Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan are admitted to Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai.
New Delhi:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan who were admitted to a city hospital on Saturday after being tested positive for COVID-19 underwent rapid antigen tests, the minister for health care said on Saturday Maharashtra Health, Rajesh Tope. Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan are admitted to Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai.
Tope said test results for other members of the Bachchan family, including Jaya Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who have also been tested for the new coronavirus, will be released on Sunday.
“I tested positive for CoviD .. transferred to hospital .. authorities informing the hospital .. family and staff tested, expected results .. Everyone who has been close to me in the past 10 days are asked to be tested! t, “tweeted Amitabh Bachchan.
With a record increase of 27,114 cases in a single day, the Indian COVID-19 count exceeded the eight lakh mark on Saturday, just four days after crossing the post of seven lakh, according to data from the Ministry of Health Union. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country jumped to 820,916 on Saturday as the death toll reached 22,123, with 519 people succumbing to the disease in 24 hours, the updated data showed at 8 am.
It was the eighth day in a row that COVID-19 cases in the country had increased by more than 22,000. The increase in the number of coronavirus cases has accelerated considerably. It took 110 days for the number of cases in the country to reach a lakh, but only 53 more days to exceed the eight lakh mark.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the efforts of the Center, the state and local authorities on Saturday to contain the COVID-19 situation in Delhi, and ordered that a similar approach be used to control the pandemic throughout the area of the NCR.
“The priority is to closely monitor and guide containment work in areas with high infection rates,” the Prime Minister wrote on Twitter after holding a review meeting to take stock of the situation. COVID-19 in various regions of the country and the readiness of various states.
Here are the updates on the cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in India:
The Rajasthan government imposed restrictions on interstate movement of people on Saturday due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the state.
According to an order issued on Saturday, those leaving Rajasthan will need to obtain passes from the authorities. People traveling by road will be checked at the checkpoint which will be established at state borders.
“People arriving at Rajasthan airports, train stations and bus stations will be screened. All those intending to travel outside the state will need to obtain a pass from nearby government offices”, indicates the ordinance of the domicile of the State. department.
In addition, people traveling on scheduled flights, trains and buses on national roads on July 12, with a reservation confirmed in advance, will be exempt from the pass requirement, the order said.
A total of 1,344 new cases of COVID-19 and 26 deaths were reported on Saturday in West Bengal, according to the bulletin from the state health department.
According to the bulletin, there are 9,588 cases of COVID-19 active in the state and the total is 28,453
A total of 611 people were released after treatment, bringing the total number of released patients to 17,959 in the state.
The number of deaths due to COVID-1 stands at 906 after 26 deaths reported on Saturday.
