Coronavirus live updates: 1,000 Covid testing labs in India, says ICMR

The Delhi High Court on Monday extended the interim bail of 2,961 undertrial prisoners by 45 days to de-congest jails during the coronavirus pandemic. The court said the interim bail of these undertrials is extended by 45 days from the date of expiry of the relief on the same terms and conditions and listed the matter for further hearing on August 4.

A 65-year-old COVID-19 positive patient has died in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the death toll due to the disease to 84 in the Union Territory, officials said on Monday.

57 new positive cases and 11 patients treated/cured today. Total number of positive cases here rises to 2,401, including 1,511 recovered and 27 deaths

Pro-Rath Yatra pleas get heavy weight support from SG Tushar Mehta, former SGs Harish Salve, Mohan Parasaran and Ranjit Kumar; ex-ASGs Maninder Singh, K V Vishwanath and P S Narasimha; senior advs C S Vaidyanathan, Mahesh Jethmalani and Arijit Prasad

"During the last 24 hours, a total of 9,440 COVID-19 patients have been cured. A total of 2,37,195 patients have been cured of COVID-19 so far. The recovery rate is 55.77 per cent among COVID-19 patients," the Health Ministry tweeted. It said that the total number of recovered patients has crossed the number of active patients by 62,808. "Presently, there are 1,74,387 active COVID-19 cases and all are under active medical supervision," the Ministry said.

The global coronavirus pandemic has been exacerbated by polititicisation, the World Health Organization's director general said on Monday. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was speaking at a virtual health forum organised by the World Government Summit, an event organised by Dubai.

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan issued the direction while disposing of two pleas challenging the Delhi government health department's June 2 decision to exclude asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic patients from COVID 19 testing. "It is expected of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) that the LG's direction of June 8 shall be followed scrupulously," the bench said. The LG by his June 8 order had directed that testing strategy recommended by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) be followed, said a report, filed through Delhi government additional standing counsel Satyakam.

"As many as 1,33,730 offences have been registered under 188 of IPC since the lockdown leading to 27,446 arrests and seizure of 83,970 vehicles," home minister Anil Deshmukh tweeted. A total of Rs 8,41,32,461 has been collected in fines from offenders, he added. The Maharashtra Government has extended COVID-19 lockdown till June 30 and has also issued directives to ease restrictions under the exercise termed as 'Mission Begin Again.'

"In the last 24 hours, 55 policemen in Maharashtra were found corona positive. So far, 48 policemen have died due to coronavirus in Maharashtra. The number of coronavirus positive policemen in Maharashtra has reached 4,103, including 1,016 active cases," Maharashtra Police said on Monday. 3,039 policemen have recovered from the illness and returned to their homes, police said.

Shah discussed the rituals associated with Lord Jagannath's annual Ratha Yatra, which has continued without a break since 1736, with Deb, state BJP president Samir Mohanty said. "As per the direction of Lord Jagannath's great devotee Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to the Gajapati Maharaja," he said in a tweet. "I am optimistic that the apex court will give a green signal to hold the Ratha Jatra in Puri this year," Mohanty said.