COVID-19 news from across the nation

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain has been tested negative for coronavirus, a day after he was administered plasma therapy. With the highest single-day spike of 17,296 COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count reached 4,90,401.

Hyderabad: With the highest single-day spike of 17,296 COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count reached 4,90,401 on Friday, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). The country also saw 407 deaths in the last 24 hours, which pushed the death toll to 15,301.

COVID-19 news from across the nation

Delhi

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain has been tested negative for coronavirus on Friday, a day after he was administered plasma therapy at a private COVID-19 facility. The active cases in the national capital stood at 26,586. While the cured and discharged numbers stood at 44,765. The death toll in the city is 2,429.

Gujarat

A central team, led by Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry Lav Agarwal, visited different areas of Ahmedabad city to review the measures undertaken by the authorities to contain the spread of coronavirus.

The team started its visit from Vasantnagar township in the Gota area of the city, a micro-containment zone, and collected information about the steps taken by the authorities to contain the spread of virus.

The team also understood the functioning of mobile clinic vans, named as 'Dhanvantari Arogya Rath', launched earlier this month by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to conduct health check-up of people and distribute medicines.

Karnataka

The seat of Bengaluru Central Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) has been sealed off after an Assistant sub-inspector of police tested positive for COVID-19. The office will be sealed for over three days.

Pertinently, Malleshwaram traffic police station is also being closed down after head constable tested positive.

Haryana

Thirteen COVID-19 deaths reported in Haryana on Wednesday, with the state's tally of total cases rising to 12,463, the Health Department said.

As per latest figures, as many as 211 persons have died because of coronavirus. From these casualties, 151 were from Gurgaon (81) and Faridabad (70) only. Amidst the rising death toll, Gurugram Municipal Corporation has given nod for shopping malls to open adhering to SOPs.

Jharkhand

Yet another positive case was reported from a slum region in Bokaro district. Currently, there are around nine positive cases in the area raising concerns of community transmission. The district administration is testing at least 200 samples every day.

Bihar

A total of 123 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Bihar today, taking the total number of cases in the state to 8,611. The recovery rate however offers a positive picture, with 77.5% active patients completely recovered from the infection.

Odisha

Odisha's COVID-19 tally crossed the 6,000-mark, with 218 more people, including seven NDRF personnel, testing positive for the infection. With these fresh patients, the total number of coronavirus cases in the state rose to 6,180.

Madhya Pradesh

The state capital Bhopal now has 2,683 COVID-19 cases with the detection of 50 new patients while the toll stood at 94.

Rajasthan

The desert state reported 91 cases of the coronavirus on Friday, pushing the total number of COVID-19 patients in the state to 16,387. Meanwhile, 12 bank employees in Bikaner were found positive today.

Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand's COVID-19 tally rose to 2,725 on Friday with 34 more people testing positive for the disease.