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Haryana CM testes COVID-19 positive; cases in India rise to 31,67,324.

Published on August 25, 2020

India achieves over 75% recovery rate; More flights to be operated from Mumbai and Kolkata.

With India registering 60,975 cases over the most recent 24 hours, the total number of COVID-19 cases rose to 31,67,324 on Tuesday. Additionally, with 848 new fatalities, the death toll increased to 58,390. Of the total, active Coronavirus cases in the country stand at 7,04,348, while 24,04,585 individuals have recovered from the deadly disease. The tally of recovered patients now exceeds the total number of active cases in the country by more than three times. India’s COVID-19 tests for each million rose to 26,016 as total tests spiked to 3.59 crore, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday underlining that a key segment in India’s COVID-19 reaction has been the early discovery of cases by opportune and forceful testing.

More flights from Mumbai and Kolkata, reveals Civil Aviation Minister:

Minister of State for Civil Aviation (Independent Charge) Hardeep Singh Puri has said that a significant part of the pre-COVID domestic air traveller traffic could be re-established by Diwali. The Centre will permit an increase in the number of flights from specific areas, for example, Mumbai and Kolkata, which have operated under restrictions so far, Puri said.

Haryana Chief Minister & Vidha Sabha Speaker test COVID-19 positive:

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar tested positive for the novel COVID-19 disease on Monday. “I test for Novel Coronavirus today. My test report has brought positive back. I request to all colleagues and associates who came in my contact in the course of the most recent week to get themselves tested. I demand my nearby contacts to move into strict quarantine quickly”, Khattar tweeted. This comes just two days before the monsoon session of the Haryana Assembly’s beginning. The development has occurred and the monsoon session’s functioning is thwarted as Vidhan Sabha Speaker Gian Chand Gupta tested positive for COVID-19, earlier the same day.

Globally, over 813,000 people have died due to fatal disease, and more than 23.7 million have been infected.