India’s Covid-19 count has risen to nearly 1.69 lakh cases while the death toll is close to 5,000. Maharashtra has again reported by far the country’s highest number of cases.
Over 1,73 lakh people have tested positive for the virus in the country so far. This is the second consecutive time that more than 7,000 COVID-19 cases have been detected in a 24-hour period and follows seven straight days of more than 6,000 new cases per day.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Home Minister Amit Shah and senior officials on Friday to discuss the way forward as the coronavirus lockdown, extended thrice, ends on Sunday. A decision is likely today on whether to extend the restrictions amid the steady rise in virus cases, given the need to reopen economic activity.
The Home Ministry has been asked to analyse inputs from various sectors and states.
Some states have already extended the virus lockdown and “nothing stops them from taking any further steps on their own”, sources said.
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1163 new COVID19 positive cases reported in Delhi, taking the total number of cases in the state to 18549: Delhi Government
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No restriction on inter-State and intra-State movement of persons and goods. No separate permission/ approval/ e-permit will be required for such movements
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Death toll stands at 71: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
Including 82 from migrants. Case tally 21,184
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Rs 1,000 to those who do not have ration cards to get foodgrains
As of now, as many as seven chartered flights including five from Dammam, Saudi Arabia expected to arrive at MIA.
In the last 24 hours, 114 police personnel have tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra, and one police official has died due to the virus, said Maharashtra Police. The total number of Covid-19 infected personnel is now 2,325 in the state, while 26 have succumbed to the infection.
The Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren after evacuating migrant from Leh, airlifted 180 migrant workers from Andaman who were stuck there, CM on Saturday booked a flight for 180 migrant workers of the state in Andaman to bring them back to Ranchi.
Thirty-six more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi district, taking the number of active cases to 97, officials said on Saturday.
Total number of cases in state now 1,100. Number of active cases stands at 968
Singapore on Saturday reported 506 new COVID-19 cases, the majority of them being foreign workers residing in dormitories, taking the total number of infections in the country to 34,366. The vast majority of the new cases are work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories.
11 new cases have been reported in Uttarakhand today, the total number of cases up to 727
Chitrakoot's coronavirus has taken a massive surge and the district tally now stands at 37.
President Hassan Rouhani said mosques are to resume daily prayers throughout the country, even though some areas are seeing high levels of coronavirus infections. Rouhani also said on state television that the hours of shopping malls, which had been allowed to open only until 6 p.m., will be extended, a further step in the government’s plans to ease coronavirus restrictions.
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An officer working at the legal wing of the ministry and a consultant with the Central Europe Division tested positive for the infection earlier this week, they said. It is learnt that an elaborate sanitisation exercise was carried out in the legal and the Central Europe (CE) divisions. Almost all employees in the CE division as well as a sizable number of staffers in the legal wing are undergoing self-quarantine at present.