India’s Covid-19 count is nearing 60,000 mark with 59,691 cases after new cases topped 3,000 for the third consecutive day. The overall death toll too was just short of 2,000 at 1,983. Overall, 3,294 fresh cases were reported from states in past 24-hour.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray admitted there has been no success yet in breaking the virus chain in the state — the worst hit in the country in terms of infections and the death toll.
Home Minster Amit Shah says to CM Mamata Banerjee not allowing trains to reach West Bengal is injustice to migrant labourers; will create further hardships for them
Large numbers of new cases were also reported from Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, while Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Rajasthan and Odisha also recorded higher tallies. Kerala and Himachal Pradesh reported only one fresh positive case each.
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As per the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, the testing capacity for COVID-19 has been scaled up to around 95,000 tests per day and a total of 15,25,631 tests have been conducted so far across 332 government and 121 private laboratories.
Tamil Nadu recorded 526 fresh cases in the last 24 hours and Chennai recorded 279 cases with four deaths. The total number of coronavirus has infections in the state has reached 6,535. Four deaths were also reported today, taking the toll in the state to 44. Acoording to the report, as many as 1,867 cases are linked to the Koyembedu market cluster.
Delhi Police refutes the report of Maulana Dad’s audio clip by Indian Express. On Friday, Delhi Police took to Twitter and disaproved the report.
Over 40 workers were detained, after hundreds of them clashed with the police and pelted stones at police vehicles in Mora village near the industrial town of Hazira. Migrant workers clashed with police demanding a return passage to their home states
Total cases in India reached 59,662 including 39,834 active cases, 17,846 recoveries, 1 migrated patient and 1,981 deaths, with 3,320 new cases and 95 deaths in 24 hours. Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has said that the doubling rate of COVID-19 cases has risen from 11 days from 9.9 days. As the cases are rising in Delhi as well, Delhi ropes in 4 more private hospitals for COVID-19 patients.
Home Minister Amit Shah dismissed rumours about his health, says he is fine
The first Air India repatriation flight from the VOHS airport at Shamshabad near Hyderabad left for Kuwait on Saturday to bring back Indian nationals under the 'Vande Bharat Mission', officials said. The flight will bring back 155 passengers. Shamshabad airport sources said "Today Air India repatriation flight has left from Hyderabad. The passengers will board the flight at Kuwait at 14.00 hours local time and the arrival in India is 21.00 hours local time."
Migrant workers returning from Rajkot to Ballia on a special train on Saturday claimed that Gujarat Police charged them Rs 725 fare. Authorities in Ballia however, said they had no information about it. The train carrying 1,170 migrant workers from parts of UP reached Ballia in the morning.
Among 9,683 people tested in Uttarakhand, only 0.76% tested positive
Tamil Nadu government moved the Supreme Court challenging the interim judgment of the Madras high court that ordered closure of liquor outlets run by state-run TASMAC. “The judgment is against the letter and spirit of the SC order which recognised that the regulation of this commercial activity in the present circumstances is the prerogative of the state and not of the courts,” the petition said.
4 new positive cases have been reported in Uttarakhand today, taking the total number in the state to 67
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that I had a discussion with Home Minister Amit Shah the day before this. He told me that he was constantly asking the West Bengal government how many trains they needed to bring back the migrant labourers, but the state Government had not sent the list. I came to know today that the state Government has sought eight trains. I appeal to the State Government and Amit Shahji to work together and do everything possible to bring back the stranded migrant workers of Bengal.
Singapore reports a huge spike as it reports 753 new COVID-19 cases
The assistant, who works in a personal capacity for US President Donald Trump's daughter, has not been around her in several weeks, the CNN reported. She has been teleworking for nearly two months and was tested out of caution, the report quoted a source as saying. She was not symptomatic. Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner both tested negative on Friday.
Andhra Pradesh records 3 more Covid-19 deaths, 43 new cases; toll climbs to 44 while the total number of infections rises to 1,930
714 police personnel have tested positive in Maharashtra, of which 648 are active cases, 61 recovered & 5 deaths; 194 incidents of assault on police personnel during the lockdown period, 689 accused arrested
People who are returning to Uttarakhand are being asked to download IGiS Geo-Locator app in their smartphones. This app helps in tracking the movement of these people and enforcing home quarantine: Ashish Srivastava, Dehradun DM
Cases in Maharashtra takes a huge spike, surge past 19,000
India’s Covid-19 count is nearing 60,000 mark with 59,691 cases after new cases topped 3,000 for the third consecutive day.
Under Vande Bharat Mission, eight flights carrying Indian nationals will arrive today. These flights - Dhaka to Delhi (arrival from 3 pm), Kuwait to Hyderabad (arrival 6.30 pm), Muscat to Cochin (arrival 8.50 pm), Sharjah to Lucknow (arrival 8.50 pm), Kuwait Cochin (arrival 9.15pm), Kuala Lumpur to Trichy (arrival 9.40pm), London to Mumbai (late at 1.30pm) and Doha to Cochin (late at 1.40pm).
Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar made a donation to a Mumbai based non-profit organisation to financially aid 4,000 underprivileged people, including children. Earlier Sachin had donated Rs 25 lakh each to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund and the Maharashtra Chief Minister Relief Fund to aid the battle against COVID-19.
With 14 more testing positive for Covid-19, Odisha's count rises to 284: State health department
Maharashtra:The mortal remains of 16 labourers who died when a goods train was boarded near Aurangabad yesterday were sent to Madhya Pradesh by a special train carrying labourers last night.
Migrant labourers in Narela have purchased bicycles to go to Chhapra in Bihar and are trying to go home from that. Rambali Kumar said, there were many places for registration but are saying that there is no facility now.
In a press briefing, WHO food safety and animal diseases expert Peter Ben Embarek said live animal markets are critical to providing food and livelihoods for millions of people globally and that authorities should focus on improving them rather than outlawing them - even though they can sometimes spark epidemics in humans.
US Vice President Mike Pence's spokeswoman became the second White House staffer to test positive this week, reports AFP.