India recorded a single-day surge in coronavirus cases and the fatalities linked to the highly infectious disease with 96,551 new infections and 1,209 deaths registered in the last 24 hours, taking the tally past 45 lakh.

India is reporting world's highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases

India has recorded the highest single-day surge 95,735 coronavirus cases in the last 24-hours with over 1172 fatalities. Watch report.

India coronavirus: 95,735 COVID-19 cases recorded in last 24-hours

Chinese authorities on Sunday declared the Xinjiang province in the country's far west as "wartime situation" after the region reported a sudden spike in coronavirus cases, Al Jazeera reported.

The province recorded 17 confirmed cases, 23 asymptomatic infections till early Sunday morning, with 269 people under observation.

Twenty-one medical technicians from Wuhan, the centre of China's outbreak in February, arrived in Urumqi, Xinjiang's capital, on Saturday morning, Changjiang Daily reported.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Urumqi rose sharply on Friday, taking the total reported cases since Thursday to 17, according to local health authorities, South China Morning Post reported.

A total of 11 new cases were reported between Friday and Saturday noon, according to the regional government's official news portal. A total of 269 people are under medical observation.

There have also been 23 asymptomatic cases recorded since the start of the latest outbreak, but these are not included in the list of confirmed cases in defiance of World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines suggesting they should be.

In an apparent effort to curb the virus spreading, Xinjiang government announced on Saturday that Urumqi, a city with a population of 3.5 million, had gone into "wartime mode" with all residential compounds being sealed off and public gatherings banned.

Local residents are being encouraged to stay in the city while those who have to leave must take tests.

Anyone who works with close contacts or who live in the same compounds must also be tested.

The source of the new infections remains unclear, but Rui Baoling, director of the city's disease control and prevention centre, said the confirmed cases, all in Tianshan district, were linked to a cluster outbreak.

The local health authority has asked for genomic sequencing of all the cases to identify the source of the second outbreak in Xinjiang, Rui said.

Local media reports said the city's first case in 150 days was a 24-year-old woman who worked at a shopping centre in Tianshan district. She was sent to a local hospital by ambulance after developing symptoms on Tuesday. She tested positive the next day. 
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Chinese authorities on Sunday declared the Xinjiang province in the country's far west as "wartime situation" after the region reported a sudden spike in coronavirus cases, Al Jazeera reported.

Chinese authorities on Sunday declared the Xinjiang province in the country's far west as "wartime situation" after the region reported a sudden spike in coronavirus cases, Al Jazeera reported. The province recorded 17 confirmed cases, 23 asymptomatic infections till early Sunday morning, with 269 people under observation. Twenty-one medical technicians from Wuhan, the centre of China's outbreak in February, arrived in Urumqi, Xinjiang's capital, on Saturday morning, Changjiang Daily reported. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Urumqi rose sharply on Friday, taking the total reported cases since Thursday to 17, according to local health authorities, South China Morning Post reported. A total of 11 new cases were reported between Friday and Saturday noon, according to the regional government's official news portal. A total of 269 people are under medical observation. There have also been 23 asymptomatic cases recorded since the start of the latest outbreak, but these are not included in the list of confirmed cases in defiance of World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines suggesting they should be. In an apparent effort to curb the virus spreading, Xinjiang government announced on Saturday that Urumqi, a city with a population of 3.5 million, had gone into "wartime mode" with all residential compounds being sealed off and public gatherings banned. Local residents are being encouraged to stay in the city while those who have to leave must take tests. Anyone who works with close contacts or who live in the same compounds must also be tested. The source of the new infections remains unclear, but Rui Baoling, director of the city's disease control and prevention centre, said the confirmed cases, all in Tianshan district, were linked to a cluster outbreak. The local health authority has asked for genomic sequencing of all the cases to identify the source of the second outbreak in Xinjiang, Rui said. Local media reports said the city's first case in 150 days was a 24-year-old woman who worked at a shopping centre in Tianshan district. She was sent to a local hospital by ambulance after developing symptoms on Tuesday. She tested positive the next day.

China's Xinjiang province declared as 'wartime situation' after sudden spike in COVID-19 cases

As the vaccine race is picking up, global focus is shifting to India. The country houses the world’s largest vaccine manufacturers and produces over 3 billion vaccine doses every year.

World depends on India to mass-produce COVID-19 vaccine

Countries that were forced to re-impose local lockdowns to curb surge in COVID-19 cases

Tamil Nadu has become the second state (after Maharashtra) in India to record over 1lakh corona virus cases. The southern Indian state has crossed this grim number at a time when the capital city Chennai and three adjoining districts with high population density are under an intense lockdown since June 19th. The lockdown is in place till July 5th, after which partial normalcy would resume with offices and standalone shops allowed to function with limited strength.&nbsp;

Friday’s health bulletin issued by the state government said that Tamil Nadu had recorded 4329 new cases, taking the total count to 1, 02,721. The state has tested 35,028 samples over the last 24 hours and a total of 12, 70,720 samples till date. 2357 persons were discharged from hospitals over the last 24 hours and 58,378 persons were discharged in total. The state also recorded 64 deaths, thus taking the total count to 1385. Chennai alone has reported 2082 of Friday’s 4329 new cases.&nbsp;

It was on June 22nd that Tamil Nadu has surpassed 60,000 cases and in about 10 days the state has added 40,000 new cases to breach the 1 lakh mark. It was on June 3rd that Tamil Nadu’s total case count had breached the 25,000 mark. This goes on to indicate the rapid spike in cases in the month of June and the same trend continuing, with more daily cases.&nbsp;

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When India entered its ‘Unlock’ phase since the start of June with gradual ease of restrictions, by mid-June Tamil Nadu government had announced a decision to go in for an intense lockdown in Chennai and few other districts.&nbsp;

It is evident from the daily state government bulletin that the authorities in Tamil Nadu have ramped up testing, tracing and isolation efforts during the lockdown. Last week, Tamil Nadu was the first state in India to have performed over 1 million tests. In recent weeks, Tamil Nadu has been consistently testing over 25,000 samples every day. On many days the state had also recorded above 30,000 tests.&nbsp;

For perspective, Tamil Nadu had barely performed a total of 3000 tests as on April 1st. However, in the following months testing was immensely ramped up, thus enabling the state to reach the 1 million mark. In terms of Covid-19 testing facilities, from merely 17 labs at the start of April, there has been a five-fold increase and currently, 91 labs are functional. As per the data from the State health bulletins, 48 of these testing labs are state government facilities while 43 of them are private ones.&nbsp;

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This high rate of testing has also revealed a good number of cases with the state seeing over 3000 daily cases for over a week and over 4000 daily cases on Thursday and Friday. Such a high rate of testing was made possible due to the manner in which the state government mobilized resources to establish more government testing labs and urged the private sector to also pitch in.&nbsp;

Tamil Nadu’s recovery rate has been on par with the national average, with over 57% of patients having recovered. In terms of mortality rate, the state has seen around 1.3% of patients losing their battle to the deadly pandemic.&nbsp;

A majority of the state’s cases(over 60%) are from the capital city Chennai and its three adjoining districts of Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur and Chengalpattu. On Thursday and Friday, the state witnessed a usual trend of the total cases of all other districts being higher than Chennai’s case count.&nbsp;

Withe the intense lockdown in Chennai and adjoining districts, besides a few southern districts to be relaxed from July 6th, the challenge for the authorities is only set to get bigger. It has been observed in the past as well that lockdowns can only delay the inevitable spike in cases and buy time for the health infrastructure to be scaled up. Authorities have always emphasized on public cooperation and the importance of mask-wearing, frequent hand-washing and personal hygiene practices, including social distancing.

Tamil Nadu has become the second state (after Maharashtra) in India to record over 1lakh corona virus cases. The southern Indian state has crossed this grim number at a time when the capital city Chennai and three adjoining districts with high population density are under an intense lockdown since June 19th.

Tamil Nadu has become the second state (after Maharashtra) in India to record over 1lakh corona virus cases. The southern Indian state has crossed this grim number at a time when the capital city Chennai and three adjoining districts with high population density are under an intense lockdown since June 19th. The lockdown is in place till July 5th, after which partial normalcy would resume with offices and standalone shops allowed to function with limited strength. Friday’s health bulletin issued by the state government said that Tamil Nadu had recorded 4329 new cases, taking the total count to 1, 02,721. The state has tested 35,028 samples over the last 24 hours and a total of 12, 70,720 samples till date. 2357 persons were discharged from hospitals over the last 24 hours and 58,378 persons were discharged in total. The state also recorded 64 deaths, thus taking the total count to 1385. Chennai alone has reported 2082 of Friday’s 4329 new cases. It was on June 22nd that Tamil Nadu has surpassed 60,000 cases and in about 10 days the state has added 40,000 new cases to breach the 1 lakh mark. It was on June 3rd that Tamil Nadu’s total case count had breached the 25,000 mark. This goes on to indicate the rapid spike in cases in the month of June and the same trend continuing, with more daily cases. Also read: Tamil Nadu breaches 60,000 Covid-19 cases; sees over 35,000 new cases in last 19 days When India entered its ‘Unlock’ phase since the start of June with gradual ease of restrictions, by mid-June Tamil Nadu government had announced a decision to go in for an intense lockdown in Chennai and few other districts. It is evident from the daily state government bulletin that the authorities in Tamil Nadu have ramped up testing, tracing and isolation efforts during the lockdown. Last week, Tamil Nadu was the first state in India to have performed over 1 million tests. In recent weeks, Tamil Nadu has been consistently testing over 25,000 samples every day. On many days the state had also recorded above 30,000 tests. For perspective, Tamil Nadu had barely performed a total of 3000 tests as on April 1st. However, in the following months testing was immensely ramped up, thus enabling the state to reach the 1 million mark. In terms of Covid-19 testing facilities, from merely 17 labs at the start of April, there has been a five-fold increase and currently, 91 labs are functional. As per the data from the State health bulletins, 48 of these testing labs are state government facilities while 43 of them are private ones. Also read: How Tamil Nadu became the first state in India to test over 1 million Covid-19 samples This high rate of testing has also revealed a good number of cases with the state seeing over 3000 daily cases for over a week and over 4000 daily cases on Thursday and Friday. Such a high rate of testing was made possible due to the manner in which the state government mobilized resources to establish more government testing labs and urged the private sector to also pitch in. Tamil Nadu’s recovery rate has been on par with the national average, with over 57% of patients having recovered. In terms of mortality rate, the state has seen around 1.3% of patients losing their battle to the deadly pandemic. A majority of the state’s cases(over 60%) are from the capital city Chennai and its three adjoining districts of Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur and Chengalpattu. On Thursday and Friday, the state witnessed a usual trend of the total cases of all other districts being higher than Chennai’s case count. Withe the intense lockdown in Chennai and adjoining districts, besides a few southern districts to be relaxed from July 6th, the challenge for the authorities is only set to get bigger. It has been observed in the past as well that lockdowns can only delay the inevitable spike in cases and buy time for the health infrastructure to be scaled up. Authorities have always emphasized on public cooperation and the importance of mask-wearing, frequent hand-washing and personal hygiene practices, including social distancing.

Tamil Nadu surpasses 1 lakh Covid-19 cases; sees 40,000 new cases in last 10 days

Tamil Nadu has surpassed yet another grim milestone of 60,000 total Coronavirus cases, this comes on a day when the state has seen its highest yet tally of 2710 cases. Currently, the total cases stand at 62,087.

It was on June 3rd that Tamil Nadu’s total case count had breached the 25,000 marks and it has taken barely 18 days for the state to record over 35,000 new cases.&nbsp;

However, the state’s high recovery rate of 55% (34,112 recoveries) remains a silver lining. So far, 794 people in the state have succumbed to the deadly pandemic.&nbsp;

At a time when all states across India have been on an 'Unlock' mode from the start of June, the Tamil Nadu government was the first to re-intensify the lockdown amid rising cases.

Since Friday (June 19th), Tamil Nadu’s capital city Chennai and three of its adjoining districts have been on a 12-day lockdown, until June 30th. This lockdown was announced owing to the high population density in these districts and the fact that over 82% of the state’s total Covid-19 cases were from here.&nbsp;

Amid rising cases in Southern districts of Tamil Nadu, the government on Monday announced a lockdown in areas under Madurai district including, Madurai Corporation limit, Paravai town Panchayat and certain rural blocks. This lockdown, which is broadly similar to the one that is enforced in Chennai, would be effective from June 23rd (Tuesday) until June 30th. In recent weeks there have been a higher number of new cases from various districts in Tamil Nadu, following a mass exodus of people from Chennai to their native places.&nbsp;

Notably, Tamil Nadu has been conducting the highest number of tests in India. According to the State Health bulletin, 9.19Lakh samples and 8.76lakh persons have been tested. In recent days, the state has consistently been conducting over 20,000 tests daily.&nbsp;

During his briefing on Monday, Health Minister Dr.Vijayabaskar said that the Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami’s Covid-19 test results returned negative. A handful of elected representatives have been affected by Covid-19 in the state and few Government officials have also, unfortunately, lost their battle to the deadly virus.&nbsp;

So far, one Minister and an MLA from the ruling party have tested positive, while One Opposition MLA succumbed to the virus and another MLA is undergoing treatment. In the previous week, one Police officer and a senior secretary in the Chief Minister’s office had lost their battle against the virus.&nbsp;

On Saturday, after inspecting the medical facilities, Chief Minister K Palaniswami had said that the state has 83 Covid-19 testing centres, which is the highest in the country. He added that there were 17,500 beds kept ready in Chennai. He also urged people to wear masks and follow physical distancing when venturing out.&nbsp;

Currently, Tamil Nadu has 27,178 active cases, of which 22,001 are in Chennai and its three adjoining districts alone.

Tamil Nadu has surpassed yet another grim milestone of 60,000 total Coronavirus cases, this comes on a day when the state has seen its highest yet tally of 2710 cases.

Tamil Nadu has surpassed yet another grim milestone of 60,000 total Coronavirus cases, this comes on a day when the state has seen its highest yet tally of 2710 cases. Currently, the total cases stand at 62,087. It was on June 3rd that Tamil Nadu’s total case count had breached the 25,000 marks and it has taken barely 18 days for the state to record over 35,000 new cases. However, the state’s high recovery rate of 55% (34,112 recoveries) remains a silver lining. So far, 794 people in the state have succumbed to the deadly pandemic. At a time when all states across India have been on an 'Unlock' mode from the start of June, the Tamil Nadu government was the first to re-intensify the lockdown amid rising cases. Since Friday (June 19th), Tamil Nadu’s capital city Chennai and three of its adjoining districts have been on a 12-day lockdown, until June 30th. This lockdown was announced owing to the high population density in these districts and the fact that over 82% of the state’s total Covid-19 cases were from here. Amid rising cases in Southern districts of Tamil Nadu, the government on Monday announced a lockdown in areas under Madurai district including, Madurai Corporation limit, Paravai town Panchayat and certain rural blocks. This lockdown, which is broadly similar to the one that is enforced in Chennai, would be effective from June 23rd (Tuesday) until June 30th. In recent weeks there have been a higher number of new cases from various districts in Tamil Nadu, following a mass exodus of people from Chennai to their native places. Notably, Tamil Nadu has been conducting the highest number of tests in India. According to the State Health bulletin, 9.19Lakh samples and 8.76lakh persons have been tested. In recent days, the state has consistently been conducting over 20,000 tests daily. During his briefing on Monday, Health Minister Dr.Vijayabaskar said that the Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami’s Covid-19 test results returned negative. A handful of elected representatives have been affected by Covid-19 in the state and few Government officials have also, unfortunately, lost their battle to the deadly virus. So far, one Minister and an MLA from the ruling party have tested positive, while One Opposition MLA succumbed to the virus and another MLA is undergoing treatment. In the previous week, one Police officer and a senior secretary in the Chief Minister’s office had lost their battle against the virus. On Saturday, after inspecting the medical facilities, Chief Minister K Palaniswami had said that the state has 83 Covid-19 testing centres, which is the highest in the country. He added that there were 17,500 beds kept ready in Chennai. He also urged people to wear masks and follow physical distancing when venturing out. Currently, Tamil Nadu has 27,178 active cases, of which 22,001 are in Chennai and its three adjoining districts alone.

Tamil Nadu breaches 60,000 Covid-19 cases; sees over 35,000 new cases in last 19 days

Over 1,600 personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and two other forces have been infected with COVID-19 till now and these combat organizations have registered an overall recovery rate of about 70 per cent, an official data said on Monday.

As per data accessed by PTI, updated till June 6, the recovery tally is led by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), then about 90,000 personnel strong force tasked to guard the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, at 87.89 per cent.

This is followed by the Border Security Force (BSF), with a strength of about 2.5 lakh personnel, with a recovery rate of about 82.94 per cent.

The report said a total of 1,668 personnel of the five CAPFs and the National Security Guard (NSG) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been infected with the pandemic till now after the first case among these forces was detected on March 28.

"Data available till June 6 on coronavirus infections in the CAPFs and two other forces shows that recovery rate among these forces is about 70 per cent."

&nbsp;"The ITBP tops the recovery tally with 87.89 per cent followed by the BSF," an official said quoting the data. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has recorded a recovery rate of 68. 86 per cent while the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has registered a recovery rate of 58.92 per cent," the data said.

Out of the total 1,668 personnel, 1157 have recovered till June 6, it said.

A total of 511 personnel are admitted to COVID-19 designated hospitals, the data said.

Out of these active cases, 149 are in the CRPF, 82 in BSF, 26 in ITBP, 134 in CISF, 63 in SSB, 22 in NSG, and 25 in NDRF.

The data said with 10 casualties reported till June 6, the death rate in these forces is 0.59 per cent. However, deaths from coronavirus in these forces stand at 12 with two CRPF personnel succumbing to the disease since June 6, one of which was reported on Monday.

These central forces, with a combined strength of about 10 lakh personnel, render a variety of security duties, law and order management, border guarding, counter-insurgency and counter-terrorist operations, and disaster rescue and relief.

All of them function under the command of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Over 1,600 personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and two other forces have been infected with COVID-19 till now and these combat organizations have registered an overall recovery rate of about 70 per cent, an official data said on Monday.

Over 1,600 personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and two other forces have been infected with COVID-19 till now and these combat organizations have registered an overall recovery rate of about 70 per cent, an official data said on Monday. As per data accessed by PTI, updated till June 6, the recovery tally is led by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), then about 90,000 personnel strong force tasked to guard the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, at 87.89 per cent. This is followed by the Border Security Force (BSF), with a strength of about 2.5 lakh personnel, with a recovery rate of about 82.94 per cent. The report said a total of 1,668 personnel of the five CAPFs and the National Security Guard (NSG) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been infected with the pandemic till now after the first case among these forces was detected on March 28. "Data available till June 6 on coronavirus infections in the CAPFs and two other forces shows that recovery rate among these forces is about 70 per cent." "The ITBP tops the recovery tally with 87.89 per cent followed by the BSF," an official said quoting the data. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has recorded a recovery rate of 68. 86 per cent while the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has registered a recovery rate of 58.92 per cent," the data said. Out of the total 1,668 personnel, 1157 have recovered till June 6, it said. A total of 511 personnel are admitted to COVID-19 designated hospitals, the data said. Out of these active cases, 149 are in the CRPF, 82 in BSF, 26 in ITBP, 134 in CISF, 63 in SSB, 22 in NSG, and 25 in NDRF. The data said with 10 casualties reported till June 6, the death rate in these forces is 0.59 per cent. However, deaths from coronavirus in these forces stand at 12 with two CRPF personnel succumbing to the disease since June 6, one of which was reported on Monday. These central forces, with a combined strength of about 10 lakh personnel, render a variety of security duties, law and order management, border guarding, counter-insurgency and counter-terrorist operations, and disaster rescue and relief. All of them function under the command of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

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Pakistan on Tuesday morning reported 1,356 new infections of the novel coronavirus, raising confirmed cases to 57,705.&nbsp;

In the same time, 34 new deaths raised the overall fatalities to 1,197 while recoveries rose to 18,314. Nationwide, there are currently more than 34,000 active cases of COVID-19.

Of the total number of 57,705 cases, 22,934 have so far been detected in Sindh, 20,654 in Punjab, 8,080 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 3,468 in Balochistan, 1,728 in Islamabad, 630 in Gilgit-Baltistan, and 211 in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Officials have so far conducted 490,908 tests, including 7,252 done on Monday.

Recovered patients

The national database for coronavirus shows that 832 more people have recovered from coronavirus in the last 24 hours in Pakistan.

This takes Pakistan's total number of recoveries to 18,314.

Pakistan on Tuesday morning reported 1,356 new infections of the novel coronavirus, raising confirmed cases to 57,705. In the same time, 34 new deaths raised the overall fatalities to 1,197 while recoveries rose to 18,314.

Pakistan on Tuesday morning reported 1,356 new infections of the novel coronavirus, raising confirmed cases to 57,705. In the same time, 34 new deaths raised the overall fatalities to 1,197 while recoveries rose to 18,314. Nationwide, there are currently more than 34,000 active cases of COVID-19. Of the total number of 57,705 cases, 22,934 have so far been detected in Sindh, 20,654 in Punjab, 8,080 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 3,468 in Balochistan, 1,728 in Islamabad, 630 in Gilgit-Baltistan, and 211 in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Officials have so far conducted 490,908 tests, including 7,252 done on Monday. Recovered patients The national database for coronavirus shows that 832 more people have recovered from coronavirus in the last 24 hours in Pakistan. This takes Pakistan's total number of recoveries to 18,314.

Pakistan soars past 57,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases

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