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Coronavirus Live Updates: COVID-19 Cases In India Cross 41 Lakh-Mark

COVID-19 Live Updates: 31,80,865 patients have recovered from the infection in India.

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India News Posted by Nonika Marwaha

Updated : September 07, 2020 4:04 am IST

COVID-19 Cases India Updates: India's recovery rate is 77.3 per cent.

New Delhi:

Coronavirus India Live Updates: A single-day spike of 90,632 cases has push India's coronavirus tally to 41,13811, the Union Health Ministry data this morning showed. The death count has risen to 70,626 with 1,065 more fatalities.

31,80,865 patients have recovered from the infection in the country, pushing the recovery rate to 77.3 per cent.

Maharashtra remains the state hit hardest by the pandemic, followed by Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh. India is the country with the third-highest coronavirus caseload in the world after the United States and Brazil.

Here are the updates on coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:

Sep 07, 2020 04:04 (IST)

Coronavirus News: Chhattisgarh Records 2,100 New COVID-19 Cases
Chhattisgarh recorded 2,100 new COVID-19 cases, 711 recoveries and 24 deaths on Sunday, the State Health Department said, reported news agency ANI. With this, the total number of active cases in the state now stands at 45,263 including 21,198 recoveries and 380 deaths. 6,69,541 samples have been tested so far.

Sep 07, 2020 04:02 (IST)

5 COVID-19 Patients Caught Hours After Escape From Nagpur Hospital
Five COVID-19 patients, who fled from a Nagpur-based government-run hospital while undergoing treatment, were caught on Sunday, a senior official said.

Sep 07, 2020 00:41 (IST)

Coronavirus News: COVID-19 Cases In Maharashtra's Amravati Cross 7,000
Maharashtra's Aamravati district on Sunday recorded its highest single-day rise of 269 COVID-19 cases, taking the total count of infections to 7,005, according to an official release, reported news agency PTI. With three fatalities, the coronavirus death count in the district went up to 153. 189 patients were discharged in the day, taking the count of recovered patients to 5,262, it said.

Sep 06, 2020 23:52 (IST)

COVID-19: Top Punjab Police officials boost morale of over 500 infected cops
On the directive of the Punjab Director General of Police, top-level police officers have telephonically contacted over 500 COVID-19 positive cops, who are undergoing treatment to keep them motivated and in high spirits.

As per a statement issued by the Government of Punjab, all Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) and Inspector-General of Police (IGP) rank officers made the calls as part of the mass contact program, in line with similar efforts undertaken in recent weeks by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh.

"The senior officers involved in the exercise not only enquired about the health and well-being of the personnel but also assured them of every possible support, with the aim of keeping infected personnel in high spirits and motivated to fight the disease. Police officials undergoing treatment have expressed satisfaction over the support given by the government and police department," the statement said on Sunday.

Sep 06, 2020 23:37 (IST)

COVID-19: Over 3,800 Punjab policemen infected so far

Over 3,800 Punjab policemen have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began, an official statement said on Sunday.

It said senior police officials are calling up COVID-19 infected personnel to motivate them to fight the disease. The Punjab Police is also providing free health kits with a pulse oximeter, sanitisers and medicines to the infected policemen, it said.

According to the statement, 3,803 policemen in the state have tested positive for the disease so far. Twenty of them have died, while 2,186 cops have fully recovered.

At present, 1,597 policemen are COVID-19 positive, it said.

"All COVID positive police personnel are being provided health kits which include a digital thermometer, pulse oximeter, sanitisers, medicines, vitamins etc. These kits cost Rs 1,700 including taxes but are being provided free of cost to the positive police officials," the statement said.

The state police phoned over 500 COVID-19 infected personnel, who are undergoing treatment at hospitals or home quarantined.

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Sep 06, 2020 23:30 (IST)

COVID-19: Highest single-day spike of 1,316 cases in J&K, tally rises to 43,557

Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday recorded the highest single-day spike of 1,316 fresh COVID-19 cases, raising the tally to 43,557, while 14 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 784, officials said.

"There were 1,316 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours. This is for the fourth time in as many days that the number of fresh cases has crossed 1,000 in a 24-hour period, while it is also the highest single-day spike in the union territory so far," they said.

Among the new cases, 668 were from the Jammu region and 648 from the Kashmir Valley, the officials said.

Jammu district reported the highest number of 451 new cases, followed by 185 in Srinagar district, they said.

Jammu on Saturday had became the first district in the union territory to have recorded more than 500 positive cases in a single day.

There are 10,446 active coronavirus cases in the UT now, while 32,327 patients have recovered, the officials said.

Sep 06, 2020 23:18 (IST)

Coronavirus news: Health Ministry praises UP's COVID command centres' role in pandemic management

Many states and Union territories have designed innovative measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Uttar Pradesh government setting up integrated COVID control and command centres in every district as well as the state headquarters with representation of all relevant departments to address the rising number of positive cases, the Union health ministry said on Sunday.

These integrated COVID control and command centres were set up on July 18.

These centres are primarily for ensuring an effective coordination among the relevant departments for non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), the ministry said in a statement.

They also facilitate a prompt referral of COVID-19 patients to the appropriate level of dedicated COVID facilities, it added.

The centres coordinate with the zonal units to ensure a prompt testing of the symptomatic patients and contacts, intimation of the laboratory status, facilitation of transport and facility allocation in case of admission, besides a regular follow-up of the cases in home isolation.
Uttar Pradesh has also developed a Unified State COVID Portal: upcovid19tracks.in. It captures all information related to surveillance, testing and treatment of COVID patients, the ministry said.

Sep 06, 2020 23:06 (IST)

COVID-19: Himachal Pradesh records 397 fresh cases; tally rises to 7,416

Himachal Pradesh on Sunday reported its highest single-day spike of 397 COVID-19 cases, which pushed the state''s infection tally to 7,416, an official said.

The number of active cases in the state has also climbed to 2,176, special secretary (health) Nipun Jindal said.

One coronavirus death was reported in Una district on Sunday taking the death toll in the state to 54.

Solan accounts for 15 of the total COVID-19 deaths in the state, followed by 10 fatalities in Kangra, eight in Mandi, five each in Hamirpur and Una, four each in Chamba and Shimla, and three in Sirmaur.

Of the 397 fresh cases, 68 were reported from Kullu, 60 from Kangra, 57 from Solan, 52 from Chamba, 40 from Mandi, 31 each from Shimla and Bilaspur, 22 from Sirmaur, 20 from Hamirpur and 16 from Una, Mr Jindal said.

Meanwhile, 197 patients recovered from the infection -- 58 in Solan, 48 in Sirmaur, 19 in Hamirpur, 15 in Shimla, 14 each in Bilaspur and Kangra, 11 in Una and nine each in Chamba and Kullu.

With this, the total number of recoveries in the state has risen to 5,138, Jindal said, adding that 46 patients have migrated out of the state.

Sep 06, 2020 22:47 (IST)

Coronavirus news: Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Issac Tests Positive For COVID-19

Kerala Finance Minister Dr TM Thomas Isaac tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, the first in the cabinet to contract the infection, and has been shifted to the medical college hospital in Thiruvananthapuram, official sources said.

His swab samples were taken as he had a minor cold, they told PTI.

He is the first minister in the cabinet to test positive for COVID-19, they said.

"All other staff have tested negative. The minister has been shifted to the medical college," the official said.

Sep 06, 2020 22:30 (IST)

Coronavirus news: Maharashtra NCP leader offers palace, bungalow for COVID-19 fight
NCP leader Ramraje Naik-Nimbalkar has offered two properties, including a grand royal heritage palace located in Phaltan in western Maharashtra's Satara district, to the administration to set up COVID-19 centres.

Mr Nimbalkar wrote to the Satara district administration about the decision, reported news agency PTI.

"We have offered Vikram Vilas, a bungalow in Songaon owned by my cousin Raghunath Raje Naik Nimbalkar, as well as Mudhoji Manmohan Rajwada, a heritage palace in Phaltan, to the district administration," he told PTI.

"There are several rooms in the palace and it can be turned into a temporary COVID-19 centre. Cases are increasing in rural centres and infrastructure is lacking so it was decided by the trust to offer these two properties," Mr Nimabalkar said.

Sep 06, 2020 22:07 (IST)

Delhi Records Over 3,000 New COVID-19 Cases In A Day, Tally Crosses 1.91 Lakh

Delhi recorded 3,256 fresh coronavirus cases on Sunday, taking the tally to over 1.91 lakh, while the deaths mounted to 4567, the authorities said.

Twenty-nine fatalities were recorded in the last 24 hours.

As many as 26,829 rapid antigen tests and 9,217 RTPCR/CBNAAT/TrueNat tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.

Sep 06, 2020 21:48 (IST)

COVID-19: Punjab reports highest single-day spike of 1,946

Punjab reported the sharpest single-day spike of 1,946 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, pushing the COVID-19 tally to 63,473 in the state.

The previous record of new cases reported in a day was 1,746 on August 27.

Fifty-four more COVID-19 deaths took the count to 1,862 in the state, according to a government medical bulletin.

Thirteen deaths were reported from Ludhiana, eight from Patiala, six from Kapurthala, five from Amritsar, three each from Faridkot, Moga, Jalandhar and Bathinda, two from Pathankot, Muktsar and Hoshiarpur and one each from Barnala, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran, it said.

Among places which reported new cases included Jalandhar (261), Pathankot (205), Gurdaspur (186), Bathinda (168), Ludhiana (161), Mohali (154), Patiala (150), Hoshiarpur (135), Amritsar (133) and Faridkot (88).

Punjab has been seeing a surge in the number of coronavirus cases and adding over 1,000 coronavirus cases every day for a few days.

A total of 1,606 coronavirus patients were discharged from several places including Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Mohali, Sangrur, Bathinda, Pathankot and Hoshiarpur after recovering from infection.

So far 45,455 people have been cured of the contagion.

Sep 06, 2020 20:48 (IST)

COVID-19: Highest single-day spike in Kerala with over 3,000 cases
Kerala on Sunday reported its highest ever single-day spurt in coronavirus cases with 3,082 people testing positive for the pathogen and 10 related fatalities, taking the total infection count in the state to 87,840.

Fifty health workers were among those infected by the virus.

With 10 more deaths the count rose to 347 in the state. State Health Minister K K Shailaja in a release said out of the new patients, 56 reached the state from abroad, 132 from other states and 2,844 contracted the disease through their contacts.

The release also said 2,196 people were discharged in the last 24 hours taking the total cured to 64,755 in the state.

"Currently, there are 22,676 people under treatment in the state. There are 2,00,296 people under observation out of which 17,507 are in isolation wards of various hospitals," the Minister noted.

Sep 06, 2020 20:18 (IST)

COVID-19: Mumbai's Dharavi reports six new positive cases
Six new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Dharavi area of Mumbai on Sunday, taking the total number of cases to 2,819, said Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

The total number of cases include 97 active cases and 2452 discharges, according to the BMC.

Meanwhile, India registered the highest single-day spike of 90,633 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, taking the national caseload past 41-lakh mark, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Sep 06, 2020 20:07 (IST)

COVID-19: Ahmedabad's case count rises by 173
Ahmedabad's COVID-19 tally rose to 32,524 after 173 cases were reported on Sunday, the Gujarat health department said.
As the virus claimed three lives during the day, the death count in the district went up to 1,750, it said.
A total of 77 patients were discharged from hospitals on Sunday, which pushed the tally of recovered cases to 26,848, the department said in a statement.

Ahmedabad city reported 152 new cases, while there were 21 cases in the rural parts.

All three deaths were reported in the areas located within the Ahmebadad Municipal Corporation limits, it said.

Sep 06, 2020 19:49 (IST)

COVID-19: Over 3,800 Punjab policemen infected so far

Over 3,800 Punjab policemen have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began, an official statement said on Sunday.

It said senior police officials are calling up COVID-19 infected personnel to motivate them to fight the disease. The Punjab Police is also providing free health kits with a pulse oximeter, sanitisers and medicines to the infected policemen, it said.

According to the statement, 3,803 policemen in the state have tested positive for the disease so far. Twenty of them have died, while 2,186 cops have fully recovered.

At present, 1,597 policemen are COVID-19 positive, it said.

"All COVID positive police personnel are being provided health kits which include a digital thermometer, pulse oximeter, sanitisers, medicines, vitamins etc. These kits cost Rs 1,700 including taxes but are being provided free of cost to the positive police officials," the statement said.

The state police phoned over 500 COVID-19 infected personnel, who are undergoing treatment at hospitals or home quarantined.

Sep 06, 2020 19:42 (IST)

Gujarat sees record 1,335 COVID-19 cases in day, taking tally to 1,04,341; 14 deaths push count to 3,108: News agency PTI quoting state health department.

Sep 06, 2020 19:26 (IST)

COVID-19: In a first, UV tech to sanitise tokens as Lucknow Metro restarts tomorrow

With Lucknow Metro set to resume operations from Monday, it will become the first metro service in India to use ultraviolet (UV) technology for token sanitisation for passenger safety, the organisation said in a statement.

Kumar Keshav, Managing Director of Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC), on Sunday conducted an inspection and checked an overview of operational preparedness from Hazratganj to Munshipulia stations.

A special interactive session was also conducted at CCS Airport metro station for media persons showcasing the safety measures adopted and other arrangements done by Lucknow Metro catering for the safety of commuters.

In a statement, the Lucknow Metro said it has laid special emphasis on contactless travel, sanitisation, social distancing, hygiene and cleanliness. Various rigorous steps have been undertaken to ensure a safe and convenient commuting experience for passengers.

Social distancing markers have been placed on alternate seats to maintain sufficient gap between passengers inside the train.

Frequently touched areas inside trains like grab rails, grab poles, grab handles, passenger seats and door surfaces from the inside are sanitised regularly.

Lucknow Metro has also become the first metro with cashless facility of multiple tokens/tickets with GoSmart card.

A GoSmart user has a contactless trip right from entering the metro station, boarding the train to exiting the premises. The automatic sensor of AFC gates detects the card from a distance without tapping it. So, the only thing a GoSmart card user comes in contact with are the sanitised train seats.

Sep 06, 2020 19:03 (IST)

Coronavirus: J&K private schools' body donates oxygen concentrators for COVID-19 patients
Private Schools' Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) donated oxygen concentrators to NGOs working for COVID-19 patients.

"We are giving oxygen concentrators to local NGOs working for COVID patients. We will keep providing this equipment to them," GN Var, president, PSAJK told ANI.

He said, "We have shortlisted those NGOs which are working at the ground level and we give them oxygen concentrators. We already work with Kashmir Welfare Trust which has a very vast network of work for poor people."

Sep 06, 2020 18:43 (IST)

COVID-19: Andhra Pradesh records 10,794 fresh cases; tally inches closer to 5 lakh mark
The coronavirus positives increased by the new normal 10,000-plus but the number of
active cases dropped below the one-lakh mark in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday.

With the addition of 10,794 in 24 hours ending 9 am on Sunday, the aggregate Covid-19 cases now reached 4.98 lakh just short of the five-lakh mark.

The latest bulletin said 11,915 patients had recovered from the infection and walked home but another 70 succumbed in 24 hours.

A total of 3.94 lakh coronavirus patients had so far been cured while 4,417 died.

The number of active cases now stood at 99,689, the bulletin said.

With the caseload increasing daily by thousands, the infection positivity rate shot further up to 12.13 per cent after a total of 41.07 lakh sample tests were conducted.

The recovery rate too showed an improvement to 79.10 per cent while the mortality rate remained stable at 0.89 per cent, according to the bulletin.

SPS Nellore district is now turning out to be the latest hotbed in the state. It reported 1,299 fresh cases in 24 hours, pushing its overall tally to 37,278.

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