7 PM DAILY BULLETIN ON COVID-19 as on 26.06.20

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  • Chandigarh: The Administrator, UT Chandigarh, directed all officials to enhance vigil and to ensure that all those, who are violating social distance guidelines and other hygienic instructions should be penalized through special drive conducted by dedicated teams in different parts of the city.
  • Punjab: Punjab Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities Minister has termed people’s cooperation as vital to win the battle against Covid, adding that only with this cooperation this impossible task could be made possible. He appealed to the people to observe all health protocols including washing hands regularly with soap or sanitizer especially after touching anything. Wearing masks while going out each time besides maintaining social distancing is key in this fight against Covid
  • Himachal Pradesh: As many as 444 persons have been brought back from abroad to Himachal Pradesh till today under the Vande Bharat Mission from 71 countries/cities. All these persons were received by the officers of the State government at respective airports and facilitated them for reaching back to the State where they were put up in institutional quarantine.
  • Kerala: MoS External Affairs, V.Muraledharan says, the State-specific protocols sought by Kerala for bringing back expats cannot be implemented. Meanwhile, all arrangements are in place for conducting Antibody test for expats returning to the state. A total of 21 flights are arriving in Kochi today. 20 flights are from the Gulf and one from Georgia. It has been confirmed that the death of the youth, who was in home quarantine in Kottayam after coming from abroad, was not due to Covid-19. Kerala, which had early last month claimed to have flattened the curve, has been recording fresh cases on a regular basis since non-resident Keralites started returning with the easing of lockdown restrictions. Yesterday, it reported 123 Covid-19 cases taking the total number of infections in the state to 3,726. As many as 1,761 patients are presently undergoing treatment for the disease in the state.
  • Tamil Nadu: 30 new Covid-19 patients cases reported in Puducherry, mild cases shifted from IGMCRI to care centres. In all, 203 patients have been discharged after recovery including 16 today and nine have succumbed to Covid till now in the UT. Tamil Nadu recorded its steepest ever spike with 3,509 Covid-19 cases yesterday. With this, the State touched 70,977 confirmed cases. Active cases in Chennai are 18969 and total Covid fatalities in the State till yesterday is 911.
  • Karnataka: Though covid cases are rising every day in the Bangalore city, state government decides not to impose lockdown again. CM said that bed capacity in Bengaluru would be increased to 10,000 and existing  lockdown norms would be enforced very strictly. Highcourt of Karnataka has asked BBMP to ensure supply of essential goods in all 400 containment zones. State child rights commission supports the state government on banning online class till class five.  Meanwhile medical education department notified to reserve 2304 beds in 11 private and one government medical college for Covid treatment. Health commissioner issued order to open fever clinics in all community health centers to check up ILIs and SARI cases. State reported 442 new cases and 06 deaths yesterday with total cases now reaching 10,560 and total fatalities at 170.
  • Andhra Pradesh: YSR Congress Party Kodumuru (Kurnool) MLA Sudhakar tested positive for coronavirus on June 25.  He is the second legislator to be tested positive for the virus in a span of one week. UK’s Deputy High Commissioner Andrew Fleming, in a tweet on Friday, lauded the strategy, approach and measures being taken by Andhra Pradesh government in containing the spread of coronavirus pandemic in the state. Kurnool Medical College gets ICMR’s approval for plasma therapy. 605 new cases, 191 discharged and 10 deaths reported during last 24 hours after testing 22,305 samples.  Of the 605 cases, 34 are inter-state cases and one from abroad. Total cases: 11,489, Active cases: 6147, Discharged: 5196, Deaths: 146.
  • Telangana: As many as 153 Telangana migrants who were stuck in Doha due to Covid-19 and lockdown situation arrived by a chartered flight from Qatar to Hyderabad. As 920 positive cases were reported in one day, Telangana govt questions test accuracy.  State cast serious doubts on the accuracy of Covid-19 test results coming from seven ICMR-approved private labs. Total cases: 11364, Active cases:  6446, Discharged: 4688.
  • Maharashtra: Maharashtra recorded highest single-day Covid 19 cases, pushing the case count in the state beyond 1.4 lakh since the outbreak. The total number of confirmed patients have risen to 1,47,741 after 4,841 more patients tested positive in the state in the last 24 hours. Along with that, the death toll also increased to 6,931 as 192 more virus-related fatalities were reported in the state. The death rate is at 4.69%. Active cases in the state now stand at 63,342 while 77,453 patients have been discharged from the hospitals after successfully recovering from the virus.
  • Gujarat: The total number of cases of Covid-19 detected so far has reached up to 29,578 with 577 new cases reported during the last 24 hours. Maximum new cases, that is, 225 patients have been reported from Ahmedabad city. Apart from this, 152 new cases were reported from Surat, while 44 new cases were reported from Vadodara. Following the discharge of 410 patients on Thursday, the total number of patients recovered from Covid19 in the state has gone up to 21,506. More than 3.45 lakh tests have been carried out in the state till date.
  • Rajasthan:91 new cases and one death have been reported today morning, taking the state tally of positive cases to 16,387. The number of active cases is 3,072 while 380 deaths have also occurred till date. Kota reported maximum number of new cases, that is, 23 patients, followed by Bharatpur reporting 17 patients and Jaipur having 15 new patients.
  • Madhya Pradesh: 147 new cases have been reported taking the state tally of COVID-19 to 12,595. Out of this, 2,434 are active cases while 9,619 patients have recovered and 542 deaths have occurred till date. The growth rate of Corona infection in the state is 1.46%, which is the lowest in comparison to other large states. Madhya Pradesh is second in the country behind Rajasthan with a total recovery rate of 76.4%
  • Chhattisgarh: 33 positive cases have been reported taking the tally of COVID-19 patients to 2,456. While there are 715 active cases in the state, 1729 patients have recovered till date. The Chhattisgarh government has allowed the clubs, shopping malls, restaurants and hotels to reopen.
  • Goa: 44 new patients have been identified as COVID-19 positive. This takes the tally of coronavirus infection in the state to 995, out of which 658 are active cases.
  • Assam: Due to rising COVID-19 cases, Assam State Govt. orders lockdown from Sunday, 28 June, 7 pm onwards till 12th July, 2020 in Guwahati.
  • Arunachal Pradesh: In Arunachal Pradesh, total number of 21,274 samples collected for COVID19 test so far. Active cases 129, recovered 42 and results for 1441 samples are awaited.
  • Manipur: Tamenglong district in Manipur have the maximum number of COVID19 positive cases with 162, followed by Churachandpur with 116 and Ukhrul with 111. Total cases 702 and 354 have recovered so far.
  • Mizoram: In Mizoram, with 17 recovered patients discharged, total COVID19 case is 147, active cases 100 and discharged 47.
  • Nagaland: 16 new COVID-19 positive cases in Nagaland. Total cases 371. Active cases 211 and 160 recovered.

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