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While 12-year-old Jamlo Madkam died a few kilometres short of her home due to exhaustion and dehydration, News18 found dozens of other children, some as young as 7, covered extraordinary distances on foot from the farmlands in the two southern states back...

Epidemiologist GR Babu talks about the impact of Covid-19 crisis on India’s healthcare system and how some states have managed to flatten the curve.

However, the authorities at the Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) denied that the child died due to coronavirus as his sample was declared negative on Monday.

However, as per the latest figures announced by various states and union territories, the toll of infections has already crossed 31,000 and at least 1,005 have died.

The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 21,132, while 6,361 people have recovered, and one patient has migrated.

An explosion took place at the encounter site at Lower Munda in the Qazigund area, injuring five civilians who had assembled there, the officials said.

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The temples have no other means to augment revenues since their doors have been closed for darshan to the public since March 24 when the Tamil Nadu government effected a lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus.

Home Minister Amit Shah, who was also part of the meeting, said economic activities could not be stopped forever but norms such as social distancing and face masks would become a part of daily life.

The deceased was identified as Uttarakhand-resident Deepak Kumar attached to the force's battalion number 37, an official said.

Pointing out that it was a case of 'better late than never', the Prime Minister said society has understood the negative impact of the spitting habit, which affects health and cleanliness of surroundings.

The fast depleting stocks are likely to hit testing rates in the country at a time when rapid antibody tests have already been suspended.

A pregnant woman, who hailed from a COVID-19 red zone area, died at a maternity hospital in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, prompting authorities to order an inquiry into the death, officials said.

Singh said this at a meeting with senior police officials of Noida and Greater Noida, where he also instructed them to "actively monitor" the social media during Ramzan, a month considered pious in Islam.

The Chief Minister said the state government will also take necessary steps to test the media personnel in the state to ensure they have not contracted the deadly virus.

A 23-year-old man, identified as Ankit, allegedly committed suicide by hanging from a tree in Rohini area, they said.