Coronavirus live updates: UP becomes 6th state to cross 10,000 Covid cases

India’s tally of coronavirus cases stood at 2,46,549 late on Saturday night, having overtaken Spain’s count of 2.41,310 during the course of the day. Now, only the US (19,06,060 cases), Brazil (6,14,941), Russia (4,58,102) and the UK (2,86,294) have recorded higher number of cases.

India’s total Covid-19 caseload went past Spain’s on Saturday to become the fifth largest in the world, on a day when fresh infections in the country crossed 10,000 for the first time. As many as 297 deaths were reported, the highest single-day toll from the virus so far.

This new kit is part of the three Covid-19 testing kits being developed by IIT-H. While this kit was developed within a week, the other two will take about three to six months. The device has been sent to Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, and the National Institute of Biologicals, Pune, for evaluation

IIT-H’s Covid test kit can give result in 20 mins, costs 600

Researchers at IIT Hyderabad have developed an artificial intelligence-powered low-cost testing kit to detect the novel coronavirus in 20 minutes flat. The cost of Covid-19 test using the new kit will be around Rs 600 only, while each test is currently being conducted for Rs 4,500. Mass production of the new kit will help reduce the test cost further to around Rs 350.

90 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Jharkhand today, taking total number of cases to 1028 out of which 548 cases are active: State Health department

Mizoram govt resumes issuing temporary inner line permits to people from outside the state, more than 2 months after it was suspended due to Covid-19 pandemic, reports PTI

Maharashtra govt allows capture of 30 rhesus monkeys for Covid-19 vaccine research at Pune-based National Institute of Virology, reports PTI quoting official sources

Lockdown 5.0: Islamic Centre of India issues advisory for reopening of mosques

Islamic Centre of India chairman Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali advised people above 65 years and under 10 years of age not to visit mosques and instead offer prayers at home.

Maintain 100% punctuality of 230 special trains: Railway board to zones

Churches in Goa will not reopen on June 8

Covid-19 pandemic may be over in India around mid-September, claims mathematical model-based analysis

The analysis shows that when the number of infected becomes equal to those removed from circulation by recovery and death, the coefficient will reach the 100 per cent threshold and the epidemic will be "extinguished". The analysis, published in the online journal Epidemiology International, has been done by Dr Anil Kumar, Deputy director General (Public Health) in the DGHS, and Rupali Roy, Deputy Assistant Director (Leprosy) DGHS in the health ministry.

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With 498 new patients, tally of coronavirus cases rises to 19,617 in Gujarat while death toll reaches 1,219 with 29 patients dying, reports PTI

29 inmates of Aurangabad central jail in Maharashtra test Covid-19 positive, days after a coronavirus case was detected, reports PTI quoting official

Maharashtra's Covid-19 cases spike by 2,739 to 82,968; death toll up by 120 to 2,969, reports PTI quoting health department

Sri Lanka to reopen for foreign tourists from August, reports PTI

Sri Lanka is set to welcome back foreign tourists from August under strict measures to boost the tourism sector that has been crippled by the coronavirus pandemic, authorities said on Saturday. Sri Lanka announced lockdown in mid-March to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

UK coronavirus death toll rises by 204 to 40,465: Reuters

Rajasthan government allows reopening of hotels, restaurant, clubs and shopping malls from June 8 as per the Home Ministry's instructions.

"There should be a distance of 6 feet between two tables at a restaurant," the order reads.

1,458 new COVID19 cases in Tamil Nadu, tally breaches 30,000 mark; toll rises to 251 with 19 more deaths: Health Dept (PTI)

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