Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: Over 5.48 lakh cases\, 16\,475 deaths in India; Telangana mulls total lockdown in Hyderabad
Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: Over 5.48 lakh cases, 16,475 deaths in India; Telangana mulls total lockdown in Hyderabad
Coronavirus (Covid-19) Tracker, India Lockdown News Live Updates: Over 5.48 lakh infections have been reported in India with 16,459 deaths. Over 3.2 lakh patients have recovered, while 2.1 lakh infections are still active. Amid the surge, several states have reimposed full or partial lockdown
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi |
Updated: June 29, 2020 10:29:02 am
A medic gives hand sanitiser to a child at a government hospital in New Delhi (Express Photo By Amit Mehra)
Coronavirus India News Live Updates: The infections in India inched closer to 5.5 lakh-mark with 19,459 new cases being reported in the last 24 hours. The toll also rose to 16,459 after 380 deaths were reported. Of the 5,48,318 cases, 3.2 lakh patients have recovered, while 2.1 lakh infections are still active. Amid the surge, several states have reimwhile others like Telangana are pondering on imposing fresh curbs. The last one lakh cases in India have been added in less than a week
In the Northeast, Manipur and Assam have announced the extension of the lockdown. Assam’s Kamrup Metropolitan district — which includes Guwahati city — is under total lockdown till July 12, 6 pm. While the first seven days are stringent, the subsequent seven days may be more relaxed. In Manipur, the curbs have been extended till July 15. However, Biren Singh said the state has also decided to allow operation of inter-district bus service from July 1 by strictly maintaining SOPs and guidelines issued by the government. No other public transport system will be allowed during this period, he added.
Globally, over 10 million cases have been reported with 5 lakh deaths. The United States continues to be the worst-affected followed by Brazil, Russia, Indian and UK.
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Coronavirus (Covid-19) Tracker, India Lockdown News Live Updates: Over 5.48 lakh cases, 16, 475 deaths in India; Over 10 million cases globally; some states extend lockdown beyond June 30. Follow LIVE updates
10:29 (IST)29 Jun 2020
Seoul considers new curbs as virus cases climb
South Korea has reported 42 new infections of COVID-19 as infections steadily climb in the greater capital area, forcing authorities to consider stronger social restrictions. With people increasingly venturing out in public, new clusters are tied to a variety of places.
Health Minister Park Neung-hoo during a briefing Sunday afternoon announced that the government is prepared to implement stronger social distancing measures if the epidemic continues to grow. He said the strongest measures — including banning all gatherings of more than 10 people, shutting schools, halting professional sports, and restricting operations of non-essential businesses — will be enforced if the daily increase in infections doubles more than two times during a span of a week.
People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus pray during a service at the Chogyesa temple in South Korea (AP Photo)
09:57 (IST)29 Jun 2020
Biggest one-day jump in covid cases globally
A reported tally Sunday from Johns Hopkins University researchers said the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic had topped 500,00. About 1 in 4 of those deaths – more than 125,000 – have been reported in the U.S. The country with the next highest death toll is Brazil, with more than 57,000, or about 1 in 9.
The World Health Organisation announced another daily record in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the world - topping over 189,000 in a single 24-hour period. The tally eclipses the previous record a week earlier at over 183,000 cases, showing case counts continue to progress worldwide.
FILE - In this May 7, 2020 file photo, a person looks inside the closed doors of the Pasadena Community Job Center in Pasadena, Calif (File)
09:36 (IST)29 Jun 2020
Nearly 19,500 new cases reported in India
The infections in India inched closer to 5.5 lakh-mark with 19,459 new cases being reported in the last 24 hours. The toll also rose to 16,459 after 380 deaths were reported. Of the 5,48,318 cases, 3.2 lakh patients have recovered, while 2.1 lakh infections are still active.
09:11 (IST)29 Jun 2020
Explained: Why, despite the pandemic, some billionaires are becoming richer
The COVID-19 pandemic may have pushed the world economy into a tailspin, with 2020 projected to be worse than any of the years since the global financial crisis. But billionaires, at least a select group of them across countries, have seen their wealth soar during the past three months, which have been financially painful for most people across the world. What's been the trend across the globe? What about Indian billionaires? We explain
From top left, clockwise: Mark Zuckerberg, Mukesh Ambani, Elon Musk, Steve Ballmer, Cyrus Poonawalla and Jeff Bezos. (File Photos)
08:52 (IST)29 Jun 2020
Night curfew, Sunday lockdown in Karnataka: SWR revises reservation counter timings
In the wake of the Karnataka government announcing Sunday curfews from July 5 and extending night curfew timings from today (June 29), the South Western Railway (SWR) has revised timings of Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counters in its Bengaluru Division.
According to an official notice, PRS locations in Bengaluru will now work from 8 am to 6 pm. On Sundays, when complete lockdown is in place, all such counters except those in KSR Bengaluru railway station will remain closed. "At KSR Bengaluru City railway station, the PRS counter will function in one shift from 8 am to 2 pm," the notice read.
Sunday lockdown in Karnataka will begin from July 5
08:31 (IST)29 Jun 2020
Streets in Guwahati wear a deserted look as city is under 14-day lockdown
Assam's Kamrup Metropolitan district — which includes Guwahati city — is under total lockdown till July 12, 6 pm. While the first seven days are stringent, the subsequent seven days may be more relaxed. Additionally, the government has ordered a 7 pm to 7 am curfew in all districts of Assam, and a “weekend lockdown” — applicable on Saturdays and Sundays —for the town and municipal committees in each district. From grocery stores to vegetable vendors, everything is closed. However, hospitals, pharmacies and testing laboratories, and other essential services will remain open.
Assam: Streets in Guwahati wear a deserted look as 14-day complete lockdown has been imposed in entire Kamrup Metropolitan since yesterday. pic.twitter.com/UBYtY10yU9
Australia sees biggest daily rise in COVID-19 cases in 2 months
Australia's second-most populous state said on Monday it is considering reimposing social distancing restrictions after the country reported its biggest one-day rise in new coronavirus infections in more than two months. While many states and territories have yet to report their latest numbers, Victoria said it has detected 75 cases in the past 24 hours - enough to make it Australia's biggest daily outbreak since April 11. The growing figures have stoked fears of a second wave in Australia after several weeks of fewer than 20 new cases a day.
Social distancing signs are displayed at the escalators in Australia (Bloomberg)
08:02 (IST)29 Jun 2020
Doctor posted in Lok Nayak Hospital ICU loses 21-day Covid fight
“I am being intubated, Nirupama… I am not feeling good at all.” This was one of the last messages Dr Asheem Gupta sent to his wife on Saturday afternoon, just before he was put on the ventilator. At 6.05 am Sunday, after a 21-day struggle, the 58-year-old senior consultant in the Department of Anaesthetics at the Delhi government’s Lok Nayak Hospital succumbed to Covid-19.
Believed to have contracted the virus while on duty in the hospital’s ICU, he had tested positive on June 3, Lok Nayak Hospital authorities said. He was admitted to the hospital’s ICU on June 7 and a day later, shifted to Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket.
The 58-year-old anesthetist’s condition worsened after he developed a pulmonary embolism.
05:19 (IST)29 Jun 2020
From 261 to 417: Delhi containment zones up, 5 districts account for most sealed areas
A nudge from the Union Home Ministry has pushed up the number of containment zones in Delhi to 417, mainly due to 13 containment zones across five districts undergoing an extensive remapping exercise, resulting in the creation of several new sealed areas. Read More
05:13 (IST)29 Jun 2020
Pune: PCMC does away with 5-day hospital quarantine, starts immediate home isolation for patients with mild symptoms
A week after it started home isolation for patients with mild symptoms or those who are asymptomatic, the PCMC has decided to change the norms of home isolation. From five days’ hospital quarantine, it has now decided to start home isolation of such patients from day one. Read More
04:05 (IST)29 Jun 2020
Covid-19 recoveries: Another record increase but growth rate slows marginally
West Bengal on Sunday registered its highest single-day jump in Covid-19 cases. An addition of 572 cases took the state’s count to 17,283, while the toll mounted to 639 with 10 more deaths, the health department said. Read More
03:02 (IST)29 Jun 2020
Punjab has contained Covid to considerable extent, collected 2.8L samples: Health minister
Punjab Health minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said that they have managed to contain the spread of Covid-19 to a considerable extent with the efforts of the state government. The minister added that the state health department has collected more than 2.80 lakh samples. Read More
02:58 (IST)29 Jun 2020
364% jump since June 1: Questions over contact-tracing, isolation measures as Covid cases rise in Mira Bhayander
A burgeoning satellite town in Mumbai’s vast outback, Mira Bhayander has registered a 364 per cent jump in the total number of Covid-19 cases since June 1. The spike, from 699 cases and 13 deaths recorded on June 1 to 3,246 cases and 116 deaths on June 28, has raised questions on the contact-tracing, isolation and treatment measures implemented by the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC). Read more here
02:48 (IST)29 Jun 2020
5 test positive in Panchkula, people fear private hospital could be centre of outbreak
With a doctor, a staff nurse and three patients admitted to the Alchemist hospital of Panchkula — who were all seeking treatment for chronic kidney failure — testing positive for novel coronavirus in the past week, there is a fear of the hospital becoming the centre of a coronavirus outbreak. Read More
00:53 (IST)29 Jun 2020
Haryana BJP MLA tests positive for coronavirus
A BJP legislator in Haryana tested positive for Covid-19 Sunday, the first MLA to have contracted the infection in a state that has reported 13,829 positive cases so far. Subhash Sudha, the MLA from Thanesar in Kurukshetra district, was admitted to Gurgaon's Medanta hospital Saturday.
Gurgaon's Chief Medical Officer Virender Yadav confirmed that the legislator is under treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital. Read more here
00:16 (IST)29 Jun 2020
From June week 1 to 4, Punjab’s Covid toll jumped from 52 to 133
The increasing Covid-19 death toll in Punjab has prompted Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to instruct deputy commissioners (DCs) to work towards bringing the mortality rate down. Read More
23:26 (IST)28 Jun 2020
10 more from Pune Police test positive
The number of positive Covid-19 cases in the Pune Police reached 122 as of Sunday, with the addition of 10 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. Of the total 122, around 37 are active. Read More
23:17 (IST)28 Jun 2020
PMC faces another challenge as citizens returning from abroad test positive
EVEN AS the PMC makes efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19 among local residents, it is also facing another challenge as citizens, returning to India from abroad under Vande Bharat Mission, are testing positive for the novel coronavirus.
The declaration of complete lockdown in the country from March 25 had brought a halt to international arrivals at airports, leading to many Indian citizens being stranded abroad. Before that, the central government had also banned flights from select countries that had reported Covid-19 cases. Read more here
22:34 (IST)28 Jun 2020
Tripura's coronavirus tally now 1,352
Tripura detected 12 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, raising the state's total coronavirus tally to 1,352. All the new patients have recent travel history from elsewhere in the country or were in close contact with people already affected by the virus. Among these patients, 281 are active patients while 1,071 have already recovered and were discharged from hospitals.
Out of 1063 samples tested for COVID-19, 1️⃣2️⃣ people found #POSITIVE. Among them 9 people have travel history & 3 people were in contact of COVID-19 patient.
Covid positive ward boy of Delhi hospital dies of kidney failure
A 53-year-old ward boy of Hindu Rao hospital, who was COVID positive, died of kidney failure. He was admitted to the hospital on Friday after complaints of cough, breathlessness. This is first death at hospital after it was converted into COVID facility yesterday.
A 53 year old ward boy of Hindu Rao hospital, who was COVID positive, died of kidney failure. He was admitted to the hospital on Friday after complaints of cough, breathlessness. This is first death at hospital after it was converted into COVID facility yesterday. @IndianExpress
The speed at which Covid-19 cases rose in Delhi after the lockdown was eased in May was more than what the government had expected.
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Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray too made it clear that the the lockdown curbs in his state would continue beyond June 30. In an address to the state, Thackeray said, “Will lockdown be lifted after June 30? The clear answer is no. We can not leave this war halfway in this final phase. The crisis is not over yet. I am sure that you will continue to co-operate with the government to ensure that the lockdown is not re-imposed.”
In an interview to news agency ANI, Home Minister Amit Shah stressed that there is no community spread in Delhi. Shah also added that the government of India fought well against the virus and that the country will win both the battles (one against coronavirus and other along the India-China border) under the leadership of PM Modi.
Addressing the nation during his monthly radio address, Mann ki Baat, PM Modi said that India has always emerged out stronger from adversities. "People are commonly talking about one thing- when will 2020 end. They feel it has been a year of many challenges. There could be any number of challenges but our history shows that we've always overcome them. Guided by its strong cultural ethos, India has turned challenges into successes."
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Saturday that Delhi saw a shortage of beds for Covid-19 patients in the first week of June, because of which the death toll rose.
“In the first week of June, we started noticing a shortage of beds, of testing in Delhi. And because of the shortage, when some people couldn’t get beds, the death toll started to rise,” he said during a webcast.
Kejriwal also said that the speed at which Covid-19 cases rose in the city after the lockdown was eased in May was more than what the government had expected.
Of the total cases in Delhi till Friday, 73% have been reported since June 1 — the numbers surging from 20,834 then to 77,240 on June 26. From 426 Covid-19 deaths in the first week of June, the toll is now 2,492.
There have been several complaints in the Capital of people being turned away by hospitals — some because their Covid report was awaited. Kejriwal said Saturday that the situation has improved considerably and Delhi is in a comfortable position now regarding hospital beds.
Even though RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) remains the gold standard of frontline testing for the novel coronavirus, the Health Ministry has introduced a range of other tests from time to time as the country ramps up its testing to nearly 2.15 lakh per day.
Besides an expansion in testing strategy, including all “symptomatic individuals in every part of the country”, facilities and types of kits have also been gradually increased. With India’s strategy to combat Covid-19 being ‘test, track, and treat’, other types of tests like antibody, TrueNat and CBNAAT (tuberculosis tests) and antigen were introduced as the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) faced a backlash for lack of testing.
However, it must be noted that unlike RT-PCR tests, which continue to be the most accurate method available for the detection of the pathogen that causes Covid-19, antibody tests are only for surveillance purposes, and can determine if a patient has previously had coronavirus. The ICMR has advised antibody testing as “supplementary” to RT-PCR testing.
The Latin America region reported more than 1 lakh infections amid alarming spike in cases shows no signs of abating. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Meanwhile, the United States registered the largest single day increase in coronavirus cases since the virus originated with over 40,800 new cases on Friday. In the US, new cases reported per day increased on an average of 60 per cent over the past two weeks, according to an AP analysis. The country has reported a rise in cases mostly in the south and west.
South Korea and China, in the last 24 hours, reported cases in double digits as what is being seen as a second wave of coronavirus.
A medic gives hand sanitiser to a child at a government hospital in New Delhi (Express Photo By Amit Mehra)
The speed at which Covid-19 cases rose in Delhi after the lockdown was eased in May was more than what the government had expected.
The Latin America region reported more than 1 lakh infections amid alarming spike in cases shows no signs of abating. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
South Korea has reported 42 new infections of COVID-19 as infections steadily climb in the greater capital area, forcing authorities to consider stronger social restrictions. With people increasingly venturing out in public, new clusters are tied to a variety of places.
Health Minister Park Neung-hoo during a briefing Sunday afternoon announced that the government is prepared to implement stronger social distancing measures if the epidemic continues to grow. He said the strongest measures — including banning all gatherings of more than 10 people, shutting schools, halting professional sports, and restricting operations of non-essential businesses — will be enforced if the daily increase in infections doubles more than two times during a span of a week.
A reported tally Sunday from Johns Hopkins University researchers said the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic had topped 500,00. About 1 in 4 of those deaths – more than 125,000 – have been reported in the U.S. The country with the next highest death toll is Brazil, with more than 57,000, or about 1 in 9.
The World Health Organisation announced another daily record in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the world - topping over 189,000 in a single 24-hour period. The tally eclipses the previous record a week earlier at over 183,000 cases, showing case counts continue to progress worldwide.
The infections in India inched closer to 5.5 lakh-mark with 19,459 new cases being reported in the last 24 hours. The toll also rose to 16,459 after 380 deaths were reported. Of the 5,48,318 cases, 3.2 lakh patients have recovered, while 2.1 lakh infections are still active.
The COVID-19 pandemic may have pushed the world economy into a tailspin, with 2020 projected to be worse than any of the years since the global financial crisis. But billionaires, at least a select group of them across countries, have seen their wealth soar during the past three months, which have been financially painful for most people across the world. What's been the trend across the globe? What about Indian billionaires? We explain
In the wake of the Karnataka government announcing Sunday curfews from July 5 and extending night curfew timings from today (June 29), the South Western Railway (SWR) has revised timings of Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counters in its Bengaluru Division.
According to an official notice, PRS locations in Bengaluru will now work from 8 am to 6 pm. On Sundays, when complete lockdown is in place, all such counters except those in KSR Bengaluru railway station will remain closed. "At KSR Bengaluru City railway station, the PRS counter will function in one shift from 8 am to 2 pm," the notice read.
Assam's Kamrup Metropolitan district — which includes Guwahati city — is under total lockdown till July 12, 6 pm. While the first seven days are stringent, the subsequent seven days may be more relaxed. Additionally, the government has ordered a 7 pm to 7 am curfew in all districts of Assam, and a “weekend lockdown” — applicable on Saturdays and Sundays —for the town and municipal committees in each district. From grocery stores to vegetable vendors, everything is closed. However, hospitals, pharmacies and testing laboratories, and other essential services will remain open.
Australia's second-most populous state said on Monday it is considering reimposing social distancing restrictions after the country reported its biggest one-day rise in new coronavirus infections in more than two months. While many states and territories have yet to report their latest numbers, Victoria said it has detected 75 cases in the past 24 hours - enough to make it Australia's biggest daily outbreak since April 11. The growing figures have stoked fears of a second wave in Australia after several weeks of fewer than 20 new cases a day.
“I am being intubated, Nirupama… I am not feeling good at all.” This was one of the last messages Dr Asheem Gupta sent to his wife on Saturday afternoon, just before he was put on the ventilator. At 6.05 am Sunday, after a 21-day struggle, the 58-year-old senior consultant in the Department of Anaesthetics at the Delhi government’s Lok Nayak Hospital succumbed to Covid-19.
Believed to have contracted the virus while on duty in the hospital’s ICU, he had tested positive on June 3, Lok Nayak Hospital authorities said. He was admitted to the hospital’s ICU on June 7 and a day later, shifted to Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket.
A nudge from the Union Home Ministry has pushed up the number of containment zones in Delhi to 417, mainly due to 13 containment zones across five districts undergoing an extensive remapping exercise, resulting in the creation of several new sealed areas. Read More
A week after it started home isolation for patients with mild symptoms or those who are asymptomatic, the PCMC has decided to change the norms of home isolation. From five days’ hospital quarantine, it has now decided to start home isolation of such patients from day one. Read More
West Bengal on Sunday registered its highest single-day jump in Covid-19 cases. An addition of 572 cases took the state’s count to 17,283, while the toll mounted to 639 with 10 more deaths, the health department said. Read More
Punjab Health minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said that they have managed to contain the spread of Covid-19 to a considerable extent with the efforts of the state government. The minister added that the state health department has collected more than 2.80 lakh samples. Read More
A burgeoning satellite town in Mumbai’s vast outback, Mira Bhayander has registered a 364 per cent jump in the total number of Covid-19 cases since June 1. The spike, from 699 cases and 13 deaths recorded on June 1 to 3,246 cases and 116 deaths on June 28, has raised questions on the contact-tracing, isolation and treatment measures implemented by the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC). Read more here
With a doctor, a staff nurse and three patients admitted to the Alchemist hospital of Panchkula — who were all seeking treatment for chronic kidney failure — testing positive for novel coronavirus in the past week, there is a fear of the hospital becoming the centre of a coronavirus outbreak. Read More
A BJP legislator in Haryana tested positive for Covid-19 Sunday, the first MLA to have contracted the infection in a state that has reported 13,829 positive cases so far. Subhash Sudha, the MLA from Thanesar in Kurukshetra district, was admitted to Gurgaon's Medanta hospital Saturday.
Gurgaon's Chief Medical Officer Virender Yadav confirmed that the legislator is under treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital. Read more here
The increasing Covid-19 death toll in Punjab has prompted Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to instruct deputy commissioners (DCs) to work towards bringing the mortality rate down. Read More
The number of positive Covid-19 cases in the Pune Police reached 122 as of Sunday, with the addition of 10 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. Of the total 122, around 37 are active. Read More
EVEN AS the PMC makes efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19 among local residents, it is also facing another challenge as citizens, returning to India from abroad under Vande Bharat Mission, are testing positive for the novel coronavirus.
The declaration of complete lockdown in the country from March 25 had brought a halt to international arrivals at airports, leading to many Indian citizens being stranded abroad. Before that, the central government had also banned flights from select countries that had reported Covid-19 cases. Read more here
Tripura detected 12 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, raising the state's total coronavirus tally to 1,352. All the new patients have recent travel history from elsewhere in the country or were in close contact with people already affected by the virus. Among these patients, 281 are active patients while 1,071 have already recovered and were discharged from hospitals.
A 53-year-old ward boy of Hindu Rao hospital, who was COVID positive, died of kidney failure. He was admitted to the hospital on Friday after complaints of cough, breathlessness. This is first death at hospital after it was converted into COVID facility yesterday.