Coronavirus News Highlights: COVID-19 curfew in Goa extended till August 2

The Goa government on Sunday extended the coronavirus-induced curfew in the state till August 2. The curfew, which was first imposed on May 9, has since been extended from time to time considering the number of infections in the coastal state."The State Level Curfew Order will be extended upto 7 am, 2nd August 2021, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant tweeted. Goa's COVID-19 tally reached 1,70,491 on Sunday after 75 cases were detected during the day, while the death toll rose by six to touch 3,132, an official said.

Sikkim's COVID-19 tally crossed the 25,000-mark as 337 more people in the state tested positive for the infection in the last 24 hours, a health department bulletin said on Sunday. The fresh infections pushed the coronavirus caseload in the Himalayan state to 25,160, it said.Of the new cases, 168 were reported from East Sikkim, 139 from West Sikkim, 29 from South Sikkim and one from North Sikkim. The death toll remained at 330 as no new fatality due to the infection was reported in the last 24 hours, the bulletin said. Sikkim has 3,017 active cases, while 21,549 people have recovered from the disease and 264 patients migrated to other states. The recovery rate among coronavirus patients in the state stands at 86.6 per cent.

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 6,843 new coronavirus positive cases and 123 fatalities, raising the overall tally to 62,64,922 and the toll to 1,31,552, the state health department said.

With 5,212 patients being discharged after treatment during the day, the count of recoveries in Maharashtra went up to 60,35,029 so far, leaving the state with 94,985 active cases, it said.

Bangladesh’s government on Sunday warned that there will be no space left in the hospitals for patients if the COVID-19 cases keep rising at the current pace, amid concerns over increasing number of deaths and infections after the Eid-ul-Azha holidays.
Bangladesh, which is currently facing a renewed surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths, registered 228 more fatalities and 11,291 new cases on Sunday.

The government had eased the strict lockdown in view of the Eid-ul-Azha festival last week. However, on Friday it reimposed a “stricter” 14-day nationwide shutdown to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Jammu and Kashmir recorded 166 fresh cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, which took the infection tally to 3,20,657, while no death occurred in the last 24 hours, officials said.
Out of the fresh cases, 34 were from the Jammu division and 132 from the Kashmir division of the union territory, they said.

The officials said Srinagar recorded the highest 66 cases, followed by 18 in Baramulla district.

The number of active cases dropped to 1,288 in the union territory, while 3,14,995 patients have recovered so far, they said.

Gujarat's COVID-19 tally rose to 8,24,713 as 30 new cases were reported on Sunday, while the toll remained unchanged at 10,076 as no death was reported from the infection during the day, an official said. The discharge of 42 people from hospitals took the recovery count to 8,14,307, which is 98.74 per cent of the tally, leaving the state with 330 active cases, he said.

While a large number of people now have immunity against coronavirus due to previous infections or vaccination, a guarded approach is needed in terms of implementing restrictive measures to avoid a second wave-like crisis, experts said.

Dr. Yudhyavir Singh, who has been managing the COVID-19 ICU at AIIMS New Delhi, said it is important to lift a few restrictions to resume economic activities when cases are low.

Spanish golfer Jon Rahm has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time in two months and been knocked out of the Olympics only a few hours after American golfer Bryson DeChambeau met the same fate. The back-to-back coronavirus shockers came on the second full day of action in Tokyo and put a damper on the golf tournament. The sport is scheduled to begin on July 29 and will be without the last two US Open champions. (AP)

DTC buses and metro trains to run at full seating capacity from July 26. "It is mandatory for passengers to wear face masks. We don't allow them on the bus without face masks," a DTC bus conductor told news agency ANI.

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDA) has released its latest set of lockdown relaxations for the capital amid lowering COVID-19 cases and deaths. The relaxations will come in from tomorrow. Activities that are prohibited and restricted will remain so from 5 am on July 26 till 5 am on August 9, said the order.

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Two coronavirus patients died at a hospital in the Jordanian capital of Amman today after a short circuit knocked out power at the facility's intensive care unit, the country's health minister said. The private Gardens Hospital is being rented by the Jordanian government to treat coronavirus patients.
Health Minister Firas Al-Hawari told state media today that two people were confirmed dead at the hospital after the incident, and that investigators were determining the cause of the accident and whether the power outage was responsible for the deaths.
Angry people gathered outside the hospital and security forces cordoned off the facility and prevented relatives of patients from entering. (AP)

Indian Railways Delivers 200 Tonnes Of Liquid Medical Oxygen To Bangladesh Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

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With the COVID-19 pandemic leading to prolonged closure, majority of private schools across the country have reported a 20-50 percent decrease in revenue, leading to reduction in teachers' salaries at some of them, a new report said. The report by the Central Square Foundation (CSF), an NGO working on quality school education in India, is based on a study with over 1,100 respondents (parents, school administrators and teachers) across 20 states and union territories. While over 55 percent of schools said there was a major reduction in the number of new admissions this academic year, three-fourth of the schools have faced delays in RTE reimbursements. Non-minority private schools have to provide free admissions to students selected by the state government under the 25 percent RTE quota. In lieu of the free admissions, the state reimburses them an amount fixed in advance. (PTI)