618 COVID-19 cases, 809 recovered & 6 deaths reported in Jharkhand today. Total number of cases in the state is now at 16,482, including 8,840 active cases, 7,491 recovered & 151 deaths. (ANI)
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618 COVID-19 cases, 809 recovered & 6 deaths reported in Jharkhand today. Total number of cases in the state is now at 16,482, including 8,840 active cases, 7,491 recovered & 151 deaths. (ANI)
6,670 new COVID-19cases (including 2,147 in Bengaluru Urban), 101 deaths and3,951 recoveries reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases rises to 1,64,924, including 77,686 active cases, 84,232 recoveries and2,998 deaths.
Maharashtra reports 10,483 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 300 deaths. Over 10,906 patients recovered from the disease and were discharged today, the state health department said. The case fatality rate in the state stands at 3.49 percent.
751 COVID-19cases, 804 recovered/discharged and9 deaths reported in Haryana today. Total number of cases in the state is now at 40,054, including 33,444 recovered/discharged, 6,143 active cases and467 deaths.
1,063 new cases of COVID-19, 381 recovered cases and 23 deaths reported in Punjab in the last 24 hours. State tally rises to 21,930 including 7,351 active cases, 14,040 cured/discharged and 539 deaths.
Kerala's COVID-19 tally breaches 30,000 mark; death toll climbs to 99
Kerala's COVID-19 tally breached the 30,000 mark on Friday as 1,251 fresh cases were reported, including of 18 health workers, while five more deaths took the toll to 99.
Of the 30,396 positive cases, 1,061 were infected through contact, while the infection source of 73 people was not yet known, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters here.
While 77 people had come from abroad, 94 had arrived from other states, he said.
Home Ministry permits OCI cardholders to enter India who belong to countries with which air bubble arrangements have been finalised by Aviation Ministry. Other foreigners from these countries also allowed to avail Indian visa facility for business, medical andemployment purposes.
Kohima's Deputy Commissioner issues an order regarding the lifting of total lockdown in Kohima Municipal area w.e.f 8th August 2020. For the movement of vehicles, Odd-Even system shall continue to remain in force till 31st August 2020.
The risk of COVID-19 spreading widely in Vietnam is "very high", its prime minister said on Friday, after a new outbreak in the central city of Danang late last month ended a three month run of no new domestic cases.
Aggressive contact-tracing, targeted testing and strict quarantining had helped Vietnam halt an earlier contagion, but it is now racing to control infections in Danang and beyond after a new outbreak was detected there on July 25.
"The risk of community infection is very high, requiring more determination, solidarity and responsibility from the political system in order to take stronger and more determined measures over the next two weeks," Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said, according a government statement.
Bihar reported its biggest single-day spike of 3,646 COVID-19 cases on Friday when the state health department also claimed to have conducted a record number of 71,000 plus tests in the last 24 hours even as the death toll touched the 400-mark.
According to the departments bulletin, out of the 12 fresh casualties, Patna district accounted for four, Vaishali reported two while one death each took place in Bhagalpur, Bhojpur, Munger, Nawada, East Champaran and Saran.
The states overall tally has reached 71,794.
473 new COVID-19cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir today; 128 from Jammu division and 345 from Kashmir division. The total number of cases stands at 23,927 including 7,260 actives cases, 16,218 recoveries, and 449 deaths.
1,192 COVID-19 cases, 1,108 recoveries and 23 deaths reported in Delhi today. Total number of cases in the national capital now stands at 1,42,723, including 1,28,232 recoveries, 10,409 active cases & 4,082 deaths.
Congress MLA and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's son Dr Yathindra Siddaramaiah on Friday said he has tested positive for COVID-19.
Yathindra, who is 40-years-old, is a first time MLA, representing Varuna assembly constituency in Mysuru district.
His father and leader of the opposition Siddaramaiah had on Tuesday tested positive for COVID and is currently undergoing treatment at a private hospital.
