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COVID-19 India Updates: India is world’s third worst hit country, after US and Brazil (File)
Coronavirus Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today will launch “high-throughput” COVID-19 testing facilities in three cities — Noida, Mumbai and Kolkata — via video conferencing.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), these facilities will ramp up testing capacity in the country and help in strengthening early detection and treatment.
With 48,661 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s COVID-19 tally soared to 13,85,522 on Sunday.
The total COVID-19 positive cases include 4,67,882 active cases, 8,85,577 recovered and with 705 new deaths, the cumulative death count has reached 32,063.
Maharashtra has reported the highest number of cases among states and Union Territories in the country. Followed by Tamil Nadu and Delhi at 2,13,723 and 1,30,606 cases respectively.
India is the world’s third worst hit country by the virus, after United States and Brazil.
Here are the Updates on Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases:
Sikkim has extended the statewide lockdown till August 1 to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to a notification.
A complete, six-day lockdown, imposed by the hilly state, was scheduled to end on Sunday.
“After careful consideration of the situation, it has been decided to extend the period of lockdown in the entire state of Sikkim till 6 am of August 1, 2020,” a notification issued by Chief Secretary S C Gupta said.
Moroccan authorities announced a ban on entry and exit from eight cities of the kingdom due to an increase in COVID-19 cases.
Entrance into the cities of Casablanca, Tangier, Tetouan, Fez, Marrakesh, Meknes, Berrechid and Settat is prohibited starting Monday night, according to a press release from the Moroccan Interior Ministry and Health Ministry received by Sputnik.
The United States on Sunday recorded 55,187 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, Johns Hopkins University reported in its real-time tally.
The world’s hardest-hit country now has a total caseload of 4,229,624, the Baltimore-based university showed at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Monday).
An additional 518 deaths brought the overall death count to 146,909, AFP reported.
A total of 35 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Chandigarh on Sunday, the health department informed.
With this, the total number of coronavirus cases in the Union Territory stands at 887, including 302 active cases and 572 recoveries.
So far, 13 deaths have been reported from Chandigarh, ANI reported.
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