Coronavirus LIVE News Updates: Mumbai logs 733 fresh..ID-19 cases, 650 recoveries; doubling rate at 726 days – Firstpost

June 20, 2021 – 20:34 (IST)

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Goa logs 207 COVID-19 cases, 6 deaths

The number of COVID-19 cases in Goa went up by 207 on Sunday to reach 1,64,436, an official said. The toll rose by six to touch 2,990, while the discharge of 406 people from hospitals took the recovery count to 1,58,178, he said. The state’s active caseload stands at 3,268, the official added.

With 2,442 samples being examined in the last 24 hours, the number of tests in Goa went up to 8,88,422, he said. Goa’s COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 1,64,436, new cases 207, death toll 2990, discharged 158178, active cases 3268, samples tested till date 8,88,422.

June 20, 2021 – 20:22 (IST)

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Mumbai logs 733 COVID-19 cases, 650 recoveries

Mumbai on Sunday reported 733 fresh coronavirus positive cases and 19 fatalities, taking the tally to 7,21,370 and the toll to 15,298, the city civic body said. A total of 650 patients were discharged during the day, taking the count of recoveries in Mumbai so far to 6,88,990, it said, adding the city is now left with 14,809 active cases.

With 28,226 new tests, the number of samples tested so far in Mumbai reached 68,15,028, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. The case recovery rate in the Mumbai district now stands at 95 percent while the overall growth rate of cases between June 13 to 19 stood at 0.09 percent. The case doubling rate for Mumbai stands at 726 days.

June 20, 2021 – 20:13 (IST)

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Telangana seeks vaccine testing facility in Hyderabad

The Telangana government on Sunday urged the Centre to set up a vaccine testing facility here “on a war footing” basis. In a letter to Union health minister Harsh Vardhan, state IT and industries Minister KT Rama Rao stated that Hyderabad has emerged as the vaccination capital of the world by producing one-third of the global vaccines. He noted that COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin was developed and also is being manufactured here.

He said there is an urgency to set up a second testing facility, and Hyderabad is an ideal location to host such a facility, as the city has a large number of vaccine manufacturers. “The testing of each batch of vaccine produced in the country is being carried out only in the Central Drug Laboratory in Kasauli. And for the entire process of sending the vaccination batch from Hyderabad to Kasauli takes approximately 30-45 days, which is time-consuming, and cost-intensive,” Rama Rao pointed out.

June 20, 2021 – 19:55 (IST)

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Kerala reports 11,647 COVID-19 cases, 112 deaths

Kerala reported 11,647 fresh COVID-19 cases and 112 deaths on Sunday, taking the tally to 28.09 lakh and the toll to 12,060. Recoveries continued to outnumber fresh cases with 12,459 people being cured of the disease, taking the total number of those who have recuperated to 26,90,958. Among the districts, Thiruvananthapuram reported the highest number of cases–1,600, followed by Ernakulam with 1,461 and Kollam with 1,219.

“Among those found infected today, 54 reached the state from outside while 10,982 contracted the disease from their contacts. The sources of infection of 554 are yet to be traced. Fifty seven health workers are also among the infected,” health minister Veena George said in a release. She said 1,07,474 samples were tested on Sunday, taking the total number of specimens examined so far to 2,19,61,374. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) stood at 10.84 percent. Currently, there are 1,05,936 people under treatment in the state.

There are 4,48,037 people under observation, of whom 26,906 are in isolation wards of various hospitals across the state. There are 16 Local Self Government bodies (LSGs) with more than 30 percent TPR, the release said. It said there are 208 LSGs with the Total Positivity Rate between 20-30 percent, 633 with the TPR between 8-20 percent and 178 with a TPR of less than eight percent.

June 20, 2021 – 19:44 (IST)

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MP aims to vaccinate 10L on 21 June

The Madhya Pradesh government has set an ambitious target to administer anti-COVID 19 vaccines to 10 lakh people on Monday under a mega campaign which will be rolled out at 7,000 centres across the state, medical education Minister Vishvas Sarang said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters, Sarang said Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will formally launch this campaign by offering prayers at the Peetambara Peeth, a prominent Hindu shrine located in Datia.

The chief minister will then visit a vaccination centre in Datia. “This drive will start at 10 am simultaneously at 7,000 centres across Madhya Pradesh. Prominent persons from society will also remain present as motivators at these spots. The MP government has set a target to administer jabs to 10 lakh people in one day and 19 lakh doses of the vaccines have already been distributed for this purpose,” he said. The minister said the vaccination camps will be inaugurated by lighting of lamps and offering garlands to portraits of great personalities who laid their lives for the country.

June 20, 2021 – 19:14 (IST)

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‘All above 45 in J&K to be vaccinated by June end’

Union minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said all people above 45 years in Jammu and Kashmir will be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of this month. According to a Personnel Ministry statement, the minister has been informed that with the Centre’s ”free vaccine for all” impetus to the countrywide vaccination drive from 21 June , over 30 percent of beneficiaries in the 18 to 45 years age group in Jammu and Kashmir would receive anti-coronavirus vaccines.

Singh, the Minister of State for Personnel, reviewed the vaccination drive with the Jammu and Kashmir authorities at a nearly two-hour meeting held in the civil secretariat in Jammu. He evaluated the vaccination targets achieved in the Union Territory so far and discussed the roadmap planned for the countrywide ”free vaccine for all” campaign beginning Monday.

June 20, 2021 – 18:51 (IST)

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AP reports 5,646 COVID-19 cases, 50 deaths

Andhra Pradesh reported 5,646 fresh COVID-19 cases from one lakh tests, while 7,772 people recovered and another 50 succumbed to the virus in 24 hours ending 9 am on Sunday. The gross positives have now mounted to 18,50,563 and the recoveries increased to 17,75,176, a health department bulletin said. The cumulative toll was 12,319.

The active caseload in the state has now reduced to 63,068, the bulletin added. East Godavari district added 1,098, Chittoor 890, West Godavari 761 and Krishna 441 new cases in 24 hours. The remaining nine districts reported less than 400 new cases each, with Kurnool logging the lowest 127. Chittoor reported 11 fresh COVID-19 fatalities, West Godavari seven, Guntur six, East Godavari five, Srikakulam four, Anantapuramu, Kadapa, Krishna and Prakasam three each, Kurnool and Visakhapatnam two each. SPS Nellore had one death in a day.

June 20, 2021 – 18:17 (IST)

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Lockdown extended for one week more in Uttarakhand

The Uttarakhand government on Sunday decided to extend the Covid lockdown in the state for another week from June 22 but allowed hotels, restaurants and bars to open at half their capacities. It also decided to open the chardham yatra for locals from 1 July and for people from the rest of the state from 11 July , Cabinet minister and state government’s official spokesperson Subodh Uniyal said.  Bringing a negative RT-PCR or Rapid Antigen test report, however, will be compulsory for the pilgrims, he said. 

June 20, 2021 – 17:59 (IST)

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Jabs for students, those going abroad, Olympics-bound sportspersons in Bengaluru from June 22

Karnataka Deputy Chief  Minister C N Ashwath Narayan on Sunday said vaccination for students, those going abroad for studies or work, and sportspersons bound for Tokyo Olympics would start in Bengaluru from 22 June at the city’s central college premises. East zone Health Officer has been identified as the
competent authority within the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) limits and the second dose of the vaccine for the above groups would be given to those who have completed 28 days after receiving the first dose, Narayan said.

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June 20, 2021 – 17:42 (IST)

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Weekend curfew lifted from eight districts in Jammu and Kashmir

The Jammu and Kashmir State Executive Committee (SEC) on Sunday announced the lifting of weekend curfew from eight of the 20 districts, with further easing of restrictions owing to significant improvement in the COVID-19 situation. However, the night curfew would continue to remain in force in Shopian, Ganderbal and Bandipora in Kashmir and Jammu, Samba, Kathua, Reasi, and Udhampur in Jammu province, an official order said.

The SEC authorised the deputy commissioners to allow opening of paid and unpaid parks for the use of the public across the Union Territory, only after local assessment of the conditions and after due consideration, subject to COVID-appropriate measures.

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