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Coronavirus live updates: Assam eases curbs; weekend lockdowns to stay

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Aug 14, 2020, 01:58:07 IST

Coronavirus live updates: Assam eases curbs; weekend lockdowns to stay

India on Thursday registered the highest single-day spike of 66,999 cases and reported 942 deaths in the last 24 hours. The country's coronavirus tally touched 23,96,638 including 6,53,622 active cases, 16,95,982 discharged and 47,033 deaths. Stay here for all live updates

01:58 (IST) Aug 14

1,000 prisoners and 292 jail staff tested positive for Covid-19 in prisons across Maharashtra so far. Six prisoners died of the disease: State Prison Department

01:15 (IST) Aug 14

Australia encouraged by drop in new Covid-19 cases

01:11 (IST) Aug 14

Assam govt issues guidelines for unlocking from August 16. "Inter-district movement of passengers and vehicles allowed between Monday and Friday only," the guidelines read.

01:10 (IST) Aug 14

Eight more Covid-19 patients succumb to disease in Assam, pushing death toll to 169; state's tally climbs to 71,795: Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

22:54 (IST) Aug 13

Total number of Covid cases in Jharkhand now at 20,950: Jharkhand health department

22:43 (IST) Aug 13

1,092 positive cases of Covid-19 reported in Gujarat in the last 24 hours, taking state tally to 75,482: Gujarat health department

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22:42 (IST) Aug 13

Highest single-day spike of 180 new cases in Himachal Pradesh: Officials

22:37 (IST) Aug 13

793 new Covid cases reported in Haryana today, taking the total number of cases to 44,817: State health department

22:36 (IST) Aug 13

2 new Covid-19 cases reported in Sikkim, tally now at 932, active cases reach 350: Health official

22:33 (IST) Aug 13

793 new cases reported in Haryana today, taking the total number of cases to 44817: State Health Department

22:32 (IST) Aug 13

408 new Covid-19 cases in Chhattisgarh, tally 13,960, active cases 4,187; toll rises to 115 with 6 more deaths

22:20 (IST) Aug 13

Kite sellers in Lucknow city say that their business have taken a hit due to the pandemic.

22:19 (IST) Aug 13

1,226 new Covid cases reported in Maharashtra's Thane district today

22:03 (IST) Aug 13

Southern states continue to witness spike in cases, Karnataka breaches 2 lakh mark.

Karnataka on Thursday crossed the grim milestone of two lakh Covid-19 cases, while a controversy broke out in Kerala over the ruling CPM's decision to use citizens' Call Detail Records (CDR) for contact tracing in its battle against the pandemic. All southern states continued reporting high daily virus numbers, with Andhra Pradesh leading with over 9,000 cases on Thursday.

21:47 (IST) Aug 13

Five security personnel of Himachal Pradesh CM have tested positive for Covid-19: Dr Surekha Chopra, CMO

21:21 (IST) Aug 13

200 new Covid cases, 884 recoveries and 48 deaths reported in Mumbai today. Total positive cases in Mumbai rise to 1,27,571: BMC

20:35 (IST) Aug 13

CM also directed that all offices, business establishments, industrial units & marriage palaces where over 10 people gather must appoint 'Covid Monitors': Punjab CMO

"These monitors would be responsible to ensure proper hygiene & sanitisation of working places to check infections," the statement read.

20:22 (IST) Aug 13

Punjab CM today emphasised the need for 100% testing in the micro containment and containment zones using Rapid Antigen Tests to keep the further spread of Covid-19 under check: Punjab CMO

20:03 (IST) Aug 13

Assam allows public transport, relaxes night curfew from Aug 16.

19:59 (IST) Aug 13

Virgin Atlantic to resume flights from London to Delhi, Mumbai from Sept 2.

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