CM Manohar Lal, was admitted in Medanta on August 25 & is undergoing treatment for COVID-19. In a medical bulletin issued by Hospital today, Medical Superintendent, Dr AK Dubey informed that CM is well-rested & his vitals parameters are normal.
Coronavirus India News highlights: Today is the 167th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown, to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, India has recorded 41,13,811 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 70,626 deaths. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have reported the highest number of cases. However, infections are rising rapidly in states like Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Yet, India’s recovery rate continues to rise and now stands at 77.3 percent. 'Unlock 4.0' is underway. Globally, there have been over 2.67 crore confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than 8.75 lakh people have died so far. Catch the latest updates here:
CM Manohar Lal, was admitted in Medanta on August 25 & is undergoing treatment for COVID-19. In a medical bulletin issued by Hospital today, Medical Superintendent, Dr AK Dubey informed that CM is well-rested & his vitals parameters are normal.
397 new COVID-19positive cases and 197 patients have cured in Himachal Pradesh in the last 24 hours. Total number of cases now at 7415 including 2176 active cases and 53 deaths.
Delhi's COVID-19case tally reaches 1,91,449 with 3,256 new cases and 29 deaths reported today. The numbers of active and recovered cases are 20,909 and 1,65,973, respectively. Death toll rises to 4,567.
23,350 new COVID-19cases, 7,826 recoveries and 328 deaths reported in Maharashtra today. Total number of cases rise to 9,07,212 including 6,44,400 discharges, 2,35,857 active cases and 26604 deaths.
Jammu-based CSIR-IIIM has devised a novel, simpler and cost-effective diagnostic kit for rapid testing of large numbers of suspected Coronavirus-infected people and has approached ICMR for its evaluation and approval, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM)director said today.
The new Reverse Transcriptase-Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT-LAMP) assay-based COVID-19 diagnostic kit has been developed as an alternative to the standard quantitative PCR (qPCR) after reverse transcription (RT) method, which is very sensitive but requires expensive instrumentation, IIIM Director, Dr D Srinivasa Reddy.
He said the novel kit has been submitted to ICMR and is presently under evaluation with it.
1,694 new COVID-19 cases and 29 deaths reported in Madhya Pradesh in the last 24 hours, taking active cases to 16,115, recoveries to 55,887 and death toll to 1,572.
There has been a rise of 80 percent in the number of home isolation cases of COVID-19 in the national capital in the last 16 days, and parallely the containment zones count too has spiraled up to 976 over the same period, according to official data.
Amid steady rise in fresh and active coronavirus cases in the last several days, the number of people in home isolation reached the five-figure mark again after over a month's time.
The number of home isolation cases of COVID-19 on September 5 stood at 10,514. The corresponding figure a day before was 9,822, according to the Delhi health department.
On August 21, the home isolation cases count was 5,818, so from that date, the rise is of 80 percent in 16 day.
9,319 new COVID-19cases and 95 deaths reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours, taking active cases to 99,266. There have been 2,92,873 recoveries and 6,393 deaths.
Tamil Nadu reported 5,783 new COVID-19 cases, 5,820 discharges and 88 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking active cases to 51,458, discharges to 4,04,186 and death toll to 7,836.
Andhra Pradesh reports 10,794 new COVID-19cases and 70 deaths in the last 24 hours. Total number of cases now at 4,98,125 including 99,689 active cases, 3,94,019 recoveries and 4,417 deaths.
Supreme Court was informed by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) that tickets booked by passengers in domestic and international carriers for air travel during the first two phases of lockdown between March 25 to May 3, 2020, will be 'fully refunded'.
3082 new COVID-19positive cases, 2196 recoveries and 10 deaths reported in Kerala today. Number of active cases now at 22, 676. So far, 64,755 persons have recovered.
