The death toll due to the coronavirus pandemic in India rose to 603 Tuesday while the total number of confirmed cases crossed the 18,000 mark to reach 18,985 including 3,259 people who have been treated and discharged.
Thirteen new deaths were reported in Gujarat on Tuesday in addition to the six reported earlier today, raising the death toll in the State to 90. Today there were a total of 239 new positive cases of COVID-19, taking the total to 2178 and 19 deaths.
Today, of the total 19 deaths, 15 deaths were in Ahmedabad, 2 in Surat, and one each in Vadodara and Bhavnagar. Ahmedabad’s total death toll climbs to 53 out of total 1378 cases.
The Bihar Government has suspended SDO of Nawada, Anu Kumar, for granting a vehicle pass to BJP MLA Anil Singh to travel to Kota, violating the rules and regulations of the Bihar Epidemic Act.
In the suspension notification issued by the General Administration Department of the government, the SDO has been charged with giving undue favour to the MLA by issuing the pass. The vehicle pass is to be issued only under special circumstances. The DM of Nawada in his investigation report has found the official to be guilty of not discharging his duty as per the protocol of the government.
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The Bihar Government has suspended SDO of Nawada, Anu Kumar, for granting a vehicle pass to BJP MLA Anil Singh to travel to Kota, violating the rules and regulations of the Bihar Epidemic Act.
Maharashtra Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad, who had quarantined himself after some of his security staff tested positive for novel coronavirus, on Tuesday got admitted in a private hospital in neighbouring Thane city.
At least 12 new coronavirus cases have been reported in Mumbai's Dharavi area on Tuesday. With this, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Dharavi has reached 179.
Delhi Health Bulletin: 75 news cases reported today in national capital. Total Covid-19 positive cases stands 2156. No death reported today. 1173 samples tested today in Delhi.
Fire broke out at Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) emergency ward on Tuesday. According to initial reports, the fire broke out in the afternoon. Read more
The Bombay High Court has 'in principle' decided to cancel its annual month-long summer vacation starting from May 7 in view of COVID-19 pandemic. Summer vacation for subordinate courts likely to stand cancelled. Formal decision to come out soon.
A total of 27 journalists who worked with a Tamil TV channel have tested positive for Covid-19 till Tuesday. A senior official representing the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Public Health confirmed that all of them have been isolated in government facilities in Chennai and are receiving treatments.
The 25-year-old maternal uncle of the 9-year-old girl tests positive for COVID-19 in Dahod. A resident of Indore, he was quarantined in Dahod after the girl had tested positive. His sample was sent for testing as a precaution before his quarantine ended today. He will b treated at Zydus, Dahod.
Guidelines sent to states that while focus is on COVID-19, other services like dialysis, HIV and cancer treatments should be provided: Govt
Coronavirus returns to Bhilwada, four new cases reported in Rajasthan
After 41 people tested positive for the COVID-19 virus in Danger Mohalla (Gund Jahangeer) of Bandipora district, authorities on Tuesday decided to quarantine the entire village with a population of 400.
This is the first village in Jammu and Kashmir, where the entire population has been put under quarantine. Read more
A housekeeping staff of Lok Sabha Secretariat tests positive, the employee was at 36 Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Road. Entire family hasnow been quarantined. His son works in the Parliament complex.
Germany's Oktoberfest beer festival will be cancelled this year as "risks are too high" from the novel coronavirus, Bavarian state premier Markus Söder said Tuesday.
A migrant worker walking by foot on way to his home in Bihar's Begusarai dies in UP's Varanasi. Police did the final rites as family could not reach.
In Rashtrapati Bhavan, sweepers corona positive, 125 people who came into contact were quarantined. Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain briefed
Reliance will produce 1 lakh masks daily & hundreds and thousands of PPEs for health-workers and caregivers across India
3 die of COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad; city toll at 5.
In Ghaziabad, long queues of vehicles seen at the Delhi-Ghaziabad border. Traffic movement between Delhi-Ghaziabad has been completely prohibited, only those rendering essential services and people holding valid passes are being allowed.
SpiceJet has operated close to 430 cargo flights since the lockdown began carrying more than 3300 tons of cargo. Of the 430 cargo flights that SpiceJet operated, 130 were international cargo flights
Despite the continued lockdown, the number of COVID-19 positive cases in Agra till late Monday night jumped to 267, with 12 new additions. District magistrate P.N. Singh said 4,289 samples had been taken so far.
Five more positive cases from Rajpura in Patiala. 5 positive cases from the same source which came positive. All asymptotic.
In Madhya Pradesh, Police personnel was allegedly held hostage for about 2 hours in Rajgarh for asking people to maintain social distance. Police say, "Personnel went there on receiving information about illicit liquor. A spat erupted when people were asked to disperse. Probe on", as per ANI report.
There are now 18,601 total cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in India