Coronavirus: Maharashtra sees 6,479 new Covid cases, over 20k in Kerala

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The government on Friday informed Parliament that 292 children have been registered by states and Union territories till July 29 on the portal, created under PM Cares, for the scheme meant to provide support to children who have lost their parents, surviving parent, adoptive parent or legal guardian due to Covid-19. It also informed the House that 87 children living in childcare institutions have been affected by Covid-19, as per data collected till July 23.

Fresh cases that were declining across Tamil Nadu for more than two months have started to rise marginally over the last two days. They rose by 100 cases to 1,859 on Thursday. On Friday, the state reported 1,947 new cases.

Kerala reported a slight drop in fresh Covid-19 cases on Friday but numbers rose for the second straight day in Tamil Nadu even as India’s daily case count dipped marginally but remained above 41,000 for the fourth day running.

However, Friday’s count was higher than the number of cases reported last Friday, indicating the growing trend in infections.

India reported 41,454 fresh cases of the virus on Friday, down from 44,681 on the previous day, breaking a three-day streak of rising infections in the country.