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As the #COVID19 positivity rate in Punjab continues to be on a decline, the state health department issued orders to close all COVID level-1 facilities due to a drop in occupancy.

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More than 600 in Kerala's banking sector have tested positive for #COVID19, calling for urgent precautionary measures by the state government for the employees.
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@xpresskerala According to the Health Ministry, India's #COVID19 positivity rate is steadily maintained below 10% as 61,267 new cases & 884 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.

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@xpresskerala Warning people to maintain self-restraint during #Bathukamma celebrations, Telangana Health Minister advised people to follow precautions so as not to witness a surge in #COVID19 cases the way it did after Onam in Kerala.
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Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar informed that cinema theatres will reopen from 15th October and halls have been directed to operate with up to 50% of their seating capacity.
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Kerala Industries Minister EP Jayarajan has been hospitalised due to dizziness and associate health issues. He had tested positive for #COVID19 earlier.
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India's active caseload at 13.75 per cent of total positive cases.

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Cinema halls to reopen on October 15 with 50 per cent capacity, staggered show timings, mandatory contact number sharing for tracing, according to the SOP released by the Centre.
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Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that #Feluda #COVID19 test is a game changer in India's fight against coronavirus.

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#COVID19 containment zones rose to 42 from 10 in just two days with Ambattur topping the list, followed by Teynampet, Alandur and Adyar.
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@xpresstn Only #COVID19 negative persons will be administered the Covishield vaccine for the human trials and as many as 100 volunteers will be given the vaccine at King George Hospital in Andhra Pradesh.
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@xpresstn @xpressandhra Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said that the national capital is past the peak of the second wave of #COVID19 and the situation has been controlled to a large extent.

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@xpresstn @xpressandhra The Centre has recommended the use of common Ayurvedic formulations such as Guduchi, Ashwagandha, AYUSH-64 for treating mild and asymptomatic #COVID19 patients.

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Here's the list of #COVID19 containment zones in Chennai.
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Censuring #ChennaiCorporation for blocking houses of #COVID19 patients by raising tin sheets without any scientific evidence, #MadrasHC raised several queries on the practice.
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Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu, who recently shared the stage with Congress leader #RahulGandhi, has tested positive for #coronavirus.

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Nearly 70 per cent of the beds for #COVID19 patients in Chennai's government hospitals are full as close to 1,400 positive cases are recorded daily in the city.
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Members of #JNUSU protest demanding that the campus be reopened in a phased manner, with access to library and testing to screen for #COVID19.

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@Shekharyadav02 #DMDK founder #Vijayakant, who was discharged from hospital on October 2 after #COVID19 treatment, has been admitted to #MIOT. Hospital sources say he has been admitted for "illness" & not #COVID19 treatment.
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@Shekharyadav02 @xpresstn @Sinduj11 "This is not the time to reopen schools. Students' lives are more important," said School Education Minister KA Sengottaiyan, who said that the Tamil Nadu govt has not taken any decision on reopening of schools in the state.
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@Shekharyadav02 @xpresstn @Sinduj11 While 48 per cent of total #COVID19 deaths in India is concentrated in 25 districts of eight states, ten states including Maharashtra, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh & Tamil Nadu account for 77 per cent of active cases in the country.

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