The number of coronavirus cases in India jumped by 6,977 to 1,38,845 in the last 24 hours, while the death toll rose by 154 to 4,021 on Monday, 25 May.
As the cases continue to record a steep rise, ICMR says India now has the capacity to do two lakh tests per day. The medical body also says that India developed an intelligent testing strategy to remain 'ahead of the virus'.
Meanwhile, after a two-month halt amid the lockdown, domestic flight operations resumed from Monday, with early morning visuals showing passengers wearing masks arriving at various airports across the country. However, reports also came in of several flights getting cancelled, leading to confusion among the travellers.
- The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the national carrier to carry out the operation of the repatriation flights without leaving vacant seats for 10 days
- India will see around 600 flight services on Monday, aviation officials said, reported PTI
- Around 80 arrival/departure flights from Delhi’s IGI airport were cancelled. Confusion prevailed at airports in Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram and Bengaluru as well
- The coronavirus death toll in the United States rose by 638, bringing the toll to 97,686, AFP reported on Monday, citing the Johns Hopkins University tracker
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Biggest Single-Day Rise in Pune
Biggest single-day rise of 459 COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra's Pune district was recorded today taking the tally to 6,153. Death toll stands at 280 in the city with 8 more fatalities according to officials, ANI reports.
Delhi Govt Issues Guidelines for Domestic Travel
Delhi government has issued guidelines for domestic travel (Air/Train/Interstate bus travel), reports ANI.
According to the advisory, all passengers shall be advised to download Aarogya Setu app on their mobile devices.
'Capacity of Testing 2 Lakh Samples Per Day': ICMR
According to ICMR, the country now has a capacity of testing 2 lakh samples per day, reports ANI.
"India now has 610 total labs and is currently testing 1.1 lakh samples in a day. It has the capacity to test 1.4 lakh samples per day, which is being raised to 2 lakh samples per day," said ICMR.
2,436 New COVID-19 Cases in Maharashtra
Maharashtra reports 2,436 new COVID-19 cases and 60 deaths on Monday, taking case count to 52,667 and fatalities to 1,695, says Health official according to IANS.