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Himachal Pradesh coronavirus update: 317 fresh cases, seven more deaths

Himachal Pradesh recorded 317 fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday, taking the infection tally in the state to 13,997.

Madhya Pradesh coronavirus update: 2,311 new cases, 29 deaths reported

Madhya Pradesh on Saturday saw 2,311 new coronavirus cases, pushing its case count to 1,19,899, the state health department said

Ahmedabad coronavirus update: Covid-19 cases in district cross 36,000

The COVID-19 tally in Ahmedabad district rose to 36,048 on Saturday with the addition of 195 fresh cases, Gujarat health department said. With three persons succumbing to the infection in the city, the total toll in the district went up to 1,816, it said. A total of 182 patients, including 156 from Ahmedabad and 26 from rural areas, weredischarged in the day, taking the count of recoveries in the district to 29,924, the department said in a release. Of the 195 new infections, 175 were reported from Ahmedabad city, while 20 cases were detected in rural areas. Of the total 2,355 cases in rural Ahmedabad, 2,243 patients have been discharged so far, including 26 in the day, officials said. Ahmedabad civic body has so far detected 966 COVID-19 cases after conducting 67,845 tests in 7,810 offices in the city under its "COVID-19 coordinator scheme," a senior official has said. As per the COVID-19 bulletin issued by the civic body, the city has 3,794 active cases. At 681,

Epidemic Diseases Bill passed in LS to protect frontline Covid workers

The Bill was passed a few minutes before 12 O'clock

Covid-19 in numbers: Here's the Latest data on cases and deaths globally

Refer to the following tables for data on confirmed coronavirus cases, deaths and recoveries in India and across the world

DATA STORY: Biggest single-day spike in coronavirus deaths, recoveries

The states add UTs that have reported their biggest respective single-day jump in total cases today are West Bengal, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh

DATA STORY: India sees biggest single-day jump in recoveries, net drop in active Covid cases

Among states with more than 25,000 cases, the five with worst recovery rates are Punjab, Karnataka, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, and Odisha

Delhi coronavirus update: Sub-1,000 new cases for first time since June 1

With 954 new daily cases on Monday, the national capital reported its smallest single-day jump in coronavirus cases since June 1

Covid-19 fight: Medical students in Gujarat to help meet staff shortage

The Gujarat govt has announced that to meet the need for medical staff for the treatment of Covid-19 patients, medical students will be roped in as assistants

Delhi court grants bail to Malaysians from Tablighi Jamaat congregation

Delhi's Saket Court granted bail to the Malaysian nationals who participated in the Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz in March

Covid-19 Factoid: Maharashtra becomes first state to have 200,000+ cases

More than half the confirmed cases in Maharashtra have recovered, while 8,671 people have died, the most for an Indian state

'Covid warrior club' in action: West Bengal's strategy to contain pandemic

The West Bengal government has set up a 'Covid warrior club' in Murshidabad district comprising people who have recovered and are willing to aid the administration and health workers

Coronavirus daily update: Bengal sees highest single-day spike of 542 cases

West Bengal registered its highest single-day increase in the number of Covid-19 cases on Friday, with 542 fresh infections pushing the tally in the state to 16,190. The state's death toll rose by 10

Coronavirus daily update: Mumbai records 1,297 new cases, 44 deaths

Mumbai, one of the cities most affected by the coronavirus pandemic in India, on Friday reported 1,297 new Covid-19 cases and 44 deaths

Covid-19: Serological survey to begin in Delhi on Saturday

Survey to aid comprehensive analysis of Covid-19 in Delhi and prepare a broad strategy to combat the pandemic

PIL for guidelines on COVID-19 testing of mentally ill homeless; HC seeks Centre, AAP govt stand

The Delhi High Court asked the Centre and the AAP government on Thursday to reply to a PIL seeking directions to them to issue guidelines for COVID-19 testing of mentally ill homeless persons in the national capital. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan issued notice to them seeking their stand on the plea by a lawyer alleging a "casual approach" on the part of the Delhi government, particularly its Chief Secretary, while dealing with issues of health of homeless persons with mental illness. The court listed the matter for further hearing on July 9. Advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal claimed in his petition that the Delhi government has not taken seriously the lack of guidelines with respect to COVID-19 testing of mentally ill homeless persons. He said the high court had on June 9 directed it to address the grievances raised by him in another PIL with regard to mentally ill homeless persons in accordance with law, rules, regulations and government policy. He said

Out of India's total COVID-19 cases, only 4.16 pc of patients required ventilator support: Govt official

According to the Union Health Ministry, the total number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 4,56,183 and the death toll rose to 14,476 on Wednesday

18 new COVID-19 cases in Jharkhand, 1 more death

The number of people who have been found to be infected rose to 2,219 with the detection of the fresh cases

Uttarakhand reports 55 new COVID-19 cases, state's count surges to 2,623

As per the department's bulletin, the death toll in the State stands at 35

COVID-19: Delhi chief secretary tells govt depts to bring services online

The move is aimed at preventing the spread of novel coronavirus in the national capital