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

Seven Star Hospital fined for not refunding excess amount to non-Covid patients, not submitting bills of all patients and not replying to all points raised in show cause notice

119 new cases from Jammu region and 421 from Kashmir region, taking the total number of cases in the Union Territory to 27,489. Death toll rises to 520

117 deaths take toll to 5,514. Chennai city recorded 1187 cases and 25 deaths.

He has been moved to ICU and has been put on life support. A bulletin from the hospital said his condition is critical. His vital parameters are being monitored.

Delhi recorded 1,192 fresh coronavirus cases on Friday, taking the tally in the city to over 1.50 lakh, while the death toll from the disease mounted to 4,178, authorities said. Eleven fresh deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the latest health bulletin released by the Delhi government. It said 5,721 RTPCR/CBNAAT/TrueNat tests and 9,324 rapid antigen tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.

Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and three other ministers went into self-quarantine on Friday after they came in the primary contact list of Malappuram district collector who tested positive for the coronavirus infection,official sources said. Malappuram Collector K Gopalakrishnan had coordinated the search and rescue operations at the Karipur International Airport after an Air India Express flight had veered off the tabletop runway and crashed into a valley and broke into pieces on August 7. Ministers K K Shailaja, A C Moideen, E Chandrashekharan are the three ministers who have gone into self-quarantine after they came in the primary contact list of the Collector.

India exported 23 lakh personal protection equipment to five countries including the US, the UK and the UAE in July, after the government relaxed export norms and this has substantially helped the country to position itself in the global market of these kits, the Union Health Ministry said. urning the pandemic into an opportunity to develop its domestic market for production of medical equipment, India has hugely ramped up its own manufacturing capacity, the ministry said.

Britons rushed to get back from summer holidays in France on Friday after their government said it would soon impose a 14-day quarantine on travellers from across the Channel due to rising coronavirus infections. Britain's government announced late on Thursday that it would impose a quarantine from 0300 GMT on Saturday on arrivals from France, giving an estimated 160,000 UK holidaymakers there just over 24 hours to try to get home to avoid isolating.