The floods, triggered by heavy rains, have inundated 2,265 villages besides affecting 112,667 hectares of crop area in 27 districts and damaged hundreds of houses.
Sikkim Director General-cum-Secretary of Health Department, Pema T. Bhutia, said that a 74-year-old man died at the Sir Thutob Namgyal Memorial (STNM) hospital.
In a statement issued here, the department said that 6,986 persons tested Covid-19 positive in the state in the last 24 hours, taking Tamil Nadu’s tally to 213,723.
Coronavirus in Jammu & Kashmir: Seven persons succumbed to the dreaded virus in different hospitals on Sunday, taking the UT’s death toll to 312.
State health officials also said that 7,627 new cases were detected in the last 24 hours ending 9 a.m. on Sunday. The single day high of 8,147 cases was recorded on Friday.
Presently, a total of 21 NDRF teams are deployed in 12 districts of Bihar to tackle the floods, which have affected over 10 lakh people, said the DG, adding that his force has rescued over 4,000 people in Bihar.
However, the city’s share of active cases in the state has fallen to 57 per cent, gradually declining from 62 per cent a week ago.
But for mild cough, his all other health parameters were normal and he was in a stable condition, the official said.
Rammohan is holding review meetings with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials on various civic issues through video link.
According to the police, an FIR has been lodged in the matter by Additional Superintendent of Police, Saurabh Dixit.
From the past 12 days, the positive cases in Bihar are spiking up. Over 1,000 cases are being reported in the state every day.
It happened in the Khadakpada area of Kalyan on Saturday. Four persons, including a minor boy and a senior woman citizen, were arrested for the crime on Sunday.
Similarly, sacrifices have also been prohibited in hospitals and nursing homes, schools and colleges.
According to the police, the girl, who went missing on Thursday night, made several calls from her phone to her parents and demanded money.
Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) officials said that eight major rivers flowing down from neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya, including the Brahmaputra, are in spate.
Gujarat has recorded 22,069 cases in July so far, with an daily average of over 880 cases, though in this week, the number of cases has been in four figures.
Surat has been leading the daily corona positive count in the state and has emerged as the new hotspot replacing Ahmedabad.
The new cases were reported between 5 pm on Friday and 5 pm on Saturday. The state’s death toll now is 1,796, including Bengaluru’s 862.
The 89 deaths during the past 24 hours raised the number fatalities to 3,409. The number of active cases stands at 52,273.
The child bank is operated for and by children to save money by depositing the minimum amount in the bank.
The Chief Minister hoped that other countries would also follow Canada and reject the secessionist ‘Referendum 2020’, which the SFJ was promoting to divide India on communal lines.
As of Saturday, Kerala has 481 corona hotspots.
The Bihar government has declared a lockdown across the state till July 31. However, people are allowed to move freely for some hours in the morning and evening.
Speaking to IANS, Iltija Mufti said she had sought permission four days ago. “I have been told it’s a red zone, so I can’t visit Bijbehara,” she said.
The river embankment, near Bhawanipur village in east Champaran, was breached on July 23-24 night due to the surging flood waters of the Gandak river.