Coronavirus live updates: Delhi High Court expresses concern over rising Covid cases

India has set another record of conducting nearly nine lakh Covid-19 tests in a single day, which is the highest so far. 8,99,864 tests have been conducted in a single day. With this, the cumulative tests have reached 3,09,41,264, read an official statement. Even with such a high level of testing, the positivity has remained low, i.e. 8.81 per cent compared to the weekly national average, i.e. 8.84 per cent.

The judgement came on a PIL, filed by NGO 'Centre for Public Interest Litigation, seeking a direction that all the money collected under the PM Cares Fund for the Covid-19 pandemic should be transferred to the NDRF.

Presence of Covid-specific antibodies reveals that a person has had the infection. The ‘Epidemiological and Serological Surveillance of Covid-19 in Pune’ studied samples from 1,664 people across five high-incidence areas within the Pune Municipal Corporation. Seropositivity in residents from these areas ranged between 36.1% and 65.4%.

Former president Pranab Mukherjee’s condition remains critical, and he continues to be on ventilator support, the Army’s Research and Referral (R&R) Hospital said in a statement Tuesday The 84-year-old Bharat Ratna recipient underwent brain surgery on August 10 to remove a blood clot. He had also tested positive for Covid-19.The hospital said Mukherjee’s vital parameters were stable.

In the wake of alarming rise in Covid-19 cases, Punjab government has imposed additional restrictions in Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Patiala from August 18 till further orders.