Hyderabad: Spike of 37,148 cases and 587 deaths reported in India in the last 24 hours, taking the total toll at 11,55,191 in the country. The number of people who have recovered from the infection crossed 7.2 lakh even as active cases went past 4 lakh. Meanwhile, volunteers are being recruited to conduct the human clinical trials of the indigenously developed coronavirus vaccine candidate Covaxin in India as the coronavirus cases in India crossed the 11 lakh mark with no sign of Covid-19 decline anytime soon.
Delhi
New Delhi: Around 23% of Delhi’s population had been infected with coronavirus till the first week of July, a serological survey covering over 20,000 people across the Capital’s 11 districts between June 27 and July 10 shows. It also points out that a large number of infected people remain asymptomatic.
The findings of the survey, conducted by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) along with Delhi government, were released on Tuesday.
Maharashtra
Pune: FIR registered against a 30-year-old woman from Pune's Pimpri Chinchwad, who was tested COVID19 positive & was under home isolation, for fleeing to Dubai via Mumbai airport through a special flight on July 17
Telangana
Hyderabad: Parents of students enrolled at St Andrew's School, Hyderabad hold protest demanding reduction in school fees in view of COVID19. A protester says, "They're asking us to pay the same fees as we used to pay earlier& barring students from online classes over non-payment."
Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal: As many as 67 out of 82 inmates and three guards of the Bareli sub-jail in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday evening, indicating the poor preventive measures being adopted in prisons across the state.
With the number of coronavirus cases rising, the Madhya Pradesh government has announced that the 17 worst-hit places of the state capital will now see a five-day shutdown.
Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has sanctioned Rs 20.64 crore from Chief Minister Relief Fund (CMRF) for running new Dedicated COVID hospitals and COVID Care Centres for next three months in Khurda and Cuttack districts.
The Chief Minister today reviewed the COVID situation and management in Cuttack and Khurda district and made a slew of announcements.
Uttar Pradesh
Kanpur: A day after a record 230 persons were tested positive for Covid-19, a whopping 201 persons were tested positive for coronavirus in last 24 hours in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur and with this, it becomes the biggest COVID hotspot of the state.
Jharkhand
Ranchi: In a shocking report from Dhanbad in Jharkhand, six members of a family have died due to Covid-19 in Katras in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district. The deceased include an 88-year-old woman and her five sons who died between July 4th and July 21st.
Residents in Dhanbad are shocked to know about the incident and the district administration has issued alerts and has asked people to avoid unnecessary visits to the city. The border areas along the West Bengal touching Dhanbad has also been completely sealed.
