Hyderabad: Today is the 131st day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown, to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. With a record single-day surge of 5,65,103 infections, India's Covid-19 tally reached 17,01,307 caseloads today. The country's death toll now stands at 36,511, as per the government data. With coronavirus cases rising at record speed, several states like Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Mizoram have extended their lockdown till August 31.
Delhi
New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia writes to Home Minister Amit Shah requesting immediate directions to be issued to Lieutenant Governor to overturn his decision cancelling Delhi government's directive to open hotels and weekly bazaars.
Maharashtra
Mumbai: Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari inaugurated a 7-day Psychological Counselling Training Workshop for teachers through a digital platform. It aims to train teachers as counsellors, who can counsel students about psychological problems during COVID19 crisis
Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced on Friday night that from now on there would be no lockdown in any of the districts except those on Sundays and the pre-announced one, albeit the restrictions are in place in varying degrees in some towns and cities, including state capital Bhopal.
Tamil Nadu
Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt temporarily revoked Covid-19 treatment permission granted to a private hospital in Chennai for allegedly charging coronavirus patient Rs 12 lakh for 19 days of treatment
Rajasthan
Jaipur: Former Rajasthan Assembly Speaker Sumitra Singh has tested positive for coronavirus. He has been admitted to RUHS Hospital.
Bihar
Patna: The Bihar health department has developed ‘Sanjivan’, a mobile phone application (app) that facilitates coronavirus disease (Covid-19) test and also provides updated information put out by the state government about the raging viral outbreak. Preparations for treatment of corona positive patients with plasma therapy have started in Bhagalpur district. COVID patients are currently being treated with plasma therapy in AIIMS Patna.
Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday inaugurated two more COVID Hospitals having ICUs in Berhampur in Ganjam district. The hospitals are equipped with 150-bed strength each and 24 ICUs each with ventilators. These facilities will provide critical care for patients from the district within the district itself.
Uttarakhand
Dehradun: Chief Administrative Officer at the ARTO office in Uttarakhand's Kashipur, Krishna Ram Arya, who had tested positive for the coronavirus infection a couple of days ago and was undergoing treatment, died on Saturday.
Arunachal Pradesh
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Governor BD Mishra underwent a test for COVID-19 on Saturday after a policeman posted at the Raj Bhavan was found to be positive for coronavirus infection. His wife and the Raj Bhavan employees also underwent RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 at a health kiosk here. The test was done as a precautionary protocol of contact tracing after a policeman who was deployed at the Raj Bhavan was found to be COVID-positive
