Pune reports 820 new COVID-19positive cases and 13 deaths in the last 24 hours.The total number of cases stands at 16,851 and death toll is at 617.
Coronavirus India News highlights: Today is the ninety-first day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown, meant to curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. India has so far recorded 4,40,215 lakh cases, which includes 14,011 deaths. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat have reported the highest number of cases. However, the recovery rate is rising and now stands at around 56 percent. A number of activities have been allowed to resume in a phased manner this month as part of 'Unlock 1.0' plan.
Globally, there have been over 90.7 lakh confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than 4.7 lakh people have died so far. Catch the LIVE updates here:
Pune reports 820 new COVID-19positive cases and 13 deaths in the last 24 hours.The total number of cases stands at 16,851 and death toll is at 617.
23 people found COVID-19positive out of 975 samples tested in Tripura. All of them have travel history and one is truck driver.
879 fresh COVID-19 positive cases, 219 discharged and 3 deaths reported in Telangana today. The total number of positive cases in the state rises to 9,553 including 4,224 discharged and 220 deaths.
Mumbai has reported 846 fresh cases of COVID-19 today and 42 deaths, taking the total number of cases in the city to 68,481 and deaths to 3,842. The doubling rate in the city currently is at 38 days, according to BMC.
3214 new COVID-19positive cases, 248 deaths (75 in last 48 hours and 173 in the previous period) and 1,925 discharged in Maharashtra today. Total positive cases in the state rises to 1,39,010 including 69,631 recovered patients and6531 deaths.
Rajasthan reports 9 deaths and 395 new COVID-19positive cases today. The total number of positive cases in the State stands at 15,627 including 3049 active cases and 365 deaths.
Fever clinics to be established at all District Hospitals/District level Hospitals and Taluk Level Hospitals wherein all fever cases should be screened 24/7 in separate area and Influenza Like Illness and Severe Acute Respiratory Illness cases to be subjected for swab testing.
Mumbai's civic body has said that it will be launching 'Mission Universal Testing' under which 1 lakh antigen kits will be made available. The results for this will be known in half-an-hour. Private hospitals in the city have been told to buy these kits. Moreover, corporate houses, too, can buy these kits and test their employees. Those above 70 years of age can conduct these tests at home without any prescription.
370 new COVID-19positive cases and 11 deaths reported in West Bengal, in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases rises to 14,728 including 9,218 discharged, 4,930 active cases and 580 deaths.
In the last 24 hours, 549 COVID-19cases and 26 deaths have been reported in Gujarat. State tally rises to 28,429 including 20,521 discharged and 1,711 deaths.
Delhi reports 3,947 fresh COVID-19 cases and 68 deaths taking the total number of cases to 66,602 and deaths to 2,301.
ICMR advises all concerned state govts, public and private institutions/hospitals to take required steps to scale-up testing for COVID-19by deploying combination of various tests which includes real-time RT-PCR, rapid antigen testing and antibody testing for serosurvey.
