Covid LIVE: Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra see dip in daily cases

Maharashtra on Saturday recorded 11,394 new coronavirus positive cases, a drop of 2,446 from the day before, and 68 fatalities

A BMC health worker collects swab sample of an outstation passenger for COVID-19 test at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj terminus in Mumbai (Photo: PTI)

Live news updates: Lenders to troubled retail chain Future Retail will meet today to discuss next steps, including legal options, after the company sought 10 days’ time from the Supreme Court to work out a settlement.

While senior bank executives have been reviewing the case on a regular basis, today’s meeting assumes significance in light of the Supreme Court hearing.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the 'Statue of Equality', commemorating the 11th century Bhakti saint Sri Ramanujacharya and also to kickstart the 50th anniversary celebrations of ICRISAT in Hyderabad today.

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to postpone the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering Exam (GATE), which is scheduled to be held on February 5, in view of Covid restrictions in many parts of the country.

A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath said that postponing GATE just 48 hours before the scheduled examination would result in chaos and uncertainty, and it cannot play with the career of students, who have prepared for it.

It noted that 900,000 students are to appear in the examination and around 20,000 students have signed an online petition for postponing the examination.

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) yesterday held a meeting to review the Covid guidelines that were in place in the national capital and eased several restrictions keeping in mind the sharp decline in the positivity rate.

As per the new guidelines, schools for Classes 9-12 will reopen from February 7, while classes from nursery to eighth standard will resume from February 14.

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Piyush Goyal at Breach Candy Hospital

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Maharashtra Covid cases drop to 11,394; 68 more die

Maharashtra on Saturday recorded 11,394 new coronavirus positive cases, a drop of 2,446 from the day before, and 68 fatalities, including 28 in the Pune circle, due to COVID-19 related complications, the state health department said.

On Friday, the daily number of cases had dropped by 1,412 from Thursday's count of 15,252 when 75 people succumbed to COVID-19 infection, the health department said.

With the latest additions, the tally of COVIID-19 cases in Maharashtra rose to 77,94,034. The latest death toll stands at 143,008, the department said in a report.

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Gujarat reports 4,710 new Covid cases

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West Bengal reports 1,345 new Covid cases

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Mumbai reports 643 new Covid cases

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Karnataka reports 12,009 new Covid cases

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Statue of Equality will encourage youth: PM Modi

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Kerala records 33,538 new Covid cases, 444 deaths

Kerala continued to witness a dip in the daily COVID-19 infection rate for the third consecutive day, with the state reporting 33,538 new positive cases on Saturday taking the caseload to 62,44,654.

The health department said 46,813 persons recuperated from the disease today, taking the number of recoveries to 58,33,762.

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Delhi's Covid positivity rate falls to 2.87%

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Turkey's President Erdogan tests positive for Covid

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he had tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

In a tweet, Erdogan said he and his wife were experiencing mild symptoms of the coronavirus, adding that he will continue his work from home.

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PM Modi inaugurates Hyderabad's 216-feet tall 'Statue of Equality'

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PM Modi to shortly inaugurate the 216-feet tall 'Statue of Equality'

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Anna Hazare writes to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray

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First Published: Feb 05 2022 | 6:39 AM IST