Coronavirus LIVE: 3,800 security personnel infected so far in northeast

Coronavirus latest news: Globally, the cases from the deadly infection rose to 19,824,039 with the figures crossing 5.1 million mark in the United States. Stay tuned for coronavirus LIVE updates

10:58 AM

Kerala's Covid-19 tally breaches 30,000 mark; death toll climbs to 99

Kerala's Covid-19 tally breached the 30,000 mark on Friday as 1,251 fresh cases were reported, including of 18 health workers, while five more deaths took the toll to 99.

 

Of the 30,396 positive cases, 1,061 were infected through contact, while the infection source of 73 people was not yet known, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters here.

 

While 77 people had come from abroad, 94 had arrived from other states, he said.

10:55 AM

Air India plane crash LIVE: V Muraleedharan, MoS External Affairs visits Kozhikode Airport

10:44 AM

Rajasthan records 499 new coronavirus positive cases and 9 deaths, taking the total positive cases and deaths to 50,656 and 776 respectively

Rajasthan records 499 new coronavirus positive cases and 9 deaths, taking the total positive cases and deaths to 50,656 and 776 respectively. Active cases stand at 13,570: State Health Department

10:38 AM

Coronavirus in UP latest update: Corona enters VIP areas of Agra

After the common man in the mohallas and besties in the inner city, the Covid-19 virus has spread to posh colonies, bungalows of 'sahabs', besides the rural blocks.

 

After the Divisional Commissioner Anil Kumar, his mother, five of his staff tested positive, his father has also been infected. Two officials of the PWD have also been quarantined after they reported positive.

 

The SN Medical College principal and two dozen doctors are already under treatment. Senior officials, family members of the local MP and a BJP legislator, son of a state minister, are in hospitals.

10:17 AM

Hockey captain Manpreet, 3 other players test positive for Covid-19

The Indian men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh and three other players have tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of a national camp in Bengaluru, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said on Friday.

 

Besides Manpreet, defender Surender Kumar, Jaskaran Singh and drag-flicker Varun Kumar have also tested positive for the deadly virus.

9:57 AM

Noida: Covid-19 tally rises to 5,806, active cases 906

9:51 AM

Coronavirus India update: Single-day spike of 61,537 cases and 933 deaths reported in India, in the last 24 hours

9:50 AM

Coronavirus update: India records 61,537 cases in 24 hrs; tally at 2,088,611

9:27 AM

Rajasthan reports 10 more coronavirus deaths, 1,161 new cases

9:26 AM

Dhubri DC office to remain shut after detection of Covid-19 cases

9:19 AM

Coronavirus: Punjab govt orders night curfew in Ludhiana, Patiala, Jalandhar

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered night curfew from 9 pm to 5 am in the worst affected cities of Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Patiala from Saturday to contain Covid-19 spread.

 

"Concerned over the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered night curfew from 9 pm to 5 am in the worst affected cities of Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Patiala from Saturday, while directing all big cities/towns to prepare an integrated management plan for treatment of the disease at both Government and private facilities," said the state government in a press release on Friday. Read on...

9:16 AM

US health chief to visit Taiwan, a coronavirus success story

US Health Secretary Alex Azar has said he wants to learn about Taiwan's incredibly effective response to the cornavirus even though the island did things that the US has fumbled, such as having a unified strategy and citizens willing to war masks.

 

Azar leads a U.S. delegation departing this weekend for a three-day visit to Taiwan, where they will meet with President Tsai Ing-wen and health system leaders, and Azar will give a speech to public health graduates. The trip is a geopolitical chess move in the Trump administration's contentious relationship with China, which considers Taiwan part of its national territory and has already registered its displeasure.

9:14 AM

Shanghai reports 2 new imported coronavirus cases

Shanghai reported two new imported Covid-19 cases but no increase in domestically transmitted infections, the municipal health commission said on Saturday.

 

The two new patients are Chinese nationals who flew in from abroad, reports Xinhua news agency.

 

While one arrived in Shanghai from the US via France on August 3, the second person flew in from from the United Arab Emirates three days later.

9:11 AM

Gujarat's coronavirus death toll tops 2,600; state tally crosses 68,000 mark

The death toll in Gujarat due to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) had risen to 2,606, with 22 more patients succumbing to the dreaded virus, officials said. The state on Friday saw 1,074 positive cases being detected from 26,591 tests. This has taken the total number of infections to 68,885.

 

On Friday, 1,370 patients were discharged. So far, 51,692 have been discharged in the state. Officials said that in the first seven days of August, 7,452 positive cases have been registered in Gujarat. On Friday, the new hotspot for the Coronavirus in Gujarat - Surat - registered 231 cases while Ahmedabad saw 153 new cases. Read on...

9:10 AM

Crowded villages show why coronavirus cases are surging in rural India

As India passes the grim milestone of two million virus cases and new hotspots emerge in villages, experts are worried infections will now rise exponentially in the world’s second-most populous country, overwhelming its under-prepared hinterland.

 

In the remote Valad village in the southern state of Kerala, 236 people have been found positive in the last two weeks. In Katapali village in eastern Odisha, nearly 200 people were infected and the area locked down for almost 50 days before the outbreak was controlled. Read on...