Coronavirus News Highlights: Karnataka reports 230 fresh cases, 203 recoveries in last 24 hours

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Karnataka reports 230 fresh cases, 203 recoveries in last 24 hours

Gujarat logs 53 fresh Covid-19 cases; 49 recover

Gujarat on Monday reported 53 Covid-19 cases, raising the tally of infections to 12,25,515 while 49 patients recovered during the day, the state health department said. The Covid-19 death toll remained unchanged at 10,944 as no fresh fatality was reported in the state,

Maharashtra reports 1,036 Covid-19 cases, no fatalities

Maharashtra on Monday reported 1,036 new coronavirus cases but no pandemic-related deaths, the state health department said. The caseload in the state rose to 78,94,233, while death toll remained unchanged at 1,47,866.

Beijing parks see decline in visitors amid Covid resurgence

Parks in Beijing received about 2 million visitors during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, down 35 per cent from the same period last year, authorities said on Monday.

Karnataka CM seeks report as Covid cases spike

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has sought a report from the principle secretary of the state's health department in the wake of rising Covid-19 cases.

Bommai on Monday further stated that he would initiate action after going through the report.

"I have a sought report in the backdrop of spike in the numbers of Covid. Health Department principle secretary has informed that he will convey district wise meeting and submit the report."

Based on that, decisions would be taken and no need to get panic, he stated. (IANS)

ICMR issues guidelines for management of Type 1 Diabetes amid Covid

ICMR issues guidelines for the management of Type 1 Diabetes. The guidelines come at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected people with diabetes population, exposing them to a high risk for severe illness and mortality. (ANI)

India logs 4,518 fresh Covid-19 cases, 2,779 recoveries

India logged 4,518 new coronavirus infections taking the tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,31,81,335, while the active cases increased to 25,782, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

The death toll climbed to 5,24,701 with nine fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The active cases comprise 0.06 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.73 per cent, the ministry said. (PTI)

Mizoram reports 4 fresh Covid-19 cases

Mizoram reported four freshCovid-19 cases on Monday, the lowest single-day spike this year, taking the tally to 2,28,404, a health department official said on Monday.

TheCovid-19 death toll remained at 700 as no new fatality was reported in the last 24 hours, he said.

The single-day positivity rate increased to 9.76 per cent from 3.54 per cent the previous as the four cases were detected from 41 samples tested, the official said.

The state had reported nineCovid-19 cases on Sunday.

Mizoram now has 105 activeCovid-19 cases, while 2,27,599 people have recovered from the infection, including five persons on Sunday.

Covid-19 has brought immense change in education sector: Super 30 founder Anand Kumar

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about immense changes in the field of education and online education still has a long way to go to cater to the needs of millions of students across the globe, noted teacher and founder of Super 30 Anand Kumar said on Sunday.

Speaking at the ‘Salaam Bahrain’ programme on the theme future of education in the post-pandemic world at the Indian School in Bahrain, Kumar said that the impact of Covid-19 pandemic was devastating across the globe, more so on the young minds pursuing education, and it was not yet over.

Brazil presidential front-runner Lula isolated with Covid-19

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his newly wed wife Janja tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday and will remain isolated for the next few days, the leftist leader and front-runner for the October election said on Twitter.

They are both well, Lula with no symptoms and his wife with mild symptoms, the message said. The tweet included the diagnosis issued by his doctor Roberto Kalil.