Coronavirus India Highlights: 37,148 New COVID-19 Cases In Last 24 Hours Take India's Tally To 11.55 Lakh

COVID-19: Seven deaths, 1,430 new cases in Telangana
The rise in COVID-19 cases continued in Telangana on Tuesday, with 1,430 infections and seven deaths being reported, taking the tally in the state to 47,705 and fatalities to 429.

Out of the 1,430 new cases, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for 703, followed by Ranga Reddy and Medchal districts with 117 and 105 cases respectively.

A state government bulletin said 36,385 people (76 per cent) have recovered so far, while 10,891 were under treatment.

The bulletin said 16,855 samples were tested on Tuesday. Cumulatively, 2,93,077 samples have been tested. the tests per million population was 7,327, while cumulative sample positivity rate was 16 per cent.

The bulletin said the government has made elaborate arrangements for treating COVID-19 patients and that sufficient beds are available in government hospitals.

It said people can contact 9154170960 on WhatsApp for any grievances pertaining to private hospitals or laboratories.

COVID-19: Gujarat's Surat records 298 new cases
Surat reported 298 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday,taking the tally to 10,840, while 21 more patients died, the highest in Gujarat, the state health department said.

The district reported the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in the state on Tuesday at 21, taking the toll to 467, it said.

Out of the 744 new cases reported from across Gujarat, Surat alone accounted for 298.

The district reported 21 out of the 34 deaths in the state on Tuesday, the department said in a release.

Since the last several days, Surat has overtaken Ahmedabad in both the number of daily cases and fatalities.

Surat city reported 225 and rural parts recorded 73 new infections.

COVID-19: 785 more test positive in Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh recorded 785 new COVID-19 cases, taking the state-wide infection count to 24,095 on Tuesday, while 18 more patients succumbed to the disease, health department officials said.

With 18 more people succumbing to the viral infection on Tuesday, the death count went up to 756, they said.

Of them, four fatalities each were reported from Bhopal and Indore, while one each patient died in Morena, Jabalpur, Sagar, Ratlam, Dhar, Barwani, Datia, Hoshangabad, Jhabua and Guna, the officials said.

Among the new cases, the highest 149 cases were reported from Bhopal, followed by 72 in Raisen, 70 in Indore, 62 in Morena and 49 in Gwalior, they said.

Also, a total of 573 persons were discharged from hospitals on Tuesday, taking the number of recoveries to 16,257, the officials said.

The number of cases in Indore, the worst-hit district in the state, rose by 70 to 6,225, while the death count increased to 299, a state health department bulletin said.

COVID-19: 133 new cases in Chhattisgarh, count now 5,731
Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 count rose to 5,731 on Tuesday with the addition of 133 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the death count climbed to 29, as the sample of an elderly woman who died earlier tested positive, a health official said.

A total of 170 patients were discharged in the day taking the total number of such cases to 4,114, he said.

"While 115 new cases were reported on Tuesday, 18 people tested positive on Monday night," he said.

Of the fresh cases reported on Tuesday, 50 were from Raipur, 23 from Kondagaon, eight from Bilaspur, five each from Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi, Koriya and Narayanpur, four from Kanker, three each from Dantewada and Janjgir-Champa, and two each from Bijapur, Durg and Balrampur, he said.

Coronavirus: US Virus Crisis To "Get Worse Before It Gets Better", Says Donald Trump

President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that the coronavirus crisis in the United States is likely to "get worse before it gets better."

"Some areas of our country are doing very well," Trump said at his first formal White House virus briefing since the end of April.

"Others are doing less well," the president said. "It will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better."

Trump also urged Americans to wear facemasks to help prevent the spread of the highly contagious virus.

COVID-19: Gujarat's Ahmedabad records 199 new cases
Ahmedabad reported 199 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, taking its tally to 24,767, while more than 200 people recovered from the infection, the Gujarat health departmentsaid.

With six new fatalities, the COVID-19 death count in the district rose to 1,557, it said.

With 205 patients getting discharged from hospitals, the number of recovered people rose to 19,413, the health department said in a release.

Ahmedabad city recorded 187 new cases, while rural parts of the district reported 12 infections, it said.

Five of the fatalities were from the city and one from a rural area, the department said.

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) said the number of recovered cases improved to 79.9 per cent of total infections in the city.

COVID-19: France says virus spread 'increasing' with summer holidays
The French health ministry said Tuesday that coronavirus transmission is increasing during the summer holiday season, with the total number of COVID-19 deaths now standing at 30,165.

The ministry's DGS health directorate said it had registered "an increase in the number of emergency doctor calls, emergency room visits, the number of virus clusters and new hospitalisations" for suspected cases across the country.

The directorate said a total of 547 virus clusters had emerged since May 9, just before France began lifting the strict stay-at-home orders and business closures imposed in March to limit the virus's spread.

But currently only 208 clusters remain active, it said, clarifying a statement from Monday by Health Minister Olivier Veran, who cited 400 to 500 active clusters even though "we are very far from a second wave" of widespread cases.

As people take advantage of the summer holidays, "travel, events and gatherings of families or friends are factors that could foster the epidemic's resurgence," the DGS said.

Over the past 24 hours, however, only 13 new deaths had been recorded in France, far below the daily count at the height of the outbreak, reported news agency AFP.

COVID-19: Kerala reports 720 new cases
Kerala on Tuesday reported 720 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total coronavirus cases in the state to 13,994, said.

720 new COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Kerala on Tuesday. The total number of positive cases in the state is now 13,994 which also includes 8056 active cases," Kerala CM told reporters.

With a spike of 37,148 cases and 587 deaths reported in India in the last 24 hours, the total number of COVID-19 cases stands at 11,55,191, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

COVID-19: Manipur tally crosses 2,000 mark
The COVID-19 tally in Manipur crossed the 2,000-mark, with the detection of 90 new cases on Tuesday, a Health department bulletin said.

The 90 new cases pushed the COVID-19 tally to 2,015 of which 631 are active cases, it said.

Sixty-four people also recovered from COVID-19 on Tuesday, taking the total number of recovered persons to 1,384.

The COVID-19 recovery rate in the state is 68.68 per cent, the bulletin added.

Meanwhile, the District Magistrate of Thoubal, Bandana Devi imposed curfew in the entire district to prohibit movement of people to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The DM also declared three areas of Thoubal district as containment zones to prevent the spread of the virus and also to facilitate intensive contact tracing and house to house surveillance and testing of primary contacts, officials said.

COVID-19: Highest single-day spike of 1,680 cases in Assam; infection tally reaches 26,772
Assam recorded the highest single-day spike of 1,680 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday as the state crossed the 26,000 mark, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

The state also saw six more deaths due to the infection, he said.

The total number of coronavirus cases in the state reached 26,772, while the death count increased to 64.

The 1,680 fresh cases include 570 from Guwahati, 167 from Jorhat and 159 from Cachar, the minister said.

The previous highest single-day spike of 1,218 cases in the north eastern state was reported on July 17.

"1680 new #COVID19 patients detected in Assam on July 21. Guwahati reported 570 cases. (Jorhat 167, Cachar 159). With 18,152 tests carried out in 24 hours, our positivity rate is 9.2 per cent," Mr Sarma said.

Among the six dead, four are women, and two each are from Kamrup Metropolitan and Kamrup Rural along with one each from Darrang and Dibrugarh districts, reported news agency PTI.

The death rate in the state is currently 0.26 per cent.

COVID-19: Night curfew, sunday lockdown as Unlock2 back in Bengaluru
With the nearly week long lockdown in Bengaluru urban and rural areas coming to an end, the Karnataka government on Tuesday issued an order reimplementing unlock 2.0 guidelines issued on June 30, under which there will be night curfew and Sunday lockdown.

The order, signed by Chief Secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar, said night curfew would be from 9 pm-5 am state-wide and that the lockdown on Sundays currently in place would continue.

The order also restricts the use of gym equipment and sitting on benches in parks.

It also said that vegetable markets, not only in Bengaluru, but also in district and taluk level, would be relocated to large open spaces or Agricultural Produce Market Committees, with the aim of restricting crowds.

The unlock 2.0 guidelines will be effective from 5 am on July 22 to July 31.

Bengaluru urban and rural areas were under "complete lockdown" since 8 pm on July 14 and it will be effective till 5 am on Wednesday.

Coronavirus news: Congress leader alleges lack of transparency in Telangana regarding COVID-19 situation
Congress leader Marri Shashidhar Reddy on Tuesday alleged that there is a lack of transparency by Telangana government with regard to releasing the COVID-19 bulletin.

"We have been saying from the beginning that there is lack of transparency. The bulletins that are been put by the Telangana Government do not follow any standard proforma and the information is put out very selectively. Nowhere in the country and world have there this kind of lack of transparency," the Congress leader told ANI.

"I do not know who the state government is trying to fool. The data that is available is not complete for any meaningful decisions to be taken," he added.

Coronavirus news: 6 die of COVID-19 in Assam; 938 recover
Six persons, including four women, died due to COVID-19 in Assam on Tuesday, pushing the death toll to 64, and the caseload reached 25,092, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

Of the six dead, two each are from Kamrup Metropolitan and Kamrup Rural and one each from Darrang and Dibrugarh districts.

The fatality rate is 0.26 per cent and the recovery rate is 71.87 per cent.

"938 patients have been discharged today. Patients returning home healthy are our beacon of hope," Mr Sarma tweeted.

There are 6,992 active cases, 64 have died and three have migrated out of the state, he said.

Coronavirus news: Rajasthan okays relief for about 35 lakh needy families hit by lockdown
The Rajasthan government on Tuesday decided to give Rs 1,000 compensation to each of about 35 lakh needy families hit by the coronavirus lockdown.

The decision, taken at a Cabinet meeting, will put a burden of Rs 351 core on the exchequer, an official statement said.

The cabinet also decided to provide relief to the tourism and related sector. The state government gave nod to restart the local public transport services in cities.

A government spokesperson said Rs 1,000 ex gratia will be provided to each of around 35 lakh families, including building construction workers and BPL families and those deprived of social security pension.

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Coronavirus update: Mumbai reports 995 new cases; 62 die, 905 recover

Coronavirus news: 9 more COVID-19 deaths in Haryana, 604 fresh cases