Hyderabad: India has overtaken Brazil to now become the country with the second-largest number of people infected with the novel coronavirus.
More than 41.13 lakh people in India have so far been found to have been infected with the virus.
Brazil, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organisation, has 40.41 lakh infected people. Only the United States, where more than 60 lakh people have so far been infected, is ahead of India now.
In the process of overtaking Brazil on Saturday, India also scaled a new high in the number of new cases detected in a single day.
More than 90,000 new infections were discovered on that day. No country has recorded more than 75,000 new cases in a single day since the outbreak began.
Delhi
New Delhi: There has been a rise of 80 per cent in the number of home isolation cases of COVID-19 in the national capital in the last 15 days, and parallelly the containment zones count too has spiralled up to 976 over the same period, according to official data.
Amid the steady rise in fresh and active coronavirus cases in the last several days, the number of people in home isolation here on Saturday reached the five-figure mark again after over a month's time.
Meanwhile, After being closed for over five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Delhi Metro is all set to resume services in three stages from Monday, even as it appealed to people to use the rapid transport only if urgently needed.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) authorities on Sunday reiterated that stations located in containment zones, as per the status on the day of the journey, will remain closed.
Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal: Congress leader and former Union Minister Suresh Pachouri has tested positive for COVID 19. He took to Twitter to inform this news.
Meanwhile, In a major decision aimed to bring about normalcy in the state, the state government on Saturday announced to allow religious gatherings with less than 100 people at a time, besides deciding to increase bed capacity in hospitals in the state for treatment of COVID-19 patients.
This decision clears the uncertainty over puja festival and paves the way for public celebration of Durga puja.
Uttarakhand
Dehradun: Uttarakhand cabinet minister Madan Kaushik tested positive for coronavirus. He has been admitted to AIIMS Rishikesh.
Meanwhile, the state's agriculture minister, Subodh Uniyal's family members including his son and niece have also tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
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