Coronavirus live updates: Ban on flights from 6 cities to Kolkata extended till August 15

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Covid-19 tally in Tamil Nadu rises to 2,39,978 with 5,864 fresh cases; 97 fatalities push death toll to 3,838, reports ANI quoting health department bulletin

371 new Covid-19 cases reported in Jharkhand today

Total number of cases in the state is now at 10,399, including 6,120 active cases, 4,176 recovered & 103 deaths, reports ANI quoting state health department

Taking cognizance of the problems faced by residents due to prolonged period of delineation of containment zones, the health ministry has suggested states may de-notify the containment zones in 14 days after discharge of the last confirmed case, instead of 28 days as specified earlier.

1,156 new Covid-19 cases and 13 deaths reported in Rajasthan till 8.30 pm today. The total number of cases in the state is now 40,936 including 11,038 active cases and 667 deaths, reports ANI quoting state health department

Maharashtra reports 266 deaths and 11,147 new Covid-19 cases today. The total number of cases is now 4,11,798 including 2,48,615 recovered cases and 1,48,150 active cases, reports ANI quoting state health department

Delhi High Court extends the suspension of the functioning of High Court and subordinate courts till 14th August, in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, reports ANI

13 deaths and 834 new Covid-19 cases reported in Madhya Pradesh today, taking the total number of cases in the State to 30,968 including 21,657 recovered cases, 8,454 active cases & 857 deaths, reports ANI quoting state health department

Government of Odisha deploys 241 post PG doctors under Chief District Medical Officers and Public Health Officers of different districts with immediate effect for the management of Covid-19, reports ANI

623 new Covid-19 cases reported in Haryana today; the total number of cases in the State reaches 34,254. There are 6,497 active cases; death toll stands at 417, reports ANI quoting state health department

Manipur reports 47 new Covid-19 cases today, taking the total number of cases in the State to 2,505. The number of active and recovered cases are 829 and 1,672 respectively. The death toll is at 4, reports ANI quoting state government

Suspension of flights to Kolkata from six cities- Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Nagpur & Ahmedabad has been extended till 15th August: West Bengal Additional Chief Secretary (Home) in a letter to Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation

Nagaland decides to extend lockdown till August 31, reports PTI

Delhi reports 1093 Covid-19 positive cases, 1091 recovered/discharged/migrated and 29 deaths in the last 24 hours. The total cases here rise to 1,34,403 including 1,19,724 recovered/discharged/migrated and 3936 deaths: Government of Delhi (ANI)

Bihar government imposes additional restrictions in the state from 1st to 16th August

Andhra Pradesh records highest single-day spike of 10,167 Covid-19 cases as the cumulative touches 1,30,557.