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Coronavirus live updates: Vehicles carrying oxygen to be treated as ambulance in Maharashtra

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jul 30, 2021, 21:51:50 IST

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Coronavirus live updates: Vehicles carrying oxygen to be treated as ambulance in Maharashtra

India registered 92,071 new Covid cases & 1,136 deaths in the last 24 hours pushing the country's caseload to cross the 48 lakh mark. The total case tally stands at 48,46,428 and death toll is at 79,722. Stay with TOI for latest updates:

13:28 (IST) Sep 13

Conspiracy to defame Maharashtra: Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray; says his govt working effectively to tackle Covid-19

13:21 (IST) Sep 13

Covid-19 disrupts Maoists' supply chain in C'garh: Police

Maoists are facing a crisis, specially disruption of supplies, amid the Covid-19 pandemic and also suffered "huge causalities" during an encounter with security forces in Sukma district in March, an official said citing Naxal documents seized by Chhattisgarh Police.Cashing-in on the situation, security forces have stepped up anti-Naxal operations in strongholds of ultras in the state's Bastar division, Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P told PTI on Sunday.

13:10 (IST) Sep 13

Discharged 2,454 Covid-19 patients after treating them successfully: ITBP

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), which is running the world's largest Covidcare facility- Sardar Patel CovidCare Centre (SPCCC) (10,000 beds), has so far discharged more than 2,454 patients after treating them successfully.

13:10 (IST) Sep 13

VP Venkaiah Naidu undergoes Covid-19 test ahead of monsoon session

Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu has undergone a Covid-19 test ahead of the monsoon session in Parliament, informed the Vice President's Secretariat on Sunday.

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12:51 (IST) Sep 13

Due to surge in Covid-19 cases, all nursing homes & private hospitals having bed strength of 50 beds or more, directed to reserve at least 80% of their total ICU bed strength for Covid patients with immediate effect: Health department, govt of Delhi

12:44 (IST) Sep 13

Covid-19 claims lives of seven more people in Rajasthan

Rajasthan recorded seven deaths and 731 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, according to a health department bulletin. While the number of positive cases in the state has increased to 1,01436, the total number of fatalities climbed to 1,228. Bikaner reported two fresh deaths, Dungarpur (1), Jaipur (2), Jhalawar (1) and Udaipur (1).

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12:37 (IST) Sep 13

From the experience of the lockdown period, we have learnt that the most effective way to prevent the spread of Covid-19 is wearing masks: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain

Few people had stopped wearing masks but we are running campaigns to promote its use: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain

12:28 (IST) Sep 13

11 deaths, 2,216 new Covid-19 cases in Telangana

Telangana reported 2,216 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the infection count to 1,57,096, while 11 fatalities took the toll to 961 on Sunday, the state government said.The active cases under treatment stood at 31,607 after cumulative recoveries of 1,24,528, a bulletin providing data as of 8 PM on September 12, said.

12:07 (IST) Sep 13

Pakistan reports 526 fresh Covid-19 cases

Pakistan's Covid-19 cases reached 301,481 after 526 new coronavirus infections were reported on Sunday, the health ministry said.The country also registered six fresh Covid-19 deaths, taking the total number of fatalities to 6,379, while 534 patients are in critical condition, according to the Ministry of National Health Services.

11:47 (IST) Sep 13

184 police personnel of Maharashtra Police tested positive for Covid-19 & 4 died in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the force to 19,074 including 3,728 active cases, 15,156 recovered cases and 190 deaths.

Maharasthra police

11:44 (IST) Sep 13

Pfizer, BioNTech to expand Covid vaccine Phase 3 trial

US-based pharmaceutical major Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech have announced to expand the enrollment of their Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trial to up to approximately 44,000 participants, up from an initial recruitment goal of 30,000 individuals.

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11:37 (IST) Sep 13

Union Home Minister Amit Shah was discharged from AIIMS after post-Covid care on August 30.

As per advice given at discharge, he has now been admitted for a complete medical checkup before the parliament session for 1-2 days: Chairperson, Media & Protocol Division, AIIMS.

11:35 (IST) Sep 13

5 states account for 60% of total active cases in the country

Graphic: Ministry of health

11:28 (IST) Sep 13

Retail inflation to come down with easing of lockdowns: CEA

Attributing the rise in inflation to supply-side frictions, Chief Economic Adviser K V Subramanian has exuded confidence that retail inflation will come down in the days ahead with the easing of lockdowns.

11:22 (IST) Sep 13

Maharashtra continues to lead with over 13,000 recoveries while Andhra Pradesh has contributed more than 10,000 to the single-day recoveries. Nearly 57% of new Covid-19 cases are reported from 5 States. These are also contributing 58% of new recovered cases: Ministry of Health

11:20 (IST) Sep 13

78,399 recoveries registered in the last 24 hours in India taking the total number of recoveries to 3,702,595 & recovery rate to 77.88%. 58% of the new recovered cases are being reported from 5 states - Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka & UP.

Ministry of Health

11:19 (IST) Sep 13

With 3913 new positives cases total Covid tally in Odisha crosses 1.5 lakh and reaches 150807 on Sunday.

Of the freshly detected cases 2348 in quarantine and 1565 from local contacts. Ten more persons succumb to the disease taking the total toll to 626

11:09 (IST) Sep 13

Ahead of Parliament’s monsoon session, Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu undergoes Covid test. All MPs to get their test done within 72 hrs before the session begins: Vice President's Secretariat

Covid negative report must for every member to take part in house proceedings: Vice President's Secretariat

11:08 (IST) Sep 13

Candidates arrive at an examination centre in Siliguri, West Bengal to write National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)

A candidate says,"It's a test of 1.5 years of my hard work. We're taking all precautions including wearing masks and frequently sanitizing hands."

11:05 (IST) Sep 13

West Bengal: Social distancing norms being followed and sanitisation being done at metro stations in Kolkata

The state govt ordered to resume metro services today for NEET 2020 examination aspirants & their parents.

Coronavirus live updates: Vehicles carrying oxygen to be treated as ambulance in Maharashtra

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