Sai Baba temple at Shirdi reopens for devotees after seven months
New Delhi: All religious places and places of worship have opened in Maharashtra from today. Some famous temples like Sai Baba temple at Shirdi, Vitthal Mandir of Pandharpur, Tulja Bhavani temple in Tuljapur opened early this morning, after nearly 7 months.
The state reported 2,544 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, which is the lowest single-day spike since June first week, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stated here today.
In Kerala too, the renowned hill shrine of Sabarimala allowed pilgrims from today as part of its 41-day annual pilgrimage. Authorities have announced a slew of regulations to prevent the spread of the pandemic.
The interstate bus services between Karnataka and Kerala too resumed from today after nine months. Road transport corporations of both States deployed 20 buses each between Mangaluru and Kasargod. Degree level, Engineering and Diploma colleges in Karnataka will commence from tomorrow, direct classes for final year and postgraduate students; corona test will be compulsory for students and teachers.
The Kerala government in the meantime has started preparations for the distribution of Covid vaccine in the state while the Tamil Nadu government is preparing database of healthcare workers who will get Covid-19 vaccine on priority. Presently, phase two trials of Covishield, Oxford University’s Covid-19 vaccine, are ongoing in Tamil Nadu.
While details of health workers who will receive the vaccine in the first phase are being collected, Kerala Chief Minister Pinaray Vijayan presided over a review meeting where it was also decided to conduct Serosurvey to find out the intensity of Covid-19 spread in the state. The survey will be conducted after the completion of the local body poll in December. Antibody tests will be carried out among various categories of people across 14 districts to find out among various categories of people across 14 districts to find out the percentage of infected persons among the population.
Meanwhile India has continued the unbroken trend of the daily new recoveries outpacing the daily new additions for the 44th day. 43,851 COVID-19 patients recovered in the last 24 hours against just 30,548 newly detected cases. This translates to a net reduction of 13,303 in the Active Caseload which now stands at 4,65,478.
Daily new cases numbering 30,548 is a historic low that assumes significance given many countries in Europe and America are experiencing a continuous steep rise in daily new cases, the MoHFW stated. It claimed the recovery rate had improved to 93.27% today. The total recovered cases stoodd at 82,49,579. In all 78.59% of the recovered cases reported in the last 24 hours were from ten States/UTs.
While Kerala recorded 4,581 new cases, Delhi which saw a surge in new cases over the last few days reported 3,235 new cases yesterday, followed closely by West Bengal which reported 3,053 new cases. In all 78.85% of the 435 new deaths were concentrated in ten States/UTs. About a fifth, 21.84% of new fatalities reported were from Delhi which reported 95 deaths, overtaking Maharashtra. Maharashtra reported 60 fatalities, which is 13.79% of the new fatalities.14 States/UTs have death per million higher than National Average of 94.13 States/UTs have a Case Fatality Rate higher than National Average.
– globalbihari bureau
