- Chandigarh: The Administrator, UT Chandigarh, directed doctors to focus on symptomatic patients and to take special care of their health. He also mentioned that covid positive persons staying in home isolation should be regularly monitored. They should be brought to hospital in case there is deterioration or aggravation of their medical condition. The Control Room must check their status everyday over phone and ambulance should be in readiness to shift them to hospital. Such facility should be available round-the-clock.
- Himachal Pradesh: Chief Minister said that State Government was contemplating to open temples in the State soon for which SOP would be prepared to facilitate the devotees. He said that Deputy Commissioners have been directed to simplify the process of entry to the State but at the same time the process of e-pass would remain in force. He said that the Government was ensuring that development in the State does not get affected due to Covid-19 pandemic.
- Kerala: A study held by Union Health Ministry – as part of implementing Unlock 4 – has revealed that the Covid crisis in Kerala is alarming. It is shown that Kerala tops in increasing rate of daily Covid cases at 4.3 percent and is in second place after Maharashtra when it comes to the rate of people testing positive. The rate of testing is only 6.23% in Kerala and is in the last spot in this category, according to the study report. Meanwhile, five more Covid deaths were reported in the State today taking the toll to 303. Kerala’s Covid case count reached 76,525 yesterday, with 1,140 fresh cases. 22,512 patients are undergoing treatment and 1.96 lakh people under observation.
- Tamil Nadu: The number of Covid-19 cases crossed 15,000 and the toll went past 250 in Puducherry on Wednesday. 397 fresh cases and 13 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in the Union territory. Passenger trains, inter-district buses to resume operations in Tamil Nadu from September 7. The announcement came amid complaints from the public about difficulties faced in travelling long distances within the state since the govt had only allowed intra-district bus operations from 1st September.
- Karnataka: Bengaluru has witnessed substantial improvement in Covid situation. Fatality rate has reduced to 0.9% in last 15 days meeting the Union Govt’s target to keep it under 1%. Positivity Rate has reduced to 10.2% from 23% in July despite increasing testing to 25,000/day from 4000/day. KSRTC gets nod to fill all seats in buses under Unlock 4. After slow start pubs await till weekend. Kempegowda International Airport complete 100 days of post lockdown operations, 84% of pre-covid domestic network reconnected. Karnataka yesterday reported 9000 Covid cases for the second time.
- Andhra Pradesh:To deal with surging Covid-19 cases, State government hired over 1,350 ambulances, exclusively to be used for transportation of patients to hospitals and Covid care centres. Call centres set up in mandals will coordinate with health workers, doctors and hospitals, and assign ambulances. Special Chief Secretary, Medical and Health, KS Jawahar Reddy said the State govt is laying emphasis on reducing the number of deaths. He warned private hospital of severe action if they collect excess charges for Covid treatment.
- Telangana: 2892 new cases, 2240 recoveries & 10 deaths reported in the last 24 hours; out of 2892 cases, 477 cases reported from GHMC. Total cases: 1,30,589; Active cases: 32,341; Deaths: 846; Discharges: 97,402. A stronger sub-strain of the novel coronavirus which spreads faster is now sweeping across Telangana, said the city-based Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB), one of India’s top research organisation.
- Arunachal Pradesh: In Arunachal Pradesh 100 new Covid positive cases detected during last twenty four hours. Current recovery rate is 70.72 % in the state.
- Assam: In Assam 1434 COVID-19 patients discharged on Tuesday. The total active COVID-19 cases in the state stands at 24514 while 86892 patients were discharged.
- Manipur: In Manipur 130 more persons test Covid19 positive. There were 120 recoveries with 69 percent recovery rate. There are 1903 active cases in the state.
- Meghalaya: In Meghalaya, 73 individuals have recovered from Coronavirus today. The total active cases in the state stands at 1193. Out of them 304 are from BSF and Armed Forces.
- Mizoram: Eight fresh Covid-19 cases detected in Mizoram yesterday. Total cases in the state reached to 1020 out of them 410 are active cases.
- Nagaland: In Nagaland odd-even traffic system to continue in Dimapur&Kohima. Dimapur’s major markets – New Market, Hazi Park &Hongkong Market are likely to open this week. Dimapur DC says modalities being worked out.
- Sikkim: In Sikkim a total of 41558 COVID-19 tests were done till today.
- Maharashtra: The Maharashtra government has extended by three months its directive to to reserve 80 per cent beds in private hospitals and nursing homes across the state to treat Covid-19 patients. State Health Minister Rajesh Tope said that with the availability of beds, the rate of treatment will also be controlled. Meanwhile, with 15,765 new Covid cases reported on Tuesday, the case count in the state crossed the 8 lakh mark. The number of active cases has climbed up to 1.98 lakhs.
- Rajasthan: Spurt in Covid-19 cases has prompted the State government to consider converting more government hospitals into dedicated Covid hospitals. In addition, facilities at the existing dedicated Covid care centre, RUHS Hospital, will be upgraded. The government will add a 100-bed Covid care centre on RUHS premises for patients with mild or moderate symptoms. Rajasthan has 13,970 active cases as on date.
- Chhattisgarh: Chhattisgarh witnessed the biggest spike in COVID-19 cases in a single-day with 1,514 people testing positive on Tuesday, taking the tally to 33,017, while 10 more patients died, pushing up the fatalities to 287. Raipur district, the worst-hit by the pandemic in the state, with 453 new cases, Durg district (226) and Rajnandgaon district (149) were the biggest contributors to the tally
- Goa: The Goa Airport has done away with a rule which laid down that all domestic travelers must submit COVID-19 negative certificates on arrival. This follows the Unlock 4.0 guidelines issued by the Central Government. The restaurants and bars in the state have also opened. Meanwhile, Goa Chief Minister PramodSawant has tested positive for Covid. The 47 year old Sawant, said he is asymptomatic and under home isolation.
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