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New Delhi : Amid surge in Covid cases and 50% revenue decline for the first quarter of this fiscal in Punjab, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has sought from PM Narendra Modi a liberal financial package for states to fill the collection gap caused by the pandemic, and also flexibility on Covid-related terms of expenditure in SDRF.
Himachal Pradesh: Himachal Pradesh has been ranked third across India for registering highest number of consultations on e-Sanjeevani portal. It has facilitated 24,527 consultations through the e-Sanjeevani and e-Sanjeevani OPD portals. This is the third highest in the country after Tamil Nadu with 32,035 consultations and Andhra Pradesh with 28,960 consultations.
Maharashtra: The Maharashtra government is striving to see there is no second wave of Covid-19 in the state, said CM Uddhav Thackeray on August 11, 2020, during a meeting held by PM Narendra Modi. The CM said the state government was planning to set up dedicated hospitals in all districts to control the spread of coronavirus. Maharashtra, which accounts for a quarter of all the reported cases in India, has 1.48 lakh cases. However, in capital Mumbai, the number of active cases has dropped below twenty thousand.
Gujarat: PM Narendra Modi during his Covid review meeting on August 11, 2020, stressed on the need to increase testing in Gujarat in view of the “high positivity rate” in the state. In response, Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani informed that the state was conducting 456 tests per million per day through a network of 34 government and 59 private laboratories. Meanwhile, the recovery rate in the state has gone up to 77%.
Madhya Pradesh: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the Covid recovery rate has touched 75 per cent mark in the state. He has also instructed that arrangement for treatment for patients with minor symptoms should be made at home.
Kerala: Fiftynine prisoners of Central jail, Thiruvananthapuram, have tested positive for Covid-19. Following this, a Covid First Line treatment center will be set up inside the jail which has more than 1,200 inmates. Meanwhile, the rapid spread of the virus is continuing in the capital district. Five police men tested positive at various police stations leaving more cops to go under observation. The coastal folk were allowed to go fishing from August 12, 2020, with each coastal area been given specific days for fishing. Major harbours will be opened on August 13.
Karnataka: Karnataka HC issues notice to state govt on plea for property tax exemption due to Covid-19. The Kodagu-Kerala border opened for vehicular movement after nearly five months of closure. Following a SC direction, the State changes home isolation period of discharged Covid patients to seven days with self-monitoring, while it was 14 days earlier, according to a PIB release.