3,752 new COVID-19 cases, 100 deaths in Maharashtra
Coronavirus pandemic: Latest updates from June 18, 2020 (Thursday):
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- With the number of COVID-19 cases crossing 3.66 lakh and a death toll of over 12,200, India has now become the fourth worst-affected nation from the virus and also the biggest epicenter of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Asia.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held a consultation with chief ministers of all states to discuss ways to control the spread of the virus. He made it clear that the lockdown will not be imposed again and a period of unlocking has begun.
- The central government still keeps denying that community transmission is taking place in India.
- More than 8.2 million cases of novel coronavirus have been confirmed worldwide, and fears spike globally of a second wave of the virus, as new cases force renewed lockdown measures from China to Germany.
- The Central government on Thursday said that the recovery rate of COVID-19 has reached 52.95% in the country and a total of 1,94,325 people affected have been cured so far. During the last 24 hours, 7,390 people have recovered from lethal infection.
Coronavirus pandemic: Latest updates from June 18, 2020 (Thursday)
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Maharashtra's COVID-19 update:
New cases: 3,752
Total cases: 1,20,504
Deaths today: 100
Death toll: 5,751
Recovered: 60,838 (1,672 patients dischared on Thursday)
Active cases: 53,901
People tested so far: 7,17,683
COVID-19 update in West Bengal
435 COVID19 cases, 12 deaths and 468 discharged today in West Bengal. Total number of cases in the state is now at 12,735, including 7,001 discharged, 5,216 active cases, & 518 deaths: State Health Department
COVID-19 update in Gujarat
510 new COVID-19 cases and 31 deaths have been reported in Gujarat in the last 24 hours. State tally rises to 25,660 including 17,829 cured/discharged and 1592 deaths: State Health Department
COVID-19 update in Dharavi, Mumbai
28 new COVID19 cases have been reported in Dharavi area of Mumbai today, taking the total number of cases to 2134. A total of 78 people have succumbed to the disease in the area so far: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Maharashtra
COVID-19 update in Goa
49 samples have tested positive for COVID19 in Goa today, taking the total number of cases to 705. Number of active cases stand at 596: Directorate of Health Services, Goa
Coronavirus (COVID-19) update in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu reports 2141 new COVID19 positive cases, taking the total number of positive cases to 52,334. Death toll is at 625 after 49 deaths were reported today: State Health Department
Assam reports 82 new #COVID19 positive cases taking the total number of cases to 4777. Number of active cases stand at 2111: State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
Uttarakhand reports 57 new #COVID19 cases till 2:30 PM today, taking the total number of positive cases to 2079: State Control Room COVID-19
586 #COVID19 positive cases reported in Himachal Pradesh so far, including 6 deaths and 368 recovered: State health department
Lord Jagannath will forgive us if we stay the Rath Yatra this year. Such gatherings can't take place at the time of the #COVID19 pandemic. In the interest of public health and safety of citizens, Rath Yatra can't be allowed this year: Supreme Court
299 fresh cases of #COVID19 & two deaths recorded in Andhra Pradesh in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 5854 & death toll to 92. Number of active cases stands at 2779: State Health Department
Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah holds meeting with senior officials of Delhi-NCR, over COVID19 situation.
Delhi government has decided to cap the rates for #COVID19 RT-PCR test at Rs 2400 inclusive of all charges: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia
Union Home Minister Amit Shah to hold a meeting today at 12 PM with senior administrative officers of Delhi-NCR, in view of COVID-19 management and situation in the national capital.
The total number of cases in the state stands at 4512, of which 3047 have recovered and 1451 cases are active: Odisha Government
62,49,668 samples tested till 17th June. 1,65,412 samples tested in the last 24 hours: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
India reports the highest single-day spike of 12,881 new #COVID19 cases in the last 24 hours; 334 deaths reported. Total number of positive cases now stands at 366946 including 160384 active cases, 194325 cured/discharged/migrated & 12237 deaths: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Out of 317 samples tested, no COVID-19 positive case has been reported. Total number of positive cases in the state stands at 193, of which 90 are active, and 103 have recovered: S Pangnyu Phom, Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of Nagaland
Beijing reported 21 new confirmed domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases and three new asymptomatic cases on Wednesday, the municipal health commission said on Thursday. (IANS)
The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has topped to over 8.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 448,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
Uttarakhand: Tourism industry badly affected due to #Coronavirus outbreak. Manu Kochar, a hotelier in Dehradun, says, “Hotel industry is the worst hit. Over 2.5 lakh people have lost their employment in the state. We haven't got any permission yet for hotels to resume operations"
Mizoram reports 9 new COVID-19 positive cases; the total number of cases in the state stands at 130 including 129 active cases and 1 cured/discharged: Department of Information & Public Relations, Government of Mizoram (ANI)
The COVID-19 death toll in West Bengal reached 506 on Wednesday with 11 more fatalities, while the total number of cases reported in the state so far crossed the 12,000-mark, according to a health department bulletin. (PTI)
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Bihar rose to 6,940 on Wednesday with 130 fresh instances of the viral infection reported during the day. With no fresh casualty, the death toll, however, stayed at 39, the state health department said. (PTI)