India registered 6,387 new cases and 170 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s COVID-19 tally to 1,51,767 on Wednesday. This includes 83,004 active cases, 64,425 who have been treated and discharged and 4,337 deaths.
1. India’s recovery rate has improved to 41.61% while the fatality rate remained the lowest in the world at 2.87% now, said the Ministry of Health Tuesday.
2. Taking suo motu cognisance of the plight of lakhs of stranded migrant workers across the country, the Supreme Court on Tuesday pointed out the “inadequacies and lapses” in the handling of the crisis and issued notices to the Centre and state governments on steps taken to “redeem the situation.”
3. A 50-year-old man who is a member of security staff in Air India and is a permanent resident of Delhi has tested positive for coronavirus. He came back from Delhi on 25th May on board a domestic flight: District Public Relations Office, Ludhiana
4. ICMR on Tuesday backed the use of the anti-malarial hydroxychloroquine as a preventive against coronavirus, after the WHO suspended clinical trials of the drug over safety concerns.
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5. Delhi reported 412 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the city’s tally to 14,465 cases, according to the daily health bulletin released by the Delhi government.
6. 2,091 new COVID-19 positive cases and 97 deaths were reported in Maharashtra on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases to 54,758.
7. The testings have gone up in the last few months. 1.1 lakh samples are tested daily: Balram Bhargava, DG, ICMR
8. No new positive case of COVID-19 reported in Goa on Tuesday. Nine more people have recovered; there are 39 active cases in the state now: Directorate of Health Services, Goa
9. Compared to 69.9 COVID-19 cases per lakh population for the world as a whole, 10.7 cases per lakh population have been reported in India. This is due to the lockdown and our containment efforts: Health Ministry
10. In Uttar Pradesh, 229 new COVID19 positive cases were reported on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 6,724. The death toll stands at 177: Directorate of Health Services, Uttar Pradesh