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Coronavirus latest news: India's coronavirus cases stand at 4,023,179. Globally, there are 26,795,701 cases of the highly contagious disease. Stay tuned for coronavirus LIVE updates

12:48 AM

Gujarat's Covid tally reaches 1,03,006 : Officials

The Covid-19 cases in Gujarat rose to 1,03,006 cases, with the addition of the daily spike of 1,311 cases, health officials said.

Surat reported 277 cases and Ahmedabad saw 167 cases coming up. The number of positive cases are increasing drastically in Rajkot and Jamnagar.

Ahmedabad was followed by Rajkot where 145 cases were registered. Vadodara has been recording more than 120 cases detected daily and everyday it keeps on increasing and on Saturday 119 cases were registered, while 111 positive cases were detected in Jamnagar.

12:40 AM

Bihar's Covid-19 death toll mounts to 750 with nine more fatalities

Bihar reported nine more COVID-19 fatalities, pushing the death toll to 750, even as the state's caseload jumped to 1,45,860 with 1,727 new infections, the health department said on Saturday.

The discharge rate, too, rose to 88.01 per cent after 1,965 people recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours, it said. The total number of recoveries stood at 1,28,376.

12:39 AM

Single-day recoveries outnumber new Covid-19 cases in Nagaland

Single-day recoveries outnumbered new Covid-19 cases in Nagaland on Saturday as 68 people were cured of the disease and 21 tested positive for the infection, Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom said.

The fresh infections have pushed the state's tally to 4,128.

12:38 AM

Assam reports 2,698 new Covid-19 cases, 7 deaths

Assam's Covid-19 caseload went up to 1,23,922 after 2,698 more people tested positive for the virus, while seven fresh fatalities took the death toll to 352 on Saturday, Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

Two of the seven deaths were reported from Darrang while Kamrup Metropolitan, Charaideo, Sivasagar, Hailakandi and Jorhat registered one casualty each.

12:03 AM

Uttarakhand logs highest one-day jump with 950 new Covid-19 cases

Uttarakhand on Saturday recorded its highest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases with 950 people testing positive for the infection, according to a state health department bulletin.

The state also reported its highest number of fatalities in a day after 18 people, who tested psoitive for the disease, died on Saturday, it said.

 

The Covid-19 tally in Uttarakhand now stands at 23,961 while the death toll is 330, the bulletin said. 

11:54 PM

Panjab University to conduct UG exams online amid Covid-19

11:42 PM

Jharkhand Covid-19 case tally rises to 49,797 with 1,754 new cases

11:31 PM

Assam reports 2,698 new Covid-19 cases, toll reaches 352

11:23 PM

Punjab reports 1,515 new Covid-19 cases, tally reaches 61,527

Punjab reported 1,515 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday taking the total number of cases to 61,527 in the state.

According to the state government, 69 deaths were reported today and the death toll has gone up to 1,808. A total of 1306 patients were discharged on Saturday.

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday ended his week-long self-isolation after testing negative for coronavirus, Chief Minister's Office said.

11:10 PM

Preparations underway at Hyderabad Metro stations before services resume on Sept 7