Hyderabad: Today is the 162nd day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown, to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. In the fourth phase of Unlock, Indian Railways is planning to introduce more special trains with the consent of state governments following a green signal from the Home Ministry. However, the new lot of special trains will be introduced in batches and full resumption of normal services in a pre-COVID scale is still a long way away.
With 69,921 people testing positive, India's Covid-19 tally mounted to 36,91,166, while recoveries surged to 28,39,882 on Tuesday pushing the recovery rate to 76.94 per cent, as per the health ministry data. The death toll climbed to 65,288.
Indian scientists have observed a higher association between asymptomatic Covid-19 cases and viral load, or the amount of virus in an infected person's bodily fluid, in a study of over 200 patients with SARS-CoV-2 virus in Telangana, a "surprise" finding that may better inform the policymakers about the spread of the novel coronavirus infection.
Delhi
New Delhi: The national capital's next round of monthly seroprevalence survey began on Tuesday covering all 272 municipal wards to analyse the COVID-19 situation in Delhi at "micro-level", Health Minister Satyendar Jain said.
The sample size this time will be 17,000 and the exercise will be carried out for seven days, he told reporters. The last seroprevalence survey was held from August 1-7, which showed that 29.1 per cent of the people surveyed had antibodies against the coronavirus infection.
Assam
Guwahati: Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who is suffering from COVID-19, was administered plasma therapy after his condition deteriorated late on Monday night, doctors said. Gogoi's condition, however, is stable on Tuesday, they said.
His condition had deteriorated due to a sudden fall in oxygen saturation levels, a spokesperson of the team of doctors attending to the senior Congress leader said.
Karnataka
Bengaluru: KS Eshwarappa, Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj minister tests positive for Covid-19.
Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal: BJP MP in Madhya Pradesh, Riti Pathak tests positive for Covid-19.
Rajasthan
Jaipur: Former Rajya Sabha MP Bhanwarlal Pawar's daughter, Aruna Pawar died of Coronavirus in Jodhpur on Tuesday. Pawar was undergoing treatment at Mahatma Gandhi Hospital for 7 days.
Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Two more MLAs of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) including one from Bhubaneswar tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. The legislators informed this through social media.
As per reports, Bhubaneswar (North) MLA Susant Kumar Rout and Bari MLA Sunanda Das have tested positive for Novel Coronavirus infection.
