COVID-19 India Updates: Over 11.86 lakh patients have recovered. (File)
Coronavirus live updates: India’s COVID-19 tally crossed 18 lakh on Monday, just a day after passing 17 lakh, with 52,972 cases reported in one day, according to data from the Ministry of Health Union health.
The country now has 18,03,695 infections of the deadly virus which has affected more than 17.5 million people worldwide. With 771 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the death toll has risen to 38,135, the government said. Several prominent public figures in the country, including Interior Minister Amit Shah and Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, have tested positive for the virus, leading to the death of a government minister of Uttar Pradesh.
More than 11.86 lakh patients have recovered; the recovery rate stood at 65.76 percent this morning. India has tested a total of 2,020,2858 samples so far. The positivity rate – the percentage of patients who tested positive for the coronavirus – was 13.90%.
At 3.6 percent, the rate of increase in the number of cases in India is more than double that of 1.6 percent in the United States and significantly higher than that of Brazil of 2.3 percent – the only two countries with a higher workload.
Here are the live updates on the coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:
The national capital recorded 805 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, the lowest in more than two months, bringing the number of infections to 1,338,482, authorities said on Monday.
According to a health bulletin, 10,133 tests – 3,904 RTCPR and 6,229 Rapid Antigen – were performed in the past 24 hours.
On average, 18,000 to 19,000 tests were performed daily since testing was ramped up significantly in mid-June.
The number of tests performed the day before was also low – 12,730 – due to Eid al-Adha. So far, 10.73802 tests have been conducted in Delhi, according to the bulletin.
Up to 81 inmates and three staff at Sangli District Prison in Maharashtra have contracted the coronavirus infection, a senior official said on Monday.
He said 94 inmates and six staff members donated their swab samples for testing.
“Of the 100 samples tested, 81 inmates and three staff members tested positive for coronavirus,” said Anil Khamkar, director of Sangli prisons.
He said the virus could have spread because the prison is overcrowded.
“We have the capacity to house 235 inmates, but the current occupancy is 319,” the warden said, adding that only one case was reported at the facility last month. He said the infected detainees would be transferred to a temporary isolation center in Sangli, western Maharashtra.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday called on district collectors to end a lockdown in an area if the number of coronavirus cases there is on the rise.
He said collectors can impose other restrictions such as declaring containment zones and announcing a nighttime curfew, depending on the requirements.
Presiding over a review meeting, Gehlot also called on officials to ensure compliance with COVID-19 health protocols, adding that the situation could worsen if these are violated.
The chief minister also said that if people in home quarantine break the rules, they should be placed in institutional quarantine.
Minister of State for Health Raghu Sharma, Chief Secretary Rajeeva Swarup and other senior officials attended the meeting.
Rajasthan recorded 13 deaths from COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total number of such deaths in the state to 719, while with 1,145 new cases the tally passed the 45,000 mark, the ministry said. Health.
Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday inaugurated a 300-bed COVID care center at the Manipur Trade and Expo Center, Lamboikhongnangkhong in Imphal West.
Speaking to ANI, the Senior Minister said there is evidence of local transmission of COVID-19, but there is no community transmission of the disease in the state.
With an increase in the number of positive Covid-19 cases, an appropriate decision will be made at the next Cabinet meeting on whether to strengthen the current lockdown and its extension, he added. Singh maintained that the public awareness is absolutely necessary to contain the spread. of disease. He also urged people to come forward openly for early treatment instead of hiding their COVID-19 status if they tested positive.
“Currently, a total of 300 beds have been installed in the Lamboikhongnangkhong CCC and it will be transformed into a 1,000-bed center because it has enough space for an extension. He thanked the Department of Health and other officials for setting up the COVID care center so that those infected can receive treatment in a timely manner, ”Singh said.
The death toll from COVID-19 in Odisha crossed 200 on Monday with 10 more deaths bringing the total to 207, a health ministry official said.
At least 1,384 more people have tested positive for the disease, bringing the total to 36,297, he said.
The state also recorded the highest single-day recovery of 1,119 patients with COVID-19, bringing the number who were cured of the disease to 23,074, or 63.56 of the total number of cases in the state. , said the official.
