Kerala: The Kerala State Higher Education Council has submitted a policy document to the state government recommending a complete overhaul of University and college examinations through computerized automation tools in view of the Covid-19 situation. The objective is to carry out evaluation and result declaration speedily and flawlessly with the help of an instant evaluation machine. Seven months after shutters were downed following the Covid outbreak, bars in Kerala are likely to open next week. The Excise, Police and Revenue department are tasked with ensuring that bars, when they open, strictly adhere to Covid protocols. The state reported 5457 positive cases yesterday, with the total tally crossing four lakh.
Tamil Nadu: For the first time since May, Covid cases in Chennai went below the 700-mark on Tuesday, with 695 testing positive. Meanwhile, Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) in the city recorded zero deaths due to Covid in 24 hours, for the second time in a span of four days. The State government has relaxed the ban on recruiting frontline staff for Covid relief work; the G.O. issued in this regard said departments concerned need not get the concurrence of the Staff Committee anymore to recruit frontline staff. Covid-19 positivity rate falls to 6.2 per cent in Coimbatore; death rate has come down to 1.28% in the district as against last month’s rate of 2.1%; fever camps help in early diagnosis.
Karnataka: With an aim of putting in place more stringent measures to ensure people to wear mask covering their mouth and nose and to maintain social distance, BBMP has formed four committees at ward, zonal, divisional and head office levels. For the second consecutive day the number of Covid tests conducted in the state declined due to festivals. A group of nutritionists, activists and lawyers petitioned state government to provide ration kits to students in government and aided schools. Voting begins for four seats to Karnataka Legislative Council following Covid guidelines.
Andhra Pradesh: The online certificate courses introduced by the National Sanskrit University (NSU), Tirupati have evoked a good response from students. As many as 414 students from India and abroad have evinced interest in pursuing the NSU online courses so far. The NSU conducted Sanskrit and Yoga courses in 19 streams through online from April 5 to May 17 this year in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. Uncertainty over Andhra-Telangana bus services continues; the scheduled meeting on Tuesday between the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) officials with their Telangana counterparts over entering into an agreement to resume interstate bus operations has been cancelled.
Telangana: 1481 new cases, 1451 recoveries & 4 deaths reported in the last 24 hours; out of 1481 cases, 279 cases reported from GHMC. Total cases: 2,34,152; Active cases: 17,916; Deaths: 1319; Discharges: 2,14,917 with a recovery rate of 91.78 per cent. Telangana has become the only State to have waived off crop loans amounting to Rs 27,718 crore, largest in the country since the formation of the State. Further, the State government spent another Rs 28,000 crore under Rythu Bandhu benefiting farmers directly during the corresponding period.
Maharashtra: The doubling rate of Covid-19 cases in all the 24 administrative wards of Mumbai has gone above 100 days. Whereas, the overall doubling rate of Covid-19 cases in Mumbai has gone up to 139 days. The BMC is finding success in bending the curve of Covid-19 with all its administrative wards now able to slow down the spread of infection. Along with Mumbai, Covid situation in rest of Maharashtra is also improving with the state reporting 7,836 recoveries on Tuesday against 5,363 new cases. Total number of active cases in the state has come down to 1.31 lakhs.
Gujarat: Gujarat recorded 992 new cases during the last 24 hours marking the third consecutive day of under 1,000 cases. At present total active cases in the state are 13,487, out of which 64 patients are on ventilator. Five patients died yesterday taking the total deaths due to Covid19 up to 3,698.
Rajasthan: The State Education Department has readied a proposal to reopen schools in the state from November 2 in a phased manner. In the first phase schools for senior classes will begin. A detailed SOP that includes compulsory wearing of masks, sanitization and safe distancing norms. For primary school children a proposal of odd-even is under consideration. Rajasthan on Tuesday reported 1,796 new cases. The number of active cases is 15,949.
Madhya Pradesh: For the first time in three months, Madhya Pradesh reported under 600 Covid cases, with 514 cases recorded on Tuesday. 112 new cases were reported in Indore while Jabalpur recorded 46 new cases. The number of active cases in the state is 10,353.
Chhattisgarh: Chhattisgarh, which remained relatively unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic until early August, now finds itself grappling with an explosion in the number of cases. The State remained low on the positivity chart until early August, but since then its graph has remained almost vertical and there is no sign of the curve flattening as yet. The state reported 2,046 new cases and 287 recoveries on Tuesday. The active cases count is 21,693.
Goa: The Goa cabinet has decided to allow casinos to reopen in the state from November 1 by following the COVID-19 prevention guidelines. The coastal state has six offshore and around a dozen onshore casinos, which have been shut since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in March this year. The casinos will have to operate at 50 per cent of their capacity and follow all the standard operating procedures laid down by the state Home department.
Assam: In Assam, 403 more people tested positive for COVID-19 and 2443 patients discharged yesterday. Total cases rise to 204789, discharged 191027, active 12845 and 914 deaths.
Manipur: In Manipur, with 6 more deaths due to COVID-19, the toll reaches 150. Current recovery rate is 75 percent in the state.
Meghalaya: In Meghalaya, total active cases 1411 and total recovered 7643.
Mizoram: In Mizoram, 80 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed yesterday, total cases rise to 2607. The State today reported first COVID-19 related mortality.
Nagaland: In Nagaland, Union Home Ministry on Tuesday showed 14 States & Union Territories including Nagaland having COVID-19 fatality rate lower than 1%.
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