979 new COVID19 cases and 47 deaths reported in Mumbai today. Total number of cases now at 1,28,550 including 1,01,861 recovered/discharged cases, 19,354 active cases and 7,035 deaths: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
COVID-19 LIVE: India's COVID-19 tally reaches 24,61,190
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7,908 COVID19 cases, 6,940 cases of discharge and 104 deaths reported in Karnataka today. Total cases in the state stand at 2,11,108, including 1,28,182 cases of discharge and 3,717 deaths: Department of Health and Family Welfare, Karnataka
22:40 August 14
1,278 fresh COVID19 cases reported in the state. The total number of positive cases in the state is now 58,692 including 13,949 active cases, 41,963 recovered cases and 846 deaths: Rajasthan Health Department
22:37 August 14
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Dear All,Just to inform that I have tested positive for Covid 19 and initiating home isolation as per guidelines. Requesting all my friends, colleagues for self monitoring. Contact tracing will be done by Health Team. Hoping to see everyone soon.
— lavagarwal (@lavagarwal) August 14, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Dear All,Just to inform that I have tested positive for Covid 19 and initiating home isolation as per guidelines. Requesting all my friends, colleagues for self monitoring. Contact tracing will be done by Health Team. Hoping to see everyone soon.
— lavagarwal (@lavagarwal) August 14, 2020Dear All,Just to inform that I have tested positive for Covid 19 and initiating home isolation as per guidelines. Requesting all my friends, colleagues for self monitoring. Contact tracing will be done by Health Team. Hoping to see everyone soon.
— lavagarwal (@lavagarwal) August 14, 2020
Health Ministry Jt Secy Lav Agarwal tests positive for COVID-19
Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal, who was the government’s spokesperson at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in the beginning, on Friday tested positive for the virus.
48-year-old Agarwal today took to Twitter to say, “Dear All, Just to inform that I have tested positive for COVID 19 and initiating home isolation as per guidelines. Requesting all my friends, colleagues for self-monitoring. Contact tracing will be done by the Health Team. Hoping to see everyone soon.”
19:54 August 14
MP Minister discharged from hospital after recovering from COVID-19
Madhya Pradesh Minister of Water Resource Department Tulsi Silawat was discharged from hospital after being treated for COVID-19, on Friday.
Silawat and his wife had tested positive for the novel coronavirus on July 29. He thanked all the doctors, nurses and paramedical staff after getting discharged from the hospital.
19:52 August 14
AP records 8,943 cases
Andhra Pradesh reported 8,943 Covid-19 cases on Friday, pushing the overall tally to 2,73,085.
These cases were registered in the last 24 hours from 53,026 tests but 9,779 coronavirus patients got cured and discharged from hospitals across the state.
Also, 97 fresh casualties were reported pushing the death toll to 2,475.
19:33 August 14
Himachal Pradesh reports 36 fresh cases
Thirty-six more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Himachal Pradesh on Friday, taking the infection tally to 3,853 in the state, an official said.
There are 1,325 active cases in the state, while a total of 2,474 patients have recovered from the disease, Additional Chief Secretary (Health) R D Dhiman said.
18:29 August 14
Kerala CM goes into self-quarantine
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and three other ministers went into self-quarantine on Friday after they came in the primary contact list of Malappuram district collector who tested positive for the coronavirus infection.
Malappuram Collector K Gopalakrishnan had coordinated the search and rescue operations at the Karipur International Airport after an Air India Express flight had veered off the tabletop runway and crashed into a valley and broke into pieces on August 7.
18:25 August 14
TN reports 5,890 new cases
Tamil Nadu reports 5,890 new COVID-19 cases and 117 deaths on Friday
According to the State Health Department, the total number of cases in the state reaches to 3,26,245 including 5,514 deaths and 53,716 active cases.
18:23 August 14
J&K reports 540 cases
540 new COVID-19 cases reported from Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.
119 from Jammu division and 421 from Kashmir division, taking the total number of cases in the Union Territory to 27,489.
Death toll in the Union Territory rises to 520
18:23 August 14
Kerala reports 1,569 cases
Kerala reported 1,569 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking active cases to 14,094.
A total of 26,996 patients have recovered from the disease in the state so far.
17:35 August 14
Telangana reports 1,921 new cases in last 24 hours
Telangana's coronavirus cases' tally crossed the 88,000-mark on Friday as 1,921 new cases were detected across the state during the last 24 hours, officials said.
Nine more fatalities pushed the state's death toll to 674.
Of the total 88,396 cases in Telangana now, active cases total 23,438, including 16,439 in home or institutional isolation. More than 84 per cent of those in home isolation are asymptomatic.
17:34 August 14
UP reports 55 more deaths, 4,512 fresh cases
The COVID-19 death toll in Uttar Pradesh reached 2,335 on Friday after 55 more patients succumbed to the disease, while the caseload rose to 1,45,287 with 4,512 fresh infections, an official said.
Additional Chief Secretary (Medical and Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said there are 50,426 active cases in the state, of which 23,861 are under home isolation.
So far, a total of 92,526 people have been discharged after recovering from the disease, he said.
17:30 August 14
Delhi reports 1,192 new cases, 11 deaths
Delhi on Friday reported 1,192 new COVID-19 cases taking the total number of cases in the national capital to 1,50,652.
According to the Delhi government's health department, a total of 11 deaths were reported today, taking the death toll to 4,178 deaths. There are 11,366 active cases in the national capital.
As many as 790 patients were recovered/discharged/migrated today, taking the number of such patients to 1,35,108.
17:25 August 14
Amit Shah tests negative for COVID-19
Home Minister Amit Shah tested negative for COVID-19 on Friday.
"Today my report has come negative. I thank God and I express my heartfelt gratitude to all those who has prayed for mine recovery. Will stay in home isolation for a few more days on the advice of doctors," Home Minister Amit Shah wrote on Twitter.
16:22 August 14
147 more policemen test positive in Maha
As many as 147 more policemen tested COVID-19 positive in the last 24 hours in Maharashtra, taking the tally to 11,920, said the state police department on Friday.
The total number of coronavirus cases includes 2,227 active cases, 9,569 recovered cases, and 124 deaths of police personnel in the state till date.
16:22 August 14
Puducherry reports 328 new cases
As many as 328 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths, and 181 cured cases were reported in the union territory today, said the Health Department of Puducherry.
The total number of coronavirus cases has gone up to 6,995, including 2,880 active cases, 4,009 cured cases, and 106 deaths.
15:15 August 14
Lucknow CMO issues rate list for treatment of COVID-19 patients
Lucknow Chief Medical Officer (CMO) RP Singh on Thursday issued rate list for treatment of COVID-19 patients at private hospitals in the city.
During the meeting, a committee was also formed, which will strictly monitor hospitals that charge hefty amounts from the public.
15:12 August 14
COVID-19 recovery rate improving with each day: Dr Harsh Vardhan
Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan have stated that the COVID-19 recovery rate is improving in the country with each day.
"Remember the press conference when I said the recovery rate was 9 per cent. Since then, there had not been a single day when the day's recovery rate was not better than the previous day's. Also, fatalities have also been decreasing with each passing day," he said.
12:44 August 14
Malappuram district Collector K Gopalakrishnan tested positive
Malappuram Collector K Gopalakrishnan tested positive for COVID 19. 22 other officers including sub-collector and assistant collector also tested positive for COVID-19.
12:43 August 14
Odisha reported 1,977 new COVID19 cases
Odisha Health Department said that 1,977 new COVID19 cases, 1,422 new recoveries & 10 deaths reported in the state on 13th August. A total number of positive cases in the state stands at 54,630, including 16,353 active cases, 37,900 recovered cases and 324 deaths till date.
10:44 August 14
Congress leader Surendra Prakash Goel dies of COVID
Former Ghaziabad MP and senior Congress leader Surendra Prakash Goel, who was tested positive for COVID, died on Friday after admitted to Gangaram Hospital in Delhi for the last fifteen days.
His death has been confirmed by his son Sushant Goel.
According to the reports, a coronavirus test was conducted of the former MP on July 20, after he tested positive he was self-isolated.
On August 2, the 70-year-old was admitted to Gangaram Hospital in Delhi on the recommendation of city legislator and Minister of State for Health Atul Garg.
10:04 August 14
Telangana reported 1,921 new COVID-19 cases
Health Department of Telangana said that the state reported 1,921 new COVID-19 cases, 1,210 recovered cases & 9 deaths reported on August 13 till 8 pm, taking the total number of cases to 88,396 in the state.
A total of 23,438 active cases are recorded here and 64,284 recoveries and 674 deaths so far.
09:54 August 14
2,76,94,416 samples tested for Covid-19 up to August 13
India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) informed that as many as 2,76,94,416 samples tested for Covid-19 up to 13th August. Of these, 8,48,728 samples were tested on Thursday.
09:12 August 14
COVID LIVE: 64,553 cases reported in 24 hrs push India's tally to over 2.4 million
Hyderabad: India on Friday logged 64,553 Covid-19 cases, taking the overall tally to over 2.4 million. As many as 1,007 people succumbed to the infection, which took the overall death toll to over 48,000.
More than 1.7 million people in India have recovered from Covid-19 so far and the overall recovery rate has crossed 71%.
On Wednesday, the country tested more than 800,000 people for the infection, moving closer to the target of conduction a million tests per day.
Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Assam and Karnataka continue to remain worst-affected from the pandemic. Assam on Wednesday registered over 4,500 cases in its highest single-day spike. The state’s recovery rate is now at 68.4%.
Delhi, which has seen a downward trend in its single day Covid-19 tally in the past few weeks, added 956 cases on Thursday. The national capital's Covid-19 tally has reached 1,49, 460 and the death toll stands at 4,167.
22:41 August 14
22:40 August 14
979 new COVID19 cases and 47 deaths reported in Mumbai today. Total number of cases now at 1,28,550 including 1,01,861 recovered/discharged cases, 19,354 active cases and 7,035 deaths: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
22:40 August 14
7,908 COVID19 cases, 6,940 cases of discharge and 104 deaths reported in Karnataka today. Total cases in the state stand at 2,11,108, including 1,28,182 cases of discharge and 3,717 deaths: Department of Health and Family Welfare, Karnataka
22:40 August 14
1,278 fresh COVID19 cases reported in the state. The total number of positive cases in the state is now 58,692 including 13,949 active cases, 41,963 recovered cases and 846 deaths: Rajasthan Health Department
22:37 August 14
-
Dear All,Just to inform that I have tested positive for Covid 19 and initiating home isolation as per guidelines. Requesting all my friends, colleagues for self monitoring. Contact tracing will be done by Health Team. Hoping to see everyone soon.
— lavagarwal (@lavagarwal) August 14, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Dear All,Just to inform that I have tested positive for Covid 19 and initiating home isolation as per guidelines. Requesting all my friends, colleagues for self monitoring. Contact tracing will be done by Health Team. Hoping to see everyone soon.
— lavagarwal (@lavagarwal) August 14, 2020Dear All,Just to inform that I have tested positive for Covid 19 and initiating home isolation as per guidelines. Requesting all my friends, colleagues for self monitoring. Contact tracing will be done by Health Team. Hoping to see everyone soon.
— lavagarwal (@lavagarwal) August 14, 2020
Health Ministry Jt Secy Lav Agarwal tests positive for COVID-19
Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal, who was the government’s spokesperson at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in the beginning, on Friday tested positive for the virus.
48-year-old Agarwal today took to Twitter to say, “Dear All, Just to inform that I have tested positive for COVID 19 and initiating home isolation as per guidelines. Requesting all my friends, colleagues for self-monitoring. Contact tracing will be done by the Health Team. Hoping to see everyone soon.”
19:54 August 14
MP Minister discharged from hospital after recovering from COVID-19
Madhya Pradesh Minister of Water Resource Department Tulsi Silawat was discharged from hospital after being treated for COVID-19, on Friday.
Silawat and his wife had tested positive for the novel coronavirus on July 29. He thanked all the doctors, nurses and paramedical staff after getting discharged from the hospital.
19:52 August 14
AP records 8,943 cases
Andhra Pradesh reported 8,943 Covid-19 cases on Friday, pushing the overall tally to 2,73,085.
These cases were registered in the last 24 hours from 53,026 tests but 9,779 coronavirus patients got cured and discharged from hospitals across the state.
Also, 97 fresh casualties were reported pushing the death toll to 2,475.
19:33 August 14
Himachal Pradesh reports 36 fresh cases
Thirty-six more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Himachal Pradesh on Friday, taking the infection tally to 3,853 in the state, an official said.
There are 1,325 active cases in the state, while a total of 2,474 patients have recovered from the disease, Additional Chief Secretary (Health) R D Dhiman said.
18:29 August 14
Kerala CM goes into self-quarantine
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and three other ministers went into self-quarantine on Friday after they came in the primary contact list of Malappuram district collector who tested positive for the coronavirus infection.
Malappuram Collector K Gopalakrishnan had coordinated the search and rescue operations at the Karipur International Airport after an Air India Express flight had veered off the tabletop runway and crashed into a valley and broke into pieces on August 7.
18:25 August 14
TN reports 5,890 new cases
Tamil Nadu reports 5,890 new COVID-19 cases and 117 deaths on Friday
According to the State Health Department, the total number of cases in the state reaches to 3,26,245 including 5,514 deaths and 53,716 active cases.
18:23 August 14
J&K reports 540 cases
540 new COVID-19 cases reported from Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.
119 from Jammu division and 421 from Kashmir division, taking the total number of cases in the Union Territory to 27,489.
Death toll in the Union Territory rises to 520
18:23 August 14
Kerala reports 1,569 cases
Kerala reported 1,569 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking active cases to 14,094.
A total of 26,996 patients have recovered from the disease in the state so far.
17:35 August 14
Telangana reports 1,921 new cases in last 24 hours
Telangana's coronavirus cases' tally crossed the 88,000-mark on Friday as 1,921 new cases were detected across the state during the last 24 hours, officials said.
Nine more fatalities pushed the state's death toll to 674.
Of the total 88,396 cases in Telangana now, active cases total 23,438, including 16,439 in home or institutional isolation. More than 84 per cent of those in home isolation are asymptomatic.
17:34 August 14
UP reports 55 more deaths, 4,512 fresh cases
The COVID-19 death toll in Uttar Pradesh reached 2,335 on Friday after 55 more patients succumbed to the disease, while the caseload rose to 1,45,287 with 4,512 fresh infections, an official said.
Additional Chief Secretary (Medical and Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said there are 50,426 active cases in the state, of which 23,861 are under home isolation.
So far, a total of 92,526 people have been discharged after recovering from the disease, he said.
17:30 August 14
Delhi reports 1,192 new cases, 11 deaths
Delhi on Friday reported 1,192 new COVID-19 cases taking the total number of cases in the national capital to 1,50,652.
According to the Delhi government's health department, a total of 11 deaths were reported today, taking the death toll to 4,178 deaths. There are 11,366 active cases in the national capital.
As many as 790 patients were recovered/discharged/migrated today, taking the number of such patients to 1,35,108.
17:25 August 14
Amit Shah tests negative for COVID-19
Home Minister Amit Shah tested negative for COVID-19 on Friday.
"Today my report has come negative. I thank God and I express my heartfelt gratitude to all those who has prayed for mine recovery. Will stay in home isolation for a few more days on the advice of doctors," Home Minister Amit Shah wrote on Twitter.
16:22 August 14
147 more policemen test positive in Maha
As many as 147 more policemen tested COVID-19 positive in the last 24 hours in Maharashtra, taking the tally to 11,920, said the state police department on Friday.
The total number of coronavirus cases includes 2,227 active cases, 9,569 recovered cases, and 124 deaths of police personnel in the state till date.
16:22 August 14
Puducherry reports 328 new cases
As many as 328 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths, and 181 cured cases were reported in the union territory today, said the Health Department of Puducherry.
The total number of coronavirus cases has gone up to 6,995, including 2,880 active cases, 4,009 cured cases, and 106 deaths.
15:15 August 14
Lucknow CMO issues rate list for treatment of COVID-19 patients
Lucknow Chief Medical Officer (CMO) RP Singh on Thursday issued rate list for treatment of COVID-19 patients at private hospitals in the city.
During the meeting, a committee was also formed, which will strictly monitor hospitals that charge hefty amounts from the public.
15:12 August 14
COVID-19 recovery rate improving with each day: Dr Harsh Vardhan
Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan have stated that the COVID-19 recovery rate is improving in the country with each day.
"Remember the press conference when I said the recovery rate was 9 per cent. Since then, there had not been a single day when the day's recovery rate was not better than the previous day's. Also, fatalities have also been decreasing with each passing day," he said.
12:44 August 14
Malappuram district Collector K Gopalakrishnan tested positive
Malappuram Collector K Gopalakrishnan tested positive for COVID 19. 22 other officers including sub-collector and assistant collector also tested positive for COVID-19.
12:43 August 14
Odisha reported 1,977 new COVID19 cases
Odisha Health Department said that 1,977 new COVID19 cases, 1,422 new recoveries & 10 deaths reported in the state on 13th August. A total number of positive cases in the state stands at 54,630, including 16,353 active cases, 37,900 recovered cases and 324 deaths till date.
10:44 August 14
Congress leader Surendra Prakash Goel dies of COVID
Former Ghaziabad MP and senior Congress leader Surendra Prakash Goel, who was tested positive for COVID, died on Friday after admitted to Gangaram Hospital in Delhi for the last fifteen days.
His death has been confirmed by his son Sushant Goel.
According to the reports, a coronavirus test was conducted of the former MP on July 20, after he tested positive he was self-isolated.
On August 2, the 70-year-old was admitted to Gangaram Hospital in Delhi on the recommendation of city legislator and Minister of State for Health Atul Garg.
10:04 August 14
Telangana reported 1,921 new COVID-19 cases
Health Department of Telangana said that the state reported 1,921 new COVID-19 cases, 1,210 recovered cases & 9 deaths reported on August 13 till 8 pm, taking the total number of cases to 88,396 in the state.
A total of 23,438 active cases are recorded here and 64,284 recoveries and 674 deaths so far.
09:54 August 14
2,76,94,416 samples tested for Covid-19 up to August 13
India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) informed that as many as 2,76,94,416 samples tested for Covid-19 up to 13th August. Of these, 8,48,728 samples were tested on Thursday.
09:12 August 14
COVID LIVE: 64,553 cases reported in 24 hrs push India's tally to over 2.4 million
Hyderabad: India on Friday logged 64,553 Covid-19 cases, taking the overall tally to over 2.4 million. As many as 1,007 people succumbed to the infection, which took the overall death toll to over 48,000.
More than 1.7 million people in India have recovered from Covid-19 so far and the overall recovery rate has crossed 71%.
On Wednesday, the country tested more than 800,000 people for the infection, moving closer to the target of conduction a million tests per day.
Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Assam and Karnataka continue to remain worst-affected from the pandemic. Assam on Wednesday registered over 4,500 cases in its highest single-day spike. The state’s recovery rate is now at 68.4%.
Delhi, which has seen a downward trend in its single day Covid-19 tally in the past few weeks, added 956 cases on Thursday. The national capital's Covid-19 tally has reached 1,49, 460 and the death toll stands at 4,167.
Last Updated : Aug 14, 2020, 10:43 PM IST
