Top 10 Covid updates: Negative RT-PCR report mandatory for flyers to Chhattisgarh from August 8

Here’s what happened on Tuesday:

Chhattisgarh has made it mandatory for flyers coming into the state to produce a negative RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) Covid-19 test report conducted within 96 hours of boarding the flight, reported PTI. The order will be implemented from August 8.India recorded 30,549 new coronavirus cases. With this, the country’s tally climbed to 3,17,26,507 since the pandemic broke out in January last year. This is 23.8% lower than Monday’s count of 40,134 cases.Mumbai’s civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, on Tuesday said that the night curfew will continue in the city between 11 pm and 5 am, reported The Times of India. Shops and other similar establishments will now be allowed to operate till 10 pm every day, but malls will remain shut. The R-number, or reproductive number, of coronavirus infections in India has inched up in eight states, Union Health Secretary Lav Agarwal said. He added that the R-number, an indicator of transmission of the infection, is 1.2 on an average in India, United States, Canada and Australia.Kerala recorded 23,676 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the total infection count to 34.49 lakh, reported The Indian Express. The state reported 148 additional deaths, taking the toll to 17,103. The state government said that the test positivity rate…

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