Maharashtra records 14,492 new coronavirus cases, 297 deaths in past 24 hours; Mumbai's tally reaches 1,35,357

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Former Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar, who was appointed as Election Commissioner on Friday following the resignation of Ashok Lavasa, will take charge of the office on September 1.

Meanwhile, on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted people and wished joy and prosperity everywhere. Arti was performed at the Shri Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. The ten-day celebrations for the festival will begin from today. However, the festival this year will be celebrated in a much more restricted way due to COVID-19. According to new guidelines of the Ministry of Home Affairs on July 29, cultural and religious functions and other large congregations will continue to remain prohibited.

In other news, China has told Pakistan that it opposes any unilateral actions that complicate the situation after Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi briefed his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi of his country’s concerns regarding the situation in the Indian state.

Coronavirus cases in India stands at 29,75,702 including 6,97,330 active cases, 22,22,578 cured/discharged/migrated & 55,794 deaths as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Spike of 69,878 cases and 945 deaths reported in India, in the last 24 hours.

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22 August 2020

20:40 IST

Maharashtra records 14,492 new coronavirus cases, 297 deaths in the past 24 hours.

20:22 IST

Mumbai: 1,134 new cases and 32 deaths were reported today. The total number of positive cases jumps to 1,35,357, including 18,298 active cases, and 7,385 deaths.

1,134 new #COVID19 cases, 1,101 recoveries & 32 deaths reported in Mumbai today. Total number of positive cases increase to 1,35,357 in Mumbai, including 18,298 active cases, 1,09,369 recovered cases & 7,385 deaths: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) pic.twitter.com/3NphXnhcPf

— ANI (@ANI) August 22, 2020

19:02 IST

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Saturday (August 22, 2020) said that there were more than 1 million COVID-19 tests across India in the past 24 hours. 

"Keeping to its promise of exponentially increasing the daily COVID-19 tests to 10 lakhs, India has crossed the significant milestone in its fight against COVID today. In a testament to the determined, focussed, consistent and coordinated efforts of the Centre and the State/UT governments, India has conducted 1 million tests in the past 24 hours. With 10,23,836 tests done yesterday, India has achieved its resolve to test 10 lakh samples daily, said the MoHFW.

17:04 IST

Puducherry: 520 new cases and eight deaths were reported in the UT today. The total number of cases in the state has increased to 10,112, including 3,654 active cases, and 151 deaths.

520 new #COVID19 cases, 373 discharged cases & 8 deaths reported in Puducherry today. Total number of cases in the state stands at 10,112, including 3,654 active cases, 6,307 recovered cases & 151 deaths till date: State Health Department, Government of Puducherry pic.twitter.com/kpWgZXZyv4

— ANI (@ANI) August 22, 2020

16:18 IST

As part of the Centre’s Unlock 3.0 guidelines, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has written a letter to the state governments stating that there shall be no restrictions on the inter-state and intra-state movement of persons and goods, sources said on Saturday (August 22, 2020).

16:16 IST

India recorded the highest single-day peak of 63,613 COVID-19 recoveries in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare health bulletin released on Saturday (August 22, 2020).

15:40 IST

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday (August 22, 2020) said that West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand are likely to witness 'very heavy rainfall' between August 24-26.

"Isolated very heavy rainfall very likely over Odisha during 24th-26th August with extremely heavy falls on 25th and very heavy falls over Gangetic West Bengal on 25th & 26th and over Jharkhand on 26th August," said the IMD in its latest weather bulletin.

Isolated very heavy rainfall very likely over Odisha during 24th-26th August with extremely heavy falls on 25th and very heavy falls over Gangetic West Bengal on 25th & 26th and over Jharkhand on 26th August.

— India Met. Dept. (@Indiametdept) August 22, 2020

13:15 IST

The total tally of COVID-19 positive cases rises to 4,780 in Himachal Pradesh, including 1,438 active cases, 3,268 recovered cases & 25 deaths till date: State Health Department, Himachal Pradesh

13:04 IST

Terrorist killed in encounter in North Kashmir's Baramulla, operation underway. (Read here full story)

12:14 IST

288 more police personnel found COVID-19 positive & 2 died in the last 24 hours in Maharashtra. Total number of Corona positive police personnel in Maharashtra reaches 13,468 including 2,478 active cases, 10,852 recoveries & 138 deaths till date: Maharashtra Police  (ANI input)

09:43 IST

Heavy to very heavy rainfall with isolated extremely heavy falls reported in west Madhya Pradesh. Some of the rainfall observations (0830 hrs IST of yesterday to 0830 hrs today) from IMD are Dhar-104 mm, Indore-263 mm, Bhopal- 211 mm, Khandwa- 9 mm. (ANI)

09:38 IST

COVID-19 data India: Coronavirus cases in India rise to to 29,75,702 including 6,97,330 active cases, 22,22,578 cured/discharged/migrated & 55,794 deaths as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Spike of 69,878 cases and 945 deaths reported in India, in the last 24 hours.

09:37 IST

A high tide of 4.67 meters expected in Mumbai at 2:14 pm today. Across the city, generally cloudy sky expected with moderate rain; heavy rainfall at isolated places: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)

09:05 IST

Total number of samples tested up to August 21 is 3,44,91,073 including 10,23,836 samples tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

COVID-19 Testing Update . For more details visit: https://t.co/dI1pqvXAsZ @MoHFW_INDIA @DeptHealthRes #ICMRFIGHTSCOVID19 #IndiaFightsCOVID19 #CoronaUpdatesInIndia #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/uJeWpo7VBb

— ICMR (@ICMRDELHI) August 22, 2020

09:03 IST

Ram Vilas Paswan calls out pharma company for flouting labelling, packaging norms; distributor booked. (Read here)

09:02 IST

The Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested an ISIS operative after a brief encounter near Ring Road in the national capital on late Friday (August 21). The police recovered an Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from his possession. (Read full story here)

09:01 IST

Delhi recorded 1,250 fresh coronavirus cases on Friday, taking the tally in the city to over 1.58 lakh, while the death toll from the disease mounted to 4,270, authorities said.
Thirteen fatalities linked to the novel coronavirus have been recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi health department. (PTI input)

09:00 IST

As many as 1,147 new coronavirus cases and 14 deaths were reported in the state, according to the Madhya Pradesh Health Department.The total number of cases now stands at 50,640 including 10,928 active cases, 38,527 recoveries and 1,185 deaths. (ANI input)