State Govt has decided today to provide plasma to private hospitals from govt’s Plasma Bank at a cost of Rs. 20,000 per unit. Plasma would be available free of cost to the patients undergoing treatment in govt hospitals of Punjab.
Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Today is the 125th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown, to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, India has recorded 13,85,522 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 32,063 deaths, according to the union health ministry data. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Karnataka have reported the highest number of cases. However, infections are rising rapidly in states like Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Assam. Yet, India’s recovery rate continues to rise and now stands at 63.92 percent.
Globally, there have been over 1.59 crore confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than 6.43 lakh people have died so far. Catch the highlights here:
State Govt has decided today to provide plasma to private hospitals from govt’s Plasma Bank at a cost of Rs. 20,000 per unit. Plasma would be available free of cost to the patients undergoing treatment in govt hospitals of Punjab.
minister Sanjay Bansode tests positive
Maharashtra minister of state forenvironment and FDA SanjayBansodeon Sunday said he had beendetected with COVID-19 and was receiving treatment at aprivate hospital in Mumbai.
Bansode,NCPMLA fromUdgirinLaturdistrict, said hewas feeling unwell since Saturday and had mild fever as wellas sore throat.
1,132 new COVID-19cases and 11 deaths reported in Rajasthan till 8:30 pm today. The total number of cases in the State stands at 36,430 including 9,852 active cases and 624 deaths.
Goa records 175 new COVID-19cases today, taking the total number of cases in the State to 4,861 out of which 1,549 cases are active and 3,277 have recovered. The death toll stands at 35.
Madhya Pradesh reports 874 new COVID-19cases and 12 deaths today; taking the total number of cases to 27,800 including 811 deaths and 7,857 active cases.
The number of coronavirus patients in Mumbai reached 1,09,096 after 1,115 cases were reported on Sunday, the civic body said.
The death toll in the metropolis grew by 57 to 6,090, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a statement.
As many as 1,361 patients recovered during the day, which took the number of discharged persons to 80,238 so far, it said.
There are 22,768 active COVID-19 cases in the country's financial capital.
Gujarat on Sunday saw the highest single-day spike of 1,110 new COVID-19 cases, taking the state tally to 55,822, the Health department said.
With 21 more patients succumbing to the infection, the toll went up to 2,326, it said.
The number of recovered cases rose to 40,365 with 753 patients being discharged during the day. The recovery rate in the state now stands at 72.31 percent.
Manipur reports 59 new COVID-19cases today, taking the total number of cases in the State to 2,235. The number of active and recovered cases are 714 and 1521 respectively.
794 new COVID-19cases reported in Haryana today; the total number of cases in the State reaches 31,332. There are 6,556 active cases; death toll stands at 392.
Maharashtra has reported 9,431 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 267 deaths. Over 6,000 patients also recovered and were discharged in the state. The case fatality rate in the state stands at 3.63 percent.
Odisha's COVID tally crosses 25,000-mark; death toll 140
Odisha's COVID-19 tally crossed the 25,000-mark on Sunday with 1,376 new infections, while the toll mounted to 140 as 10 more patients succumbed to the disease, a Health department official said.
Of the new cases, 917 were reported from quarantine centres and 459 were detected during local contact-tracing, according to the official. The total number of cases in the state stands at 25,389.
Ganjam, the worst-hit district in Odisha, reported the highest number of fresh cases at 484, followed by Khurda (187), Keonjhar (103), Puri (91), Cuttack (75) and Gajapati (74). New cases were also reported from all 30 districts of the state.
The number of active cases in the state now stands at 9,286, while 15,929 people have recovered, the official said.
534 new COVID-19positive cases reported in Punjab today. The total number of cases now stands at 13,218 including 4,102 active cases, 8,810 discharged cases and 306 deaths.
BMC: 2 new COVID-19positive cases reported in Dharavi area of Mumbai today, taking the total number of cases in Dharavi to 2,531 including 113 active cases.
