- Punjab: Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister said that Punjab Government is fighting the war against corona virus in a systematic and planned way and its emphasis is on the strengthening of the healthcare infrastructure so as to effectively combat the corona pandemic. He said that the State Government is making earnest efforts to tackle the pandemic and Punjab was the first state in the country to impose curfew after seeing the gravity of the situation.
- Himachal Pradesh: Chief Minister said that ASHA workers were playing a vital role in containing the coronavirus in the State. He said that ASHA workers have done a commendable work in the Active Case Finding Campaign by identifying people with ILI symptoms. He said that the State Government has provided an additional incentive of Rs 1000 per month to every ASHA worker for the month of March to June. Now the State Government has decided that an incentive of Rs 2000 per month would be provided per month for each ASHA workers for the month of July and August, he added.
- Maharashtra: The current count of COVID19 patients in the state is 1,64,626. 5,493 new patients have been identified as positive on Sunday. 2,330 patients have been cured, thereby total number of recoveries has gone up to 86,575 patients. Total Active patients are 70,607. Total deaths in the state as on Sunday is 7429, with a fatality rate of 4.51%. Total number of COVID19 samples tested in the state so far is 9,23,502. Mumbai police has warned residents to restrict their activities within a 2 km radius of their homes. If found more than 2 km from their residences without proper reason, their vehicles would be impounded.Meanwhile, Maharashtra government has launched the largest plasma therapy trial for Covid-19, today. CM said Maharashtra will be the first state in the country to conduct an overarching trial on convalescent plasma therapy. The first plasma therapy trial was conducted in April this year, after which permission was sought from the Centre to undertake more trials.
- Gujarat: 624 new positive cases and 19 deaths have been reported in Gujarat during the past 24 hours. State tally rises to 31,397 including 22,808 cured/discharged and 1,809 deaths. This is the second consecutive day, that the state has reported more than 600 new cases. Ahmedabad recorded 170 new cases, while Surat reported 141 cases. Out of 6,780 active cases in the state, condition of 71 patients is critical and they are on ventilator. Gujarat has conducted nearly 3.63 lakh tests so far.
- Rajasthan – 121 new cases of COVID-19 infection have been reported today. It takes the COVID-19 count in the state to 17,392. The total number of Active patients has gone up to 3,372. The number of recoveries till date stands at 13,618. Total deaths reported so far is 402. A total of 8 lakh samples have been tested so far.
- Madhya Pradesh – 7795 samples were tested on Sunday, of which 221 new positive cases have been reported, thereby taking the state count of COVID-19 to 13,186. While 10,084 recoveries and 557 deaths reported so far, there are 13,186 active cases in the state, as per the latest report. Majority of the new cases have been reported from Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior and Morena. In Indore, a total of 4615 cases and 222 deaths have been reported so far. Bhopal succeeds Indore with a total 2740 cases and 94 deaths as on Sunday.
- Chhattisgarh– 84 new COVID-19 cases have been identified on Sunday. Total coronavirus count of the state stands at 2694, out of which 619 are active cases. 118 patients were discharged on Sunday which takes the total number of recoveries to 2062.
- Goa – 70 new COVID positive cases have been identified on Sunday. It takes the state tally of Corona virus patients to 1,198. The number of active cases is 717. With the recovery of 58 patients on Sunday, the total number of recoveries has increased to 478. There are a total of 3 deaths till date.
- Kerala: Following rise in Covid cases with unknown origin, triple lockdown has been clamped in the entire Ponnanitaluk in Malappuram district from this evening till July 6. According to authorities, there are more than 20,000 people including newborns in the contact list of the two doctors confirmed of Covid-19 at Edappal in the district. Four panchayats in Edappal have already been made containment zones following the transmission of disease. Random testing of 1,500 people will be carried out. The restrictions imposed on devotees’ visit to temples under Travancore Devaswom Board will continue even after June 30. Two more Keralites died of Covid-19 taking the toll to 287 in the Gulf region. 118 Covid positive cases were reported yesterday and 2,015 patients are still under treatment in various districts.
- Tamil Nadu: TN Health Experts Committee in its meeting with CM did not recommend an extension of lockdown but urged the government to increase the restrictions in the worst hit areas alone. 63 Indian fishermen including 44 from TN still stranded in Iran due to lack of space on rescue ship INS Jalashwa. Three judicial officers and two cops test positive for Covid-19 in Vellore. 3940 new cases, 1443 recoveries & 54 deaths reported yesterday. Total cases: 82275, Active cases: 35656, Deaths: 1079, Active cases in Chennai: 19877.
- Karnataka:In the light of large number of people in quarantine violating the rules, the state government is working on developing an App which will tag the movement of those in home quarantine. BBMP has noticed five more covid care centers with 1600 bed capacity. State government has come out with a new set of temporary guidelines on imparting online education to students. Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah demands white paper on Karnataka’s Covid-19 expenses. 1267 new cases, 220 discharges & 16 deaths reported yesterday. Total positive cases: 13190, Active cases: 5472, Deaths: 207, Discharges: 7507.
- Andhra Pradesh: CM releases Rs 512 crore, as second financial incentive, to support MSMEs in the state during the Covid-19 crisis; announces waiver of fixed electricity charges from April to June. State approves 108 and 104 ambulance vehicles to provide essential medical services in emergency is going to launch as many as 1,060 vehicles with state-of-the-art amenities from July 1. 793 new cases, 302 discharged and 11 deaths reported during last 24 hours after testing 30,216 samples. Of the 793 cases, 81 are inter-state cases and six from abroad. Total cases: 13,891, Active cases: 7479, Discharges: 6232, Deaths: 180.
- Telangana: Health Minister EatalaRajender said Hyderabad is a cosmopolitan city so cases here are rising like in Delhi & Mumbai; if necessary will impose lockdown at some places. Telangana CM advised to focus more on areas where cases are rising. More tests will be conducted in those areas. Telangana Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali tests positive for Covid-19. Total cases reported: 14419, Active cases: 9000 Deaths: 247, Discharges: 5172.
- Arunachal Pradesh: CM of Arunachal Pradesh tweets that admission of girl cadets from academic session 2021-22 onwards for Sainik School East Siang will start soon.
- Assam: Health Minister HimantaBiswaSarma tweeted that the State government has set up facilities for swab collection in 31 COVID care centres and 12 hospitals across Guwahati city.
- Manipur: Facemask were distributed to media persons at Manipur Press Club, Imphal by Directorate of Environment & Climate Change in partnership with United Nations Development Programme, (UNDP).
- Meghalaya: Meghalaya government has decided that the locations in Meghalaya bordering Guwahati i.eByrnihat, Jorabat till Khanapara will be under lockdown due to the surge in Covid19 cases in Assam. Inter-state movement continues to be restricted. DC will issue necessary orders accordingly.
- Mizoram: Six more COVID-19 recovered patients discharged in Mizoram. Total active cases now stands at 90, while 61 persons have discharged.
- Nagaland: 4 more COVID-19 positive patients have recovered in Nagaland. Out of them 3 are from Dimapur& 1 from Kohima. Recovery tally in Nagaland reaches 168. Active cases stand at 266.
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