Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday recorded 240 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of people infected with coronavirus to 9,501 while the death toll due to the infection reached 154 following the demise of five patients in the last 24 hours, an official said.
COVID LIVE: 6875 new COVID-19 positive cases registered in Maharashtra; total positive count reaches 2,30,599
COVID LIVE
23:01 July 09
Jammu and Kashmir records 240 fresh cases of COVID
23:01 July 09
112 new COVID-19 cases take Goa count to 2,151; 66 discharged
Goa recorded 112 new COVID-19 cases, taking the count to 2,151 on Thursday, while one more patient succumbed to the infection, raising the death toll to nine, the state health department said.
This was the second-highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases in the state. On Wednesday (July 8), the coastal state had registered 136 cases.
23:00 July 09
2,187 fresh coronavirus cases in Delhi; death toll mounts to 3,258
Delhi recorded 2,187 fresh coronavirus cases on Thursday taking the tally in the city to over 1.07 lakh, while the death toll from the disease mounted to 3,258, authorities said. Forty five fatalities have been recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the Delhi health department bulletin.
On June 23, the national capital had reported the highest single-day spike of 3,947 cases.
23:00 July 09
Madhya Pradesh records 305 new COVID-19 cases; five more die
Madhya Pradesh recorded305 new COVID-19 cases, taking the count to 16,341 on Thursday, while five more patients succumbed to the infection, said health department officials.
With five more people succumbing to the viral infection, the death toll went up to 634, they said. Of them, three died in Indore and one each in Bhopal and Alirajpur, the officials said.
22:59 July 09
6875 new COVID-19 positive cases registered in Maharashtra; total positive count reaches 2,30,599
6875 new COVID-19 positive cases, 219 deaths, 4067 recovered in Maharashtra today. The total number of positive cases in the state rises to 2,30,599 including 1,27,259 recovered, 93,652 active cases and 9,667 deaths: Public Health Department, Maharashtra
22:57 July 09
TN tally 1.26 lakh, samples tested inches towards 15 lakh mark
Fresh COVID-19 cases again breached the 4,000 mark in Tamil Nadu after a gap of three days and 65 deaths were reported on Thursday, taking the tally to 1.26 lakh and the toll to 1,765.
Though the state's daily count of fresh cases soared to 4,231, the downtrend in the fresh infections in the state capital continued with the addition of only 1,216 cases.
The total COVID-19 cases stood at 1,26,581 of which Chennai accounted for 73,728, a health department bulletin said.
19:28 July 09
Kerala reports 339 new covid cases
Kerala reported 339 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday. Among the total positive cases reported on Thursday, 117 people came from abroad, 74 from other states and 133 contracted the disease through contact.
19:27 July 09
9 new coronavirus cases take Dharavi's tally to 2,347
Nine new cases of coronavirus were recorded in Mumbai's slum colony of Dharavi, taking the tally to 2,347 on Thursday, the city civic body said.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has stopped disclosing the number of deaths, if any, in the slum- dominated area since the past few days. With nine new cases of coronavirus, Dharavi's count stood at 2,347, a BMC official said.
17:47 July 09
17 more deaths, over 1,200 fresh COVID-19 cases in UP
Uttar Pradesh reported 17 more deaths and over 1,200 fresh cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, taking the state's infection tally to 32,362.
So far, 862 deaths have been reported in the state, Additional Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said. The number of active cases has gone up to 10,373, while 21,127 have been discharged from hospitals after recovery, he said.
16:43 July 09
District Judge of Karkardooma District Court tests positive for COVID-19
District and Sessions Judge of Karkardooma District courts complex has tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. According to the circular issued by Administrative Officer Renu Sharma, District Judge Deepak Jagotra tested positive for COVID-19 contagion on July 8 and has gone into home quarantine for 14 days.
The in-charge of Care-taking Branch of the East District jurisdiction of the courts complex has been directed to carry out sanitisation, disinfection and deep cleaning of the Judge's courtroom, his chamber, personal secretary's room and the Ahlmad (court official) room attached with it, said the circular.
16:31 July 09
India's COVID testing capacity increased to 2.6 L per day, says ICMR scientist Nivedita Gupta
ICMR Senior scientist Nivedita Gupta
The number of tests has increased, on an average, we are testing more than 2.6 Lakhs of samples per day. We hope to see a further rise by the use of the antigen test, says ICMR Senior scientist Nivedita Gupta.
16:14 July 09
India's covid case amongst lowest in the world, says OSD Rajesh Bhushan
Officer on Special Duty Rajesh Bhushan
While briefing about the novel coronavirus situation on the country, Ministry of Health, Officer on Special Duty Rajesh Bhushan said, " We are the second-most populous country of the world. Despite a population of 1.3 billion people, India has been able to manage COVID19 relatively well. If you look at cases per million population it still remains amongst the lowest in the world."
"Today we have 538 cases per million population, it's as per the World Health Organisation situation report. Case per million population in some countries are at least 16-17 times more than what it is in India. We have 15 deaths per mn population whereas we have countries where it is 40 times as much", added Bhusan.
16:10 July 09
Tripura's COVID-19 tally rises to 1,774 with 57 new cases
Tripura reported 57 fresh cases of COVID-19, raising the state's tally to 1,774, officials said on Thursday. Of the fresh cases, 22 were reported from Gomati district, 10 each from Sepahijala and Tripura West, nine from Khowai, five from Tripura North and one from Tripura South, they said.
16:09 July 09
Two BSF jawans test positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram
Two BSF jawans have tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram's Serchhip district in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally in the state to 203, an official said on Thursday.
The jawans had recently returned from Dholcherra in neighbouring Assam.
16:08 July 09
Delhi Police ASI dies after testing positive for COVID-19
A 53-year-old assistant sub-inspector of Delhi Police died on Thursday morning at a hospital in Delhi, weeks after he tested positive for COVID-19, officials said.
Jeevan Singh, posted at Delhi Police's Special branch, was attached with the Motor Transport section of the department, they said. According to the police, Singh tested positive for COVID-19 on June 21 and was admitted at IBS Lajpat Nagar on June 23.
12:37 July 09
Highest 24,879 cases reported in 24 hours, tally reaches 7.67 lakh
India on July 09 reported the steepest spike of 24,879 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 7,67,296.
Country also saw 487 deaths in the same period, and the death toll has now reached 21,129. The active cases stand at 2,69,789, while 4,76,378 people have so far beaten the virus, taking the recovery rate to over 61 per cent.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 2.67 lakh samples were tested for coronavirus in the country on July 08.
The number of total samples tested is now 1.07 crore.
12:29 July 09
Odisha records worst single-day spike of 577 corona cases
Odisha has reported 577 new COVID-19 positive cases, which is the highest single-day spike, taking the total tally to 11,201 in the state, informed the health department on Thursday.
The state also reported four more deaths related to COVID-19 pushing the death count to 52.
Three deaths were reported from Ganjam district and one from Bhadrak district. They died while undergoing treatment at hospitals.
The three from Ganjam district include a 65-year-old woman suffering from diabetes and hypertension, a male of 58 years with Tubercular Meningitis and a 63-year-old man also suffering from diabetes.
Besides, a 58-year-old male of Bhadrak district, who was also suffering from diabetes and chronic kidney disease, died due to the infection, said the health department.
Out of the total 577 new positive cases, 416 were reported from the quarantine centres while 161 are local contacts. Ganjam district reported the highest with 260 cases.
The total number of active cases in the state now stands at 4,128 while 7,006 patients have recovered in the state so far.
12:29 July 09
Pondy Lt Guv Kiran Bedi tests negative for coronavirus
Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi tested negative for coronavirus on Thursday, a day after an employee of the Raj Nivas here was found to be infected
with the virus.
A release from Raj Nivas said the Health Department has informed that the result of the COVID Test, which the Lt Governor had undergone on Wednesday has come out negative.
It also said that the office of Lt Governor would adhere to the protocol of keeping all the staff, who were primary contacts, in-home quarantine even though they had tested negative.
10:19 July 09
With highest single-day spike of 24,879 cases, India's COVID-19 tally reaches 7,67,296
India reported the highest single-day spike of 24,879 new positive cases and 487 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 7,67,296, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Out of the total number of cases, 2,69,789 are active, 4,76,378 have been cured/discharged/migrated and 21,129 have died.
Maharashtra remains the worst-affected state due to COVID-19 with as many as 2,23,724 cases, including 91,084 active, 1,23,192 cured/discharged and 9,448 deaths.
It is followed by Tamil Nadu (1,22,350) and Delhi (1,04,864).
Meanwhile, a total of 1,07,40,832 samples have been tested for COVID-19 till July 8. Of these, 2,67,061 samples were tested yesterday, stated Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
10:14 July 09
78 new COVID-19 cases reported in Jharkhand
A total of 78 new COVID-19 positive cases and 66 recoveries were reported in Jharkhand on Wednesday, according to the State Health Department.
The total number of cases in the state has risen to 3134 including 2170 recovered/discharged cases.
India has reported a spike of 22,752 COVID-19 cases, taking the country's coronavirus tally to 7,42,417 on Wednesday, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Out of the total cases reported, 4,56,830 patients have been cured/discharged from the disease while one patient has been migrated, the Health Ministry informed.
10:09 July 09
15 policemen test COVID-19 positive in Bengaluru
15 police personnel from Bangalore's Whitefield division tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.
Out of these, 12 are from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) police station, sources said.
A total of 27 police staff of the Whitefield division have tested positive so far and five have been discharged. The HAL police station closed on June 27 after one police staff tested COVID positive. All personnel of the police station were tested in the following days and 12 tests returned positive.
10:09 July 09
659 new COVID-19 cases reported in Rajasthan
A total of 659 new COVID-19 cases, 291 discharged and 10 deaths were reported in Rajasthan on Wednesday till 8:30 pm, according to the State Health Department.
With this, the total number of cases in the state is now at 22,063, including 4,715 active cases and 482 deaths.
India reported a spike of 22,752 COVID-19 cases, taking the country's coronavirus tally to 7,42,417 on Wednesday, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Out of the total cases reported, 4,56,830 patients have been cured/discharged from the disease while one patient has been migrated, the Health Ministry informed.
07:33 July 09
Goa sees record jump in COVID cases, 136 reported in a day
Goa recorded its biggest spike of Covid-19 cases so far, with 136 persons testing positive for the viral disease, taking the state's tally of active coronavirus cases to 824, according to statistics released by the state's Health Ministry on Wednesday.
As per the data, the state's overall count of Covid-19 cases is now 2,039, out of which 1,207 have been cured.
In all eight persons have died due to the viral pandemic in Goa.
The biggest cluster of Covid-19 cases has been recorded at Mangor hill in South Goa district, where the state's first containment zone is located.
On account of the steep increase in cases, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has advised the general public against unnecessary socialising and on Wednesday also directed the police to crackdown on indoor and outdoor parties and social gatherings.
07:28 July 09
Telangana reports 1,924 new coronavirus cases
As many as 1,924 new coronavirus cases and 11 deaths were reported in Telangana.
According to the state government's data, the total number of cases reached to 29,536 including 11,933 active cases, 17,279 discharged cases and 324 deaths.
India's coronavirus count has touched 7,42,417 on Wednesday, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Out of the total cases reported, 4,56,830 patients have been cured/discharged from the disease while one patient has been migrated.
06:38 July 09
COVID UPDATES
Guwahati: Assam reported eight more Covid-19 deaths, highest so far in 24 hours, taking the death toll to 22 in the state, while the number of positive cases sharply rose to 13,336, health officials said here on Wednesday.
Of the eight fresh deaths, including two women, five people died at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital while another 30-year-old patient died at Tezpur Medical College and a 19-year-old girl succumbed to the disease in Jorhat Medical College. A middle-aged woman died at a hospital in Basistha, on the outskirts of Guwahati city.
The health officials said that the deceased patients have been suffering from severe anaemia, septicaemia, severe pneumonia, diabetes and hypertension.
After a sudden surge in coronavirus infections, the health department has started a door-to-door Covid-19 testing programme in Guwahati from Tuesday. Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is personally monitoring the programme in the Pandu area of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) and is asking people to cooperate, not panic.
The health department, which aimed to conduct 3,000 tests in the Ward No 2 (Pandu area), a Covid-19 hotspot, in two days, has already procured 200,000 rapid antigen testing kits for quick testing. "Among the 33,000 population in Pandu area, the majority have no travel history. It caused concern to the authorities," said the officials.
"With a big rise in Covid-19 cases, Guwahati, is Assam and northeast India's main commercial city, has entered 'real pandemic phase' with community transmission being witnessed," the Health Minister had said. In just 11 days, the coronavirus cases in the Kamrup (Metro) district jumped to around 3,000 from 63.
Guwahati, headquarters of the Kamrup (Metro) district, is home to 11.20 lakh people. The state government announced a 14-day "complete lockdown" in the district from June 28 midnight to check the virus spread.
According to the officials, the number of Covid-19 cases in Assam climbed to 13,336. Of this, 4,585 are active as 8,726 people have been discharged, three migrated to other states and 22 people died.
Several districts have imposed bans on to and from journeys to Guwahati to prevent the possible outbreak of community transmission.
Meanwhile, the Assam unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has found deficiencies and impracticality with the way the state government has been handling Covid-19 management. The IMA in a letter to the Health Minister said that increasing hospital beds without manpower planning would be a futile exercise as the state has very limited human resources in terms of doctors and health workers.
"IMA strongly protests the government's order of engaging health workers and doctors in 11 days continuous service in the COVID wards and thereafter, only three days of quarantine before re-engaging them in Covid-19 duties subject to testing negative for the disease," the IMA letter said.
Fearing that the government's decision would demoralise the frontline workers, the IMA opposed the decision to switch over to antigen tests for checking health workers engaged in COVID-19 duty. "The Indian Council for Medical Research had already mentioned this test was less sensitive and a negative test did not rule out COVID-19. Already a large number of doctors and health workers has fallen victim to COVID-19 and such unplanned and insensitive steps would further endanger the health workers. The time is not far away when doctors and health workers would have to serve the people with Covid-19 in their persons," the letter said.
23:01 July 09
Jammu and Kashmir records 240 fresh cases of COVID
Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday recorded 240 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of people infected with coronavirus to 9,501 while the death toll due to the infection reached 154 following the demise of five patients in the last 24 hours, an official said.
23:01 July 09
112 new COVID-19 cases take Goa count to 2,151; 66 discharged
Goa recorded 112 new COVID-19 cases, taking the count to 2,151 on Thursday, while one more patient succumbed to the infection, raising the death toll to nine, the state health department said.
This was the second-highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases in the state. On Wednesday (July 8), the coastal state had registered 136 cases.
23:00 July 09
2,187 fresh coronavirus cases in Delhi; death toll mounts to 3,258
Delhi recorded 2,187 fresh coronavirus cases on Thursday taking the tally in the city to over 1.07 lakh, while the death toll from the disease mounted to 3,258, authorities said. Forty five fatalities have been recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the Delhi health department bulletin.
On June 23, the national capital had reported the highest single-day spike of 3,947 cases.
23:00 July 09
Madhya Pradesh records 305 new COVID-19 cases; five more die
Madhya Pradesh recorded305 new COVID-19 cases, taking the count to 16,341 on Thursday, while five more patients succumbed to the infection, said health department officials.
With five more people succumbing to the viral infection, the death toll went up to 634, they said. Of them, three died in Indore and one each in Bhopal and Alirajpur, the officials said.
22:59 July 09
6875 new COVID-19 positive cases registered in Maharashtra; total positive count reaches 2,30,599
6875 new COVID-19 positive cases, 219 deaths, 4067 recovered in Maharashtra today. The total number of positive cases in the state rises to 2,30,599 including 1,27,259 recovered, 93,652 active cases and 9,667 deaths: Public Health Department, Maharashtra
22:57 July 09
TN tally 1.26 lakh, samples tested inches towards 15 lakh mark
Fresh COVID-19 cases again breached the 4,000 mark in Tamil Nadu after a gap of three days and 65 deaths were reported on Thursday, taking the tally to 1.26 lakh and the toll to 1,765.
Though the state's daily count of fresh cases soared to 4,231, the downtrend in the fresh infections in the state capital continued with the addition of only 1,216 cases.
The total COVID-19 cases stood at 1,26,581 of which Chennai accounted for 73,728, a health department bulletin said.
19:28 July 09
Kerala reports 339 new covid cases
Kerala reported 339 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday. Among the total positive cases reported on Thursday, 117 people came from abroad, 74 from other states and 133 contracted the disease through contact.
19:27 July 09
9 new coronavirus cases take Dharavi's tally to 2,347
Nine new cases of coronavirus were recorded in Mumbai's slum colony of Dharavi, taking the tally to 2,347 on Thursday, the city civic body said.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has stopped disclosing the number of deaths, if any, in the slum- dominated area since the past few days. With nine new cases of coronavirus, Dharavi's count stood at 2,347, a BMC official said.
17:47 July 09
17 more deaths, over 1,200 fresh COVID-19 cases in UP
Uttar Pradesh reported 17 more deaths and over 1,200 fresh cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, taking the state's infection tally to 32,362.
So far, 862 deaths have been reported in the state, Additional Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said. The number of active cases has gone up to 10,373, while 21,127 have been discharged from hospitals after recovery, he said.
16:43 July 09
District Judge of Karkardooma District Court tests positive for COVID-19
District and Sessions Judge of Karkardooma District courts complex has tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. According to the circular issued by Administrative Officer Renu Sharma, District Judge Deepak Jagotra tested positive for COVID-19 contagion on July 8 and has gone into home quarantine for 14 days.
The in-charge of Care-taking Branch of the East District jurisdiction of the courts complex has been directed to carry out sanitisation, disinfection and deep cleaning of the Judge's courtroom, his chamber, personal secretary's room and the Ahlmad (court official) room attached with it, said the circular.
16:31 July 09
India's COVID testing capacity increased to 2.6 L per day, says ICMR scientist Nivedita Gupta
ICMR Senior scientist Nivedita Gupta
The number of tests has increased, on an average, we are testing more than 2.6 Lakhs of samples per day. We hope to see a further rise by the use of the antigen test, says ICMR Senior scientist Nivedita Gupta.
16:14 July 09
India's covid case amongst lowest in the world, says OSD Rajesh Bhushan
Officer on Special Duty Rajesh Bhushan
While briefing about the novel coronavirus situation on the country, Ministry of Health, Officer on Special Duty Rajesh Bhushan said, " We are the second-most populous country of the world. Despite a population of 1.3 billion people, India has been able to manage COVID19 relatively well. If you look at cases per million population it still remains amongst the lowest in the world."
"Today we have 538 cases per million population, it's as per the World Health Organisation situation report. Case per million population in some countries are at least 16-17 times more than what it is in India. We have 15 deaths per mn population whereas we have countries where it is 40 times as much", added Bhusan.
16:10 July 09
Tripura's COVID-19 tally rises to 1,774 with 57 new cases
Tripura reported 57 fresh cases of COVID-19, raising the state's tally to 1,774, officials said on Thursday. Of the fresh cases, 22 were reported from Gomati district, 10 each from Sepahijala and Tripura West, nine from Khowai, five from Tripura North and one from Tripura South, they said.
16:09 July 09
Two BSF jawans test positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram
Two BSF jawans have tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram's Serchhip district in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally in the state to 203, an official said on Thursday.
The jawans had recently returned from Dholcherra in neighbouring Assam.
16:08 July 09
Delhi Police ASI dies after testing positive for COVID-19
A 53-year-old assistant sub-inspector of Delhi Police died on Thursday morning at a hospital in Delhi, weeks after he tested positive for COVID-19, officials said.
Jeevan Singh, posted at Delhi Police's Special branch, was attached with the Motor Transport section of the department, they said. According to the police, Singh tested positive for COVID-19 on June 21 and was admitted at IBS Lajpat Nagar on June 23.
12:37 July 09
Highest 24,879 cases reported in 24 hours, tally reaches 7.67 lakh
India on July 09 reported the steepest spike of 24,879 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 7,67,296.
Country also saw 487 deaths in the same period, and the death toll has now reached 21,129. The active cases stand at 2,69,789, while 4,76,378 people have so far beaten the virus, taking the recovery rate to over 61 per cent.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 2.67 lakh samples were tested for coronavirus in the country on July 08.
The number of total samples tested is now 1.07 crore.
12:29 July 09
Odisha records worst single-day spike of 577 corona cases
Odisha has reported 577 new COVID-19 positive cases, which is the highest single-day spike, taking the total tally to 11,201 in the state, informed the health department on Thursday.
The state also reported four more deaths related to COVID-19 pushing the death count to 52.
Three deaths were reported from Ganjam district and one from Bhadrak district. They died while undergoing treatment at hospitals.
The three from Ganjam district include a 65-year-old woman suffering from diabetes and hypertension, a male of 58 years with Tubercular Meningitis and a 63-year-old man also suffering from diabetes.
Besides, a 58-year-old male of Bhadrak district, who was also suffering from diabetes and chronic kidney disease, died due to the infection, said the health department.
Out of the total 577 new positive cases, 416 were reported from the quarantine centres while 161 are local contacts. Ganjam district reported the highest with 260 cases.
The total number of active cases in the state now stands at 4,128 while 7,006 patients have recovered in the state so far.
12:29 July 09
Pondy Lt Guv Kiran Bedi tests negative for coronavirus
Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi tested negative for coronavirus on Thursday, a day after an employee of the Raj Nivas here was found to be infected
with the virus.
A release from Raj Nivas said the Health Department has informed that the result of the COVID Test, which the Lt Governor had undergone on Wednesday has come out negative.
It also said that the office of Lt Governor would adhere to the protocol of keeping all the staff, who were primary contacts, in-home quarantine even though they had tested negative.
10:19 July 09
With highest single-day spike of 24,879 cases, India's COVID-19 tally reaches 7,67,296
India reported the highest single-day spike of 24,879 new positive cases and 487 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 7,67,296, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Out of the total number of cases, 2,69,789 are active, 4,76,378 have been cured/discharged/migrated and 21,129 have died.
Maharashtra remains the worst-affected state due to COVID-19 with as many as 2,23,724 cases, including 91,084 active, 1,23,192 cured/discharged and 9,448 deaths.
It is followed by Tamil Nadu (1,22,350) and Delhi (1,04,864).
Meanwhile, a total of 1,07,40,832 samples have been tested for COVID-19 till July 8. Of these, 2,67,061 samples were tested yesterday, stated Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
10:14 July 09
78 new COVID-19 cases reported in Jharkhand
A total of 78 new COVID-19 positive cases and 66 recoveries were reported in Jharkhand on Wednesday, according to the State Health Department.
The total number of cases in the state has risen to 3134 including 2170 recovered/discharged cases.
India has reported a spike of 22,752 COVID-19 cases, taking the country's coronavirus tally to 7,42,417 on Wednesday, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Out of the total cases reported, 4,56,830 patients have been cured/discharged from the disease while one patient has been migrated, the Health Ministry informed.
10:09 July 09
15 policemen test COVID-19 positive in Bengaluru
15 police personnel from Bangalore's Whitefield division tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.
Out of these, 12 are from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) police station, sources said.
A total of 27 police staff of the Whitefield division have tested positive so far and five have been discharged. The HAL police station closed on June 27 after one police staff tested COVID positive. All personnel of the police station were tested in the following days and 12 tests returned positive.
10:09 July 09
659 new COVID-19 cases reported in Rajasthan
A total of 659 new COVID-19 cases, 291 discharged and 10 deaths were reported in Rajasthan on Wednesday till 8:30 pm, according to the State Health Department.
With this, the total number of cases in the state is now at 22,063, including 4,715 active cases and 482 deaths.
India reported a spike of 22,752 COVID-19 cases, taking the country's coronavirus tally to 7,42,417 on Wednesday, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Out of the total cases reported, 4,56,830 patients have been cured/discharged from the disease while one patient has been migrated, the Health Ministry informed.
07:33 July 09
Goa sees record jump in COVID cases, 136 reported in a day
Goa recorded its biggest spike of Covid-19 cases so far, with 136 persons testing positive for the viral disease, taking the state's tally of active coronavirus cases to 824, according to statistics released by the state's Health Ministry on Wednesday.
As per the data, the state's overall count of Covid-19 cases is now 2,039, out of which 1,207 have been cured.
In all eight persons have died due to the viral pandemic in Goa.
The biggest cluster of Covid-19 cases has been recorded at Mangor hill in South Goa district, where the state's first containment zone is located.
On account of the steep increase in cases, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has advised the general public against unnecessary socialising and on Wednesday also directed the police to crackdown on indoor and outdoor parties and social gatherings.
07:28 July 09
Telangana reports 1,924 new coronavirus cases
As many as 1,924 new coronavirus cases and 11 deaths were reported in Telangana.
According to the state government's data, the total number of cases reached to 29,536 including 11,933 active cases, 17,279 discharged cases and 324 deaths.
India's coronavirus count has touched 7,42,417 on Wednesday, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Out of the total cases reported, 4,56,830 patients have been cured/discharged from the disease while one patient has been migrated.
06:38 July 09
COVID UPDATES
Guwahati: Assam reported eight more Covid-19 deaths, highest so far in 24 hours, taking the death toll to 22 in the state, while the number of positive cases sharply rose to 13,336, health officials said here on Wednesday.
Of the eight fresh deaths, including two women, five people died at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital while another 30-year-old patient died at Tezpur Medical College and a 19-year-old girl succumbed to the disease in Jorhat Medical College. A middle-aged woman died at a hospital in Basistha, on the outskirts of Guwahati city.
The health officials said that the deceased patients have been suffering from severe anaemia, septicaemia, severe pneumonia, diabetes and hypertension.
After a sudden surge in coronavirus infections, the health department has started a door-to-door Covid-19 testing programme in Guwahati from Tuesday. Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is personally monitoring the programme in the Pandu area of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) and is asking people to cooperate, not panic.
The health department, which aimed to conduct 3,000 tests in the Ward No 2 (Pandu area), a Covid-19 hotspot, in two days, has already procured 200,000 rapid antigen testing kits for quick testing. "Among the 33,000 population in Pandu area, the majority have no travel history. It caused concern to the authorities," said the officials.
"With a big rise in Covid-19 cases, Guwahati, is Assam and northeast India's main commercial city, has entered 'real pandemic phase' with community transmission being witnessed," the Health Minister had said. In just 11 days, the coronavirus cases in the Kamrup (Metro) district jumped to around 3,000 from 63.
Guwahati, headquarters of the Kamrup (Metro) district, is home to 11.20 lakh people. The state government announced a 14-day "complete lockdown" in the district from June 28 midnight to check the virus spread.
According to the officials, the number of Covid-19 cases in Assam climbed to 13,336. Of this, 4,585 are active as 8,726 people have been discharged, three migrated to other states and 22 people died.
Several districts have imposed bans on to and from journeys to Guwahati to prevent the possible outbreak of community transmission.
Meanwhile, the Assam unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has found deficiencies and impracticality with the way the state government has been handling Covid-19 management. The IMA in a letter to the Health Minister said that increasing hospital beds without manpower planning would be a futile exercise as the state has very limited human resources in terms of doctors and health workers.
"IMA strongly protests the government's order of engaging health workers and doctors in 11 days continuous service in the COVID wards and thereafter, only three days of quarantine before re-engaging them in Covid-19 duties subject to testing negative for the disease," the IMA letter said.
Fearing that the government's decision would demoralise the frontline workers, the IMA opposed the decision to switch over to antigen tests for checking health workers engaged in COVID-19 duty. "The Indian Council for Medical Research had already mentioned this test was less sensitive and a negative test did not rule out COVID-19. Already a large number of doctors and health workers has fallen victim to COVID-19 and such unplanned and insensitive steps would further endanger the health workers. The time is not far away when doctors and health workers would have to serve the people with Covid-19 in their persons," the letter said.
Last Updated : Jul 9, 2020, 11:04 PM IST
