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Here are all the latest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) related updates in India
Updated : Jun 12, 2020, 11:44 PM IST | Edited by : Abhishek Sharma
The coronavirus cases in India is nearing the three lakh-mark as it continues to witness close to 10,000 cases every day. The virus has spread rapidly and the country has marked significant and consecutive highest jumps in the COVID-19 tally over a major part of the past two weeks. India's COVID-19 count has hit a new high, crossing the 2.86 lakh-mark, while the death toll has crossed the 8,100-mark as well.
Maharashtra continues to be the epicentre of the coronavirus spread where the number of cases has witnessed an even large spike recently. According to the Health Ministry, Maharashtra has the highest number of cases with more than 97,648 positive cases of infection and nearly 3,600 deaths. As many as 3,607 new COVID-19 cases were reported from the state in the past 24 hours.
Shopping malls, religious places, hotels, and restaurants have now been reopened in most states from Monday after more than two months of sustained lockdown. The current phase of re-opening, called 'Unlock 1', takes an economic focus. The government intends on being smart about implementing the lockdown in select places so that the economic activity of the country, as a whole, does not take any more hits.
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had also released the standard operating procedure (SOPs) for malls, restaurants, and hotels as they opened these establishments under relaxed guidelines. But a lot of details were also left to the discretion of the states to finetune.
Total of 53,63,445 COVID-19 samples tested so far in India, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said.
Testing (Molecular based) Update as on 12/06/2020 at 9:00 AM IST. For more details visit: https://t.co/dI1pqvXAsZ #ICMRFIGHTSCOVID19 pic.twitter.com/9qJ9lSo5pV
— ICMR (@ICMRDELHI) June 12, 2020
Five of the minister's personal staff have also tested positive for coronavirus. Both minister and staff all are stable and kept in isolation. This is the third case of cabinet minister testing positive in Maharashtra.
As many as 145 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Assam on Thursday, taking the total number of positive cases to 3430, said State Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The number of active cases stands at 1989, Himanta Biswa Sarma informed. According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India has 2,86,579 COVID-19 positive cases. Out of the total number of cases, 1,37,448 are active, while 1,41,029 have been cured/discharged/migrated. The death toll stands at 8,102.
Goa has reported 30 more cases of coronavirus taking the total number of cases to 417 till now. 30 more COVID-19 cases reported in Goa. The total number of cases in the state is now at 417, including 67 recovered and 350 active cases, according to a media bulletin from the Directorate of Health Services in Goa.