Catch up with the latest news across the states as India battles the deadly Coronavirus

Chandigarh: The Administrator, UT, Chandigarh stated that with the opening of state borders and movement of persons through roads, trains and flights, the spread of infection could increase substantially. He directed Principal Secretary Health to coordinate with the neighbouring states, so that a common strategy could be formed to screen the persons coming from outside into the tri-city.
Punjab: To disseminate the plethora of the information about #COVID-19 in a structured manner, a strategy was evolved by the State Government with the guidance of Professor K.K. Talwar, the Advisor to the State Government on Health and Medical Education. Working on the stratagem, 19 online sessions were organized by the State Government during the lockdown period falling between 27th March to 4th June. The sessions were held with 1914 medical professionals involved in COVID care services including medical specialists and anaesthetists looking after mild to moderately sick COVID-19 patients; and with faculty of Medical Colleges and other critical career experts looking after critical COVID-19 patients.
Haryana: Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Minister said that the people of the state have bravely faced every calamity due to which Haryana’s progress has neither stalled in the past not will it slow down in the future. The State Government has taken various decisions in the public interest during the COVID-19 pandemic which includes a financial package of Rs. 1200 crore and the creation of Haryana Corona Relief Fund to help the needy.
Kerala: In Kerala, devotees will not be allowed for the monthly poojas in Sabarimala temple; annual festival which was scheduled to begin from Monday also cancelled. Health Minister K K Shailaja reprimanded the hospital authorities in connection with two Covid-19 patients committing suicide at isolation wards in Thiruvananthapuram medical college hospital. Health Department Additional Principal Secretary has been directed to submit a report immediately in this regard. Private hospital managements in the state in a video conference with Health Minister offered full cooperation in the treatment of Covid cases. Five more Keralites died of COVID-19 outside the state today. Three of them succumbed to the virus in the Gulf and two in Mumbai.
Tamil Nadu: One more Covid-19 death in Puducherry, 12 fresh cases as tally rises to 157. Supreme Court takes note of 35 children testing positive for Covid-19 in a government-run shelter home in Tamil Nadu; seeks status report from the state government. CM says that the government did not benefit by hiding Covid deaths, and was being transparent with all details. State govt. offices to remain shut on second Saturdays for disinfection and fumigation. 1927 new cases, 1008 recoveries & 19 deaths reported yesterday. 1390 cases from Chennai. Total cases: 36841, Active cases: 17179, Deaths: 326, Active cases in Chennai: 13085.
Karnataka: State government decided to ban live virtual classes for pre-primary and lower primary up to 5th standard students; the State has taken this decision based on suggestions from doctors of NIMHANS. State government released 40cr to the transport department towards Covid-19 relief for autorickshaw and cab drivers. Social Welfare Department to reopen its residential schools and colleges after getting permission from the Ministry of Home Affairs. 120 new cases, 257 discharges & three deaths reported yesterday. Total positive cases: 6041, Active cases: 3108, Deaths: 69, Recovered: 2862.
Andhra Pradesh: 114 Telugu people stranded in Kuwait arrived in Visakhapatnam airport. CM urges Centre for more flights to bring stranded people home from abroad as many appeals for evacuation. Darshan commences at Tirumala temple after three days of trial run. TTD put 3,000 tickets online and a little over 3,000 offline for devotees for slots beginning 8 AM. 135 new cases, 65 discharged and two deaths reported during last 24 hours after testing 11,602 samples. Total cases: 4261. Active: 1641, Recovered: 2540, Deaths: 80. Returnees from other states who tested positive is 971, with 564 of them active and 31 discharged in the last 24 hours, while 176 of the 197 cases from abroad remain active.
Telangana: Gandhi Hospital medicos continue protests; medicos organised protests inside the hospital campus and boycotted their elective and regular duties at all the Covid in patient wards at Gandhi Hospital. Telangana Cabinet to decide on private testing for Covid-19 says Industries and IT Minister KT Rama Rao. Total cases as of 11th June 4111; as on date 448 migrants and foreign returnees tested positive.
Maharashtra: The state reported 3254 new cases on Wednesday, taking the state tally of positive cases to 94,041. While there are 46,074 active cases in the state, 44,517 patients have recovered from the infection. Also, 149 deaths were also reported on Wednesday, which happens to be the highest toll in a single day in the state so far. Hotspot Mumbai reported 1567 new cases and 97 deaths on Wednesday. Though the number of Covid-19 cases has shown a rising trend in the state, the recovery rate has also improved and the death rate has almost equalled the National Average at the same time. The improved recovery rate of the state and the improved situation in the hotspots like Dharavi, Mahim and Dadar in Mumbai has given some relief to the state government.
Gujarat: The total number of COVID-19 patients has gone up to 21,554 with the addition of 510 new cases from 21 districts on Wednesday. As many as 370 patients have also recovered in the state on Wednesday, taking the number of people discharged so far from hospitals to 14,743.Presently, there are 5,464 active cases.
Rajasthan: With 51 new COVID-19 cases reported today till morning hours, the state tally of coronavirus cases has reached 11,368. Recovery of total 8502 patients has also been reported till date. Health Minister Dr. Raghu Sharma said that COVID cases have increased rapidly in the last 8 days and the average of 268 cases has increased daily.
Madhya Pradesh: With the report of 200 new cases from the state on Wednesday, the tally of coronavirus patients rose to 10,049; while 427 patients have died so far. Most of these new infections have been reported from hotspots Indore and Bhopal, followed by Ratlam district. 6892 people have recovered from the infection so far while the number of active cases is 2,730. More than 2 lakh 28 thousand samples have been tested in the state till now. The coronavirus recovery rate in Madhya Pradesh has gone up to 68.6 per cent, which is the second best in the country after Rajasthan.
Chhattisgarh – 114 new coronavirus positive cases have been reported from the state on Wednesday, taking the state tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,359. The number of active cases is 958, while 402 patients have recovered and 6 deaths have happened in the state so far.
Goa – 28 COVID-19 positive cases have been identified on Wednesday, which took the state tally of coronavirus cases to 387. The number of active cases in the state stands at 320.