41 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Andaman and Nicobar Islands today, taking total cases to 2,945 including 2,231 recoveries and 37 deaths. Number of active cases stands at 677: Andaman and Nicobar Islands Administration
COVID-19 LIVE: Mysuru Police Commissioner tests positive for coronavirus
Over 35 cr people tested for Covid under 'Test Track Treat' strategy: MoHFW
22:59 August 25
22:59 August 25
1,973 out of 34307 samples found positive for COVID-19 in Assam in the last 24 hours. With this, total number of cases rises to 94,592 including 73,090 recovered patients and 260 deaths. Number of active cases stands at 21,239: State Health Department
22:59 August 25
Jharkhand reports 1,056 new COVID-19 cases, 725 recoveries and 12 deaths, taking total cases to 32,174 including 21,750 recoveries and 347 deaths. Number of active cases stands at 10,077: State Health Department
22:24 August 25
Himachal Pradesh records 23 new positive COVID-19 cases, taking total cases to 5,154 out of which 1,324 patients are undergoing treatment. 28 patients have succumbed to the disease so far: State Health Department
22:24 August 25
1,370 new COVID-19 positive cases and 13 deaths reported in Rajasthan till 8.30 pm today. Total number of cases now at 73,325 including 14,219 active cases, 58,126 discharges and 980 deaths: State Health Department
22:24 August 25
West Bengal records 2,964 new COVID-19 cases and 58 deaths today, taking the total number of cases to 1,44,801 including 27,349 active cases, 1,14,543 recoveries and 2,909 deaths: State Health Department
22:24 August 25
1,148 new COVID-19 cases, 1,091 recoveries and 10 deaths reported in Haryana today, taking total cases to 56,608 including 46,496 recoveries and 623 deaths: State Health Department
22:23 August 25
587 new COVID-19 cases, 883 recoveries & 35 deaths reported in Mumbai today. The total number of positive cases increases to 1,37,678 in Mumbai, including 17,931 active cases, 1,11,967 recovered cases & 7,474 deaths: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Maharashtra
22:23 August 25
12 new COVID-19 cases reported in Dharavi area of Mumbai today. With this, total number of cases rises to 2,725 including 2,375 discharges and 90 active cases: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Maharashtra
22:23 August 25
10,425 new COVID-19 cases and 329 deaths reported in Maharashtra today. The total number of positive cases now stands at 7,03,823 including 5,14,790 recoveries and 1,65,921 active cases: State Health department
20:17 August 25
Delhi reports 1,544 new COVID-19 cases, 1,155 discharges/recoveries/migrated and 17 deaths today. Total number of cases now at 1,64,071 including 1,47,743 recovered cases, 11,998 active cases & 4,330 deaths: Delhi Government
20:17 August 25
485 new COVID-19 cases reported in Uttarakhand today. Total number of cases in the State now at 16,014 including 11,201 recovered, 4,545 active and 213 deaths: State Health Department
20:17 August 25
Chandigarh detects 174 new COVID-19 positive cases, taking the total number of cases to 3,209 including 40 deaths and 1,454 active cases: Union Territory Health Department
19:23 August 25
Manipur minister Nemcha Kipgen tests positive for COVID-19
Imphal: Manipur's social welfare minister Nemcha Kipgen took to Facebook on Tuesday to announce that she has tested positive for COVID-19.
She asked all those who came in contact with her recently to get tested as soon as possible.
"After getting symptoms of coronavirus, I got myself tested and the report came back positive. I sincerely request all of you who have come in contact with me in the past few days to kindly isolate yourselves and get tested at the earliest," she said on Facebook.
Kipgen became the cabinet minister in the state to have contracted the disease.
According to a spokesperson of the COVID-19 control centre here, she has been asked to undergo home isolation.
19:21 August 25
8,161 new COVID-19 positive cases, 6,814 discharges and 148 deaths reported in Karnataka today. With this, total cases now at 2,91,826 including 2,04,439 discharges, 82,410 active cases and 4,958 deaths: State Health Department
19:21 August 25
9,927 new COVID-19 cases, 9,419 recoveries and 92 deaths reported in Andhra Pradesh today. Total number of cases rises to 3,71,639 including 2,78,247 recoveries and 3,460 deaths. 89,932 cases are active: State Health Department
18:35 August 25
82 new COVID-19 cases reported in Manipur including 8 personnel from CAPF. The total number of cases in the State stands at 5,444 including 1,431 central security personnel. The recovery rate is 70.02%: State Health Department
18:34 August 25
In the past six months, more than 2,000 health personnel have got infected with COVID-19, & around 16 people have died due to it. We're giving medical treatment to infected & helping families of the deceased: Dr Srinivas Rao, Director of Public Health & Family Welfare, Telangana
18:34 August 25
Odisha government fixes charge for RT-PCR COVID-19 test in four ICMR-approved labs in Bhubaneswar at Rs 1,200.
18:33 August 25
Tamil Nadu reports 5,951 new COVID-19 cases, 6,998 recoveries and 107 deaths, taking active cases to 52,128, recoveries to 3,32,454 and deaths to 6,721: State Health Department
18:33 August 25
701 new COVID-19 cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir today; 139 from Jammu division and 562 from Kashmir division. Total number of cases now at 33,776 including 7,544 active cases, 25,594 recoveries and 638 deaths: Govt of Jammu and Kashmir
18:32 August 25
2,375 new COVID-19 cases reported in Kerala today. There are 21,232 active cases and 40,343 recovered cases: Kerala Health Department
17:45 August 25
A COVID-19 patient admitted at the hospital tried to commit suicide by hanging today. He is currently under treatment and his condition his critical: Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry
17:43 August 25
Due to the increase in the number of tests in the country, the positive rate of the virus has reduced, Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
Addressing a press conference he said, "The positive rate of Covid-19 has decreased due to the increase in the number of tests. In the last 24 hours, 60 thousand 975 new cases of the corona were reported in the country. 848 people died. 66 thousand 550 patients recovered."
Divulging further Bhushan said that only less than 3 per cent of the total active cases are on oxygen support and active cases are decreasing day by day in the country.
"A total of 7,04,348 patients are undergoing treatment. The number of active cases is decreasing day by day in the country. Today only 15 per cent of cases come in hospitals while only 2.70 per cent of the total active cases are on oxygen support," he said.
"69 per cent males and 31 per cent of females have dies due to COVID-19. 58 thousand 390 people died from Corona so far," added Bhushan.
Meanwhile, he said that India and Russia are in communication as far as Sputnik-5 vaccine is concerned.
"As far as Sputnik-5 vaccine (COVID-19 vaccine developed in Russia) is concerned, India and Russia are in communication. Some initial information have been shared," he said.
16:55 August 25
Three COVID-19 vaccines are ahead in the race in India. Serum Institute's vaccine is in phase 2(B) & phase 3 trials and Bharat Biotech and Zydus Cadila's vaccines have completed phase 1 trial: ICMR Director General Prof (Dr.) Balram Bhargava
16:47 August 25
18 more test positive for COVID-19 in Meghalaya
Eighteen more people, including 11 personnel of various armed forces, tested positive for COVID-19 in Meghalaya on Tuesday, taking the state's tally to 1,994, a senior health department official said.
At least 10 people were discharged from hospitals, taking the total number of recoveries in the northeastern state to 799, Health Services Director Aman War said.
16:46 August 25
72 more die of COVID in UP: Official
With 72 more patients succumbing to COVID-19, the death toll due to the viral disease rose to 3,059 in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, while 5,124 fresh cases took the infection tally to 1,97,388.
"In past 24 hours, 5,124 fresh COVID-19 cases were found. There are total 49,575 active cases while 1,44,754 persons were treated and discharged," Additional Chief Secretary (Medical and Health) Amit Mohan Prasad told reporters here.
The recovery rate of patients in the state is 73.33 per cent, he said, adding that over 1.21 lakh samples were tested for detection of COVID-19 on Monday, taking the total number of tests so far to over 47 lakhs.
He said in the external monitoring of contact tracing of COVID-19 patients, a total of 1,04,488 contacts of 29,313 positive patients were traced.
"Of the 1,04,488 contacts, 93.2 per cent (total 97,422) told that their samples were tested. Directives have been issued to test the remaining ones," he said.
16:25 August 25
Today, the recovered cases are 3.4 times more than the active cases in the country. Active cases are only 22.2% of the total cases. The recovery rate is now more than 75%. The COVID-19 mortality rate in India stands at 1.58% which is one of the lowest in the world. In the last 24 hours, the number of active cases has reduced by 6,400: Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Union Health Ministry
15:50 August 25
COVID-19: Six more deaths recorded in Rajasthan
Rajasthan recorded six more fatalities due to the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, taking the COVID-19 death toll in the state to 973, according to a health department official.
The state also reported 695 new cases of the virus.
The total number of people infected by COVID-19 now stands at 72,650 in Rajasthan and out of these 14,883 people are under treatment.
The official said that 56,091 people have been discharged after treatment till now.
In Jaipur, the COVID-19 death toll stands at 260 followed by 87 in Jodhpur, 67 each in Bikaner and Bharatpur, 65 in Ajmer, 60 in Kota, 42 in Pali, 41 in Nagaur, 24 in Udaipur, 23 in Alwar and 19 in Dholpur.
15:46 August 25
Mysuru Police Commissioner tests positive for coronavirus
Mysuru City Police Commissioner Chandra Gupta has tested positive for coronavirus, a police official confirmed to IANS on Tuesday.
Similarly, Assistant Commissioner of police Bharat Raj has also tested positive for the virus.
Both are receiving treatment under home isolation.
Gupta had attended the Independence Day celebrations at the Zilla Panchayat Hall recently.
The August 15 celebration was chaired by S.T. Somasekhar, district-in-charge minister, and also attended by Deputy Commissioner G. Abhiram Sankar, along with other officials. Sankar later went into quarantine as his driver tested positive.
Earlier, Mysuru District Superintendent of Police C.B. Ryshyanth tested positive for the virus on August 17.
In late June, as many as 92 police officials in the district were sent to quarantine, all of whom tested negative for the virus on June 26.
13:52 August 25
Nainital High Court closes for sanitisation purpose after an employee tests positive for COVID-19 in Uttarakhand. Court to re-open on August 27.
13:52 August 25
Odisha CM requests Education department to postponed JEE (Main) & NEET exam
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik in a letter to Union Education Minister said that it would be unsafe for students to visit test centres physically amid COVID-19 for JEE (Main) & NEET tests. Therefore, it is requested that exams scheduled to be held in September may be postponed to a later date.
13:40 August 25
35 test positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, tally rises to 953
Mizoram has reported 35 new coronavirus cases, taking the northeastern state's COVID-19tally to 953.
The new cases were reported from Aizawl district (31) and two cases each from Kolasib and Mamit districts.
13:05 August 25
Nagpur Municipal Commissioner Tests Positive For COVID-19
Nagpur Municipal Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe has tested positive for COVID-19.
Taking to Twitter on Tuesday, Mundhe informed that he has isolated himself after being tested positive for coronavirus and urged those who came in his contact in the last 14 days to get tested for the virus.
"Dear All, I have tested positive for COVID19. I am asymptomatic and have isolated myself as per the protocol and guidelines. Request everyone who has come in my contact for last 14 days to get tested. I am working from Home to control the pandemic situation in Nagpur. We shall win," he tweeted.
13:00 August 25
Haryana transport minister tests positive for COVID-19
Haryana Transport Minister Mool Chand Sharma tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, a day before the Assembly's monsoon session begins here.
On Monday, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Speaker Gian Chand Gupta were also found infected with the virus. Officials said the chief minister, admitted to Gurgaon's Medanta hospital, is in a stable condition.
The speaker had mandated a coronavirus test for all MLAs, Assembly staffers and officials ahead of the session beginning August 26.
BJP MLAs Lakshman Napa, Ram Kumar Kashyap and Aseem Goel have also tested positive as have six Assembly staffers.
12:58 August 25
Karnataka Congress State President DK Shivakumar said he has tested positive for COVID-19.
He has been admitted to a private hospital in Bengaluru.
12:06 August 25
A total of 2751 new COVID19 positive cases, 2519 recoveries and 9 deaths reported in Odisha as on August 24. Total number of cases now at 84231 including 56924 recoveries, 26826 active cases and 428 deaths.
12:05 August 25
695 new COVID-19 positive cases in Rajasthan
A total of 695 new COVID-19 positive cases and 6 deaths reported in Rajasthan today. The total number of cases rise to 72650 including 14883 active cases, 973 deaths and 56091 discharges.
11:59 August 25
PCR test report from a govt-approved lab in India requires to travel UAE
For passengers travelling to UAE (12 yrs & above), a valid negative COVID-19 PCR test report in printed form, from a govt-approved lab in India (ICMR/verified designated lab), is required. Passengers are required to take the PCR test not more than 96 hrs before departure.
11:54 August 25
Telangana logs highest one-day jump of 2,579 COVID cases, tally at 1,08,670
Telangana has reported 2,579 new Covid-19 cases, the highest single-day spike since the outbreak of the pandemic in March, health officials said on Tuesday.
With this, the state's tally mounted to 1,08,670, while nine deaths pushed the overall toll to 770.
The state also set the record by conducting 52,933 tests. This is the highest number of tests to be conducted in a 24-hour period. The total number of tests done so far is over 10 lakh.
11:48 August 25
Bihar govt to resume public transport system
Sanjay Kumar Aggarwal, Secy, Transport Dept, Bihar said that in a meeting of Crisis Management Group, it has been decided to resume public transport system, including bus service in the state from 25 Aug. Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to be followed to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
09:10 August 25
COVID LIVE: Karnataka Congress state president DK Shivakumar tests positive
New Delhi: Over 3.5 crore people have been tested for COVID-19 so far, resolutely following the 'Test Track Treat' strategy, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Tuesday.
"India has tested more than 3.5 crore people for COVID-19 so far, resolutely following its 'Test Track Treat' strategy," the MoHFW tweeted.
On Monday, the country's total coronavirus count reached 31,06,349 which include 23,38,036 cured/discharged/migrated cases. The death toll stood at 57,542.
The Ministry further pointed out that high testings in the country have helped in controlling the spread of the infection.
"As the first step towards timely identification, prompt isolation and effective treatment, higher testing also results in limiting the spread of infection," it said.
The MoHFW had earlier said that the gap between recoveries and COVID-19 active cases continues to widen as the recoveries are more than three times the active cases.
"The gap between recoveries and COVID-19 active cases continues to widen. The recoveries are more than 3 times the active cases," it said.
22:59 August 25
41 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Andaman and Nicobar Islands today, taking total cases to 2,945 including 2,231 recoveries and 37 deaths. Number of active cases stands at 677: Andaman and Nicobar Islands Administration
22:59 August 25
1,973 out of 34307 samples found positive for COVID-19 in Assam in the last 24 hours. With this, total number of cases rises to 94,592 including 73,090 recovered patients and 260 deaths. Number of active cases stands at 21,239: State Health Department
22:59 August 25
Jharkhand reports 1,056 new COVID-19 cases, 725 recoveries and 12 deaths, taking total cases to 32,174 including 21,750 recoveries and 347 deaths. Number of active cases stands at 10,077: State Health Department
22:24 August 25
Himachal Pradesh records 23 new positive COVID-19 cases, taking total cases to 5,154 out of which 1,324 patients are undergoing treatment. 28 patients have succumbed to the disease so far: State Health Department
22:24 August 25
1,370 new COVID-19 positive cases and 13 deaths reported in Rajasthan till 8.30 pm today. Total number of cases now at 73,325 including 14,219 active cases, 58,126 discharges and 980 deaths: State Health Department
22:24 August 25
West Bengal records 2,964 new COVID-19 cases and 58 deaths today, taking the total number of cases to 1,44,801 including 27,349 active cases, 1,14,543 recoveries and 2,909 deaths: State Health Department
22:24 August 25
1,148 new COVID-19 cases, 1,091 recoveries and 10 deaths reported in Haryana today, taking total cases to 56,608 including 46,496 recoveries and 623 deaths: State Health Department
22:23 August 25
587 new COVID-19 cases, 883 recoveries & 35 deaths reported in Mumbai today. The total number of positive cases increases to 1,37,678 in Mumbai, including 17,931 active cases, 1,11,967 recovered cases & 7,474 deaths: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Maharashtra
22:23 August 25
12 new COVID-19 cases reported in Dharavi area of Mumbai today. With this, total number of cases rises to 2,725 including 2,375 discharges and 90 active cases: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Maharashtra
22:23 August 25
10,425 new COVID-19 cases and 329 deaths reported in Maharashtra today. The total number of positive cases now stands at 7,03,823 including 5,14,790 recoveries and 1,65,921 active cases: State Health department
20:17 August 25
Delhi reports 1,544 new COVID-19 cases, 1,155 discharges/recoveries/migrated and 17 deaths today. Total number of cases now at 1,64,071 including 1,47,743 recovered cases, 11,998 active cases & 4,330 deaths: Delhi Government
20:17 August 25
485 new COVID-19 cases reported in Uttarakhand today. Total number of cases in the State now at 16,014 including 11,201 recovered, 4,545 active and 213 deaths: State Health Department
20:17 August 25
Chandigarh detects 174 new COVID-19 positive cases, taking the total number of cases to 3,209 including 40 deaths and 1,454 active cases: Union Territory Health Department
19:23 August 25
Manipur minister Nemcha Kipgen tests positive for COVID-19
Imphal: Manipur's social welfare minister Nemcha Kipgen took to Facebook on Tuesday to announce that she has tested positive for COVID-19.
She asked all those who came in contact with her recently to get tested as soon as possible.
"After getting symptoms of coronavirus, I got myself tested and the report came back positive. I sincerely request all of you who have come in contact with me in the past few days to kindly isolate yourselves and get tested at the earliest," she said on Facebook.
Kipgen became the cabinet minister in the state to have contracted the disease.
According to a spokesperson of the COVID-19 control centre here, she has been asked to undergo home isolation.
19:21 August 25
8,161 new COVID-19 positive cases, 6,814 discharges and 148 deaths reported in Karnataka today. With this, total cases now at 2,91,826 including 2,04,439 discharges, 82,410 active cases and 4,958 deaths: State Health Department
19:21 August 25
9,927 new COVID-19 cases, 9,419 recoveries and 92 deaths reported in Andhra Pradesh today. Total number of cases rises to 3,71,639 including 2,78,247 recoveries and 3,460 deaths. 89,932 cases are active: State Health Department
18:35 August 25
82 new COVID-19 cases reported in Manipur including 8 personnel from CAPF. The total number of cases in the State stands at 5,444 including 1,431 central security personnel. The recovery rate is 70.02%: State Health Department
18:34 August 25
In the past six months, more than 2,000 health personnel have got infected with COVID-19, & around 16 people have died due to it. We're giving medical treatment to infected & helping families of the deceased: Dr Srinivas Rao, Director of Public Health & Family Welfare, Telangana
18:34 August 25
Odisha government fixes charge for RT-PCR COVID-19 test in four ICMR-approved labs in Bhubaneswar at Rs 1,200.
18:33 August 25
Tamil Nadu reports 5,951 new COVID-19 cases, 6,998 recoveries and 107 deaths, taking active cases to 52,128, recoveries to 3,32,454 and deaths to 6,721: State Health Department
18:33 August 25
701 new COVID-19 cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir today; 139 from Jammu division and 562 from Kashmir division. Total number of cases now at 33,776 including 7,544 active cases, 25,594 recoveries and 638 deaths: Govt of Jammu and Kashmir
18:32 August 25
2,375 new COVID-19 cases reported in Kerala today. There are 21,232 active cases and 40,343 recovered cases: Kerala Health Department
17:45 August 25
A COVID-19 patient admitted at the hospital tried to commit suicide by hanging today. He is currently under treatment and his condition his critical: Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry
17:43 August 25
Due to the increase in the number of tests in the country, the positive rate of the virus has reduced, Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
Addressing a press conference he said, "The positive rate of Covid-19 has decreased due to the increase in the number of tests. In the last 24 hours, 60 thousand 975 new cases of the corona were reported in the country. 848 people died. 66 thousand 550 patients recovered."
Divulging further Bhushan said that only less than 3 per cent of the total active cases are on oxygen support and active cases are decreasing day by day in the country.
"A total of 7,04,348 patients are undergoing treatment. The number of active cases is decreasing day by day in the country. Today only 15 per cent of cases come in hospitals while only 2.70 per cent of the total active cases are on oxygen support," he said.
"69 per cent males and 31 per cent of females have dies due to COVID-19. 58 thousand 390 people died from Corona so far," added Bhushan.
Meanwhile, he said that India and Russia are in communication as far as Sputnik-5 vaccine is concerned.
"As far as Sputnik-5 vaccine (COVID-19 vaccine developed in Russia) is concerned, India and Russia are in communication. Some initial information have been shared," he said.
16:55 August 25
Three COVID-19 vaccines are ahead in the race in India. Serum Institute's vaccine is in phase 2(B) & phase 3 trials and Bharat Biotech and Zydus Cadila's vaccines have completed phase 1 trial: ICMR Director General Prof (Dr.) Balram Bhargava
16:47 August 25
18 more test positive for COVID-19 in Meghalaya
Eighteen more people, including 11 personnel of various armed forces, tested positive for COVID-19 in Meghalaya on Tuesday, taking the state's tally to 1,994, a senior health department official said.
At least 10 people were discharged from hospitals, taking the total number of recoveries in the northeastern state to 799, Health Services Director Aman War said.
16:46 August 25
72 more die of COVID in UP: Official
With 72 more patients succumbing to COVID-19, the death toll due to the viral disease rose to 3,059 in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, while 5,124 fresh cases took the infection tally to 1,97,388.
"In past 24 hours, 5,124 fresh COVID-19 cases were found. There are total 49,575 active cases while 1,44,754 persons were treated and discharged," Additional Chief Secretary (Medical and Health) Amit Mohan Prasad told reporters here.
The recovery rate of patients in the state is 73.33 per cent, he said, adding that over 1.21 lakh samples were tested for detection of COVID-19 on Monday, taking the total number of tests so far to over 47 lakhs.
He said in the external monitoring of contact tracing of COVID-19 patients, a total of 1,04,488 contacts of 29,313 positive patients were traced.
"Of the 1,04,488 contacts, 93.2 per cent (total 97,422) told that their samples were tested. Directives have been issued to test the remaining ones," he said.
16:25 August 25
Today, the recovered cases are 3.4 times more than the active cases in the country. Active cases are only 22.2% of the total cases. The recovery rate is now more than 75%. The COVID-19 mortality rate in India stands at 1.58% which is one of the lowest in the world. In the last 24 hours, the number of active cases has reduced by 6,400: Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Union Health Ministry
15:50 August 25
COVID-19: Six more deaths recorded in Rajasthan
Rajasthan recorded six more fatalities due to the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, taking the COVID-19 death toll in the state to 973, according to a health department official.
The state also reported 695 new cases of the virus.
The total number of people infected by COVID-19 now stands at 72,650 in Rajasthan and out of these 14,883 people are under treatment.
The official said that 56,091 people have been discharged after treatment till now.
In Jaipur, the COVID-19 death toll stands at 260 followed by 87 in Jodhpur, 67 each in Bikaner and Bharatpur, 65 in Ajmer, 60 in Kota, 42 in Pali, 41 in Nagaur, 24 in Udaipur, 23 in Alwar and 19 in Dholpur.
15:46 August 25
Mysuru Police Commissioner tests positive for coronavirus
Mysuru City Police Commissioner Chandra Gupta has tested positive for coronavirus, a police official confirmed to IANS on Tuesday.
Similarly, Assistant Commissioner of police Bharat Raj has also tested positive for the virus.
Both are receiving treatment under home isolation.
Gupta had attended the Independence Day celebrations at the Zilla Panchayat Hall recently.
The August 15 celebration was chaired by S.T. Somasekhar, district-in-charge minister, and also attended by Deputy Commissioner G. Abhiram Sankar, along with other officials. Sankar later went into quarantine as his driver tested positive.
Earlier, Mysuru District Superintendent of Police C.B. Ryshyanth tested positive for the virus on August 17.
In late June, as many as 92 police officials in the district were sent to quarantine, all of whom tested negative for the virus on June 26.
13:52 August 25
Nainital High Court closes for sanitisation purpose after an employee tests positive for COVID-19 in Uttarakhand. Court to re-open on August 27.
13:52 August 25
Odisha CM requests Education department to postponed JEE (Main) & NEET exam
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik in a letter to Union Education Minister said that it would be unsafe for students to visit test centres physically amid COVID-19 for JEE (Main) & NEET tests. Therefore, it is requested that exams scheduled to be held in September may be postponed to a later date.
13:40 August 25
35 test positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, tally rises to 953
Mizoram has reported 35 new coronavirus cases, taking the northeastern state's COVID-19tally to 953.
The new cases were reported from Aizawl district (31) and two cases each from Kolasib and Mamit districts.
13:05 August 25
Nagpur Municipal Commissioner Tests Positive For COVID-19
Nagpur Municipal Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe has tested positive for COVID-19.
Taking to Twitter on Tuesday, Mundhe informed that he has isolated himself after being tested positive for coronavirus and urged those who came in his contact in the last 14 days to get tested for the virus.
"Dear All, I have tested positive for COVID19. I am asymptomatic and have isolated myself as per the protocol and guidelines. Request everyone who has come in my contact for last 14 days to get tested. I am working from Home to control the pandemic situation in Nagpur. We shall win," he tweeted.
13:00 August 25
Haryana transport minister tests positive for COVID-19
Haryana Transport Minister Mool Chand Sharma tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, a day before the Assembly's monsoon session begins here.
On Monday, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Speaker Gian Chand Gupta were also found infected with the virus. Officials said the chief minister, admitted to Gurgaon's Medanta hospital, is in a stable condition.
The speaker had mandated a coronavirus test for all MLAs, Assembly staffers and officials ahead of the session beginning August 26.
BJP MLAs Lakshman Napa, Ram Kumar Kashyap and Aseem Goel have also tested positive as have six Assembly staffers.
12:58 August 25
Karnataka Congress State President DK Shivakumar said he has tested positive for COVID-19.
He has been admitted to a private hospital in Bengaluru.
12:06 August 25
A total of 2751 new COVID19 positive cases, 2519 recoveries and 9 deaths reported in Odisha as on August 24. Total number of cases now at 84231 including 56924 recoveries, 26826 active cases and 428 deaths.
12:05 August 25
695 new COVID-19 positive cases in Rajasthan
A total of 695 new COVID-19 positive cases and 6 deaths reported in Rajasthan today. The total number of cases rise to 72650 including 14883 active cases, 973 deaths and 56091 discharges.
11:59 August 25
PCR test report from a govt-approved lab in India requires to travel UAE
For passengers travelling to UAE (12 yrs & above), a valid negative COVID-19 PCR test report in printed form, from a govt-approved lab in India (ICMR/verified designated lab), is required. Passengers are required to take the PCR test not more than 96 hrs before departure.
11:54 August 25
Telangana logs highest one-day jump of 2,579 COVID cases, tally at 1,08,670
Telangana has reported 2,579 new Covid-19 cases, the highest single-day spike since the outbreak of the pandemic in March, health officials said on Tuesday.
With this, the state's tally mounted to 1,08,670, while nine deaths pushed the overall toll to 770.
The state also set the record by conducting 52,933 tests. This is the highest number of tests to be conducted in a 24-hour period. The total number of tests done so far is over 10 lakh.
11:48 August 25
Bihar govt to resume public transport system
Sanjay Kumar Aggarwal, Secy, Transport Dept, Bihar said that in a meeting of Crisis Management Group, it has been decided to resume public transport system, including bus service in the state from 25 Aug. Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to be followed to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
09:10 August 25
COVID LIVE: Karnataka Congress state president DK Shivakumar tests positive
New Delhi: Over 3.5 crore people have been tested for COVID-19 so far, resolutely following the 'Test Track Treat' strategy, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Tuesday.
"India has tested more than 3.5 crore people for COVID-19 so far, resolutely following its 'Test Track Treat' strategy," the MoHFW tweeted.
On Monday, the country's total coronavirus count reached 31,06,349 which include 23,38,036 cured/discharged/migrated cases. The death toll stood at 57,542.
The Ministry further pointed out that high testings in the country have helped in controlling the spread of the infection.
"As the first step towards timely identification, prompt isolation and effective treatment, higher testing also results in limiting the spread of infection," it said.
The MoHFW had earlier said that the gap between recoveries and COVID-19 active cases continues to widen as the recoveries are more than three times the active cases.
"The gap between recoveries and COVID-19 active cases continues to widen. The recoveries are more than 3 times the active cases," it said.
Last Updated : Aug 25, 2020, 11:00 PM IST
