Covid-19 Cases in India: The recovery rate is 97.48 per cent.
India's daily Covid numbers jumped by over 14 per cent as the country reported 43,263 new cases on Thursday. 338 deaths were recorded during the past 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry. Active cases constitute 1.19 per cent of total cases.
Active cases constitute 1.19 per cent of total cases, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate stands 97.48 per cent per cent, the Health Ministry said. The daily positivity rate now stands at 2.38 per cent.
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 71 crore. More than 73 lakh (73,80,510) vaccine doses were administered till 7 pm on Wednesday.
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said India took 85 days to touch 10 crore vaccinations, 45 days to cross the 20 crore-mark and 29 more days to reach 30 crore.
Here are the live updates on India coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:
Delhi reports 36 new Covid cases, zero deaths in last 24 hoursDelhi reported 36 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours pushing the cumulative total of Covid cases to 14,38,118 in the city a health bulletin said. In the last 24 hours, the national capital also reported zero deaths with the toll at 25,083.
The number of active cases in the city are 415 and the test positivity rate stands at 0.05 per cent.
Maharashtra reports 4,219 COVID-19 cases, 55 deathsMaharashtra reported 4,219 new coronavirus infections and 55 fatalities, the state heath department said. It took the tally of infections in the state to 64,87,025 and death count to 1,38,017.
Maharashtra's case recovery rate stands at 97.04 per cent while the fatality rate is 2.12 per cent.
Goa records 79 new coronavirus cases, 57 recoveries
Goa's coronavirus caseload went up by 79 and reached 1,74,725, while no fresh death due to the infection was reported in the state, a health department official said. The death count remained unchanged at 3,212, he said. The number of recovered cases in the state rose to 1,70,635 after 57 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, the official said. Goa now has 878 active cases, the official said.
58% of India's adult population got least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 18 pc got both: CentreMore than half of India's adult population has received at least one dose of anti-coronavirus vaccine while 18 per cent got both the shots, the Union government said on Thursday as the total number of jabs administered in the country crossed 72 crore.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said India is still going through the second wave of COVID-19 and it is not over yet. He said 35 districts are still reporting a weekly Covid positivity rate of over 10 per cent while in 30 districts it is between five to 10 per cent.
Six COVID-19 deaths, 161 fresh cases in Himachal Pradesh
Six more people died of coronavirus in Himachal Pradesh while 161 fresh cases surfaced in the state, taking the statewide infection tally to 2,15,235, a health official said. So far, the infection has killed 3,612 people in the state. Of the fresh deaths, two each were reported from Shimla and Mandi and one each from Bilaspur and Kangra.
11 new COVID-19 cases reported in Uttar Pradesh
Eleven more COVID-19 cases have been reported in Uttar Pradesh, while the death count stands at 22,863, with no fresh fatality in the state, according to an official statement. The tally of cases has increased to 17,09,503 with the reporting of the 11 new cases, the state government said in the statement.
India Still Witnessing Second Surge Of Covid Cases: Health OfficialUnion Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan says a total of 43,263 new Covid cases were reported in last 24 hours in India, out of which over 32,000 cases are from Kerala. He says almost 68 per cent of total cases in last week have been Kerala.
"Overall declining trend is a little less than 50 per cent which was there in 1st wave. We're are still witnessing the second surge, it's not over," he adds.
Singapore to ease COVID-19 restrictions for migrant workers Singapore said it will start easing movement restrictions for migrant workers living in dormitories from next week, more than a year after the curbs were imposed due to a surge in infections in their often cramped quarters.
The announcement by the manpower ministry came after more than 90% of the workers in dormitories were fully vaccinated, higher than Singapore's overall vaccination rate at 81%, which is one of the highest in the world. Up to 500 vaccinated migrant workers will be allowed to visit pre-identified public locations for six hours each week.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Arunachal reports 77 COVID-19 cases, 1 more dead
Arunachal Pradesh reported 77 more COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 53,551, a Health Department official said on Thursday.
One more person died of COVID-19, pushing the toll to 269, he said.
The deceased was identified as a 41-year-old woman from Changlang district. She died due to acute respiratory distress syndrome with COVID pneumonia, State Surveillance Officer Lobsang Jampa said.
There are 617 active cases in the state at present, the official said.
Seventy persons recovered from the disease. So far, 52,665 people have recovered, he said.
The Capital Complex Region, comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa, has the highest number of active cases at 101.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Andaman and Nicobar reports 3 new COVID-19 cases
Andaman and Nicobar Islands reported three COVID-19 new cases, pushing the tally in the union territory to 7,576, a health official said on Thursday.
The three new cases were reported from the South Andaman district on Wednesday. The archipelago had reported just one new COVID-19 case on Tuesday and on Monday and Sunday did not record any new case.
The union territory now has nine active COVID-19 cases and all the patients are in the South Andaman district. The other two districts - North and Middle Andaman and Nicobar - are now COVID-19 free, he said.
One more person was cured of the disease, taking the total number of COVID-19 recoveries to 7,438, the official said.
The COVID-19 death toll in the archipelago remained at 129 as no new fatality due to the disease was reported in the last 24 hours, he said.
Delhi: 1.8 lakh people booked, Rs 32.41 crore fine imposed in Aug for Covid norm violations
Nearly 1.8 lakh people have been booked and Rs 32.41 crore fine was imposed in August by the revenue department and the Delhi Police for not following Covid-appropriate behaviour and for violating related guidelines, officials said on Wednesday.
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority(DDMA) has authorised district magistrates and deputy commissioners of police, deputy commissioners of civic bodies and other officers to enforce Covid-appropriate behaviour, guidelines and other instructions in hotspots like markets, malls, restaurants, bus and railway stations.
Over 150 teams of the Delhi government''s revenue department as well as the Delhi Police teams nabbed nearly 1.80 lakh violators in August.
These included 1.50 lakh by the revenue department teams and over 29,000 by the police, officials said.
The revenue department collected Rs 26.74 crore in fines and got 4,818 FIRs registered in August for violations like not wearing masks, crowding, spitting in public places and other such offences, official data showed.
COVID-19: RT-PCR accounted for over 70 percent tests conducted in Delhi in last five months
RT-PCR, the most recommended method for tracing coronavirus, accounted for over 70 percent of the total tests conducted to identify infected patients in Delhi in the last five months, according to government data.
Between August 1 and August 25, health authorities conducted 16.17 lakh tests, including 11.18 lakh RT-PCR ones.
In July, 21.79 lakh COVID-19 tests were conducted in the capital. Of this, 15.18 lakh were conducted through the RT-PCR method.
RT-PCR tests accounted for 71.42 percent of the total 21.88 lakh tests conducted in June and 75.17 percent of the 21.41 lakh tests conducted in May.
In February, March and April; 64.81 percent, 64.29 percent and 66.02 percent tests were conducted through this method.
Over 20 lakh tests were conducted in January, of which 11.78 lakh (57.65 percent) were RT-PCR tests.
Update| More than 15 lakh COVID vaccine doses were administered in Maharashtra yesterday, a new record of vaccination in a single day in the state: Dr Pradeep Vyas, Additional Chief Secretary (Health)
Over 70.63 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses provided to states, Union Territories so far: Centre
More than 70.63 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.
Further, more than 96 lakh doses are in the pipeline.
The ministry said more than 5.58 crore balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered.
The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to states and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain, the ministry stated.
Coronavirus: Thane district reports 243 new cases; four more die
With the addition of 243 coronavirus positive cases, the infection count in Thane district of Maharashtra mounted to 5,53,609, an official said on Thursday.
These cases were reported on Wednesday, he said.
As the virus claimed the lives of four persons during the day, the death toll in the district rose to 11,330.
The COVID-19 mortality rate is 2.04 per cent, he added.
In neighbouring Palghar district, the infection count went up to 1,34,869, while the death toll is 3,294, another official said.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Sydney pubs set for mid-October reopening cheer under roadmap to Covid lockdown exit
Sydney's cafes, restaurants and pubs are set to reopen in the second half of October after months of strict COVID-19 lockdown, according to an exit roadmap published by New South Wales state officials on Thursday.
They said bars and eateries, as well as gyms, across the city of five million people will be able to reopen at reduced capacity within days of the state reaching a 70% double-vaccination target, now expected around mid-October. Stay-at-home orders for the fully vaccinated will be lifted on the Monday after the target is achieved, the officials said.
The plans come as daily infections linger near record levels in New South Wales (NSW) amid a spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant, with the state registering 1,405 new local cases on Thursday, down from 1,480 a day earlier. Five new deaths were recorded.
"Living with COVID means you have a cautious and staged reopening once you get to those high rates of vaccination in your adult population," NSW state Premier Gladys Berejiklian said during a media briefing in Sydney, the state capital.
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Coronavirus Updates: Japan seeks to extend Covid emergency curbs in Tokyo, other areas
Japan's government said on Thursday it plans to extend emergency COVID-19 restrictions in Tokyo and other regions in a bid to curb infections and prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed, saying it is still too early to let down its guard.
Japan has been struggling with a fifth wave of the virus and last month extended its long-running curbs until Sept. 12 to cover about 80% of its population.
However, the number of severe cases and the strain on the medical system have not eased sufficiently in Tokyo and surrounding areas to allow the restrictions to be lifted.
The government will seek to extend the measures until Sept. 30, including for the capital Tokyo and the second city of Osaka, Economic Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura told a government meeting. The plans must be ratified by a panel of experts and others.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: New Zealand buys Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines from Spain
Around a quarter of a million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine bought from Spain will arrive in New Zealand this week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday, boosting the country's inoculation programme.
The doses will arrive in Auckland on Friday, Ardern said, adding to some 1.8 million doses being delivered directly from Pfizer throughout September.
"This means we don't have any plans to slow down the rollout," Ardern said at a news conference.
Officials have sped up the national vaccination programme as they battle an outbreak of the Delta variant that prompted Ardern to order a snap nationwide lockdown last month.
About 1.7 million people in the largest city of Auckland remain in a strict level 4 lockdown but curbs have been eased in the rest of the country.
Assam reports four COVID-19 deaths, 427 new cases
Assam reported four fresh COVID-19 fatalities and 427 new cases on Wednesday, according to the bulletin of the National Health Mission.
The COVID-19 death count rose to 5,723. The deaths were reported from Bishwanath, Cachar, Dibrugarh and Sonitpur districts. The COVID-19 death rate in the state now is 0.96 per cent, PTI reported.