COVID-19 Cases in India: The death count has climbed to 4,05,028 with 817 new fatalities being reported.
India recorded a single-day rise of 45,892 new COVID-19 cases, taking its infection tally to 3,07,09,557, while the count of active cases increased slightly to 4,60,704 after being on a consistent downward trend for nearly 55 days, according to the Union Health Ministry on Thursday.
The death count has climbed to 4,05,028 with 817 new fatalities being reported.
The number of active cases comprises 1.50 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 97.18 per cent, data updated by the ministry at 8 am showed.
An increase of 784 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours, it showed.
Also, 18,93,800 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the country on Wednesday, taking the total number of such examinations so far to 42,52,25,897, while the daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.42 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for 17 consecutive days, the ministry said.
The weekly positivity rate has declined to 2.37 per cent, according to the health ministry.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 2,98,43,825, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.32 per cent, the data stated.
Meanwhile, more than four million people have now died of Covid-19 infections, the WHO said on Wednesday, as many richer nations prepared to loosen restrictions even as countries in Asia battle surging infections.
Indonesia has become a global hotspot, with hospitals having to turn away patients, authorities forced to import oxygen supplies and a record 1,040 deaths reported on Wednesday.
"The world is at a perilous point in this pandemic," said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, calling the four-million figure an underestimate of the true figure.
Here are the highlights on coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:
Bangladesh logs 199 COVID-19 fatalities in 24 hours, daily caseload rises to 11,651
Bangladesh coronavirus situation continues to worsen as the daily caseload hit a new high again on Thursday in 24 hours with 11,651 infections and 119 COVID-19 fatalities.
As per Dhaka Tribune, the daily infection rate climbed to 31.62 per cent, the government ordered local administrations across the country to ramp up oxygen supply and increase hospital capacity.
The health authorities reported 11,651 new infections in the 24 hours to Thursday morning surpassing the previous peak of 11,525 on Tuesday. The total caseload now stands at 966,406.
Brazil reports 1,639 more COVID-19 deaths
Brazil registered 1,639 more deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the national deaths to 5,30,179, the health ministry said Thursday.
A total of 53,725 new infections were detected, raising the total caseload to 18,962,762, the ministry said.
Brazil has the worlds second-highest COVID-19 death toll, after the United States, and the third-largest caseload, following the United States and India.
14 out of 90 districts reporting 80 pc Covid cases in India in northeastern states: Government
Eighty percent of COVID-19 cases in India are reported from 90 districts of which 14 are in the northeastern states, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday and underlined that "the second wave is not yet over and we should not let our guard down".
Highlighting specific challenges linked to the northeastern states, Joint Secretary in the Union Health Ministry, Lav Agarwal, said the Government of India has supported these states by following a "proactive, preemptive and a graded approach" to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mr Agarwal was speaking at a workshop organised by the Union Health Ministry in partnership with UNICEF for media professionals and health correspondents of northeastern states on the current coronavirus situation in India, the need to bust myths about vaccines and vaccination and to reinforce the importance of COVID-19-appropriate behaviour.
Uttarakhand reports its first case of Delta Plus Covid variant
Uttarakhand has reported its first case of Delta Plus mutant of COVID-19 with one person having tested positive for the variant in Udham Singh Nagar district.
The person who tested positive for the variant has already returned to Lucknow from where he had come to Dineshpur in the district to his uncle's place, Additional Chief Medical Officer of Udham Singh Nagar Avinash Khanna said.
The couple of areas he had visited during his stay in Dineshpur in the district have been converted into containment zones, Mr Khanna said.
90 Districts Reporting 80% Covid Cases, 14 Of Them In Northeast: Centre
Eighty per cent of COVID-19 cases in India are reported from 90 districts, of which 14 are in the northeastern states, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday and underlined that "the second wave is not yet over and we should not let our guard down".
Highlighting specific challenges linked to the northeastern states, Joint Secretary in the Union Health Ministry, Lav Agarwal, said the Indian government has supported these states by following a "proactive, preemptive and a graded approach" to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 India News: Madhya Pradesh Reports 26 New Cases, 4 More Deaths
Madhya Pradesh on Thursday reported 26 fresh COVID-19 cases, which pushed its infection tally to 7,90,096, health officials said, according to news agency PTI. The state's fatality count reached 9,023 with four deaths recorded in the past 24 hours. The number of active COVID-19 cases in the state stands at 416.
A total of 47 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the recovery count in Madhya Pradesh to 7,80,657, they said. Bhopal and Indore reported 10 and five new cases respectively. With this, the caseload in Indore reached 1,52,902, while that in Bhopal rose to 1,23,203.
COVID-19 India News: 90 Districts Reporting 80% Cases, 14 Of Them In Northeast: CentreEighty per cent of COVID-19 cases in India are reported from 90 districts, of which 14 are in the northeastern states, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday and underlined that "the second wave is not yet over and we should not let our guard down", according to news agency
PTI.
Highlighting specific challenges linked to the northeastern states, Joint Secretary in the Union Health Ministry, Lav Agarwal, said Indian government has supported these states by following a "proactive, preemptive and a graded approach" to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 India News: Karnataka Logs 2,530 New Cases, 62 More Deaths
Karnataka logged 2,530 new cases of COVID-19 and 62 deaths, pushing the total number of infections to 28,64,868 and death count to 35,663, the health department said on Thursday, reported news agency PTI. The day also saw 3,344 discharges, taking the total number of recoveries to 27,90,453. Active cases in the state now stood at 38,729.
Bengaluru Urban recorded 514 new cases, as the city saw 753 discharges and 9 deaths. While the positivity rate for the day stood at 1.60%, case fatality rate (CFR) was at 2.45%.
COVID-19 India News: Jammu And Kashmir Records 262 Fresh Cases, 4 More DeathsWith 262 fresh cases, Jammu and Kashmir's COVID-19 tally climbed to 3,18,023 on Thursday, while four more fatalities pushed the death count due to the viral disease to 4,353 in the Union Territory, officials said, according to news agency PTI. Of the fresh cases, 120 were from the Jammu division and 142 from the Kashmir division, they added.
The number of active coronavirus cases in the Union Territory has dropped to 3,344, while 3,10,326 patients have recovered so far, they added. The death count due to the pandemic has climbed to 4,353 in Jammu and Kashmir as four more patients died in the last 24 hours. Officials said there are 31 confirmed cases of Mucormycosis (Black Fungus) in the Union Territory.
COVID-19 Latest News: Nearly 37 Crore Vaccine Doses Administered In India So Far, Says CentreThe cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has reached nearly 37 crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday, reported news agency PTI. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from June 21. More than 36.08 lakh (36,08,940) vaccine doses have been administered on Thursday, according to the 7 pm provisional report. The ministry said 17,93,389 vaccine doses were administered as first dose and 1,71,647 vaccine doses given as second dose in the 18-44 age group on Thursday.
Cumulatively, 10,82,14,937 people in the age group of 18-44 years across states and UTs have received their first dose and a total 33,70,920 have received their second dose since the start of phase-3 of the vaccination drive. Eight states -- Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra -- have administered more than 50 lakh first doses in the 18-44 age group.
COVID-19 India News: Telangana Adds 731 New Cases, 4 More DeathsTelangana on Thursday recorded 731 fresh coronavirus cases taking the tally to over 6.29
lakh while the death count stood at 3,714 with four casualties, reported news agency PTI. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the highest number of cases with 80 followed by Khammam 64 and Nalgonda 56 districts, a state government bulletin said.
The number of active cases was11,206. The total number of cases in the state stood at 6,29,785, while with 993 people being cured, the total recoveries are 6,14,865. Over 1.02 lakh samples were tested on Thursday. Cumulatively, over 1.94 crore samples have been tested. The samples tested per million population were over 5.23 lakh, the bulletin said.
The case fatality rate in the state was 0.58%, while it was 1.3% at the national level. The recovery rate in Telangana was 97.63%. It was 97.14% in the country.
COVID-19 Latest News: Delta Spread Forces Tokyo Olympics Behind Closed Doors
Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Thursday agreed to hold the Games without spectators, after Japan declared a coronavirus state of emergency for the capital that will run throughout the event, reported news agency Reuters. The widely expected move was made following talks between the government, Tokyo organisers and Olympic and paralympic representatives. It was "regrettable" that the Games were going to be held in a limited format, Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto told a briefing, adding her apologies to those who had bought tickets. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said it was essential to prevent Tokyo, where the highly infectious Delta COVID-19 variant was spreading, from becoming the source of another wave of infections.
COVID-19 India News: Rajasthan Records 69 Fresh Cases, No New Death
The Covid tally in Rajasthan reached 9,52,956 with 69 fresh cases, while the death count stood at 8,942 as no new fatality was reported in the state, according to a health bulletin, reported news agency PTI. Of the fresh cases, a maximum of 15 cases were reported from Jaipur and 12 from Alwar, among others. As many as 9,43,190 people have recovered from the infection, while there are 824 active cases in the state.
COVID-19 India News: Kerala Reports Over 13,000 New Cases, Active Caseload Crosses 1.10 lakhKerala recorded 13,772 fresh coronavirus cases on Thursday, including 57 health workers, pushing the infection caseload to 30.25 lakh, while the active cases has crossed 1.10 lakh, reported news agency PTI. As many as 11,414 people have been cured of the infection, taking the total recoveries to 29,00,600, the state government said. The active cases have touched 1,10,136.
In the last 24 hours, 1,27,152 samples have been tested and the Test Positivity Rate (TPR) was 10.83%. So far, 2.40 crore samples have been tested. The death count has mounted to 14,250 with 142 additional fatalities.
Malappuram recorded 1981 new cases, the highest, followed by Kozhikode 1708, Thrissur 1403 and Ernakulam 1323. Of the positive cases, 60 had come from outside the state and 12,937 were infected through contact. At least 3,91,444 people areunder observation in various districts, including 24,509 in hospitals.
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COVID-19 India News: Arvind Kejriwal Inaugurates New Genome Sequencing Lab At Delhi Hospital
COVID-19 Latest News: Sanofi, GSK Get India's Approval For Late-Stage Vaccine Trial Sanofi SA and GlaxoSmithKline Plc have received an approval from Indian authorities for a late-stage clinical trial of their protein-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate, the drugmakers said on Thursday, according to news agency Reuters. France's Sanofi and Britain's GSK in May kicked off global trials to include more than 35,000 adults to test the shot.
They hope to get approvals by 2021-end after early-stage results showed the vaccine produces a robust immune response.The Indian arm of the studies will enroll roughly 3,000 adults between the ages of 18 and 55 years, according to India's clinical trial registry. The assessment is expected to run for a year and the first enrollment in India is shown to have been made on Tuesday.
COVID-19 India News: Sikkim Reports 222 New Cases, Positivity Rate At 20.6%Sikkim reported 222 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and one more death, as per the state Health Department bulletin, reported news agency
PTI. East Sikkim district registered the highest 85 new cases, followed by 79 in West Sikkim, 51 in South Sikkim and seven in North Sikkim, it said. There are 2,144 active cases in the state at present, it added.
Sikkim has so far reported 21,795 COVID-19 cases. While 19,082 persons have recovered, 257 others migrated to other states. With the latest fatality, the state's death count reached 312. The new cases were detected after testing 1,076 samples. The positivity rate was at 20.6 per cent, while the recovery rate rose to 87.5 per cent.
COVID-19 India News: DRDO Allows Mankind Pharma To Manufacture Covid Drug 2-DGDrug firm
Mankind Pharma on Thursday said it has received licence from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to manufacture and market oral 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), used for the treatment of COVID-19, reported news agency
PTI. 2-DG was developed by the Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior.
The clinical trials were conducted by the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), a lab of DRDO, in association with Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Mankind Pharma said in a statement. The company will manufacture the product at its facilities in Visakhapatnam and Himachal Pradesh, it added.
The office of the Drugs Controller General of India on May 1 had permitted the emergency use of 2-DG as an adjunct treatment for moderate to severe COVID-19 patients, Mankind Pharma said.
COVID-19 India News: Over 1.83 Crore Unutilised Vaccine Doses Available With States, Private Hospitals: CentreOver 1.83 crore balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and private hospitals, the Union health ministry said on Thursday, according to news agency PTI. Over 37.93 crore (37,93,56,790) doses have been provided to the states and Union territories so far and a further 23,80,000 doses are in the transit. Of this, total consumption, including wastage, is 36,09,69,128 doses (according to data available at 8 am on Thursday), the ministry said. "More than 1.83 crore (1,83,87,662) balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs and private hospitals to be administered," it added.
COVID-19 India News: Mizoram Reports 548 Fresh Cases, 2 More Fatalities
Mizoram logged 548 fresh COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the highest single-day spike in July so far, raising the coronavirus tally to 22,703, a senior official said, according to news agency PTI. The death count climbed to 101 as two more people succumbed to the virus, he said. The state now has 3,959 active cases, while 18,643 people have recovered from the disease. The new infections include 88 children and four Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, the official said. Mizoram has thus far tested 5,13,712 samples for COVID-19, including 3,245 since Wednesday. Meanwhile, State Immunisation Officer Lalzawmi said over 5.5 lakh people have been inoculated in the state till date.
COVID-19 Latest News: Russia Records 24,818 New Cases, 734 More Deaths
Russia recorded 24,818 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 5,707,452 the federal response center said on Thursday, according to news agency ANI. "Over the past day, 24,818 COVID-19 cases were confirmed across 85 Russian regions, including 2,954 cases (11.9%) without clinical symptoms," the statement said, adding the rate of increase fell to 0.44%.
Moscow confirmed 6,040 daily infections. The Russian capital was followed by the Moscow region with 2,581 cases and St. Petersburg with 1,937 cases. The response center reported a new record of 734 fatalities linked to the coronavirus, raising the country's death count to 140,775. In the same 24 hours, 21,336 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals across the country, bringing the total to 5,143,225.
COVID-19 India News: Odisha Records 2,542 New Cases, 57 More Deaths
Odisha's COVID-19 tally soared to 9,32,330 on Thursday as 2,542 more people tested positive for the infection, while 57 fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death count to 4,415, a health official said, according to news agency PTI. Though there has been a decline in fresh cases, daily coronavirus fatalities continued to remain above the 50-mark since July 5. The Health Department, however, clarified that fresh fatality numbers include deaths caused earlier which are now being added to the toll after an audit. The state now has 27,580 active cases, while 9,00,282 people have recovered from the disease so far, including 2,920 in the last 24 hours. As many as 2,542 new cases were reported in quarantine centres, while 1,084 fresh infections were detected during contact tracing. Fifty-three coronavirus patients have died due to comorbidities so far. The state has thus far tested over 1.43 crore samples for COVID-19, including 72,645 on Wednesday, while the positivity rate stands at 6.5%.
COVID-19 India News: Arunachal Pradesh Adds 404 New Cases, 3 More Deaths
Arunachal Pradesh reported 404 fresh cases of COVID-19, raising the tally to 38,283, a senior
health department official said on Thursday, according to news agency PTI. The death count in the frontier state mounted to 184 as three more persons succumbed to the virus, he said. The state now has 3,363 active cases, while 34,736 people have recovered from the disease so far, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Lobsang Jampa said. The recovery rate and positivity rate stood at 90.73% and 7.4%, respectively, the official said. Altogether, 8,00,789 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the state, including 5,458 since Wednesday, Mr Jampa said. Meanwhile, State Immunisation Officer Dimong Padung said a total of 6,74,729 people have been vaccinated in Arunachal Pradesh thus far.
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US Covid Cases Rising Rapidly As Delta Variant Dominates
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