- Punjab: Punjab Government has launched a campaign to provide online education to the students during the Covid19 epidemic and has now launched an initiative to educate the children through animation videos.
- Himachal Pradesh: The Governor of Himachal Pradesh interacted with the district administration, Industry Association and heads of major industrial units of the district Una through a video conferencing from Raj Bhawan. He took stock of the COVID-19 situation in the district and got information about the problems being faced by the industrial units during this period. He said that it was necessary to continue economic activities and concerted efforts are required for that. He said that the district administration should ensure that the benefits of the schemes should reach to the lowest class of the society.
- Kerala: 18 healthcare workers, including seven doctors have tested positive in Thiruvananthapuram Medical College; over 150 staff have been asked to undergo quarantine. The spike in cases has happened in the non-COVID wards of the Medical College. One more Covid-19 death has been reported in the state taking the toll to 41. State’s Chief Election Officer has informed the Central Election Commission that the by-elections in two assembly seats could not be conducted in the present situation. 593 new active cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in the state yesterday. 6,416 patients are presently under treatment and a total of 1.73 lakh people under surveillance in various districts.
- Tamil Nadu: Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao today expressed concern over the high Covid-19 infection rate of 14.2% in Puducherry. In the last 24 hours, 768 samples have been tested of which 109 were positive, he said. In Tamil Nadu all activities barring milk supply and health care services halt under Sunday lockdown. The Sriharikota spaceport is on alert after two employees of the high-security facility tested positive for the Covid-19 infection. TN Minister for Health and Family Welfare Vijayabaskar said that appropriate action would be taken against private hospitals that overcharge Covid-19 patients. State to conduct pool testing of samples for Covid.4807 new cases & 88 deaths reported yesterday. Total cases: 1,65,714; Active cases: 49,452; Deaths: 2403; Active cases in Chennai: 14,997.
- Karnataka: More than 1,000 cases were missing from the state media bulletin on Saturday even as the authorities maintained that Karnataka recorded 4,537 positive cases and 93 deaths for the day. Second MLA from Belagavi tests positive for Covid-19 within a week, this time from Congress. Mysuru, which had managed to flatten its curve and had a zero mortality rate, is now seeing a surge in cases again. The district now has the third highest death toll in the state. Total cases till yesterday: 59,652 Active cases: 36,631; Deaths: 1240; Discharges: 21,775.
- Andhra Pradesh:Three more employees of TTD tested positive. Doctors confirm that staff working in Thiruchanur temple is affected by coronavirus. Temple authorities have stopped darshan for devotees at the temple. Curfew has been imposed in East Godavari to contain the spread of coronavirus effectively, from today 6 am to tomorrow 6 am.Scribes urge government to include them in corona warriors category and provide insurance coverage of Rs 50 lakh and monthly assistance of Rs 10,000 up to six months. State informs the Centre about starting of schools from September 5. 3963 new cases, 1411 discharged and 52 deaths reported yesterday. Total cases: 44,609; Active cases: 22,260; Deaths: 586.
- Telangana:The State government is closely working with local pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors in the State to ensure that lifesaving drugs, needed for management of Covid-19 patients, are readily available at the government healthcare establishments and pharmacy stores across the State. 1284 new cases, 1902 recoveries & 6 deaths reported yesterday; out of 1284 cases, 667 cases reported from GHMC. Total cases: 43,780; Active cases: 12,765; Deaths: 409; Discharges: 30,607.
- Maharashtra: The number of cases in Mumbai, crossed 1 lakh on Saturday. Maharashtra’s tally breached 3 lakh-mark and reached 3,00,937 as the state recorded 8,348 fresh cases, according to the Health Department’s bulletin. In the clearest indication of Covid spread easing in Mumbai, come Monday, nine of the 16 civic hospitals in the suburbs will be re-designated as “non-Covid” hubs to focus on monsoon related illness.
- Gujarat: The Gujarat government 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. These students will be used in medical and paramedical services like preventive care, clinical care, logistics and other work like health and medical data management, data analysis and tele-counselling on the government’s 1100 and 104 helplines. Gujarat has 13,500 patients undergoing Covid treatment.
- Rajasthan: A total of 193 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths were reported in Rajasthan on Sunday, taking the state count of coronavirus cases to 28,693. Out of the total cases, 21,266 people have recovered from the illness while 556 have died.
- Madhya Pradesh: Indore Covid-19 Case Count Crosses 6,000 mark. As many as 129 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Indore in the last 24 hours, taking the tally in Madhya Pradesh’s worst-hit district to 6,035.
- Goa: The number of COVID-19 cases in Goa increased by 180 on Saturday to reach 3,484. A total of 92 people were discharged during the day, taking the number of cured cases to 2,038, leaving the state with 1,425 active ones.
- Arunachal Pradesh: Arunachal Pradesh Government has extended lockdown in Capital Region Itanagar till 3rd August 20 to break the chain of local transmission of Covid -19. All people entering in the state including paramilitary forces and truckers engaged with essential supply to go through rapid antigen test.Over 38 thousand samples collected for Covid-19 test in the state of Arunachal Pradesh so far. In Arunachal Pradesh as per the revised SoP, any essential service workers who want to enter the state for more than 10 days, shall follow the normal SoP for returnees.
- Assam: The CM of Assam Shri Sarbananda Sonowal tweeted that PM Shri Narendra Modi took stock of the flood and COVID-19 situation in the state as well as about the Baghjan Oil well fire scenario over phone. The Health Minister of Assam, Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma visited the Tinsukia civil hospital today and reviewed the arrangement for COVID-19. He also held a meeting with district administration & health officials to review containment measures.
- Manipur: The Manipur state Government is conducting a surveillance drive by Anganwadi and ASHA workers to find out if there are any suspected cases of COVID-19 in Jiribam.
- Meghalaya: Meghalaya reports 2 more COVID19 deaths.Health Minister of the state A L Hek announces that two more COVID19 patients have passed away. One of the deceased is from BSF while the other works at Geological Survey of India, Kolkata and had returned to Meghalaya on 5th July.
- Mizoram: Over 1900 people are under quarantine at present in Mizoram. Out of them 1319 are in government quarantine facilities while rest are in paid or home quarantine.
- Nagaland: In Nagaland 10 positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed today. Out of them 6 in Kohima, 2 in Mokokchung and 1 each in Dimapur & Longleng.Total Covid-19 positive cases in Nagaland stands at 988 with 556 active cases and 432 recoveries.
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