Speed Post News Network

New Delhi : Andhra Pradesh recorded single day highest spike of 998 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours with 14 deaths taking the toll to 232. Active cases too have cross 10K mark (10,043) with total case tally reaching 18,697. The state has tested 10,17,140 samples till date.

As many as 17 TTD ( Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam) employees have tested positive and are under treatment while members of their family and contacts have been quarantined. The TTD has decided not to go in for increasing the daily number of pilgrims for darshan till July end. The state has tied up with UNICEF to launch the Risk Communication and Community Engagement Programme to reach out to about 1.3 crore households to check COVID-19 infection and intends to inculcate “Covid appropriate behaviour” among people, according to a PIB release.

Telangana: Old City slums adopt Dharavi model to fight coronavirus. From being among one of the better states in terms of incidence of coronavirus cases, Telangana’s positivity rate, or total confirmed cases per 100 tests, in the past two weeks has gone up to 25% — more than double the positivity rate recorded in the previous fortnight — and the state is in first position followed by Maharashtra and Delhi.

Arunachal Pradesh: Chief Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh government informed that frontline warriors, be it in the health, police or the hospitality service, would be tested during the seven days of lockdown to ensure that they are free from Covid-19.

Globally, COVID-19 death toll in USA had reached 1,29,226 including 745 new deaths on July 5, 2020, according to WHO-Situaion Report -167. UK has reported 44,198 deaths while Italy has reported 34,854 deaths. France has reported 29,808 deaths due to Coronavirus,