footballer from Ghana,Randy Juan Muller, had to spend 72 days at Mumbai airport after the government cancelled all international flights to and from India. Muller had come to India to play for a sports club in Kerala.
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Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates |
Panel formed byAAPgovt suggests that Delhi health infrastructure should be used for residents of national capital only. "If Delhi health infrastructure is opened for non-residents, all beds will be occupied within 3 days," the panel said, reports PTI quoting sources.
Coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh LIVE updates | Indore's COVID-19 tally rises to 3,722; death toll reaches 153
The number of COVID-19 cases inIndore district of Madhya Pradesh grew to 3,722 after 35 more
people tested coronavirus positive in last 24 hours, an official said on Saturday.The virus also claimed four more lives in the lastfour days, taking the death toll in the district to 153, hesaid. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh LIVE updates | Indore's COVID-19 tally rises to 3,722; death toll reaches 153
The number of COVID-19 cases inIndore district of Madhya Pradesh grew to 3,722 after 35 more
people tested coronavirus positive in last 24 hours, an official said on Saturday.The virus also claimed four more lives in the lastfour days, taking the death toll in the district to 153, hesaid. (PTI)
The spike in COVID-19 cases in Goa is due to the situation in Vasco's Mangor Hill area, which has been declared a containment zone, and there is no threat of community transmission of the coronavirus infection, state health minister Vishwajit Rane said on Saturday.
All asymptomatic COVID-19 patients and those having mild symptoms are to be discharged from hospitals within 24 hours of admission, and district surveillance officers should be reported, according to a Delhi government order.
All hospitals have been asked to strictly comply with the directions, officials said.
"It has come to (our) notice that many asymptomatic and mild symptom cases have been admitted in the hospital facilities," said the order dated June 4.
It said, as per the guidelines issued by the government and the Delhi Heath Department earlier, asymptomatic and mild symptoms cases do not require hospitalisation, and are recommended to be either kept under home isolation or sent to COVID care centres or COVID health centres, if their houses are not suitable for home isolation.
Yediyurappa on Saturday said hotels and restaurants would be allowed to re-open, but the precautionary measures laid down by the Centre against coronavirus were mandatory.
The Chief Minister on Friday held a meeting with the tourism and transport department, also stakeholders, regarding revival of tourism in the state.
Hotels associations and transport companies have said they would follow the guidelines issued by the government, an official press release said here.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused the government of actively destroying the country's economy by refusing to provide cash support to people and small and medium enterprises as he dubbed the Modi regime as "Demon 2.0".
He shared a news report on Twitter on the impact the coronavirus pandemic would have on the economy and the state of affairs of the MSME sector in the country.
Gandhi has called for an immediate provision of Rs 10,000 to the poor and an economic stimulus package for the MSME industry to come out of the current situation.
Singapore may take years to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat has said, as the city-state on Saturday reported 344 new coronavirus cases, pushing the total number of infections to 37,527.
Speaking in parliament during a debate on the budget on Friday, the deputy prime minister said the road to recovery will be long as Singapore deals with persistent economic impact on workers, jobs, and business, the Channel News Asia reported.
The number of COVID-19 cases in Nagaland crossed the 100-mark on Saturday as 13 more people tested positive for the disease, taking the tally to 107, an official said.
All the 13 COVID-19 patients were lodged at a quarantine facility in Dimapur since their arrival in a Shramik Special train from Chennai on May 22, said state Nodal Officer for Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme Dr Nyan Kikon.
An association of doctors working at the government hospitals in West Bengal has written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, requesting her to allow use of mobile phones by non-critical COVID-19 patients in their wards as the ban on cell phone usage is causing mental stress for these people, an official said.
Sixteen more people tested positive for coronavirus inJharkhand, taking the total number of cases in the state to 938, according to a bulletin on Saturday.
With these new patients, the number of active cases rose to 521, while 410 people have recovered from the disease, it said. Seven people died of the deadly virus in the state.
Researchers have identified proteins in the blood of COVID-19 patients which are linked to the disease severity, an advance that may lead to markers that provide information on the progression of their illness.
The scientists, including those from the University of Cambridge in the UK, said people respond very differently to infection with the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.
While some patients develop no symptoms at all, they said others may get severe disease and even die.
Coronavirus in Philippines LIVE updates |
The Philippines' health ministry on Saturday reported seven new coronavirus deaths and 714 additional infections. In a bulletin, the ministry said total deaths had increased to 994, while confirmed cases had reached 21,340.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates | Few private hospitals refusing admission to COVID patients, doing 'black-marketing of beds': Kejriwal
A couple of private hospitals in Delhi are refusing admission to COVID-19 patients and demanding lakhs of rupees for allotting bed to those in a pressing need, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday and warned of strong action against such "black-marketing of beds".
"We will take strong action against such hospitals and they cannot refuse patients. Some time will be needed to break the mafia who are indulging in it. These few hospitals have political connections but they should not be under the illusion that their political masters can save them," he said in a virtual press briefing. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh LIVE updates | 210 new COVID-19 cases in AP, tally climbs to 4,460
Coronavirus cases rose sharply by 210 to 4,460 in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday, while the toll due to the infection stood at 73.The state government stopped releasing any details aboutthe cases though new hotspots were emerging by the day inalmost every district. 'Jaggery town' Anakapalle near Visakhapatnam reported at least 18 COVID-19 cases in one day, though it remained Corona-free all these days, sources here said. (PTI)
The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday capped the charges for COVID-19 treatment in private hospitals at Rs 15,000 per day in Intensive Care Units across the state and announced that no fee over and above the fixed slab can be claimed from patients.
In private sector hospitals, the per day charges for treatment in ICUs shall not exceed Rs 15,000 and in general wards, for asymptomatic people and those with mild symptoms, the maximum is Rs 7,500, Health Minister C Vijayabaskar said in an official release.
With the coronavirus cases witnessing a sharp rise, the Kerala government has decided to conduct anti body tests from Monday to check if there was any community spread in the state.
The state had reported 111 positive cases on Friday, the highest single day spike, prompting Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to declare the situation as "grim". Vijayan also said the antibody tests would be conducted on a large scale to check if there was any community spread in the state.
Three new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Puducherry on Saturday, taking the overall tally of infections in the union territory to 107.
A release from the Department of Health and Family Welfare Services said five patients taking treatment in the territorial government run Indira Gandhi Medical college hospital in neighbouring Kadirkamam were discharged.
The near-term outlook for the FMCG market is "extremely uncertain" as the COVID-19 outbreak had a "terrible impact" and the situation remains volatile with the trajectory of the coronavirus undetermined, according to HUL.
While describing the current situation as "much more uncertain than normal", the FMCG major added that it is confident about its ability to manage the immediate crisis.
"The situation remains volatile with the trajectory of the virus undetermined, evolving hot spot geographies, the success of containment measures uncertain, the severity and duration of resulting economic crisis and the extent of structural damage unknown," HUL Chairman and Managing Director Sanjiv Mehta said in his address to shareholders in the company's annual report for 2019-20.
The coronavirus disease has not "exploded" in India, but the risk of that happening remains as the country moves towards unlocking its nationwide lockdown that was imposed in March to contain the COVID-19, according to a top WHO expert.
WHO Health Emergencies Programme Executive Director Michael Ryan on Friday said the doubling time of the coronavirus cases in India is about three weeks at this stage.
Pakistan has reported a record 97 COVID-19 deaths in a single day, taking the total number of fatalities to 1,935, while the number of confirmed cases in the country approached 94,000 after over 4,700 infections were detected, the health ministry said on Saturday.
Punjab registered 35,308 COVID-19 cases, Sindh 34,889, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 12,459, Balochistan 5,776 Islamabad 4,323, Gilgit-Baltistan 897 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir 331 cases, the Ministry of National Health Services said.
China has reported five new coronavirus cases, including three imported ones, taking the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country to 83,030, the health authority said on Saturday.
According to China's National Health Commission (NHC), three imported cases were reported in Guangdong Province on Friday, while two asymptomatic cases were registered.
Two persons, who had recently returned from New Delhi, tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, taking the total number of cases in the state to 24, an official said on Saturday.
The two are from Aizwal district, he said. "They were in quarantine centres and their samples were tested at the Zoram Medical College. The two new patients remain asymptomatic," the official said.
Justifying the Mumbai Police's order that stipulates criminal action against anyone spreading false and fake information on social media, the Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court that reasonable restrictions can be imposed to safeguard public order.
The COVID-19 pandemic, which has presented challenges for several nations, could be an opportunity for India to speed up the health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat, especially with a focus on primary healthcare, WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said.
WHO Director-General Ghebreyesus was responding to a question on the COVID-19 situation in India, where the number of coronavirus cases are increasing rapidly. India went past Italy on Friday to become the sixth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic.
South Korea on Saturday reported 51 new cases of COVID-19, mostly in the densely populated capital region, as authorities scramble to stem transmissions among low-income workers who can't afford to stay home.
The figures announced by South Korea's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention brought national totals to 11,719 workers and 273 deaths. At least 34 of the new cases were linked to door-to-door sellers hired by Richway, a Seoul-based health product provider.
China is ordering its highest level of protection for the armadillo-like pangolin as part of its crackdown on the wildlife trade following the global coronavirus pandemic.
While the virus is believed to have originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, most scientists say it was most likely transmitted from bats to humans via an intermediary animal such as the pangolin.
India went past Italy to become the sixth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic with the country registering a record single-day spike of 9,887 cases which pushed the nationwide tally to 2,36,657.
India's death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 6,642 with a record increase of 294 deaths in the 24 hours till Saturday 8 AM.
India is now the sixth worst-affected nation in terms of coronavirus infection cases after the US, Brazil, Russia, Spain and the UK, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Soccer was back and so were the spectators in Vietnam when the top domestic league resumed after the coronovirus shutdown.
Fans were allowed into Ho Chi Minh City's scoreless draw with Hai Phong among three matches on Friday. But unlike Germany's Bundesliga and South Korea's K-League, which returned to action in May with empty arenas, more than 1,000 fans attended the V-League game at Hai Phong.
