21:00 May 23
62 cases in Kerala, Over 91,000 under observation
Coronavirus cases continued to see a surge in Kerala with 62 people, including 49 returnees from abroad and other states, testing positive on Saturday, while more than 91,000 are under observation. With this addition, the COVID-19 tally in the state has climbed to 794, of whom 275 are presently undergoing treatment at various hospitals.
20:57 May 23
Days after Ladakh was declared coronavirus free, six fresh cases have come to light in the union territory over the past three days with almost all of them having a travel history outside the Himalayan region, officials said on Saturday.
20:57 May 23
16 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Punjab today, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 2045, including 1870 recovered and 39 deaths: Government of Punjab
20:57 May 23
All incoming persons will need to remain in home quarantine for 14 days if they come from states other than Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharasthra: Karnataka Govt
20:53 May 23
Chandigarh's COVID-19 tally stands at 225, active cases 43
The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Chandigarh is now 225 including 43 active cases of the infection, as per the Health Department.
"The total number of positive cases in Chandigarh is now 225 including 43 active cases, 179 discharged cases and 3 deaths," said Chandigarh Health Department.
A total of 1,25,101 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in India so far. 51,784 persons have recovered or migrated, the Ministry of Health and Family welfare said on Saturday.
20:52 May 23
Sikkim reports its first COVID-19 positive case
Sikkim has reported its first positive case of COVID-19, confirmed DG-cum-Secretary Health Dr PT Bhutia on Saturday.
Dr Bhutia said the patient, who tested positive, is a 25-year-old male from South Sikkim.
"He had travelled from New Delhi on May 17 in a private bus till Siliguri. He had then travelled by SNT bus through Melli Checkpost on May 19. He was kept under one of the designated facility quarantine centres in South District," said Dr Bhutia in a press release.
He informed that there were a total of 12 persons in the bus, which comprised three people from South District, and nine from West District.
Dr Bhutia added: "He developed fever and chills on May 21, and was immediately evacuated to COVID-19 STNM Hospital on the morning of May 22. His sample was immediately tested on TrueNat Machine at STNM Hospital. It was reported positive."
18:28 May 23
All incoming persons should obtain an e-pass from Karnata Govt's Seva Sindhu portal & will have to remain in 7 days institutional quarantine & 7 days home quarantine if they come from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Rajasthan & Madhya Pradesh: Karnataka Govt
18:28 May 23
Himachal Pradesh Cabinet allows schools to charge only tuition fees from students, in view of COVID-19 pandemic.
18:28 May 23
710 new COVID-19 cases & 5 deaths reported in Tamil Nadu today; the total number of positive cases in the state now stands at 15,512, of which 7,915 are active cases. Death toll now stands at 103: Tamil Nadu Health Department
18:28 May 23
Five migrant workers tested positive for novel coronavirus in Chhattisgarh on Saturday, taking the COVID-19 tally in the state to 177, officials said.
18:27 May 23
A total of 185 people in the state have tested positive for COVID-19 till date, including 57 recovered cases and 3 deaths. There are 121 active cases in the state now: Department of Health and Family Welfare, Himachal Pradesh
18:27 May 23
3 new COVID-19 cases reported from Jamshedpur. Total positive cases in Jharkhand is 333 now: Jharkhand Health Secretary, Nitin Madan Kulkarni
18:27 May 23
6 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Central Reserve Police Force today, taking total number of cases to 350 & fatalities to two in the force. There are 129 active cases now: CRPF
17:41 May 23
ETV Bharat reporter briefs COVID-19 situation in Delhi.
17:40 May 23
The total number of positive cases in the Police force in the state reaches 1671 - this includes 174 Police officers and 1497 Police personnel. A total of 18 deaths have been reported in the Police force and 541 personnel recovered from the disease: Maharashtra Police.
17:40 May 23
Number of active cases of COVID-19 rises to 275 in Kerala, with 62 more people testing positive today: Kerala Health Department
17:40 May 23
216 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in the state from 5pm yesterday till 5pm today, taking the total number of cases in the state to 1959 including 608 discharges: Karnataka Health Department
17:39 May 23
Three deaths and 163 new coronavirus cases were reported in Rajasthan on Saturday taking the total number of fatalities due to COVID-19 to 156 and positive cases to 6,657.
17:37 May 23
17 new COVID-19 positive cases reported today, taking the total number of positive cases in the district to 323: District Surveillance Officer, Gautam Budh Nagar district
17:37 May 23
The second consignment of essential medicine supplies from India arrived today in Port Louis aboard INS Kesari. The shipment, in addition, also includes around 10 tonnes of Ayurvedic medicines: High Commission of India, Port Louis
17:36 May 23
No new case of COVID-19 reported in ITBP in the last 24 hours. Now, there are 93 active cases and 94 have recovered: Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
17:36 May 23
In an effort towards returning to normalcy, Ministry of Railways will run 200 Mail Express trains starting 1st June: Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman, Railway Board
17:36 May 23
One more person was tested positive for COVID-19 in West Imphal district yesterday, says Govt of Manipur. With this, the total number of cases has reached 27 out of which 25 cases are active.
17:35 May 23
Odisha Govt has allowed home delivery of liquor by existing ON & OFF shop licensees of Indian-made foreign liquor & beer, situated outside COVID-19 containment zones from tomorrow. However, no excise licensees have been allowed to sell liquor on their premises.
Home delivery of liquor can be taken up by retailers directly & also through reputed food aggregators, standard technology platforms, delivery service providers etc. acting as retail aggregators.
Odisha Govt has introduced a 'Special Covid Fee' & increased maximum retail prices of all types of foreign liquor & beer by 50% of the MRPs prevailing last year (2019-20).
17:35 May 23
Twenty-two of 76 Haryana natives deported back from the US have tested positive for coronavirus infection, state Health Minister Anil Vij said on Saturday.
Seventy-six Haryana people were part of a group of over 160 Indians who had arrived at Amritsar in Punjab by a special chartered flight earlier this week.
15:53 May 23
Madhya Pradesh: A COVID-19 positive woman today gave birth to a pair of twins at MTH hospital in Indore, where she is admitted. The hospital in-charge, Dr Sumit Shukla says that the mother and the twins are safe and healthy and it was a normal delivery.
15:52 May 23
Around 13,54,000 people in more than 1,018 Shramik Special trains have returned to the state of Uttar Pradesh from different states: UP Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi.
15:52 May 23
Number of active cases of COVID-19 has reached 2332 in Uttar Pradesh. 3335 people have recovered from the disease while 152 deaths have been reported till date: Uttar Pradesh Principal Health Secretary Amit Mohan Prasad
15:51 May 23
BSF records 21 new positive cases of COVID-19 in last 24 hours. All of them are under treatment in designated COVID-19 health care hospitals. Till date 286 recovered and discharged from hospitals. Active cases as on today 120: Border Security Force (BSF)
15:50 May 23
53 new COVID-19 positive cases confirmed - 44 from Sarusajai Quarantine Centre, 7 from Dima Hasao district and 2 from Cachar. Total positive cases stand at 319: Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
15:50 May 23
It is very important to resume flight operations because we have to actually learn to live with corona. Flying according to me is the safest mode of travel in any case. People shouldn't be worried rather be careful: Videh Jaipuriar, CEO, Delhi International Airport Limited
15:50 May 23
591 COVID-19 cases & no deaths reported in Delhi in the last 24 hours. Total number of cases in the national capital rises to 12910, including 6412 active cases: Delhi Health Department
15:50 May 23
196 new positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Karnataka from May 22, 5pm to 5pm today, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 1939, including 1297 active cases and 598 discharges: Karnataka Health Department
15:50 May 23
Goa is corona free so domestic tourists will come here. It will take time for foreign tourists to return but they too will come. This is not a longterm loss to the industry: Satya Pal Malik, Goa Governor on future of tourism in the state
15:49 May 23
With 47 fresh infections, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Andhra Pradesh climbed to 2,714 while one death due to the virus was reported, taking the toll in the state to 56, a bulletin from the government said on Saturday.
12:25 May 23
A 56-year-old doctor who had tested positive for COVID-19 passed away at Sassoon General Hospital in Pune, yesterday. He was running a private hospital in the city: Health Officials, Pune
12:25 May 23
Seven people are found to be COVID-19 positive. 6 of them are from Hojai but are in Sarusajai quarantine centre. One is from Dhubri but in quarantine. Total cases in the state stand at 266: Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
12:24 May 23
Migrants returning to Bihar from Surat, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gurugram, Noida, Kolkata & Bangalore to be kept in quarantine camps. People returning from other places to be home quarantined if they don't show COVID-19 symptoms.
12:24 May 23
With 83 more people testing positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours in Indore, the overall COVID-19 case count in the worst-hit district in Madhya Pradesh has climbed to 2,933, an official said on Saturday.
12:24 May 23
Three more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, as per information provided by DP Joshi, CMO Uttarkashi.
11:24 May 23
80 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Odisha today; taking the total number of positive cases to 1269. Active cases stand at 826: Health Department, Odisha
11:23 May 23
After a gap of about 5 months due to the coronavirus pandemic, 'Hunar Haat' will restart from 25th September 2020 with the theme of 'Local to Global': Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Union Minister of Minority Affairs
11:23 May 23
Tamil Nadu government has allowed plying of autos and cycle rickshaws from today amid COVID-19 lockdown, except in Chennai & containment zones.
Ramesh, an auto driver says, "There are no tourists due to lockdown. Local passengers are also not there, hence no earning for us".
11:22 May 23
13 new in COVID-19 cases reported in Jaipur central jail; tally at 57
11:22 May 23
Testing (Molecular based) Update - Total number of samples tested is 28,34,798; number of samples tested in 24 hours is 1,15,364: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
11:21 May 23
Since lockdown started in Maharashtra there has been an increase in number of cyber crimes. Through TikTok, videos encouraging rape&acid attack went viral recently. State cyber crime dept will take strict action against whoever posts such content: Anil Deshmukh, State Home Minister
09:43 May 23
Rajasthan reports 48 fresh positive cases of COVID-19 and 2 deaths till 9 am. Total number of positive cases rise to 6542 and 155 deaths, while active cases hike to 2695: State Health Department
09:42 May 23
Incoming domestic flight passengers from Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Delhi, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Delhi & Madhya Pradesh will undergo 7-day institutional quarantine, followed by home quarantine: Praveen Sood, Karnataka Director General of Police (DGP)
09:19 May 23
4 new COVID-19 cases in Himachal Pradesh, state tally at 172
Four new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district, as per information provided by Jivanand Chauhan, CMO Mandi.
All four had arrived from Mumbai recently. While one was on home quarantine, the other three were in institutional quarantine.
With four new cases, the total number of positive COVID-19 cases in the state reached 172, including 110 active cases.
09:17 May 23
Coronavirus Lockdown 4.0: Delhi's Lodhi Garden opens after 2 months
Delhi government opened parks and garden for public amid coronavirus lockdown 4.0.
Lodhi Garden witnessed footfall after almost two months of COVID-19 lockdown.
The parks will be open between 07:00 am to 10:00 am in the morning and 03.30 pm to 06.30 pm in the evening.
09:17 May 23
All passengers coming to J&K by air/rail will be kept in institutional quarantine for 14 days & will be tested for COVID-19 using RTPCR test. If tested negative they will be sent home otherwise to a hospital. This is the UT protocol under the Disaster Mnagement Act: J&K Government
09:14 May 23
With biggest spike of 6,654 cases, India's COVID-19 tally reaches 1,25,101
New Delhi: India witnessed the biggest ever spike of 6,654 positive cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases to 1,25,101, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
As many as 137 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 3,720.
Out of the total number of cases, 69,597 are active and 51,784 have been cured/discharged or have migrated.
Maharashtra continues to remain the worst-affected state with 44,582 COVID-19 cases. It is followed by Tamil Nadu (14,753), Gujarat (13,268), and Delhi (12,319).
The nationwide lockdown imposed as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of COVID-19 has been extended till May 31.
Inputs from ANI