Fresh 48,000-plus COVID-19 cases in India with 757 deaths.
India’s Coronavirus tally has crossed the 13-lakh mark with the death toll over 31,300.
India on Saturday, registered fresh 48,916 COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours. The huge spike has increased the coronavirus tally in the country to 13,36,861, breaching the 13-lakh-mark. Deaths in the country have been consistently increasing with new 757 causalities yesterday which rose the death toll to 31,358. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s new data, India has a total of 456,071 active cases of the novel Coronavirus, and 849,431 patients have been treated and discharged. The health ministry said that although the percentage of rising in new cases is high, the recovery rate is consistently increasing at 63.54 percentage.
Centre issues instructions to nine states:
On Friday the centre conducted a video conference with 9 states that are at present witnessing a surge in the COVID-19 infections. In the high-level review meeting that went on for three hours, the Centre focused on six major issues like rigorous implementations of pandemic lessons, proper planning, and procurement to plug the gap in health infrastructure, and systematic containment, etc. The state governments of Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana, West Bengal, Karnataka, Assam, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh were given special instructions by the health officials of the central government.
Meghalaya announces two-day complete lockdown in Shillong:
From midnight of July 26 to midnight of July 29, the Meghalaya government announced a complete lockdown in the Shillong agglomeration. The decision comes following a spike in the number of Coronavirus cases in the capital. The Health Secretary of the state said, “We are using the lockdown to complete the contact tracing of positive cases reported on Thursday from some of the localities within Shillong.” Chief Minister of the state, Conrad Sangma on his Twitter urged people to stay indoors during the lockdown and hoped that the situation in the capital city improves.
Over 15.7 million cases have been registered globally, with more than 640,000 people dying due to the Coronavirus.
