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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Aug 26, 2020, 14:08:31 IST

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13:35 (IST), Aug 26

Issued directions for stringent enforcement of Covid guidelines. Everyone should wear face mask, maintain social distancing, says the chief minister.

13:33 (IST), Aug 26

Only 3,700 Covid beds occupied by coronavirus patients; of these, 2,900 occupied by Delhiites and 800 by those from other states: Arvind Kejriwal

13:29 (IST), Aug 26
 
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No death of any Covid-19 patient, who is under home isolation, has been reported in Delhi since July 14.

CM Arvind Kejriwal 
13:25 (IST), Aug 26

In the last 24 hours, 1,693 new Covd-19 cases reported in Delhi. We have a total of 14,130 Covid beds and of those, 10,448 are vacant: Kejriwal

13:18 (IST), Aug 26

Next week, 40,000 tests to be conducted per day in Delhi, says CM Arvind Kejriwal.

13:10 (IST), Aug 26

There has been an increase in Covid- 19 cases in the last few days. Recovery rate is more than 90 per cent in the national capital. We are fully prepared. I have directed that number of tests will be doubled in coming days: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

12:08 (IST), Aug 26

Ex-Assam CM Tarun Gogoi tests positive for Covid-19

11:34 (IST), Aug 26

3,371 test positive for Covid-19. Total positive cases in Odisha rise to 87,602: Health department

10:49 (IST), Aug 26

610 test positive for Covid-19 in Rajasthan; tally in the state rises to 73,935, reports ANI quoting health department

10:48 (IST), Aug 26

Haryana agriculture and farmers welfare minister JP Dalal test positive for Covid-19

10:12 (IST), Aug 26

3,018 test positive for Covid-19 in Telangana; tally in the state rises to 1,11,688

10:06 (IST), Aug 26

Fire breaks out at a mixing plant in Bajaura area of Kullu district in Himachal Pradesh. Two fire tenders present at the spot. Fire-fighting operation under way

10:03 (IST), Aug 26

Six killed, over a dozen injured after two buses of the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport collided head on in Kakori area of Lucknow

09:57 (IST), Aug 26

67,151 new cases, 1,059 deaths take India's Covid-19 caseload to 32,34,474 and toll to 59,449, reports PTI quoting health ministry

09:34 (IST), Aug 26

41 new Covid-19 cases in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, tally 2,945, active cases 677; toll rises to 37 with 2 more deaths, reports PTI quoting health official

09:32 (IST), Aug 26

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal calls urgent meeting to discuss rising number of Covid-19 cases; health minister, chief secy to attend, reports PTI

08:50 (IST), Aug 26

Earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter Scale hit West Bengal's Durgapur at 7.54am today: National Centre for Seismology

06:23 (IST), Aug 26

1,544 new cases on Tuesday mark a 40-day high for Delhi

In a worrying indication that the Covid-19 outbreak in Delhi was far from over, the health department reported 1,544 new cases on Tuesday, the highest daily count in the capital in 40 days. Read full story

06:23 (IST), Aug 26

By 2023, take a metro from Greater Noida to Botanical Garden

06:23 (IST), Aug 26

Mumbai reports fewest Covid-19 cases (587) in 105 days, Maharashtra crosses 7 lakh

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