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Coronavirus live updates: Bihar becomes 8th state to cross 1L Covid case tally

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Aug 15, 2020, 22:28:48 IST

Coronavirus live updates: Bihar becomes 8th state to cross 1L Covid case tally

India’s Covid-19 caseload crossed 25 lakh on Friday, just eight days after going past the 20-lakh mark, even as more than 65,000 fresh infections were reported for the third straight day while the daily death toll from the virus remained close to 1,000. Stay with TOI for live updates

22:28 (IST) Aug 15

Biggest single-day spike of 8,818 new cases in Karnataka, reports PTI.

21:29 (IST) Aug 15

Chief Justice of Rajasthan HC Indrajit Mahanty tests positive for Covid-19.

21:11 (IST) Aug 15

Utpal Parrikar tests positive for Covid-19, goes into home isolation.

20:57 (IST) Aug 15

12,614 new Covid-19 cases, 6,844 recoveries & 322 deaths reported in Maharashtra today, taking the total number of cases in the state to 5,84,754: State health Department

20:30 (IST) Aug 15

Punjab records 1,033 new Covid-19 cases today, taking the total number of cases to 30,041 including 10,407 active cases and 771 deaths: State health department

20:11 (IST) Aug 15

Ahmedabad's coronavirus tally rises to 28,840 with 162 new cases, death toll in district rises to 1,655: Gujarat health department

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19:59 (IST) Aug 15

Bihar Covid-19 tally crosses one lakh, death toll rises to 515, reports PTI.

Bihar on Saturday became the eighth state in the country to have reported more than one lakh COVID-19 cases. The state's COVID-19 death toll rose to 515 after 15 people succumbed to the disease, a bulletin issued by the department said. With 3,536 fresh infections, the total caseload of Bihar has gone up to 1,01,906, it said. The state also conducted record 1.61 lakh sample tests in the last 24 hours.

19:40 (IST) Aug 15

Delhi reports 1276 new Covid-19 positive cases, 1,143 discharges/recoveries and 10 deaths today. Total number of cases rise to 1,51,928: Delhi govt

19:16 (IST) Aug 15

Once we get vaccine, Covid warriors will be first ones to get dose: MoS Health

"Our scientists are working very hard on it. Three vaccines against Covid-19 are in various stages of testing. And, if we do succeed in getting a vaccine, our Covid warriors will be the first one to receive the dose," the minister of state for health said.

18:40 (IST) Aug 15

Tracing the spread of Covid-19

18:19 (IST) Aug 15

1,608 new Covid-19 positive cases have been reported in Kerala today. Number of active cases now at 14,891, so far 27,779 patients have recovered: Health Department, Kerala

17:46 (IST) Aug 15

Read: Maharashtra minister Balasaheb Patil tests positive for coronavirus

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17:44 (IST) Aug 15

Govt taking all measures to contain Covid-19 spread. There's no dearth of medicine and PPE kits in Tripura: CM Biplab Kumar Deb

17:20 (IST) Aug 15

Delhi HC plans to open courts from September 1, subject to complete availability of public transport and subject to Covid-19 situation in Delhi: Delhi HC official (ANI)

16:27 (IST) Aug 15

Government of Manipur extends complete lockdown in the state till 31st August.

16:27 (IST) Aug 15

I would appeal people to donate oximeters to Aam Aadmi Party and we will send these oximeters to the villages where locals can use them as per need: Delhi CM

16:22 (IST) Aug 15

In case of Delhi, home isolation was a measure that helped us in fighting the battle against Covid-19. For instance, if there are 10,000 cases, only 1,000 are severe and taken to hospitals, the remaining get cured at home. It saves 9000 beds, this can be followed in villages.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

16:15 (IST) Aug 15

Three officials and 50 prisoners in Central Jail tested Covid positive today. Total 266 prisoners lodged in Thiruvananthapuram Central Jail and Kollam district jail have tested positive so far: DIG, Prisons (Headquarters), Kerala

16:14 (IST) Aug 15

Delhi is presently in a far better situation than we were 2 months ago. However,over 60,000 cases being reported daily in the country. There are few steps that we need to take now to further control the pandemic.