Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Mumbai's Dharavi Reports 10 New Positive Cases Today

Kerala Records 791 New Covid-19 Cases | Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan said a total of 791 new coronavirus cases, 133 recoveries and one death have been reported in the state today.

Himachal Pradesh Covid-19 Tally Update | Health officials reported 18 new coronavirus cases in Himachal Pradesh today, taking the total number of infections in the state to 1,402. The tally includes 383 active cases and 995 recovered/cured. The death toll is now at 9. 

Celebrate Bakri Eid in Simple Manner: Anil Deshmukh | The upcoming Bakri Eid festival should be celebrated in a simple manner due to the coronavirus outbreak, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said and asked people to follow guidelines issued. The state said that there is a ban in place on all religious programmes and people should offer "namaz" in their homes and not in mosques.

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US Immigration Officials Spread Virus with Detainee Transfers | Public health specialists have for months warned the US government that shuffling detainees among immigration detention centers will expose people to Covid-19 and help spread the disease. The analysis of immigration court data identified 268 transfers of detainees between detention centers in April, May and June, after hundreds in ICE custody had already tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

HUL Closes Haridwar Factory After Spike in Virus Cases | Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has closed its Haridwar factory for sanitisation after some of the employees tested positive for Covid 19. HUL has closed the site for sanitisation before restarting its operations. It is also carrying out contact tracing among the employees to curtail further spread of the infection.

Use Drones to Monitor Containment Zones: UP CM | Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to set up integrated command centres in the state and the district headquarters for medical screening, ambulance services and surveillance activities amid surge in coronavirus cases. 

At 70% Mumbai's Recovery Rate is Higher than India's | While Mumbai is nearing the 1 lakh mark in the number of reported coronavirus cases, recent official data shows the city reports a recovery rates at nearly 70%, which is 7% higher than the national average. The rate is also 15% higher than the state of Maharashtra which has clocked a recovery rate of 55.62%. According to the data released by the Maharashtra Education & Drugs Department (MEDD), the number of active cases in Mumbai is 24,307 while the number of patients recovered stands at 67,830. 

10 New Coronavirus Cases in Dharavi | A total of 10 new coronavirus cases in Dharavi took the total number of cases in the Mumbai region to 2,438 inlcuding 102 active cases. 

'People Call Me Gold Man' | A businessman in Odisha's Cuttack told ANI that he got himself a mask made of gold worth Rs 3.5 lakh.

Odisha: A businessman in Cuttack says he got himself a mask made of gold worth Rs 3.5 lakh. He says, "People call me gold man because of my love for gold and I am wearing gold from past 40 years. After I saw a man in Mumbai making gold masks, I decided to get one for myself too." pic.twitter.com/dBmT3hdMtO

— ANI (@ANI) July 17, 2020

Pune to Implement Mumbai Model for Covid-19 Situation | As the coronavirus situation in Pune worsens, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar today held a meeting of all top officials and stated that the 'Mumbai model' including computerisation of bed management, availability of ambulances, doctors' management will be taken up as Covid-19 control measures. Institutional quarantine will also be increased in Pune. Mumbai Municipal Commissioner IS Chahal was also invited for the meeting and spoke of the measures taken in Mumbai. 

Don't Extend Lockdown, BJP tells Thane Civic Chief | A BJP delegation met Thane municipal commissioner Vipin Sharma today and asked him not to extend the coronavirus-induced lockdown stating that the restrictions are affecting the lives of people and are producing results in terms of bringing down the number of infections. 

660 New Covid-19 Cases in Chandigarh | As many as 25 new coronavirus cases were registered today, taking the total number of cases to 660 in Chandigarh. The tally includes 169 active cases and 480 cured/discharged. 

UK PM Sets out Covid-19 Lockdown Roadmap | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out his roadmap for further lifting of coronavirus lockdown restrictions with a back to work message that will give employers "more discretion" to be able to have their employees travelling to office if required from August 1.

Pak FM Qureshi Recovers from Covid-19 | Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said he has recovered from COVID-19 and resumed official activities, two weeks after testing positive for the deadly disease.

Thank you all for your good wishes and support. I am fortunate to be back in office today post #COVID. I pay tribute to Pakistan’s healthcare and frontline workers for being our backbone in the fight against this pandemic with unyielding commitment and dedication. I salute you.

— Shah Mahmood Qureshi (@SMQureshiPTI) July 17, 2020

UK Orders Review into Potentially Unreliable Covid-19 Data | Britain’s health minister Matt Hancock has ordered a review into how deaths from coronavirus are reported in England after academics noted that the daily figures may be unreliable and include people who have died of other causes.

35 More Covid-19 Containment Zones Added in WB | The West Bengal government has added 35 more areas to the list of 'broad-based' containment zones in the state, increasing the count to 676, amid the strict lockdown in the state to curb spread of coronavirus. 

34 People, Including 31 BSF Jawans Test Covid-19 +ve in Punjab | As many as 34 people, including 31 BSF jawans, tested positive for Covid-19 in Punjab's Hoshiarpur. A total of 34 new cases were repored taking the district's tally to 253, of which seven have died. 

Ballia Lockdown Extended to Another area, CMO Removed | The chief medical officer of Ballia and the superintendent of the women's hospital here have been removed following a spurt in coronavirus cases that prompted the administration to impose a complete lockdown in the Rasra municipality board area from Saturday.

UP Sees Surge in Covid-19 Cases | Health officials reported a total of 1,733 new coronavirus cases in Uttar Pradesh today. The tally includes 16445 active cases and 27,634 discharged/cured. The Death toll reached 1,084.

Indore Records 129 Fresh Virus Cases | A total of 129 new coronavirus cases were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the tally in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district to 5,761. As many as 4,139 have recovered/cured and the death toll stands at 284.

AP Covid-19 Tally Crosses 40,000-mark | Coronavirus cases in Andhra Pradesh reached 40,646 after 2,062 new cases and 42 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 534. The tally includes 19,814 active cases and 20,298 discharged/cured.

Bengaluru Police Commissioner's Driver Tests Positive | "My driver is tested Corona positive, I have home quarantined myself for 4 days and will get myself tested again on Monday for the (5) fifth time since 3 months," said Bengaluru Police Commissioner, Bhaskar Rao. 

My driver is tested Corona positive, I have home quarantined myself for 4 days and will get myself tested again on Monday for the (5) fifth time since 3 months. I had to be in numerous inadvertent interactions with positive cases. Seek your good wishes, am not yet positive !!

— Bhaskar Rao IPS (@deepolice12) July 17, 2020

According to the 2019 health index of the NITI Aayog, Bihar ranked second-last with a score of 32.11, next only to Uttar Pradesh.

Bengaluru Police Sees Huge Response in Call for Volunteers | A total of 13,470 people have registered to volunteer as civil police wardens with the Bengaluru Police, to assist in regulation and anti-Covid measures, said Additional Commissioner of Police Hemant Nimbalkar. "We are proud of Bengaluru and every Bengalurean. A call by the Commissioner of Police for civil police volunteers and we are overwhelmed with the response," he said. 

UPDATE | Spouse/next of kin of deceased Anganwadi worker, who succumbs to Covid-19 in line of duty under active deployment, shall continue to receive Rs 7,500 per month till the date they would have attained the age of 60 years had they survived, as per latest order by the Odisha government

Bombay HC Asks Govt about Compensation for Kin of Deceased Frontline Staff | The Bombay High Court asks the Maharashtra government to state its position on a petition seeking compensation for families of frontline workers who died after contracting Covid-19 infection on duty. Petitioner Ketan Tirodkar, a social worker, seeks direction to the state government to declare frontline workers, including doctors, police personnel and others, who died after contracting the deadly infection on duty, as martyrs and to give their families compensation.

In late March 2020, a complete lockdown of internal and external borders together with social isolation measures came into effect in India, affecting the lives and mobility of its 1.3 billion…

Delhi's Saket Court allows 34 Thailand nationals to walk free on plea bargaining and imposing fine of Rs 6,000 each in connection with Nizamuddin Markaz case. The fine was deposited to PM CARES Fund on the directions of the court. 7 other Thailand nationals have gone for trial.

Uttarakhand Govt Imposes Lockdown on Saturdays & Sundays | To curb the spread of Covid-19, it has been decided to impose lockdown on Saturdays and Sundays in Uttarakhand. Guidelines for the same to be issued soon, says CM Trivendra Singh Rawat.