Unlock 3.0 in Delhi: Coronavirus cases update and latest news from your city

In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, health workers conducting testing in Delhi
Delhi LG overturned the state govt's decision to allow functioning of hotels and weekly markets from August 1, while the proposal to allow street vendors and hawkers to operate for longer hours from August 1 was approved under Unlock 3. Stay with us for latest updates.
* Update by PTI at 10.08am: 62,064 new Covid-19 cases in India take tally to 22,15,074; toll rises to 44,386 with 1,007 more deaths, health ministry
* Update at 9.44am: The total number of Covid-19 samples tested up to 9th August is 2,45,83,558 including 4,77,023 samples tested yesterday, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
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Update at 8.49am
: India's Covid-19 recoveries cross 15-lakh mark. Infection still remains concentrated in 10 states that contribute more than 80% of the new cases, reports ANI quoting ministry of health & family welfare
*Delhi reported 1,300 fresh Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours – second highest in the past 20 days – taking the total number of corona cases in the capital to 1,45,427. The death toll due to the viral infection climbed to 4,111 with 13 fatalities.
* In a boost to health infrastructure in the capital, a 200-bed Covid hospital at Ambedkar Nagar in south Delhi was inaugurated by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday. Out of the planned 600 beds, 200 with oxygen supply have been made operational.
*In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, over 350 Delhi Police personnel who will be part of the guard of honour at Red Fort on Independence Day have been quarantined as a precautionary measure, officials said on Sunday.
*Donning PPE kits, mandatory Covid tests on the accused, exercising caution when lifting fingerprints and regular sanitisation of hands have become the new normal for Delhi Police officials when they step out to investigate a case.
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