Coronavirus India lockdown Day 124 updates | July 26, 2020
The HinduIndia has now hiked its coronavirus sample testing capacity to over 4 lakh tests per day with 4,20,898 samples tested in the last 24 hours, according to a release issued by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday. 7:35 p.m. | Maharashtra Maharashtra reports 9431 new cases Maharashtra reported its fifth consecutive spike of more than 9,000 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, as 9,431 cases took the State's total case tally to 3,75,799. — PTI 3:00 p.m. | Uttar Pradesh 36 inmates of Etah jail test positive for COVID-19 As many as 36 inmates of the district jail here have tested positive for COVID-19, an official said. 1807 recovered in the past 24 hours taking total recoveries to 114875 — PTI 2:40 p.m. | Nagpur Nagpur COVID-19 plan: Antigen tests, focus on critical cases The Nagpur Municipal Corporation will admit asymptomatic patients in COVID-19 care centres while others with moderate to severe symptoms will be treated in dedicated COVID hospitals, civic chief Tukaram Mundhe said on Sunday. — PTI 1:30 p.m. | Telangana Telangana records 1,593 new COVID-19 cases; eight deaths As many as 1,593 new COVID-19 cases and eight deaths were reported in Telangana, taking the tally to 54,059 and the toll to 463, the state government said on Sunday.