New Delhi: India reports a single-day rise of 25,404 new COVID-19 cases, taking the infection tally in the country to 3,32,89,579, while the count of active cases declined to 3,62,207, according to Union health ministry data on Tuesday.
The number of deaths due to the disease has climbed to 4,43,213, with 339 daily deaths being recorded, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The tally of active cases has declined to 3,62,207, which comprises 1.09 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.58 per cent, the ministry said.
A reduction of 12,062 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
Also, 14,30,891 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the country on Monday, taking the total of such examinations to 54,44,44,967.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.78 per cent. This has been below three per cent for the last 15 days.
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive has reached 75.22 crore, according to the ministry.
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Sep 15, 2021 00:48 (IST)
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Philippines eases virus lockdown in capital despite WHO warning
The Philippines will ease coronavirus restrictions in the capital Manila to spur economic activity, officials said Tuesday, despite record infection numbers and a warning from the WHO against the move.
Restaurants, churches and beauty salons in the national capital region will open at lower capacities from Thursday to get tens of thousands more people back to work.
"We should strive for total health and this can only be realised by carefully balancing our COVID-19 response by considering both the health of our people and the economic health of the nation," President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman Harry Roque said.
Virus cases have surged to record levels -- more than 140,000 cases in the past week -- thanks to an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant.
The World Health Organization's representative in the Philippines on Tuesday warned against relaxing curbs.
Sep 14, 2021 21:40 (IST)
Putin hopes Sputnik V will protect him after Covid contact
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he hoped the Russia-made Sputnik V vaccine would protect him, after coronavirus cases were detected in his entourage forcing him into to isolate.
"I hope everything will be as it should be and that Sputnik V will in practice show its high levels of protection against Covid-19," the Russian leader said via video link during a government meeting.
Sep 14, 2021 20:59 (IST)
China Races To Curb New COVID-19 Cluster Among Schoolchildren
Southern Chinese cities closed schools and ordered testing for millions on Tuesday in a race to curb a new Covid-19 outbreak which has sparked concerns over infections among unvaccinated schoolchildren.
Putian, a city of 3.2 million in coastal Fujian province, ordered testing of all residents on Tuesday after Delta variant cases linked to a returnee from Singapore ballooned into a province-wide outbreak of more than 100 people.
China has now been hit by multiple outbreaks of the highly contagious Delta variant after initially vanquishing the first wave of the coronavirus last year.
The Fujian cluster is the biggest rebound in weeks and comes after the country declared the Covid outbreak spurred by the Delta under control, in a test of China's "zero case" approach to the pandemic.
Sep 14, 2021 18:53 (IST)
Gujarat government extends night curfew in 8 cities from tomorrow till September 25
In order to arrest the spread of COVID-19 cases in the state, the Gujarat government on Tuesday extended the night curfew till September 25.
The government said the night curfew will be in force from 11 pm to 6 am in eight major cities including Vadodara, Gandhinagar, Surat, Rajkot from tomorrow onwards.
"Night curfew in Gujarat will be from 11 pm to 6 am in 8 major cities including Vadodara, Gandhinagar, Surat, Rajkot from Sept 15 to Sept 25 in order to curb the spread of COVID-19 cases," the Gujarat government said.
Sep 14, 2021 16:43 (IST)
Vladimir Putin "Absolutely Healthy" After Covid In Inner Circle: Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin is "absolutely healthy" after going into self-isolation following the detection of coronavirus cases in his inner circle, the Kremlin said Tuesday.
