Coronavirus: At 104 Covid related fatalities, Delhi recorded highest daily deaths on Thursday.
The country recorded 44,684 fresh coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking its COVID-19 tally till now to 87.73 lakh, government data released this morning shows. The number of new Covid cases reported was 0.4% lower than yesterday's. In this period, some 520 people died fighting the novel coronavirus disease, which has so far claimed 1,29,188 lives in India. Total active cases dropped to 4.8 lakh as number of recoveries remained higher than new infections, although with a margin that seems to be becoming leaner. Total recoveries stood at more than 81.6 lakh as almost 48,000 patients fought off the viral disease in the last 24 hours.
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India, the second worst-hit nation in the world and worst hit in Asia, could have 1 crore dozes of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine by December, when an inoculation drive is also likely to begin. Dozes are being produced by the Serum Institute of India - world's largest vaccine maker - as the country braces for another wave of infections in the winter.
Delhi's Covid cases continued to surge as the national capital recorded more than 7,800 new infections in the past day, taking its active cases to 44,329 - its highest yet - with 91 deaths.
Delhi remained on top of the list of states with highest single-day case numbers, followed by Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Haryana, together accounting for 54 per cent of all cases in the last 24 hours. These states also logged highest one-day deaths and accounted for 62 per cent of all Covid-related fatalities in the country.
Haryana has logged more than 2,500 cases for the second consecutive day now as some northern states, including Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, show a slow but steady rise in infection rate with falling temperatures.
In Maharashtra, more than 100 suppliers associated with the All India Food and Drugs Licensing Foundation, providing essential medical goods such as medicine, PPE, masks, have banned supply to government hospitals over unpaid dues running into crore. Maharashtra has more than 80,000 active cases and is bracing for another wave of infections in January.
Daily coronavirus cases in Tamil Nadu, with fourth-highest number of cases in the country, fell below 2,000 after nearly five months on Friday. With 1,939 new infections, the total caseload crossed 7.54 lakh while active cases stood at 17,748.
Karnataka has revised its Covid safety guidelines for international travellers, who can seek an exemption from home quarantine by submitting a negative RT-PCR test report.
Meanwhile, Greece has become the seventh country, besides Denmark, United States, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden, to find SARS-CoV-2 strain in mink at its farms, but the virus has not mutated. The discovery comes days after Denmark announced its plan to cull its entire population of 17 million mink after discovering a different strain of coronavirus in the animals.
In the US, which has been seeing a daily average of more than 1 lakh cases with over 1,000 deaths, a coronavirus outbreak has struck the US Secret Service, which guards President Donald Trump, President-elect Joe Biden, and the White House. However, Mr Biden's top coronavirus adviser said there were no plans for a nationwide lockdown even as three states jointly called for a halt in non-essential travel.
France's nationwide lockdown to check the Covid surge seems to be bearing fruit in its second week as new and hospital cases dropped. Some 23,794 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, down from 33,172 on Thursday - half of last Friday's 60,486. The number of coronavirus deaths in hospitals increased slightly to 456.
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