- Punjab: The Punjab Government is using Effective Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) to achieve real-time tracking of supply chain of COVID19 materials. This platform has proved significant in maintaining the supply and demand balance to overcome the shortage of essential materials.
- Himachal Pradesh: Partial amendments have been made in the orders issued by the State Government regarding the Interstate movement. As per the modifications the students or candidates and the accompanying parents who need to move in and out of the State due to competitive/ selection examinations, may be facilitated by waiving off the condition of quarantine, if they exit or re-enter the State or vice-versa within a period of 72 hours.
- Maharashtra-In Maharashtra, the Minister of State for Environment Sanjay Bansode has become the sixth Minister of the UddhavThackerey Government to test Covid positive. Meanwhile, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has completed the first phase of COVID-19 serosurvey that covered 10,000 residents of the city. It was conducted for the residents of Mumbai to determine the level of antibodies among the population. Samples were taken from both slum and non-slum locations in the city. There will be another survey conducted in August. As of today, the number of active cases in Maharashtra is 1.48 lakhs. Pune district at 43,838 has the most number of active cases for any district in the country. Thane is second with 37,162 active cases, while their number has come down to 22,443 in Mumbai.
- Gujarat: 1,110 fresh cases of Covid 19 were reported on Sunday. With this, the total tally of Covid 19 cases in the state rose to 55,822. A total of 753 persons were discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the number of recovered coronavirus patients to 40,365. With the death of 21 patients, the death toll due to the pandemic in the state rose to 2,326.
- Rajasthan: 448 new positive cases and 7 deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours. This takes the state tally of COVID-19 to 36,878 out of which 10,124 active cases. Total recoveries have increased to 26,123 and total death toll so far is 631.
- Madhya Pradesh: 874 new positive cases along with 644 recoveries and 12 fatalities related to COVID-19 on Sunday, have taken the number of active cases to 7,857. Most of the new cases were from Bhopal (205 cases), followed by Indore (149 cases)
- Arunachal Pradesh: As per the revised SoP of Arunachal Pradesh government, the registered contractors who are dealing bigger projects in the state are allowed to bring maximum 50 labourers per contractor. They have to take online permit for entry and pay Rs 500 per antigen test.
- Assam: One more Viral Research and Development Laboratories (VRDL) in the campus of Jorhat medical college has been operationalised from today. With this, there are now 17 VRDL in Assam tweeted the Health Minister of Assam Shri HimantaBiswaSarma.
- Manipur: In Manipur, the COVID-19 Common Control Room Spokesman said that there is no sign of community transmission in any part of the State yet.Due to detection of COVID-19 cases among the staff of RIMS, Manipur, the hospital has been shut down with immediate effect till July 29 for sanitization.
- Nagaland: In Nagaland, Kohima district administration declares demarcated areas at Mima Village as sealed areas following the detection of a COVID-19 person residing in the location.
- Sikkim: Sikkim Chief Minister Shri Prem Singh Tamang chaired a high level meeting of State Task Force to review the State Government plan of action on COVID-19 at SammanBhawan today.
- Kerala: A special Cabinet meeting held today decided not to clamp a state wide lockdown again as it is impractical. Police checking and restrictions will be tightened in areas where disease transmission is high. District administration can take a decision on opening of shops. Meanwhile, a third member of a family in Kozhikode succumbed to coronavirus today. Another Covid death was reported at Ernakulam Medical College Hospital. The latest official death toll is 61. Police have registered a case against fifty people including local councillor who blocked the cremation of a Covid patient in Kottayam. With 927 new patients, Kerala’s Covid cases crossed 19,000 yesterday. At present, 9,655 patients are undergoing treatment and 1.56 people under observation in various districts.
- Tamil Nadu: The Puducherry Legislative Assembly complex would remain closed on July 27 and 28 after an MLA and a watch and ward tested positive for Covid infection. 29 nurses and doctors at Madurai Government Rajaji Hospital test positive for Covid. Deadline to apply for arts, science colleges in Tamil Nadu extended; students can upload their papers between August 1 and 10. Chennai’s share in Covid cases comes down and other districts add more cases as Tamil Nadu tally surges ahead. 6986 new cases and 85 deaths reported yesterday. 1155 cases from Chennai. Total Covid cases: 2,13,723; Active cases: 53,703; Deaths: 3494; Active cases in Chennai: 13,744.
- Karnataka: As per a study conducted by researchers of Stanford University, Karnataka fares the best in terms of quality of Covid 19 data reporting among all the States in the country. State Forest Minister Anand Singh tests positive for Covid-19. State government said that it is waiting for central government guidelines to decide on continuing of Sunday curfew. The first set of mobile laboratories designed by IISC team is ready to be deployed and will be handed over to state government shortly. Karnataka sees highest one-day spurt of 5,199 Covid-19 cases on Sunday as total rises to 96,141. There are 58,417 active cases and the 2,088 discharges on Sunday took the total discharges to 35,838.
- Andhra Pradesh: State issued key guidelines over conducting Covid-19 tests, saying that only the ICMR approved laboratories should conduct coronavirus tests. The government also restricted charges of not more than Rs 750 for rapid antigen test and Rs 2,800 for VRDL examination. As the state plans to reopen schools from September 5, admission process for the academic year 2020-21 commenced today for state-run schools. Only parents are allowed for completing the admission procedures, following the Covid-19 guidelines. 7627 new cases and 56 deaths reported yesterday. Total cases: 96,298; Active cases: 48,956; Deaths: 1041; Discharges: 46,301.
- Telangana: Hyderabad continues to make its mark in the field of finding solutions to tackle Covid-19 as city based Avra Laboratories plays a vital role in the soon-to-be-launched Covid-19 drug Ciplenza, the generic version of Favipiravir, by Cipla Laboratories. Telangana’s district hospitals brace for Covid surge by setting up isolation facilities in all districts of the State and urging patients to avoid visiting Hyderabad. 1473 new cases, 774 recoveries & 08 deaths reported on Sunday; out of 1473 cases, 506 cases reported from GHMC. Total cases till yesterday: 55,532; Active cases: 12,955; Deaths 471
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