Coronavirus India Updates: Fastest Rate Of Infection Takes India Covid-19 Tally Past 14.8 Lakh

141 new #COVID19 cases reported in Puducherry, taking the total number of cases in the Union Territory to 3,011. The number of discharged cases is 1,782. Death toll stands at 47: Government of Puducherry pic.twitter.com/SfNrpLIkPZ

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Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath holds a meeting with the officers of 'COVID-19 management team-11'. pic.twitter.com/mMaOU1tRNw

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The Odisha government has instructed all district collectors, SPs, municipal commissioners and health officials to conduct the last rites of Covid-19 suspects without insisting on testing of swab or waiting for the report, an official said.

The state government issued a letter on Monday after it was noticed that cremation of bodies were being delayed as officials waited for the corona test reports of the victim after his/her death, the official said.

In Ganjam district, the body of a policeman was allegedly abandoned at the hospital and nobody touched it because his corona test report was awaited.

"It is clarified that as we are in the midst of a global pandemic, as a measure of abundant precaution, in all such cases the dead body may be disposed of as per Covid norms, in compassionate consultation with the family of the deceased," Additional Chief Secretary of Health Department PK Mohapatra said in the letter to all district collectors and municipal corporation commissioners.

This will reduce the trauma faced by the grieving family, Mohapatra said, adding that henceforth there will be no delay in disposal of the body of the deceased after death.

Source: PTI

More than 5 lakh #COVID19 tests conducted in a single day over two consecutive days. On 26th July, India tested a total of 5,15,000 samples and on 27th July, a total of 5,28,000 samples were tested: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare pic.twitter.com/fsP0blKJii

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Odisha's Covid-19 tally shot up to 26,892 with 1,503 fresh cases, while the death toll rose to 147 as seven more people succumbed to the virus, a health department official said on Monday.

Three deaths were reported from Ganjam district and one fatality each was recorded in Sundergarh, Khurda, Cuttack and Malkangiri districts, he said. Four of the deceased were suffering from either diabetes or hypertension.

The state also registered a recovery of as many as 581 patients taking the total number of patients cured of the disease so far to 17,374. Odisha now has 9,9337 active Covid- 19 cases, the official said.

Source: PTI

Global Update

A renewed increase in coronavirus cases around the world is presenting challenges from China to Germany. In the U.S., National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien tested positive.

Moderna Inc. received a second round of U.S. funding for an experimental vaccine and kicked off its late-stage trial, while Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE said they would begin a later-stage study for their top candidate. A British researcher said the effectiveness of vaccines will probably depend on annual doses.

Globally, confirmed Covid-19 cases have topped 16.3 million with over 651,400 dead.

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