{"id":325134,"date":"2020-08-01T05:41:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T05:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=325134"},"modified":"2020-08-01T05:41:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T05:41:42","slug":"over-57000-covid-19-cases-in-24-hours-takes-indias-tally-to-nearly-17-lakh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/over-57000-covid-19-cases-in-24-hours-takes-indias-tally-to-nearly-17-lakh\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 57,000 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours takes India\u2019s tally to nearly 17 lakh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-324818 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/virus-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"681\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/07\/virus-1.jpg 681w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/07\/virus-1-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/07\/virus-1-585x420.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/>India has reported 57,117 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, according to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The total tally of COVID-19 infections in the country now stands at 16,95,988.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A total of 36,511 coronavirus patients have lost their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">There are 5,65,103 active cases while 10,94,374 people have been cured\/discharged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday said a total of 1,93,58,659 samples have been tested up to July 31 of which 5,25,689 samples were tested yesterday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">On Wednesday, Ministry of Home Affairs had announced the guidelines for unlock 3 which came into effect from Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Major points of the guidelines<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Yoga institutes &amp; gymnasiums to open from August 5<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">No night curfew<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Schools, colleges, etc to remain closed till August 31<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Independence Day functions allowed with social distancing<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Metros, cinema halls, swimming pools, entertainment parks, bars, assembly halls and similar places to remain closed<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Lockdown remains in place across all containment zones, the extent of which will be decided by States\/UTs<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Globally, the virus has killed over 6,50,000 people and infected more than 17.5 million since it emerged in China last December.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has reported 57,117 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, according to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The total tally of COVID-19 infections in the country now stands at 16,95,988. A total of 36,511 coronavirus patients have lost their lives. There are 5,65,103 active cases while 10,94,374 people have been cured\/discharged. 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