Authorities of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport Tuesday announced that flight operations at the airport will remain suspended on all the revised seven days of total lockdown in West Bengal this month starting from August 5.
Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan has been tested positive for coronavirus and is admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram. After Home Minister Amit Shah, Pradhan is the second union minister in PM Modi’s cabinet to test positive for Covid-19 and both are getting treatment at the same hospital.
The total coronavirus cases in India have surged to 18,03,695, while the death toll has climbed to 38,135 with 771 people succumbing to the disease in the last 24 hours, as per the data released by the Health ministry. Worldwide, the pandemic has now taken nearly 7 lakh lives, with 18 million confirmed cases.
Five most affected states by total tally of cases are Maharashtra (4,50,196), Tamil Nadu (251,738), Andhra Pradesh (1,66,586), Karnataka (1,39,571) and Delhi (136,716).
Among leaders, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Karnataka chief minister Yediyurappa and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan have tested corona positive and have been hospitalised.
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Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan has tested positive for the Coronavirus and has been admitted to the Medanta Hospital in Haryana's Gurugram. Amit Shah has also been admitted to the same hospital.
50% deaths due to COVID-19 have taken place among the age group of 60 years or above and and 37% deaths took place in the age group between 45 to 60 years, said Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Health Ministry.
Authorities of Netaji Subha Chandra Bose International Airport Tuesday announced that flight operations at the airport will remain suspended on all the revised seven days of total lockdown in West Bengal this month starting from August 5. "As per the state government order dated 03.08.2020 flight operations at #KolkataAirport will remain suspended o the revised lockdown days: 5th, 8th, 20th, 21st, 27th, 28th 31st August 2020," the Kolkata airport said in a tweet.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday directed officials to arrange 50,000 additional beds in hospitals, PTI reported.
At a press conference, Secretary to Health Ministry, Rajesh Bhushan claimed that more than 2 crore tests have been conducted so far, with 6.6 lakh of them being done in the last 24 hours.
Cumulative positivity rate in India is 8.89 percent. States with positivity less than 10 percent are Punjab, Rajasthan, MP, UP, Haryana, Assam, West Bengal and Karnataka. Last week's positivity of India was 11 percent which means a few states are showing rise in COVID-19 cases. The fatality rate has also been continuously falling and is 2.10 percent, which is a good sign, said the health ministry.
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren has been tested for COVID-19 again on Tuesday as 17 staffers has been infected by the coronavirus. The Jharkhand chief minister, his wife and other family members had undergone the test for the first time on July 11, the results of which came negative.
Senior CPI(M) leader and former MLA in Telangana, Sunnam Rajaiah, has died due to covid19: Party sources, reports PTI
The Indian embassy staff have been travelling to various parts of the country once a week so that Indians and Israelis of Indian-origin looking for consular support do not face problems with urgently required documents. “The idea of regular consular camps grew out of our internal exercise to set quarterly goals for ourselves in the wake of COVID-19. Given the uncertainties and restrictions flowing from COVID-19, we thought it'll be better to take the consular services closer to those who need them in these trying times, and all over Israel,” India's Ambassador to Israel, Sanjeev Singla said.
Total number of cases in the state at 68,946, including 49,675 recovered, 18,708 active cases, & 563 deaths
551 new Covid-19 positive cases and 8 deaths have been reported in Rajasthan till 10:30 am today. Total number of cases now at 46,106 including 13,222 active cases and 727 deaths: Rajasthan Health Department
Total cases:1,855,745: Active:5,86,298; Discharged:1,230,509; Deaths:38,938
Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday.
I have been tested positive for Covid-19 and also been admitted to hospital, he said on Twitter.
89 new corona cases reported in Madhya Pradesh's Indore yesterday, taking the total number of cases in the district to 7,735. Death toll in the district stands at 320: Chief Medical and Health Officer, Indore district
Gujarat reported 1,009 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, taking its tally to 64,684, while the death toll crossed the 2,500-mark, the state health department said. With 22 COVID-19 patients dying in the lat 24 hours, statewide fatalities rose to 2,509, it said
The United States added 46,321 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours Monday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The world's largest economy also added 532 deaths, the Baltimore-based institution's tracker showed at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Tuesday). The US has now recorded 4,711,323 total cases, with 155,366 deaths, making it by far the worst-hit country in the world.