8.07 am: Twenty-nine more cases have been reported in Mizoram in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the state to 1,00...
8.07 am: Twenty-nine more cases have been reported in Mizoram in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the state to 1,003, ANI reports. A total of 500 people have been discharged so far, while the rest are active cases.
8.04 am: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare says that in the last five months, more than 75% of the cases have recovered, ANI reports. “Effective implementation of Centre’s strategic and graded Test-Track-Treat approach has led to higher recoveries and lower fatality,” the ministry claims.
8.01 am: Health Minister Satyendar Jain has written to Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, alleging that Delhi government officers are being “pressurised” by the Home Ministry to not increase coronavirus testing, PTI reports. A home ministry spokesperson though called the allegation “false and baseless”.
7.57 am: The Tamil Nadu government has said that the Koyambedu wholesale market in Chennai, which had emerged as a super-spreader of the coronavirus and was closed in May, will be reopened in a phased manner from September 18, PTI reports. Entry of vehicles and people would be restricted and police will enforce physical distancing measures.
7.53 am: Here are the top updates from Thursday:
- India’s overall case count on Thursday rose to 33,10,234 after 75,760 new infections were reported in 24 hours. The country’s...
