Hyderabad: So far, India has recorded 82,67,623 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 1,23,097 deaths. A total of 76,03,121 people have recuperated from COVID-19 so far. There are 5,41,405 active cases in the country as on date which comprise 6.55 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have reported the highest number of cases.
Achieving a significant milestone in the fight against coronavirus, India's active COVID-19 cases have fallen below 5.5 lakh and now comprise merely 6.55 per cent of the total infections as the number of recoveries crossed 76 lakh, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The slide in active cases is supplemented by an exponential rise in recoveries, it said.
Delhi
New Delhi: Domestic and international passengers taking their flights from the Delhi airport can now get themselves tested for Covid-19 right before their departure, its operator DIAL said on Tuesday.
The Covid-19 testing facility at the Delhi airport started on September 12 and it was available for international arrivals only till date.
Maharashtra
Mumbai: The family court in Bandra has got a Covid-19 testing facility for lawyers and litigants before entering the premises. The principal judge Monday made testing mandatory before entering the court, but later revised it and said it was optional. Physical hearings began on Monday, months after the coronavirus outbreak began in India.
Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Amit Mohan has tested positive for COVID-19 and admitted to the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI), a senior official said on Tuesday. Prasad has been briefing the media here about the COVID-19 situation in Uttar Pradesh.
Karnataka
Bengaluru: As Bengaluru continues to witness the trend of Covid-19 recoveries outnumbering new cases since mid-October, the same has left more dedicated beds vacant in hospitals and Covid Care Centres (CCC) in the city as well.
Data from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on live bed allocation in the city indicates that 70 per cent of the beds are vacant as on Tuesday. According to the Covid-19 hospital bed status portal, 8536 beds out of the total 12,207 beds allocated in the city are unoccupied.
Of these, 72 per cent of the beds in government hospitals and medical colleges are available for patient intake while around 70 per cent of the total beds available in private facilities are unoccupied. As many as 548 beds in government-run CCCs are also vacant.
