Coronavirus India Updates: Total Covid-19 Cases At 59,662, Death Toll At 1,981

Bulk Of Covid-19 Related Fact-Checks In April Related To Communal Rumours, Claims BOOM Live

Covid-19 Testing Capacity Scaled Up To 95,000 Per Day, Says Health Minister

With 224 new instances of the novel coronavirus infection, the total number of cases reported in the national capital climbed to 6,542, the Delhi government said on Saturday.

The fresh cases were reported between 4 pm to midnight of May 8.

No fresh death due to the virus was reported in this period. Delhi has so far reported 68 deaths.

Of the total cases reported in the city, 4,454 are active while 2,020 patients have been cured of the disease, the health bulletin stated.

Source: PTI

Bulk Of Covid-19 Related Fact-Checks In April Related To Communal Rumours, Claims BOOM Live

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Over one lakh cases of lockdown violations were registered and 19,297 persons were arrested ever since prohibitory orders were enforced in Maharashtra in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, police said on Saturday.

At least 1.02 lakh cases were registered under section 188 (disobeying an order passed by a public servant) of the Indian Penal Code, an official said.

As many as 714 personnel, including 81 officers, of Maharashtra police contracted Covid-19, and of these 61 had recovered from the infection, he said.

Maximum number of coronavirus cases reported in the police department were from Mumbai, he added.

At least 194 cases of attacks on policemen were reported in various parts of the state, while 680 persons were arrested in these incidents and 73 policemen and a home guard were injured in these attacks, the official said.

Nearly 32 cases of attacks on health workers were reported in the state till Saturday, he added.

Meanwhile, the police have registered 1,289 offences of illegal transport and seized 54,611 vehicles during the lockdown, the official said. The police have also collected fines to the tune of over Rs 3.76 crore for various offences in this period, he said.

Source: PTI

A special committee has been formed by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation for containing the spread of Covid-19 in different parts of the city, a member of the panel said.

Chairperson, caretaker board of administrators of the civic body and Municipal Affairs minister Firhad Hakim, former deputy mayor Atin Ghosh, four community medicine experts and KMC health officials are members of the newly formed committee.

The panel was formed after Hakim assumed charge as chairperson of the caretaker board of administrators (BOA) of the KMC on Friday.

The state government appointed the board since elections could not be held to the KMC owing to the coronavirus outbreak. The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed the BOA to act as the KMC's caretaker board for a month. Ghosh told PTI on Saturday, "We will sit every afternoon to take stock of the situation and decide accordingly.

"Apart from containment zones, we will review the situation in other areas of the city as well. There should not be any laxity in any zone, be it a containment zone, red zone or an orange zone. The KMC will not lower its guard in any of these areas and strict monitoring will be done everywhere," he said.

Source: PTI

Delhi Government Issues 4.75 Lakh E-Tokens For Purchase Of Liquor

The Central Industrial Security Force reported 13 fresh cases of Covid-19 among its personnel on Saturday with the maximum being in its Delhi Metro protection unit, officials said.

The 1.62 lakh personnel strong force has a total of 48 active cases of coronavirus with the addition of the new numbers.

Two of its personnel have succumbed to the disease over the last two days.

Among the 48 active cases, maximum 31 are in the unit that guards the Delhi Metro followed by 13 in the Mumbai international airport guarding unit. The maximum rise in cases, at 10, over the last 24 hours has also been reported from the Delhi Metro guarding unit.

The paramilitary forces or the Central Armed Police Forces have over 540 positive cases now and five personnel have succumbed to the disease. These forces, under the command of the Union Home Ministry, include the CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF and SSB.

Source: PTI

Globally, cases crossed 3.8 million leaving over 270,000 dead.

Spain and Germany reported an uptick in new coronavirus cases as lockdown measures eased. Italy reported the fewest new cases and daily fatalities in three days on Friday, while Portugal, which began easing confinement measures on Monday, reported a bigger increase in new cases for a third day.

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