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New Delhi : Karnataka CM B S Yeddyurappa on August 3, 2020, tested Covid positive and admitted to hospital. He is ‘clinically stable’ as per hospital reports. On August 2, 2020, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had tested positive to Covid. He was admitted to Medanta Hospital, Gurugram, Haryana.
While the occupancy of beds existing at Covid Care Centres are around 60 to 65% over past 10 days, the ramping-up of such facilities has been temporarily put on hold. The Covid death toll stands at 2,496 in Karnataka.
Maharashtra: Rural Maharashtra has been reporting a surge in Covid-19 cases on the back of easing of lockdown restrictions. The adjoining rural areas of Mumbai’s satellite cities – Thane, Raigad etc have also reported spike in cases. A similar trend has been recorded in other rural areas of districts such as Nashik, Aurangabad, Dhule, and Sangli, according to a PIB release.
Gujarat: In Gujarat, 805 COVID-19 patients were discharged on August 2 and the recovery rate has further improved to 73.16 %. A total of 1,101 new cases have been reported taking the total confirmed cases to 63,675. Maximum new cases reported from Surat (209) and Ahmedabad (143). Currently there are 14,601 active cases.
Chhattisgarh: The Chhattisgarh government has set up 157 COVID care centres with 18,598 beds in the state for treatment of coronavirus patients with no or mild symptoms. Arrangements are being made to increase the availability of beds for such patients to 25,000. The state has 2,482 active cases.
Kerala: CM Pinarayi Vijayan said negligence and laxity has contributed to the spread of Covid-19 in the state. He pointed out that the present situation is the result of compromise in Covid protocols and careless behaviour. Inaugurating 102 Family Healthcare Centres through video conference, he also warned that stringent action will be taken henceforth against those violating the government’s norms.
Punjab: To ensure the safety of pregnant women from the corona virus, the Health & Family Welfare Department has imparted special training to 70 Gynaecologist for providing tele-medicine consultations to pregnant women. Besides this, separate labour rooms have been set up in all district hospitals to conduct the deliveries of COVID19 positive pregnant women.