Coronavirus live updates: India's recovery rate jumps to 72.51%
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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Aug 18, 2020, 05:30:05 IST
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Coronavirus live updates: India's recovery rate jumps to 72.51%

India's Covid-19 tally crosses the 26-lakh barrier on Monday, as per the latest health ministry numbers Deaths due to the coronavirus are now 50,921. Globally, the virus has taken over 7 lakh lives. Stay here for all live updates
21:55 (IST) Aug 16
3,066 new Covid-19 positive cases, 2,935 discharges and 51 deaths reported in West Bengal today
Total number of cases rise to 1,16,498 including 86,771 discharges, 27,299 active cases and 2,428 deaths, reports ANI quoting state health department
21:26 (IST) Aug 16
1,120 new Covid-19 cases take tally to 78,783; 20 die
The number of Covid-19 cases in Gujarat rose by 1,120 to 78,783 on Sunday, state Health department said. With 20 more patients succumbing to the infection, including eight in Surat, the cumulative toll went up to 2,787 in the state, it said. A total of 959 patients were discharged in the day, taking the number of recoveries to 61,496, the department said. Gujarat is now left with 14,500 active cases, out of which the condition of 82 patients is critical, the department said.
21:07 (IST) Aug 16
Chandigarh records 93 new Covid-19 cases, one more death, reports PTI quoting officials
20:56 (IST) Aug 16
Madhya Pradesh reported its highest single-day spike of 1,022 coronavirus cases on Sunday, pushing the state's overall count to 45,455, state health officials said. The death toll rose to 1,105 as 11 patients succumbed to the infection, the officials said.
20:46 (IST) Aug 16

I'm deeply anguished to learn of the passing away of Chetan Chauhan. I've spent so much time with him when he was Indian Cricket Team’s manager. Not only was he a tough opening batsman but was a person with tremendous sense of humour & attachment to Indian cricket

Sourav Ganguly, BCCI President

20:38 (IST) Aug 16
BCCI expresses grief on the passing away of Shri Chetan Chauhan
20:32 (IST) Aug 16
7040 new Covid-19 positive cases (including 2131 cases from Bengaluru Urban), 6680 discharges and 124 deaths reported in Karnataka today. Total number of cases rise to 226966 including 81512 active cases, 141491 discharges and 3947 deaths, reports ANI quoting state health department
20:15 (IST) Aug 16
Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has said the process of lifting the lockdown in the state would be done in a stepwise manner.
20:14 (IST) Aug 16
The Covid-19 toll in Goa has crossed the 100 mark with 5 more deaths taking the count to 104 on Sunday. As many as 300 new cases have been detected while recoveries for the day were 287.
19:58 (IST) Aug 16
11,111 new Covid-19 positive cases, 8,837 discharges and 288 deaths reported in Maharashtra today
Total number of cases now at 5,95,865 including 1,58,395 active cases, 4,17,123 discharges and 20,037 deaths, reports ANI quoting public health department, Maharashtra
19:51 (IST) Aug 16
37 more people test positive for Covid-19 in UP's Muzaffarnagar; number of active cases in district now 292, reports PTI quoting officials
19:31 (IST) Aug 16
Union home minister Amit Shah condoles Chetan Chauhan's demise
19:28 (IST) Aug 16
Condoling the demise of Uttar Pradesh minister and former cricketer Chetan Chauhan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that he distinguished himself as a wonderful cricketer and diligent political leader.
19:03 (IST) Aug 16
449 new Covid-19 cases take J-K's tally to 28,470; 15 fatalities push death toll to 542
Jammu and Kashmir recorded 449 new instances of the coronavirus infection, taking the total number cases reported in the Union Territory to 28,470 on Sunday, while 15 Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, officials said. According to them all the 15 deaths were from the Kashmir Valley. With this, the death toll in the Union Territory has risen to 542, of which 501 were from the Valley and 41 from the Jammu region, they said.
18:58 (IST) Aug 16
Karnataka health minister B Sriramulu discharged from Bowring and Lady Curzon Medical College & Research Institute, Bengaluru after recovering from Covid-19
18:57 (IST) Aug 16
5 new Covid-19 positive cases have been reported in Dharavi area of Mumbai today, taking the total number of cases to 2668, reports ANI quoting Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
18:42 (IST) Aug 16
Himachal Pradesh records 64 new Covid-19 cases, tally reaches 4,058; number of active cases now 1,358, reports PTI quoting officials
18:37 (IST) Aug 16

It is unbelievable that Chetan Chauhan ji is not among us now. He was a very good person besides being a cricketer and politician

Anurag Thakur, Union minister and former BCCI President (As told to ANI)

18:36 (IST) Aug 16

My colleague and former cricketer Chetan Chauhan ji has passed away. This is an irreparable loss for people of Uttar Pradesh and the world of cricket. His last rites will be performed tomorrow

UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath