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LIVE: 235 fresh cases take Rajasthan`s total tally to 13,216; toll at 308
India saw a jump of over 10,000 novel coronavirus cases on Tuesday (June 16, 2020), taking the total number of infections to over 3.43 lakh, while the toll rose to 9900 with 380 more deaths.
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Delhi: Following directions of the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, all hospitals in the national capital, (Central and State Government and private), today complied with the decision taken at a meeting chaired by Amit Shah on June 14, by speeding up cremation/last rites of bodies of COVID-19 patients.
The hospital staff performed the last rites of most COVID-19 deceased with consent/presence of their families and relatives. Last rites of the remaining 36 deceased will be done by tomorrow as their Next Of Kin are not in Delhi at present. The Ministry of Home Affairs has given strict directions to hospitals that going forward there should be no delays in performing last rites.
Rajasthan: 235 cases, 177 recovered and 7 deaths were reported today. The total number of cases in the state is now at 13,216, including 9,962 recovered, and 308 deaths.
Karnataka: 317 fresh cases have been reported in the State. The total number of cases increased to 7,530 including 94 COVID-19 deaths.
Tamil Nadu: 1,515 new cases were reported today that took the total 48,016. There are 20,706 active cases now. There were record 49 deaths in a day in the last 24 hours. The death count surged to 528.
Chennai: 919 new cases; total - 34,245; active 15,257.
PM Modi: Recently, few reforms have been done in the field of marketing of farmer's produce, it will benefit farmers a lot. It will also provide new options for farmers to sell their produce, increase their income and reduce the loss they face due to lack of storage.
PM Modi: For the past few days, many provisions have been made for the sectors like agriculture, horticulture, fisheries and MSME under the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. To support MSME, many decisions have been taken recently.
Himachal Pradesh reports 3 new confirmed cases, taking the total number of cases to 559. The number of active cases stands at 184.
PM Modi: When the fight against the coronavirus will be studied in the future, then this period will also be remembered as how we all worked together and presented the best example of co-operative federalism.
PM Modi: Any COVID-19 death is tragic for us.
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PM Modi: Economy will increase if we stop corona, even slight negligence would spoil our months of efforts.
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Andhra Pradesh: 193 more COVID19 cases, 2 deaths and 81 discharged in the state in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases in the state is now at 5280, including 2341 active cases, 2851 discharged, and 88 deaths.
Delhi: Less number of buyers turn up for International Flower Auction (IFA), Bengaluru due to decreased demand for flowers owing to COVID19.
Singapore confirmed 151 new COVID-19 cases among foreign workers on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases to 40,969, as the city-state gears up to begin the second phase of its reopening of businesses.
The new cases included 149 foreign workers living in dormitories and two foreigners holding work passes but leaving outside the dorms, said the Ministry of Health. (PTI report)Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to also participate in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with Chief Ministers via video conference today at 3 pm. (ANI report)
Himachal Pradesh: No new positive cases reported in the state today. The total number of COVID19 positive cases in the state is 556 including 194 active and 343 recovered as per the State Health Department.
Odisha: Khorda District Magistrate orders all shops and market complexes, except medicine shops and petrol pumps, to remain shut from 2:00 pm to 6:00 am every day till June 30, to curb the spread of COVID19.
Tamil Nadu government to provide Rs 1000 each as a relief measure to 13.35 lakh differently-abled cardholders in the state, in the view of COVID19 pandemic. (ANI report)
West Bengal not to participate in PM Modi meeting with chief ministers.
Rajasthan: With 115 more COVID-19 cases and one death reported in Rajasthan, the tally for coronavirus cases in the state stands at 13,096, said the state Health Department. These cases were reported from Bharatpur (68), Jaipur (21), Jhunjhunu (08), Tonk (06), Dausa (04), Sirohi (04), Jhalawar (03) and Bhilwara (01) districts of the state. As per the official data, there are 3,000 active cases while 9,794 have recovered and 9,567 were discharged. The total number of fatalities stands at 302 in the state. (ANI)
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain admitted to hospital with high fever, coronavirus-like symptoms. (Read here)
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari at MSME & Infrastructure-Paving the growth path in Post-COVID World event: I feel that India is definitely going to be a very good, viable option for all the investors in the world. At the same time we're facing economic war. Not only India but whole world is facing this problem. I feel that the way in which whole world now has a lot of reaction about China..the whole world is now interested to find out some new option for them. I've heard that lot of experiments in US have been successfully implemented. In India also lot of institutions & scientists are working on it. We're waiting for vaccine.
Arvind Kejriwal wishes good health and speedy recovery to Minister Satyender Jain
Delhi's Health Minister Satyendar Jain has been admitted to Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital after he complained of high fever and difficulty in breathing.
State-wise data of coronavirus cases
S. No. Name of State / UT Active Cases* Cured/Discharged/Migrated* Deaths** Total Confirmed cases* 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 8 33 0 41 2 Andhra Pradesh 3052 3316 88 6456 3 Arunachal Pradesh 84 7 0 91 4 Assam 1984 2166 8 4158 5 Bihar 2201 4409 40 6650 6 Chandigarh 52 296 6 354 7 Chhattisgarh 858 890 8 1756 8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 31 5 0 36 9 Delhi 25002 16427 1400 42829 10 Goa 507 85 0 592 11 Gujarat 5886 16664 1505 24055 12 Haryana 4057 3565 100 7722 13 Himachal Pradesh 195 353 8 556 14 Jammu and Kashmir 2554 2604 62 5220 15 Jharkhand 850 905 8 1763 16 Karnataka 2989 4135 89 7213 17 Kerala 1348 1175 20 2543 18 Ladakh 472 82 1 555 19 Madhya Pradesh 2567 7903 465 10935 20 Maharashtra 50567 56049 4128 110744 21 Manipur 339 151 0 490 22 Meghalaya 18 25 1 44 23 Mizoram 116 1 0 117 24 Nagaland 85 92 0 177 25 Odisha 1190 2854 11 4055 26 Puducherry 102 95 5 202 27 Punjab 753 2443 71 3267 28 Rajasthan 2895 9785 301 12981 29 Sikkim 64 4 0 68 30 Tamil Nadu 20681 25344 479 46504 31 Telangana 2240 2766 187 5193 32 Tripura 652 433 1 1086 33 Uttarakhand 632 1189 24 1845 34 Uttar Pradesh 4948 8268 399 13615 35 West Bengal 5515 5494 485 11494 Cases being reassigned to states 7684 7684 Total# 153178 180013 9900 343091 India COVID-19 data last 24 hours: 10667 cases in the last 24 hours and 380 deaths. Recovery rate 52.46 percent.
COVID19 data India: Coronavirus cases in India rise to 343091 which includes 153178 active cases, 180012 recovered cases, 1 migrant patient, and 9900 deaths as per the Ministry of Health data.
Haryana: CM has directed to conduct a survey of vacant buildings in Gurugram dist so that they can be used for isolation of COVID patients when required. He also directed to monitor sample testing in private laboratories and to ensure timely uploading of their reports. He also said that it is necessary to enter name & address of the person who gets his test conducted. He assured that a person belonging to any state can get his sample tested for COVID in Gurugram, he only has to give correct address details.
Tamil Nadu: A Coimbatore based company has developed an antiviral fabric that it claims has 10 wash cycles and is affordable.
Maharashtra: 178 COVID-19 deaths and 2,786 new cases, taking the tally to 1,10,744 and fatalities to 4,128. (PTI input)
Uttrakhand: COVID-19 cases in the state rise to 1,845 with 26 more people testing positive for the virus. (PTI report)
India saw a jump of over 10,000 novel coronavirus cases on Tuesday (June 16, 2020), taking the total number of infections to over 3.43 lakh, while the toll rose to 9900 with 380 more deaths.
India is the world's fourth worst-hit nation by the novel coronavirus infection in terms of a total number of confirmed cases after the US, Brazil and Russia and is ranked sixth with regard to the number of recoveries, after the US, Brazil, Russia, Italy and Germany.
The central and state governments stepped up their focus on ramping up testing capabilities and the availability of beds for treating those infected with the dreaded virus infection.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a consultation with chief ministers on Tuesday (June 16) and Wednesday (June 17) on ways to check the spread of the virus as India exits the lockdown. The PM is expected to seek suggestions from the Chief Ministers and draw up a common strategy in deciding the future course of action to deal with the strategy.
This would be the PM Modi' sixth round of consultation with the chief ministers, the last being on May 11.
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