Coronavirus: One crore health workers will receive COVID-19 vaccine when it is available in India.
India recorded 36,595 fresh COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours taking the overall coronavirus case count to 95.71 lakh so far in the country. At 3 per cent, the daily tally is marginally higher than Wednesday's, government data shows. The new infections were detected as almost 11.7 lakhsamples were tested on Thursday. The country's Covid death count rose to 1,39,188 as 540 people lost their lives in this period.
Here's your 10-point cheatsheet to this big story:
Total discharged cases shot past the 90-lakh mark as 42,916 people recovered in the last 24 hours.
The active COVID-19 caseload continued to remain below 5 lakh.With a reduction of about 6,800 cases, active infections fell to 4,16,082- 4.35 per cent of the total caseload.
Kerala (5,376), Maharashtra (5,182), Delhi (3,734), West Bengal (3,246) and Rajasthan (2,086) continued to log the highest new infections.
Highest daily deaths were recorded in Maharashtra (115) followed by Delhi at 82, West Bengal at 49, Haryana (32) and Kerala with 31 Covid linked fatalities.
Thefive worst-hit states - Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal -have shown decline in active COVID cases from November 1-December 1, government has said.
Fear has gripped a Khanepuri villagein Maharashtra's Jalna district after 66 of its residentstested positive for coronavirus in the past week, a healthofficial said.The village has a population of 1,700. The infections were detected after around 200 villagers had attended the funeral of a local resident, where they allegedly did not follow the COVID-19 norms.
In an all-time high for USA since the start of the pandemic, the country recorded more than 210,000 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours on Thursday.The number of new deaths over the same period was 2,907 - also one of the worst US daily death counts yet, according to news agency AFP.
To contain the pandemic in America, President-elect Joe Biden has selected two former Obama administration officials for senior roles to help fight COVID-19, including Indian-American Vivek Murthy, who will return to his role as Surgeon General but with a broader portfolio.
Amid concerns over possible side-effects of a Covid vaccine, Britain has said it will pay individuals who suffer any severe side-effects from COVID-19 vaccines under an existing programme. Announcement came ahead of a rollout of Pfizer vaccine
Britain has also announced new quarantine exemptions for 'high-value' business travellers, performing arts professionals, journalists and certain others, meaning that if they meet certain conditions, they will not have to self-isolate for 14 days on arrival in the country.
Post a comment