Covid-19: Updates from across the world

Unlock 4 guidelines: Centre allows metro services from Sept 7, social events permitted

India's metro services will resume in September after months since the beginning of anti-Covid-19 lockdown, giving a sigh of relief to lakhs of office-goers in several major cities of the country.

Metro services have been allowed to resume from Sept 7 by the central government in Unlock 4, which will begin on 1st of the next month.

The central government, which on Saturday issued the guidelines for Unlock 4, has permitted social events with maximum 100 people from Sept 21 while the lockdown in all containment zones (where Covid-19 cases are reported) have been extended till 30th of the same month.

School, colleges, swimming pools, cinema halls will remain shut but open-air theatres have been allowed to resume from Sept 21.

However, large gatherings at any place will remain banned for the next month.

While inter-state and intra-state movements have been allowed, international flight services will remain closed barring the ones permitted by the government.

Marathwada region records 32 deaths due to Covid-19

As many as 32 deaths have been recorded across eight districts of the Marathwada region due to novel Coronavirus in the past 24 hrs, authorities said on Saturday.

The regions also detected 1,053 new cases of the novel Coronavirus during the same period.

Nashik reports 958 fresh nCoV cases

The Nashik district today witnessed the rise as the figure of new infected cases is higher then recoveries in the district.

Today the district recorded 958 infected cases and 741 recoveries. On the other hand, the virus claimed 5 deaths in the district.

According to the latest report of district administration, today the swab sample report of 1470 suspected cases were received amongst which, 512 samples tested negative and 958 samples report tested positive. Today 5 casualties were recorded in the district while 741 cases were recovered and discharged.

India records 76472 new COVID-19 cases, 1021 deaths in 24 hours

India witnessed another day of massive spike in COVID-19 cases as the country registered 76,472 new cases in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health data released on Saturday.

During the same period, India also recorded 1021 deaths related to coronavirus, taking the death toll due to the highly infectious disease in the country to 62550.

So far,  2648998  people have been discharged from hospitals.

The number of active cases in the country is right now 752424.

India reports biggest single-day Covid-19 spike with over 77,000 cases, toll crosses 61,000

India, which has been battling Novel Coronavirus since late January, on Friday witnessed the biggest spike in Covid-19 cases with the report of over 77,000 cases in the last 24 hours.

With 77,266 new cases, India's Covid tally has now touched 33,87,500.

The country of 1.3 billion people has now 7,42,023 active cases, the second highest in the world after the United States.

The Covid toll in the vast country has touched 61,529 as 1,057 patients have succumbed to the disease in 24 hours between Thursday and Friday mornings.

West Bengal observes complete lockdown today

West Bengal is witnessing a complete anti-Covid-19 lockdown on Thursday. The state has been observing weekly lockdowns to stem the spread of the virus. 

Covid-19 cases rise in Thane district

With 1,326 new cases, a tally spiked to 1,17,739 in Thane district, a senior official at the district headquarters said on Thursday.

While the total number of fatalities has climbed to 3,386.

Aurangabad's nCoV tally spikes to 21,973

As many as 214 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus here in this Maharashtra district on Thursday morning that has brought its overall tally to 21,973.

Of the fresh cases, 144 are from Aurangabad Municipal Corporation area and 70 from rural areas, said district administration sources on this morning.

They further said that 16,713 corona patients were cured and have already been discharged, while 659 have died from the COVID-19 disease.

Marathwada region records 37 deaths due to Covid-19

As many as 37 deaths have been recorded across eight districts of the Marathwada region due to novel coronavirus in the past 24 hrs, authorities said on Thursday.

The regions also detected 1,036 new cases of the novel coronavirus during the same period.

India reports biggest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases with over 75,000 infections

India, the worst Covid-19-affected Asian country, on Thursday reported the biggest single-day spike in Novel Coronavirus cases with over 75,000 infections in the last 24 hours.

With fresh 75,760 new cases, India's Covid tally has touched 33.1 lakh.

Adding 1,023 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Covid toll has touched 60,472.

25,23,771 Covid patients have so far recovered in the country since late January when the first case was reported in the vast country with a poor health infrastructure.

Mamata Banerjee extends anti-Covid-19 lockdown in West Bengal till Sept 20

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday extended the anti-Covid-19 lockdown in her state till Sept 20, fearing further spread of the virus which has still kept India on an edge.

All schools, colleges and educational institutions will remain shut till Sept 20 and the state will carry on with the weekly complete lockdown even in the next month.

The state of close to 10 crore people will witness complete anti-Covid lockdown on Sept 7, 11 and 12.

Aurangabad's nCoV tally spikes to 21,515

Aurangabad district's COVID-19 tally mounted to 21,515 after 123 fresh cases were recorded till Wednesday morning.

Of the fresh cases, 67 are from Aurangabad Municipal Corporation area and 56 from rural parts of the district, said district administration sources.

As many as 16,440 patients have been cured and 645 have died so far.

Marathwada region records over 900 fresh cases in 24 hrs

Maharashtra's Marathwada region reported 945 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, health officials said on Wednesday.

As many as 27 fatalities were reported in the region with Aurangabad district topping the list with seven recent deaths and 321 fresh cases.

India witnesses jump in Covid-19 cases, reports over 67,000 infections in 24 hours

India, the third worst-affected Covid-19 countries in the world, on Wednesday witnessed a jump in the number of infections after reporting a dip in the positive cases in the last two days.

The country of 1.3 billion people reported 67,151 fresh Covid-19 cases in 24 hours between Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, taking the overall tally to 32,34,474.

There has also been a rise in the daily Covid toll as the Asian nation reported 1,059 deaths in the last 24 hours, just days ahead of the central government's issuance of the Unlock 4 guidelines.

Assam reports 10 more deaths due to Covid-19, tally increases to 92,619

Assam has reported 1,879 new positive cases for Covid-19 and 10 more persons died due to the deadly virus infections in the last 24 hours.

With the fresh cases, the state's tally has gone up to 92,619.

10 more persons aged between 45 and 75 years died due to the deadly virus infections, taking the state's death toll to 252.

Out of the fresh cases, 471 cases were detected in Kamrup (Metro) district, 143 cases in Dibrugarh district, 138 cases in Jorhat district, 133 cases in Cachar district.

India adds close to 61,000 Covid-19 cases, 848 deaths in 24 hours

India, which has been badly-hit by the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, added close to 61,000 fresh infections on Tuesday.

With new 60,975 infections in 24 hours between Monday and Tuesday mornings, the Covid-19 tally has touched 31,67,323.

The country of 1.3 billion people has reported 848 deaths in the same period taking the overall toll to 58,390.

While 66,550 Covid-19 patients have recovered in the last one day day, 7,04,348 people are still infected with the contagion across the country.

Total of over 3.6 million coronavirus cases now confirmed in Brazil

More than 23,000 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Brazil in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to over 3.6 million, according to the latest data from the Health Ministry released on Monday.

Brazil now has a total of 3,605,783 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 23,421 new cases having been registered in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Sunday. Over the same period, 494 new deaths were confirmed, bringing the country’s total death toll up to 114,744.

India records 61,408 new Covid-19 cases, 836 deaths in 24 hours

The rate at which people in India were getting infected with Novel Coronavirus in the last few days lowered on Monday, as slightly more than 61,000 new Covid-19 cases and 836 deaths due to the contagion were recorded in the last 24 hours.

With fresh 61,408 new cases, the Covid-19 tally touched 31,06,349 while the toll across the country of 36 states and union territories reached 57,542.

As of now, 23,38,036 of the total number of people infected with the virus since the outbreak of the disease in late January in India have cured or discharged or migrated, according to the data of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

High recoveries push India’s COVID-19 recovery rate to nearly 75%: Govt

A consistently increasing number of recoveries has pushed India's recovery rate amongst the COVID-19 patients to nearly 75%, the Indian government said on Sunday.

With the recoveries of 57,989 COVID patients in the last 24 hours, the total number of recoveries has reached 22,80,566 today.

India’s total recoveries now exceed the total active cases (7,07,668) by nearly 16 lakhs (1,572,898).

As the graph shows, the average daily number of recoveries is on a constant upward move from 15,018 (1-7 July 2020) to 60,557 during the week of 19-13 August 2020.

The constantly increasing recoveries have ensured that the actual caseload of the country viz. the active cases, has reduced and currently comprises only 23.24% of the total positive cases.

This has also resulted in gradually falling mortality rate. Currently at 1.86%, India’s Case Fatality Rate (CFR) is one of the lowest globally.

It has been made possible because by comprehensive and sustained effectiveness of the Centre’s policy of TESTING aggressively, TRACKING comprehensively & TREATING efficiently.  

Assam launches first serological survey, state tally for COVID-19 surges to 89,468

In its effort to map and understand the spreading of the novel Coronavirus in Assam, SRIJANASOM – a non-governmental organization, has launched the first ever serological survey in the state.

The SRIJANASOM, in association with Medicity Guwahati Group of Clinic & Diagnostics has launched the survey titled  “A.A.S.H.A – Assessment of Anti-SARSCoV2 Seroprevalence in Habitants of Assam: a population based cross sectional study” in Guwahati on Thursday in presence of Assam State Health Minister Pijush Hazarika, Deputy Commisioner of Kamrup (Metro) district, Managing Director of National Health Mission, Assam and IRS officer Padmapani Bora who has been instrumental in carrying out this study.

A serological test is performed to diagnose infections and autoimmune illnesses. It can also be conducted to check if a person has developed immunity to certain diseases.

Speaking on the occasion, Assam Minister Pijush Hazarika thanked IRS Padmapani Bora and SRIJANASOM for taking the efforts and making this study possible in Assam much ahead of several other states.

Former Jharkhand CM Shibu Soren, his wife test Covid-19 positive

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) supremo Shibu Soren and his wife Roopi Soren have tested positive for Novel Coronavirus or Covid-19, media reports said.

The reports of Covid-19 tests came late last evening.

Maharashtra: Kolhapur reports 661 fresh COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths

With the detection of 661 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday, the total tally in the district has surged to 17433, a statement said here.

Th e death toll also surged to 459 after 11 more patients succumbed to the virus.

With discharging of 459 more patients, the total number of recoveries also reached 9576. There are total 7398 patients still active for coronavirus in the district till date taking medical treatments, the statement added.

Maharashtra: Sangli reports 280 fresh COVID-19 cases, 17 fatalities

With the detection of 280 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday, the total tally in the district has surged to 8022, a statement said here.

The death toll also mounted to 293 after 17 more patients succumbed to the virus.

With the discharging of 241 more patients, the total number of recoveries also reached to 4577. The total 3152 patients are still active for coronavirus, from which 346 patients are in serious condition, the statement added.

Maharashtra: Marathwada records 910 new cases, 23 die

The eight districts of the Marathwada region reported a total of 23 COVID-19 fatalities and 910 new cases on Friday, according to data collated from the respective administrations.

Over 500 new cases, 8 deaths reported in Pondy in 24 hours

As many as 520 more persons were tested positive for the Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) and eight died in the last 24 hours ending at 10 am on Saturday leaving 3,654 active cases here.

According to the Covid-19 status for Saturday released by the health department, 440 of the new cases were reported in Puducherry region, 58 in Karaikal, 21 in Yanam and one in Mahe region. As many as 372 persons were discharged in the last 24 hrs.

India reports biggest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases with over 69,000 new infections

India, the worst Covid-19-affected Asian country, on Saturday reported the biggest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases by registering over 69,000 infections in the last 24 hours.

The country of 1.3 billion people has reported 69,878 Covid cases in 24 hours between Friday and Saturday mornings, taking the overall tally to 29,75,701.

With 945 new deaths in the last 24 hours, the Covid toll in India now stands at 55,794.

Till Saturday morning, 6,97,330 Covid patients are under medical treatment in various parts of the country of 36 states and union territories.

Rajasthan adds 695 COVID-19 cases, five more deaths

Rajasthan recorded 695 fresh COVID-19 cases and five more deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the case tally to 67,314 and death toll to 926, state health department said on Friday.

The active cases now stand at 14,961 while recovered at 51,427.

Among the fresh cases, maximum 173 were recorded in Sikar, followed by 96 in Bikaner, 87 in Nagaur, 75 in Jodhpur, 73 in Jhalawar, 65 in Jhunjhunu and 56 in Pali while 19 in Rajsamand.

Jodhpur remains the worst-infected with 9,897 cases, followed by Jaipur 8,215 and Alwar 6,522.

The first COVID-19 case and death in the desert state was recorded on March 2 and March 26 respectively.

Former Goa CM Ravi Naik tests positive for Coronavirus

Former Goa Chief Minister and Congress MLA Ravi Naik on Friday tested positive for Covid-19.

He is fifth MLA and second former Chief Minister to have tested positive for the contagion.

Global covid-19 tally rises by over 263,000 in past day to more than 22.2 million-WHO

The number of COVID-19 cases globally has grown by more than 263,000 in the past 24 hours, while over 6,500 patients have died in the same period of time, the World Health Organization's (WHO) data revealed on late Thursday.

The WHO said that the total number of new cases in the world amounted to 263,601, while the increment in fatalities to 6,554.

Overall, the number of COVID-19 cases worldwide stands at 22,256,220, while the global death toll at 782,456.

WHO declared the outbreak of the new coronavirus a pandemic on March 11.

India adds 68,898 fresh Covid-19 cases and 983 deaths, tally now 29,05,823

India, a vast country of 1.3 billion people, on Thursday added over 68,000 new Covid-19 cases and 983 deaths taking the overall tally of infections to more than 29,00,000.

As per the latest update of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the country has added 68,898 cases taking the tally to 29,05,823.

So far in the country of 36 states and union territories, 54,849 people have succumbed to the contagion since the first Covid case was reported in late January.

62,282 people have recovered from the virus in 24 hours between Thursday and Friday mornings, taking the total number of discharged patients to 21,58,946.

69,20,28 people are still suffering from the infection in the country.

UP's Varanasi records 83 new cases, tally surges to 6,127

With 83 more people testing positive for the novel coronavirus, the total number of cases increased to 6,127 in this Uttar Pradesh district on Thursday.

As two more people succumbed to the contagion, the toll has mounted to 116.

Official sources said that as per 785 test results obtained from BHU, 83 people were found to be afflicted by the virus.

Out of the total number of cases, 4,603 have recovered completely while 1,408 are currently undergoing treatment for the virus.

Another ruling BJD MLA tests Covid-19 positive

Ruling BJD MLA from Bhubaneswar Central Ananta Narayan Jena has tested positive for Covid-19.

Taking to Twitter, Jena said, "Feeling the COVID19 symptoms, I got the test done and reported Coronavirus positive."

Georgia reports 9 new Covid-19 cases

Georgia confirmed nine new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, bringing its total to 1,370.

Three of the nine new cases were imported, the National Centre for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC) said. As of Thursday, 1,108 of the 1,370 patients have recovered, while 17 others have died, the center said.

Georgia reported its first confirmed case on Feb. 26.

India witnesses biggest single day spike in COVID-19 cases

India witnessed a massive single-day rise of 69,652 new COVID-19 cases while the death toll due to the disease touched 53866, as per Ministry of Health data released on Thursday.

The total number of cases in the country now stands at 28,36,926.

In the past 24 hours, 977 people have died due to the highly infectious disease which is believed to have originated from China.

So far, 2096664 people have recovered or have been discharged after treatment in hospitals for the disease which has spread nearly to all countries in the world.

There are 686395 active cases in the country at present.

Chinese mainland reports no new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases

No new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported Tuesday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.

A total of 17 confirmed cases arriving from outside the mainland were reported Tuesday, the commission said in its daily report.

No new suspected cases or deaths related to the disease were reported on the Chinese mainland, it added.

WHO chief warns against COVID-19 ‘vaccine nationalism’, urges support for fair access

Warning against “vaccine nationalism” in the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has again underlined the importance of global solidarity in addressing the crisis.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday said he has written to WHO Member States, urging them to join the COVAX Global Vaccines Facility, a mechanism aimed at guaranteeing fair access for all countries, rich or poor, to effective immunization.

“While there is a wish amongst leaders to protect their own people first, the response to this pandemic has to be collective,” he said.

“Sharing finite supplies strategically and globally is actually in each country's national interest.”

Immunity to COVID-19 is probably higher than tests have shown: Study

A new study from Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital shows that many people with mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 demonstrate so-called T-cell-mediated immunity to the new coronavirus, even if they have not tested positively for antibodies.

According to the researchers, this means that public immunity is probably higher than antibody tests suggest. The article has been published in the esteemed scientific journal Cell.

"T cells are a type of white blood cells that are specialised in recognising virus-infected cells, and are an essential part of the immune system,” says Marcus Buggert, assistant professor at the Center for Infectious Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, and one of the paper’s main authors.

"Advanced analyses have now enabled us to map in detail the T-cell response during and after a COVID-19 infection. Our results indicate that roughly twice as many people have developed T-cell immunity compared with those who we can detect antibodies in."

India registers 64,531 fresh COVID-19 cases, 1092 deaths reported

India registered  64,531 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health data released on Wednesday.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country now stands at 27,67,274.

During the last 24 hours, 1092 people died due to the highly infectious disease.

The death toll due to the disease now stands at 52889.

At present, the country has 6,76,514 active cases while 2037870 people have been cured or discharged from medical facilities.

Assam reports 2,792 new Covid-19 cases, toll mounts to 197

Assam has reported 2,792 fresh positive cases for Covid-19 and eight deaths due to the virus in the past 24 hours.

The Covid-19 toll has touched 197.

With the new cases, the state's overall tally has now surged to 79,667.

Out of the new cases 458 cases were reported from Kamrup (Metro) district, 227 cases from Cachar district, 225 cases from Dibrugarh district,  195 cases detected in Kamrup (R) district.

Amit Shah, who had recovered from Covid-19, admitted to AIIMS

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who had recovered from Covid-19 last week, was admitted to a government hospital on Tuesday, media reports said.

Shah has been admitted to Delhi's All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) with complaints of fatigue and body ache for the last few days.

Biocon Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar Shaw tests positive for COVID-19

Executive Chairperson of Biocon Limited Kiran Mazumdar Shaw said that she has tested positive for COVID-19.

"I have added to the Covid count by testing positive. Mild symptoms n I hope it stays that way," Bengaluru-based Biocon chief tweeted on Monday night.

China's Hubei reports no new COVID-19 cases

No new confirmed, asymptomatic or suspected cases of COVID-19 were reported in central China's Hubei Province Monday, the provincial health commission said Tuesday.

India records 876 new COVID-19 cases

India recorded an increase of 55,079 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday.

The country also witnessed 876 deaths during the same period.

The death toll due to the disease is currently 51797.

With the new figures unveiled by the Ministry of Health, the total number of COVID-1patients in the country now stands at 27,02,743.

This includes 6,73,166 active cases and 19,77,780 discharged people.

New Zealand registers 13 new cases of coronavirus

New Zealand on Tuesday reported 13 fresh cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hrs, the country's Health Ministry said.

The total number of confirmed cases in the country is 1293, and one previously reported probable case is now under investigation.

On Monday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern postponed the general election by four weeks to October 17, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.