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"Due to rising COVID-19 cases in Nagpur district, schools, colleges, and coaching classes to remain closed till March 7," said Power Minister Nitin Raut.

Some villagers, who attended a funeral recently, were infected by Covid as two of the deceased person's family members were suffering from the virus.

Urge people to wear masks, follow hand hygiene and physical distancing

Second serosurvey indicates nearly 7% of country’s population was exposed

A total of 346 persons recovered on Sunday taking the cumulative Covid-19 recoveries in the State to 2, 86, 244 with a recovery rate of 98 percent,

Tournament was thrown into disarray on Saturday when three people tested positive to Covid-19 on two of the 17 charter flights bringing players and their entourages

According to the director of public health and family welfare, only 253 cases were reported during the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 2,87,993.

Dr Shahid Jameel said the country has reported a total of over 10 million COVID-19 cases and noted that a fast-spreading variant does not have to come from outside

"Dharavi model underlines importance of community-based model and community participation in any public health crisis," said Dr Pradeep Awate, Maharashtra State Surveillance Officer

GHMC accounted for the most number of cases with 91, followed by Ranga Reddy (41) and Medchal Malkajgiri (39)

The virus has so far claimed 1,916 lives in the country, including 55 in the past 24 hours, it added.

A total of 1,367 persons recovered on Friday taking the cumulative Covid-19 recoveries in the State to 2,49,157 with a recovery rate of 94.86 per cent

While Goa has been witnessing a dip in Covid-19 cases over the last one week, the national capital has seen a rise in novel coronavirus cases.

Meanwhile, 31 more patients succumbed to the virus, raising the statewide Covid death toll to 6,159.

"While the number of Covid cases were increasing elsewhere in the country, the incidence had come down in Telangana, thanks to the work of the medical and health department."