All religious places and places of worship to open in Jammu & Kashmir from August 16, 2020. Religious processions and large religious gatherings remain strictly prohibited.
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All religious places and places of worship to open in Jammu & Kashmir from August 16, 2020. Religious processions and large religious gatherings remain strictly prohibited.
TheMizoramgovernment has decidednot to allow paramilitary personnel enter the state tillAugust 15 in the wake of the surge in COVID-19 cases among theforces, an official said on Tuesday.
The decision was taken at a meeting between officialsof the state government and the paramilitary forces on Monday,he said.
It was agreed at the meeting, which was chaired byChief SecretaryLalnunmawiaChuaungo, that a decision onallowing the security personnel to enter thestate would betaken after August 15 based on the prevailing coronavirussituation, the official said.
1,124 COVID-19cases, 781 recovered and13 deaths reported in Rajasthan today, as of 8:30 pm. Total number of cases in the state is now at 46,679, including 32,832 recovered, 13,115 active cases and732 deaths.
Thane district reported 947 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, a welcome dip from four-figure spikes during earlier days, taking the infection count to 91,102, while 35 deaths took the toll to 2,516, an official said.
Among the deaths was that of a 46-year-old policeman, the 13th in the force in Thane so far, he added.
Neighbouring Palghar's count reached 16,282 as 344 cases were detected on Tuesday, while six deaths increased the toll to 315.
Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Rajendra KV orders that all liquor shops in the district will remain closed from 6.00 pm of 4th August to 9.00 AM of 6th August.
Mumbai has reported 709 fresh COVID-19 cases and 56 deaths. The recovery rate in Mumbai now stands at 77 percent while the overallgrowth rate ofCOVIDcases in Mumbai from July 28 to August 3 stands at 0.87 percent. The doubling rate of the city is now at 80 days.
Andhra Pradesh's COVID-19 tallymounted to 1,76,333 on Tuesday as 9,747 cases were added as districts like East Godavari, Anantapuramu and Kurnool continued to report peak load of infections.
The state also registered 67 coronavirus casualties while another 6,953 patients got cured in the last 24 hours, a government bulletin said.
Maharashtra has reported 7,760 fresh COVID-19 cases and 300 deaths. Over 12,326 people have also been discharged after recovering from the disease.
Donald Trump says coronavirus under control, 'It is what it is'
President Donald Trump said the coronavirus outbreak is as under control as it can get in the United States, where at least 155,000 people have died amid a patchy response to the public health crisis that has failed to stem a rise in cases.
The Republican president continued to press for US schools to reopen in an overnight Twitter post, and defended his administration's response to the virus in an interview with the Axios news website released late on Monday.
259 new COVID-19cases and 238 recovered cases reported in Goa today. Total number of cases till date is 7,075, out of which 1,901 are active cases, 5,114 are recovered cases and 60 deaths.
West Bengal Health Dept requests ICMR to change guidelines on COVID-19 retests
The West Bengal Health department has written to theICMRrequesting it to change its guidelines on "immediate retest" of a person who has tested negative in antigen test for COVID-19, a senior official said on Tuesday.
In this season of flu, there are people who are negative in antigen tests at several fever clinics but as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines they should be sent for theRT-PCRtest immediately, he said.
Delhi recorded 674 fresh coronavirus cases on Tuesday, taking the tally in the city to over 1.39 lakh while the death toll from the disease climbed to 4,033, authorities said.
The three-figure count for new cases was recorded on a day when the total number of tests conducted stood at 9,295, according to the bulletin released by the Delhi health department.
