Coronavirus live updates: With a cap of 5,000 tourists daily, Taj Mahal to reopen on Sept 21

World must be better prepared for next pandemic, says WHO chief

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday the world must be better prepared for the next pandemic, as he called on countries to invest in public health.

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2785 Covid cases detected today out of 38611 tests done in the last 24 hours. Total number of cases now at 1,28,244 including 96,823 recoveries, 31,048 active cases and 370 deaths: Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

With a cap of 5k tourists daily, Taj Mahal to reopen on Sept 21

World heritage sites Taj Mahal and Agra Fort will reopen for visitors on September 21 after six months of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, only 5,000 tourists would be allowed at the Taj and 2,500 at Agra Fort daily. Earlier, Taj used to see a footfall of up to 80,000 people a day, and the Agra Fort was visited by almost 30,000 people daily during weekends.

Dharavi's Covid-19 tally rises to 2,824 with addition of five cases: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (PTI)

245 new Covid-19 positive cases and 183 patients have cured in Himachal Pradesh in the last 24 hours. Total number of cases now at 7660 including 2234 active cases and 54 deaths, reports ANI quoting state health department

Recoveries outnumber fresh Covid cases for second straight day in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu on Monday reported 5,776 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 4,69,256 while the death toll mounted to 7,925 with 89 more fatalities. With 5,930 patients getting discharged, the recoveries eclipsed the fresh infections for the second successive day and 4,10,116 is the aggregate number of people who have got cured till date.

Himachal MLA tests positive for Covid-19 on day 1 of Assembly session after lockdown

Himachal Pradesh BJP MLA from Indora, Reeta Devi, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus on the first day of the monsoon session of the state assembly here on Monday, Speaker Vipin Parmar said.

Covid-19 toll in West Bengal mounts to 3,620 with 58 more fatalities; 3,077 new cases push tally to 1,83,865, reports PTI quoting health dept

BJP MLA Rita Dhiman tested Positive for Covid-19, she attended the first day of monsoon session of state Assembly today: RD Dhiman, Additional Chief Secretary (Health), Himachal Pradesh (ANI)

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With a cap of 5,000 tourists daily, Taj Mahal to reopen on Sept 21

World heritage sites Taj Mahal and Agra Fort will reopen for visitors on September 21 after six months of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, only 5,000 tourists would be allowed at the Taj and 2,500 at Agra Fort daily.

Clinical trials of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to begin this month in countries including India: RDIF

The clinical trials of Sputnik V vaccine for coronavirus will be held this month in several countries including India, confirmed Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) on Monday.

5,773 new Covid-19 cases and 141 deaths reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours, taking active cases to 97,001. There have been 3,00,770 recoveries and 6,534 deaths, reports ANI quoating state health department

1,885 new Covid-19 cases and 17 deaths reported in Madhya Pradesh in the last 24 hours, taking active cases to 16,961, recoveries to 56,909 and death toll to 1,589, reports ANI quoting state health department

Punjab government allows shops dealing in non-essential items to open on Saturdays and reduces night curfew timing by two and half hours in urban areas, reports PTI

Night curfew will be in place in all cities/towns now from 9:30 pm to 5 am, as per revised decision. Hotels & restaurants will be allowed to remain open on all days, till 9 pm, after which home delivery of food will be allowed, as per revised guidelines, reports ANI quoting Punjab CMO

In Surat district, 111 new Covid-19 cases were reported on Monday taking the total number of Covid-19 cases to 5171 in the district. One more Covid-19 patients succumbed to the virus taking the death toll to 213 in the district.

India's daily testing capacity has crossed 11.70 lakhs. Cumulative tests are nearly 5 cr (4,95,51,507) as on date.

7,20,362 tests conducted in last 24 hrs. As a result of the countrywide ramped up testing, 1,33,33,904 tests were conducted in last 2 weeks alone, reports ANI quoting Ministry of Health.