08 May, 23:40 (IST)

24 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus, including 8-month-old, was reported from Bihar on Friday; tally now 574: Official

08 May, 23:31 (IST)

9 deaths and 111 new positive cases reported in Pune district in the last 24 hours: Pune Health Department, Maharashtra.

08 May, 22:57 (IST)

COVID-19 cases in Delhi climb to 6,318; death toll mounts to 68: Authorities

08 May, 21:59 (IST)

With 51 new cases, Odisha's COVID-19 tally jumps to 270: Officials

08 May, 21:42 (IST)

152 new COVID19 positive cases reported in the state today; the total number of cases in the state is now 3579, death toll 103: Rajasthan Health Department.

08 May, 20:58 (IST)

Number of COVID-19 cases has reached 19063, with 1089 more people testing positive today. 37 people lost their lives due to the disease in last 24 hours, taking COVID-19 death toll to 731. Number of recovered/discharged patients stands at 3470: Maharashtra Health Department.748 new COVID19 cases reported today, taking the total number of cases in Mumbai to 11,967, said the statement issued by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai.

08 May, 20:36 (IST)

Air India flight AI-173 with 80 passengers from India lands at San Francisco airport, United States of America. This is the first flight of the national carreri to land in the US today after 48 days.

08 May, 19:59 (IST)

Uttarakhand Police contributes Rs 3,11,27,014 to CM Relief Fund-Uttrakhand to fight COVID-19.

08 May, 19:56 (IST)

25 new COVID19 positive cases reported in Mumbai's Dharavi today, taking the total number of cases to 808, death toll to 26: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)

08 May, 19:56 (IST)

25 new COVID19 positive cases reported in Mumbai's Dharavi today, taking the total number of cases to 808, death toll to 26: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)

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Mumbai, May 8: In a tragic incident that took place in Vizag on Thursday, 11 people died and around 1,000 people were admitted to the hospital after a gas leak tragedy that took place. The gas fumes were leaking again from the tanker where there was Styrene leakage on Thursday night. Around 50 fire tenders with National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) support are carrying out operations.

The Fire Department ordered the evacuation of villages in 2-3 km radius for safe side precautions. PTBC (Para-tertiary butyl catechol) was brought to Visakhapatnam from Gujarat, on an Air India special cargo flight, for neutralizing the poisonous gas.

After a personal valet of United States President Donald Trump tested positive for the novel coronavirus, tests were again conducted on Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence. Both have tested negative, said a statement issued White House.

A journalist, who had tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted at the isolation ward of SN Medical College, has died. He was on ventilator since Wednesday, said Agra District Magistrate Prabhu N Singh.

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