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State-wise details of Covid-19 cases in India

New Delhi (NVI): The total number of coronavirus cases in India reached 19,64,536, after 56,282 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, according to Union Health Ministry data.

Meanwhile, the death toll stands at 40,699 after 904 new fatalities were reported in the country during this period.

In worst-affected Maharashtra the coronavirus tally reaches 4,68,265, followed by Tamil Nadu (2,73,460), Andhra Pradesh (1,86,461) and Delhi (1,40,232).

Total positive cases in States/UTs:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands- 1,027

Andhra Pradesh- 1,86,461

Arunachal Pradesh- 1,855

Assam- 50,445

Bihar- 64,770

Chandigarh- 1,270

Chhattisgarh- 10,407

Dadar Nagar Haveli & Diu – 1,366

Delhi- 1,40,232

Gujarat- 66,669

Goa- 7,423

Haryana– 38,548

Himachal Pradesh- 2,916

Jammu and Kashmir- 22,955

Jharkhand- 14,888

Karnataka- 1,51,449

Kerala- 29,151

Ladakh- 1,592

Madhya Pradesh- 35,734

Maharashtra- 4,68,265

Manipur- 3,093

Meghalaya- 929

Mizoram- 537

Nagaland- 2,498

Odisha- 39,018

Puducherry- 4,433

Punjab- 19,856

Rajasthan- 47,272

Sikkim- 800

Tamil Nadu- 2,73,460

Telangana- 73,050

Tripura- 5,725

Uttarakhand- 8,254

Uttar Pradesh- 1,04,388

West Bengal – 83,880

State/UT wise total death toll:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands- 14

Andhra Pradesh- 1,681

Arunachal Pradesh- 3

Assam- 121

Bihar- 355

Chandigarh- 20

Chhattisgarh- 71

Dadra and Nagar Haveli- 2

Delhi- 4,044

Goa- 64

Gujarat- 2,556

Haryana- 455

Himachal Pradesh- 14

Jammu and Kashmir- 426

Jharkhand- 136

Karnataka- 2,804

Kerala- 94

Ladakh- 7

Madhya Pradesh- 929

Maharashtra- 16,476

Manipur- 7

Meghalaya- 5

Nagaland- 6

Odisha- 225

Puducherry- 65

Punjab- 491

Rajasthan- 745

Sikkim- 1

Tamil Nadu- 4,461

Telangana- 589

Tripura- 31

Uttar Pradesh- 1,857

Uttarakhand- 98

West Bengal- 1,846

However, a total of 13,28,336 people have been cured or discharged. Total active cases stand at 5,95,501.

-CHK

BJP sarpanch shot dead in J&K’s Kulgam

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Abid Bashir

Srinagar (NVI): Another BJP sarpanch was shot dead today by terrorists in Vessu village of Qazigund in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said.

They said that the terrorists fired indiscriminately at Sajad Ahmed Khanday from close range near his house at Vessu, leaving him critically wounded. “He was shifted to Government Medical College, Anantnag,”officials added.

Medical Superintendent GMC, Muhammad Iqbal, said that Khanday was declared dead on his arrival to the hospital. “He had multiple bullet wounds on his chest, belly and back,” the doctor added.

Today’s attack is the second in the last three days. Earlier on August 5, terrorists had fired at BJP sarpanch Arif Ahmed, leaving him seriously injured. Arif is battling for life at SKIMS, Soura.

The attacks on sarpanches affiliated to BJP, yesterday triggered a resignation by three BJP workers in Qazigund area of Kulgam.

Earlier, on July 8, terrorists had killed BJP’s young face in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, Waseem Bari, his father and younger brother at their residence. The killing of Bari had forced top BJP leaders that include party General Secretary Ram Madhav, J&K affairs incharge Avinash Rai Khanna and MoS in PMO Dr Jitendera Singh to visit Bandipora to offer their condolences.

-CHK

India’s Covid tally over 19.6 lakh; death toll nearing 50,000 mark

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New Delhi (NVI): The number of coronavirus cases in India reached 19,64,536 after the country reported of 56,282 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, Union Health Ministry said.

The country’s death toll stands at 40,699 with 904 new fatalities being reported during this period.

As many as 13,28,336 COVID-19 patients have been cured and discharged so far. With this, the recovery rate stands at 67.62 percent in India.

In worst-affected Maharashtra the coronavirus tally reaches 4,68,265, followed by Tamil Nadu (2,73,460), Andhra Pradesh (1,86,461) and Delhi (1,40,232).

The other worst affected states in the country are, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and West Bengal.

In terms of fatalities, Maharashtra tops the tally with 16,476 deaths, ministry said.

The death toll in the national capital surged to 4,044 while another 1,20,815 patients have recovered so far, healthy ministry data shows

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the total of 2,21,49,351 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the country till August 5. Of these, 6,64,949 were tested yesterday.

Meanwhile, the Drug maker Zydus Cadila will start the second phase of clinical trials of its vaccine candidate from today. The company had received the central drugs controller’s approval for human trials on July 2.

-RJV

Coronavirus cases surge past 18.7 million worldwide

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New Delhi (NVI): More than 18.7 million people around the world have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus, while the global death toll surpassed 704,000 people. More than 11.2 million have recovered, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The US reported 1,262 more COVID-19 fatalities in the last 24 hours and added 53,158 new infections taking the total number of fatalities to 1,57,930 and caseload past 4.8 million.

In Brail, the total number of cases hve surpassed 2.8 million while the total number of deaths are nearing 1 lakh in the country.

In addition to this, Brazil’s top court ordered President Jair Bolsonaro to draw up a plan within 30 days to reduce COVID-19’s threat to the country’s Indigenous people.

Spain reported 1,772 new coronavirus infections, marking the biggest jump since a national lockdown was lifted in June and beating the previous day’s record rise.

Hideaki Ohmura, the governor of Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, announced a regional “state of emergency”, urging people to stay home at night and businesses to close altogether or close early to curb the coronavirus.

Victorian state of Australia has announced 471 new coronavirus cases along with 8 new deaths.

-CHK

Ahmedabad fire: PM pays condolences

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi

New Delhi (NVI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the death of eight people who died in the fire that broke out at a private hospital in Ahmedabad, Gujarat today morning.

PM Modi also said that the administration is providing all possible assistance to those affected due to the fire.

“Saddened by the tragic hospital fire in Ahmedabad. Condolences to the bereaved families. May the injured recover soon. Spoke to CM Vijay Rupani Ji and Mayor Bijal Patel Ji regarding the situation. Administration is providing all possible assistance to the affected,” the prime minister tweeted.

The Prime Minister’s Office has announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) to the next of kin of those who have lost their lives. Rs 50,000 as compensation will be given to those injured in the accident.

Fire broke out around 3.30 am today at Shrey Hospital in Navrangpura area of Ahmedabad.

The eight victims include five men and three women, who were being treated at the ICU ward of the COVID-19 designated hospital.

At least 40 other COVID-19 patients at the facility were rescued and shifted to a civic hospital in the city. The cause of the fire is being ascertained.

-RJV

BJP leader Manoj Sinha appointed LG of J&K

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New Delhi (NVI): Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Manoj Sinha was today appointed as Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir to succeed Girish Chandra Murmu who resigned abruptly last night.

Sinha is a 61-year-old leader from Uttar Pradesh and was the Minister of State for Railways and Telecom in the Modi government.

A Rashtrapati Bhawan statement said the President has accepted the resignation of Murmu as Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and has been pleased to appoint Sinha to be the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office.

Murmu resigns as J&K Lt Governor

New Delhi (NVI): Girish Chandra Murmu, the first Lt Governor of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, resigned tonight amidst speculation that he was tipped to be the next Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).

Murmu, a 1985-batch IAS officer from Gujarat cadre, had been appointed as first LG of Jammu and Kashmir on October 25 last year, just before the erstwhile state became UT on October 31.

Retired bureaucrat Rajesh Mohar and current CAG Rajiv Maharishi are said to be tipped to succeed Murmu in J&K, according to sources.

The sources said the new LG is expected to take charge tomorrow evening.

The development coincided with the first anniversary of abolition of Article 370 and bifurcation of J&K state into two Union Territories—J&K and Ladakh

Murmu, who hails from Odisha, had worked closely with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for over a decade when the latter was Chief Minister of Gujarat and is considered his confidante.

He was the Expenditure Secretary in the government of India since March last year before being sent to J&K. Previously, he was Special Secretary, Revenue, in the Ministry of Finance.

Earlier, he has served as Principal Secretary to the Gujarat Chief Minister when Modi held the post.

J&K: 90 travelers among 559 fresh Covid cases, tally at 22,955

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Abid Bashir

Srinagar (NVI): Jammu and Kashmir today recorded 559 fresh cases of COVID-19 pandemic including 90 travelers, taking the total number of positive cases in the union territory to 22,955.

With 559 new cases, the tally of positive cases in J&K has reached to 22,955 including 17,755 from Kashmir and 5,200 from Jammu division.

Officials said that among 559 new cases, 463 belong to Kashmir division while as 96 are from Jammu division, adding that the total number of positive cases in Kashmir division has reached to 17,755 including 11,980 recoveries while as total number of positive cases in Jammu division have reached to 5,200 including 3,264 recoveries and 31 deaths.

The officials said that, the total number of active cases in J&K are 7,285 including 5,380 from Kashmir division and 1905 from Jammu division.

With 388 more recoveries, the tally of total recoveries in Jammu and Kashmir has reached to 15,224 which is 66.40 percent of the total cases.

Pertinently, Srinagar district alone has 5,590 positive cases which is more than the total number of positive cases in Jammu division where total cases are 5,200

“Cases tested positive in J&K include 106 from Srinagar, 29 from Baramulla, 105 from Pulwama, 27 from Kulgam, 07 from Shopian, 07 from Anantnag, 41 from Budgam, 02 from Kupwara, 44 from Bandipora and 41 from Ganderbal in Kashmir division while as 96 from Jammu division include 61 from Jammu, 08 from Kuthua, 05 from Rajouri, 12 from Udhampur, 05 from Samba, 03 from Poonch and 02 from Kishtiwar, ” officials said.

As per the officials figures, 5,590 positive cases including 141 deaths and 3,094 recoveries are from Srinagar, 1,997 including 73 deaths and 1,531 recoveries are from Baramulla, 1,733 including 951 recoveries and 24 deaths are from Pulwama,1,552 including 1,337 recoveries and 29 deaths are from Kulgam,

Likewise, 1,492 including 23 deaths and 1,256 recoveries are from Shopian, 1,417 including 28 deaths and 1,129 recoveries are from Anantnag, 1,386 including 900 recoveries and 33 deaths are from Budgam 1,163 including 957 recoveries and 21 deaths are from Kupwara, 865 including 539 recoveries and 16 deaths are from Bandipora and 560 including 331 recoveries and 07 deaths are from Ganderbal.

Moreover, in Jammu division, 1,361 including 714 recoveries and 21 deaths are from Jammu district, 746 including 485 recoveries and 02 death are from Rajouri, 574 including 442 recoveries and 01 death are from Ramban, 559 including 427 recoveries and 01 death are from Kathua, 593 including 372 recoveries and two deaths are from Udhampur, 462 including 287 recoveries and 01 death are from Samba, 299 including 218 recoveries and 02 deaths are from Doda, 251 including 155 recoveries and 01 death are from Poonch, 198 including 60 recoveries are from Reasi and 157 including 104 recoveries are from Kishtwar.

As per the daily information bulletin, 379, 311 persons in Jammu and Kashmir are under observation while 43,206 persons have been kept under home quarantine besides that 7,285 persons are in isolation.

According to the bulletin, 284,790 persons have completed surveillance period and 43,604 persons are under home surveillance besides that so far results of 679,415 samples are available.

So far, results of 6,79,415 samples are available out of which 656,460 have tested negative while 22,955 have been tested positive. Among positive cases, 7,285 are active and 15,244 persons have recovered.

-RJV

J&K: Pak resorts to heavy mortar shelling along LoC in Poonch

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Abid Bashir

Srinagar (NVI): Pakistan’s army yet again resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation in Mankote sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, by firing mortars and small arms as J&K marks the first anniversary of Article 370 roll back, defence officials said.

They said at around 6 pm, Pakistani rangers fired mortars and small arms in a bid to target Indian army posts at Mankote sector in Poonch. “The own troops gave a befitting reply,” a defence official said adding that exchange of fire remained on for almost an hour. “There was no report of any loss to life or property,” he said.

Locals living adjacent to the Mankote sector in Poonch district said initially a few sounds of loud bangs were heard but within no time, the entire area started witnessing big bangs as there was a heavy exchange of mortars between Indian and Pakistani armies.

“We were out with the livestock and some of us were busy in the fields. We ran for safety after hearing intense exchange of fire,” said Ranjeet Kumar, a resident of Mankote sector.

Defence sources also said that, Pakistan started intense shelling post abrogation of Article 370 last year and continues to resort to frequent unprovoked ceasefire violations in both the regions of Kashmir and Jammu since last year.

“The Indian army has been giving a befitting reply to Pakistan every time it violates ceasefire. This time we were expecting some misadventure from Pakistan as it’s the first anniversary of Article 370 roll back today. Our troops are alert across LoC and are keeping a watch on every attempt made by the neighbour be that ceasefire violation or an infiltration bid,” they said.

As per official records, since January this year, over 1,775 ceasefire violations have taken place in J&K, majority of them in Poonch, Rajouri, RS Pura, Keran, Tangdhar, Machil and Uri sectors of the J&K Union Territory.

An army official said that it is the Pakistan army that violates the 2003 CF pact every time. “We are always giving them a befitting response. There have been casualties on both sides,” he said, adding that “this year so far, there is a surge in CFV from across the LoC.”

Pertinently, after a long gap of over three decades, the government in the Jammu and Kashmir has once again started construction of community bunkers in villages close to Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.

However, NVI was the first to break the story about construction of community bunkers in Uri, Tangdhar and Gurez sectors of north Kashmir’s Kupwara, Bandipora and Baramulla district. The construction of almost 140 bunkers was started after massive protests by the locals living close to the LoC and their threats of migration from the villages.

-RJV

Karnataka launches nation’s first mobile Covid-19 testing lab

Karnataka's Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar inaugurated nation's first ICMR approved mobile RT-PCR testing lab

New Delhi (NVI): Karnataka’s Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar today inaugurated nation’s first ICMR approved mobile RT-PCR Covid-19 testing lab in the state, which could help ramp up testing in Karnataka.

The lab has been approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and can do about 9,000 RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) tests per month.

“This is a unique lab having all safety features and capable of producing 100 per cent accurate results within four hours,” said Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar.

The Indian Institute of Science (IISC) had developed the lab and handed it over to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS).

Moreover, the results from this mobile lab will be made available within a period of four hours. Apart from Covid-19, the lab can be utilized for testing H1N1, HCV, TB, HPV, HIV etc.

The mobile lab, can also be used for molecular diagnostic-testing and will be deployed in coronavirus hotspots with immediate effect.

Karnataka recorded 6,259 new cases in the last 24 hours, taking the state’s case load to 1,45,830.

-RJV

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