Record 57,117 new COVID-19 cases in India within 24 hours

India witnessed a record daily jump of 57117 new Coronavirus cases on Saturday apart from 764 deaths even as its total tally neared 17 lakh So far 1695988 cases have been reported in India of which 36511 patients have succumbed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare saidThe Ministry said that 1094374 patients had recovered till now including 36559 who were discharged from quarantine centres or hospitals in the last 24 hours The recovery rate is 6454 per centA total of 565103 patients are still undergoing treatment As many as 16 states and UTs have a recovery rate more than the national average Highest numbers of recovered patients are in Delhi Haryana Assam Telangana Tamil Nadu and GujaratThe government said that samples tested for Coronavirus up to July 31 totalled 19358659Police HQ shutThe Kerala Police headquarters has been closed for Saturday and Sunday after three cases were reported on the premises official sources saidAn official on the condition of anonymity said that though the HQ was to remain closed in normal course on the weekend it was decided to use the two days to sanitise the complex that has over 650 staffFor these two days only the very bare minimum staff will report for work so that the sanitisation can be completed quickly From Monday onwards things will be back to normal said the officialSecond survey in DelhiA fresh serological survey for COVID19 began in the national capital on Saturday Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said Its a technical process and will be conducted across the capital We want to find out the change since the last surveyThe last survey conducted in June had shown 2286 per cent of the 21387 people surveyed had developed antibodies against COVID19 It also indicated that this percentage of the population was infected and had recoveredUnder the new survey 150 teams will collect around 15000 blood samples between August 1 and August 5 as per the Health Department guidelines Its aimed at enumerating people who must have developed IgG Immunoglobulin G antibodies indicating their exposure to the infectionAir India in fifth phaseNational carrier Air India on Saturday commenced the fifth phase of the Vande Bharat MissionAccordingly the airline is expected to operate close to 700 flights between India and at least 53 countries during this phase airline sources saidIn the fourth phase till July 30 the airline had operated 617 flights to bring back around 110383 passengersAccording to sources the airline along with its subsidiary Air India Express is expected to repatriate more than 12 lakh passengers from these 53 countries in the fifth phaseMP minister cleans womens toiletInfuriated over the condition of a toilet used by female employees in a state government office building in Gwalior MP Energy Minister Pradyuman Tomar decided to set an example in public hygienemdashor put officials to shamemdashand proceeded to clean it Tomar had gone to Moti Mahal building on Friday to discuss some issues with the Divisional Commissioner While returning some women employees complained to Tomar that the toilet reserved for them in the office building was not cleaned regularly and theywere thus inconvenienced Tomar inspected the toilets and found them dirty He ordered the officials to bring toilet cleaner and proceeded to clean these himselfCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever