Covid Latest Live News Updates: 81 Mumbai, 31 Pune police personnel test positive – The Economic Times
As many as 81 Mumbai policemen tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, informed police on Saturday. With this, the tally of positive police personnel rose to 1,312 in the city. A total of 126 personnel have died so far from the infection, said the Mumbai police. Also, 31 police personnel tested COVID-19 positive on Saturday in Pune city. With this, the number of infected police personnel in the city rose to 465, said Pune police. Mumbai on Saturday reported 10,661 new cases and 11 deaths. There were 73,518 active cases in the city. Meanwhile, Maharashtra reported 42,462 new cases and 23 deaths in the last 24 hours, the state health department informed on Saturday. The active caseload stands at 2,64,441 in the state.
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Police respond to ‘hostage situation’ at Texas synagogue
- Police were negotiating with a man believed to have taken people hostage at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, during a religious service on Saturday that was being broadcast online.
- The Colleyville Police Department said FBI negotiators remained in contact with the hostage taker late Saturday afternoon, after a male hostage was released uninjured more than six hours after the crisis began.
- Other hostages were still being held.
India cases dip on lower testing; 221 deaths
- Fresh Covid cases in India dipped marginally to 2.66 lakh from the tally on the previous day as testing fell for the second day running, even as the positivity rate rose to over 16%. At 221, India recorded the highest daily toll in the current wave.
No more tests needed for fully vaccinated travellers in UK
Britain’s vaccinated travellers will be able to go on half-term holidays next month without taking COVID-19 tests on their return, The Times reported. Transport minister Grant Shapps is in favour of ending the testing system for the double-jabbed in time for the February break, the report said. An announcement on the change in guidance would be made on Jan. 26, the report said.
Delhi cases down 15% to 20,718, but positivity over 30%; 30 deaths
- The daily tally of Covid-19 cases in Delhi came down 15% to 20,718 on Saturday from Friday’s 24,383 even though the positivity rate remained high at 30.6%. Thirty fatalities due to the virus were confirmed on Saturday.
Unvaccinated can’t visit public places in Assam
- Unvaccinated people will find themselves under house arrest-like situation in Assam as the state government from Saturday prohibited such persons from entering any public place apart from hospitals. Shopping malls in Guwahati seemed to be most efficient in implementing the verification of the vaccination status of the customers before entry.
Amid the surge in Covid-19 cases, the Jammu and Kashmir administration re-imposed weekend lockdown and said that night curfew shall continue to remain in force in all districts.
Jharkhand government extends present Covid-19 related restrictions in the state till January 31.
One hostage released unharmed from Texas synagogue, says police
- One male hostage was released uninjured from a synagogue in Texas where a man is believed to have taken people hostage during a religious service on Saturday that was also being broadcast online, police said.
- The Colleyville Police Department, in Colleyville, Texas, said in a statement that the man would be reunited with his family as soon as possible, and that FBI negotiators remained in contact with the subject.
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