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Coronavirus India News LIVE Updates | UP Police arrests 52 for flouting rules, gathering at mosque
Coronavirus News Live Updates: In India, over 4.9 lakh cases have been reported and the death toll is 15,301
Coronavirus Live Updates: Today is the 95th day of India’s nationwide lockdown, meant to curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. India is now among the five countries most affected by the outbreak, with a total of 5,08,953 infections and 15,685 deaths. India on Saturday saw another record spike of 18,552 new COVID-19 cases in a single-day, pushing the tally to 5,08,953, while the death toll rose to 15,685, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The number of recoveries continued to surge with 2,95,880 patients cured so far, while there are 1,97,387 active cases, according to the updated official figures at 8 am. One patient has migrated.
Globally, there have been over 86.39 lakh confirmed cases of COVID-19. At least 4.59 lakh people have died so far. The United States, Brazil, Russia, India and the United Kingdom are the most-affected countries.Read More
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24 SP leaders booked for defying social distancing norms during the protest: Police
Twenty-four Samajwadi Party leaders, including its district unit president, were booked for allegedly defying social distancing norms while protesting against the fuel price hike, police said on Saturday. The party leaders had staged a demonstration here on Friday during which they flouted social distancing norms, Superintendent of Police S Anand said. (PTI)
8 states contributed 85% COVID-19 caseload, 87pc deaths: Health Ministry
Eight states, including Maharashtra, Delhi and Tamil Nadu, contributed 85.5 per cent of the active COVID-19 caseload and 87 per cent of the total deaths due to the disease in India, according to the Union Health Ministry. The ministry said it briefed the Group of Ministers on COVID-19 on the coronavirus situation in the country and the efforts to boost healthcare infrastructure on Saturday.
"It was mentioned that presently eight states - Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Telangana, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal - contribute 85.5 per cent of active caseload and 87 per cent of total deaths in India," it said in a statement. (PTI)
Coronavirus India LIVE updates | Elderly woman becomes oldest in Karnataka to beat COVID-19
Offering a ray of hope to all those battling the deadly coronavirus, a woman here has successfully recovered from the disease at the ripe old age of 99, leaving the medical fraternity and her family elated. Marceline Saldanha had contracted the pathogen after coming in contact with her grandson and was hospitalised on her 99th birthday on June 18. (PTI)
COVID: 52 people arrested for flouting norms by gathering at mosque in UP's Shamli
Fifty-two people were arrested in a town in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh for gathering at a mosque for Friday prayers, violating orders that prevent large assemblies to combat the spread of COVID-19, police said here. They were arrested as assembly of more than five people at religious places in the state is prohibited in view of the outbreak, SHO Yashpal Dhama said on Saturday. (PTI)
Coronavirus India LIVE Updates | A Congress MLA from Nanded district of Maharashtra tested coronavirus positive on Saturday morning, a top district official said.
He was found infected days after a senior minister from Nanded recovered from the infection. "The legislator is undergoing treatment at a private hospital. He had come in contact with a local corporator, who had tested positive," the official said.
Coronavirus India LIVE Updates | Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy said here on Saturday his office would be closed for the next two days as one of his staff members tested positive for COVID-19. The affected person was admitted to the government hospital on Friday.
The Chief Minister told newsmen through a video that the person was among the 87 people who were identified as COVID-19 positive at the end of testing of samples during the last 24 hours.
Coronavirus India LIVE Updates | Fifty-two people were arrested in a town in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh for gathering at a mosque for Friday prayers, violating orders that prevent large assemblies to combat the spread of COVID-19, police said here.
They were arrested as assembly of more than five people at religious places in the state is prohibited in view of the outbreak, SHO Yashpal Dhama said on Saturday.
Coronavirus India LIVE Updates | A 32-year-old man has tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, taking the northeastern state's tally to 148 on Saturday, officials said.
The new patient, a resident of Champhai district, had recently returned to Mizoram from Delhi, a statement issued by the state Information and Public Relations Department said. He is asymptomatic and has been admitted to a COVID-19 care centre in Champhai, it said.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Egypt on Saturday lifted many restrictions put in place against the coronavirus pandemic, reopening cafes, clubs, gyms and theatres after more than three months of closure, despite a continued upward trend in new infections. Authorities also allowed the reopening of mosques and churches.
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's government has been keen to save the Egyptian economy that was hit hard by the virus outbreak.
On Friday, the International Monetary Fund approved another USD 5.2 billion loan for Egypt, to be added to the USD 2.8 billion the fund had already promised to stave off the pandemic's worst economic effects.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Vaccines such as those used against measles may prevent severe lung inflammation associated with COVID-19, according to a study which may lead to a new strategy to protect the vulnerable from the pandemic.
The research, published in the journal mBio, suggested that live attenuated vaccines which contain weakened pathogens can activate immune cells to train the white blood cells of the immune system to mount a more effective defense against unrelated infections.