It was decided that shops of grocery, chicken, mutton, eggs andfish will remain open b/w 8 am and12 pm during lockdown from July 19 andJuly 23. Since a huge crowd is expected at these shops tomorrow, they will remain open b/w 8 am and6 pm.
Coronavirus News highlights: Today is the 116th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown, to curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. India has so far recorded 10,38,716 cases, which includes more than 26,273 deaths. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat have reported the highest number of cases. However, the recovery rate is rising and now stands at 62.94 percent.
Globally, there have been over 1.40 crore confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than six lakh people have died so far. Catch the highlights here:
It was decided that shops of grocery, chicken, mutton, eggs andfish will remain open b/w 8 am and12 pm during lockdown from July 19 andJuly 23. Since a huge crowd is expected at these shops tomorrow, they will remain open b/w 8 am and6 pm.
We got approval from Ethics Committee today. Starting trial on healthy volunteers Monday onward. In phase-1 from AIIMS Delhi about 100 volunteers, between15 to 55 yearsof agewill be selected and further 275 from other sites.
Jammu and Kashmir reported 441 new COVID-19 cases (398 in Kashmir) and 5 deaths in last 24 hours, taking active cases to 5,797 and death toll to 236. A total of 7,165 patients have recovered from the disease till date.
682 COVID-19 cases and 9 deaths reported in Madhya Pradesh in the last 24 hours, taking total cases to 21,763 including 14,864 recoveries and 706 deaths. 5,83,655 samples have been tested in the state till date.
West Bengal reported over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases on a single-day for the first time on Saturday as the state's tally breached the 40,000-mark, as per the state health department. The state detected 2,198 new cases, following which its active cases soared to 15,594, it said in a bulletin.
Twenty-seven more people died, taking the state's total fatalities to 1,076, the department said. The state has so far reported 40,209 cases of COVID-19.
Record 1,286 people also recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours and since Friday evening, 13,465 samples have been tested, it said.
4,537 new COVID-19positive cases, 1018 discharged and 93 deaths reported in Karnataka today. The total number of positive cases in the state rises to 59,652 including 21,775 discharged and 1240 deaths.
With 8,348 fresh cases, Maharashtra has breached the 3 lakh cases mark out of which 1 lakh are from Mumbai. 144 deaths have also been reported from the state today.
Punjab has reported 350 new COVID-19 cases and seven deaths in the last 24 hours. Total number of cases in the state now stands at 9,792 including 6,454 recoveries 246 deaths.
Recovery rate among COVID-19 patients stands at 63 percent. 3,61,024 samples have been tested in the country in the last 24 hours; the cumulative number of 1,34,33,742 samples tested has raised the testing per million for India to 9734.6.
4,807 new COVID-19positive case, 88 deaths and 3,049 people discharged today in Tamil Nadu. The total number of positive cases in the state rises to 1,65,714 including 2,403 deaths and 1,13,856 discharged.
The West Bengal government on Saturday said there was no need to panic as the COVID-19 situation in the state was under control.
Addressing a press conference, Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha also ruled out the possibility of clamping a total lockdown in Kolkata or across the state, asserting that the restrictions would be enforced strictly only in containment zones.
He said the spike in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the state was normal as "more the number of tests, more the number of cases". (PTI)
60 percent of COVID-19 cases are due to local transmission. Community spread of coronavirus has been confirmed at two places in Thiruvananthapuram. Everyone should strictly adhere to COVID-19 guidelines to break the chain.
