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Here is a list of State Helpline numbers. You can track coronavirus cases, deaths and testing rates at the national and State levels here.
Here are the latest updates:
4.00 pm | Maharashtra
Another Mumbai policeman dies of COVID-19
An Assistant sub-Inspector (ASI) of Police died due to COVID-19 on Tuesday, taking the total number of the police personnel having succumbed to the viral infection in Mumbai to 19 and in Maharashtra to 29.
The ASI breathed his last at Sion hospital and is survived by his wife and two children.
3.50 pm | Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand govt launches website of self-employment scheme for youths, migrants
The Uttarakhand government on Tuesday launched a website of the Mukhya Mantri Swarojgar Yojana to make it easier for enterprising youths and migrants returning to the state to apply online for the scheme. The website msy.uk.gov.in has been hosted in the state data centre located at IT Park, chief minister’s IT adviser Ravindra Dutt said.
Applicants will have to register themselves on the website and create a log in ID to be able to apply online for the self-employment scheme.
Loans will be given to eligible applicants under the scheme for projects worth Rs 25 lakh in the manufacturing sector and worth Rs 10 lakh in the service sector.
3.20 pm | Maharashtra
Out on parole, prisoner tests positive for COVID-19
A 30-year-old prisoner, who was out on parole from Thane Central Jail, has tested positive for COVID-19 in Maharashtra’s Palghar district.
Following his release on Saturday, the patient had travelled to his sister’s place in Wada and later proceeded to Jawhar, where he was not allowed to enter his village without a COVID-19 test. He was taken to a medical centre, where he tested positive for the deadly infection on Monday night.
At least 888 cases of COVID-19 have been detected in Palghar district so far, of which 31 persons have succumbed to the infection. – PTI
3.00 pm | Uttarakhand
COVID-19 cases in U’khand near 1,000-mark
Forty-one more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Uttarakhand on Tuesday, taking the total number of infections in the state to 999.
The highest number of 26 cases were reported from Dehradun district, 11 from Tehri, three from Chamoli and one from Haridwar district, a state heath department bulletin here said.
There are 746 active cases in the hill state, while 243 people have recovered from the infection, it said.
Seven people have died due to coronavirus in Uttarakhand so far and three patients migrated to other states.
2.30 pm | Madhya Pradesh
In “containment-free” Raj Bhavan, a construction worker is COVID-19 positive
A day after the Madhya Pradesh Raj Bhavan declared part of its campus “containment-free”, without reportedly consulting the Bhopal district administration, a construction worker tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, said a Raj Bhavan official.
As six residents had tested positive by May 27, a containment area was thrown around 10 employees’ quarters which curbed movement. Later, another four residents were confirmed positive, with three families being affected.
“The worker lives outside the campus and didn’t have contact with the infected residents. He worked in another part of the campus,” said the official.
Until Monday, the Raj Bhavan had received 395 test reports including the Governor’s who was declared negative for the infection. A day later, another 50 reports were received. – Sidharth Yadav
2.00 pm | Delhi
Delhi HC decides to monitor disposal of COVID-19 bodies
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said it would be monitoring implementation of the AAP government’s recent order on disposal of bodies of those who died of COVID-19.
A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan said that it wants to see how the Delhi government health department’s May 30 direction regarding disposal of COVID-19 dead has worked at the ground level.
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