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Dharavi recorded 10 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, increased the total tally in Mumbai’s biggest slum to 1,899 including 71 deaths, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said.
Kerala government will conduct antibody tests from June 8 to check if there was any community transmission.
The plan is to conduct up to 15,000 antibody tests per week, said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The state has received 14,000 kits through Indian Council of Medical Research and 10,000 of these have been given to different districts. Another 40,000 kits are expected in the next three days, Vijayan added.
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The Tamil Nadu government capped the charges for Covid-19 treatment in private hospitals at Rs 15,000 per day in intensive care units across the state and announced that no fee over and above the fixed slab can be claimed from patients.
In private sector hospitals, the per-day charges for treatment in ICUs shall not exceed Rs 15,000 and in general wards, for asymptomatic patients and those with mild symptoms, the maximum is Rs 7,500, Health Minister C Vijayabaskar said in an official release.
For the purpose of fixing upper limit on rates, hospitals have been categorised based on factors like amenities and for the first two levels of Grade A1 and A2 hospitals, the maximum allowable per-day fee in general ward and ICU are Rs 7,500 and Rs 15,000 respectively.
In the next two levels of hospitals that fall under Grade A3 and A4, the ceiling for charges per day in general ward and the ICU are Rs 5,000 and Rs 15,000.
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The Delhi government won't spare private hospitals that deny admission to Covid-19 patients, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said in a tweet.
Here are some of the other highlights from what Kejriwal said:
Five Enforcement Directorate employees, including a special director rank officer, have tested positive for Covid-19, following which the headquarters of the central probe agency have been sealed for 48 hours till Monday.
The employees were found infected after the agency carried out section-wise testing at its headquarters in the wake of some coronavirus cases being reported from other floors of the Lok Nayak Bhawan in Khan Market in New Delhi, where the Enforcement Directorate office is located.
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Global Update:
Globally, cases passed 67 lakh with deaths exceeding 3.94 lakh as of Saturday morning.
U.K. transmission rates reached near-critical levels in some regions as nationwide deaths passed 40,000. Brazil reported over 1,000 new Covid-19 fatalities.
Track news and developments about the Covid-19 outbreak here.
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