India recorded less than 30,000 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, the second time this month, which pushed its caseload to 97.96 lakh, while the total number of recoveries rose to 92.90 lakh, according to the Union health ministry data.
The total coronavirus cases mounted to 97,96,769 with 29,398 fresh infections, while the death count rose to 1,42,186 with 414 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
India had recorded a daily rise of 26,567 cases on December 8, PTI reported.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 92,90,834 on Friday, pushing the national recovery rate to 94.84 per cent. The COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent.
The COVID-19 active caseload remained below 4 lakh for the fifth consecutive day.
Here are the updates on coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:
Karnataka Health Minister, Dr KSudhakar, on Friday said hospitals are well prepared for COVID-19 treatment in case the second wave of pandemic arises. Speaking to news agency ANI, the minister said, "State is well prepared for the possible second wave of the pandemic. 10 district hospitals and 30 taluk hospitals have been provided with Rs. 37.72 crores for procuring oxygen generator and other types of equipment."
Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded 100 new COVID-19 cases that pushed the district's infection tally to 23,938 on Friday, official data showed, reported news agency PTI. The number of active cases in the district came down to 899 from 937 the previous day, according to the data released by the UP Health Department for a 24-hour period. The active COVID-19 case count in Gautam Buddh Nagar is the fifth highest in the state. 138 patients were discharged during the period with the overall recoveries reaching 22,954, the fifth highest in the state.
Five more patients died due to COVID-19 in Bihar pushing the death count in the state to 1,312, while 618 new cases took the tally 2,42,151, a health department bulletin said on Friday, reported news agency PTI. Of the five deaths, Patna registered three deaths while Aurangabad and Bhojpur reported one death each, it said.
"State is well prepared for the possible second wave of the pandemic. 10 district hospitals and 30 taluk hospitals have been provided with Rs. 37.72 crores for procuring oxygen generator and other types of equipment," he was quoted as saying by ANI.
West Bengal reports 2,753 new #COVID19 cases, 2,873 recoveries, and 50 deaths today, as per State Health Department
- ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2020
Total cases: 5,16,505
Total recoveries: 4,84,258
Active cases: 23,281
Death toll: 8,966 pic.twitter.com/v4e9gjf0QO
Madhya Pradesh reports 1,222 new #COVID19 cases, 1,347 recoveries, and 9 deaths.
- ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2020
Total cases 2,21,115
Total recoveries 2,04,641
Death toll 3,382
Active cases 13,092 pic.twitter.com/lZaRDE0whY
With 651 new #COVID19 cases, 770 cured cases & 29 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of positive cases in Himachal Pradesh to 48,354 till date.
- ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2020
Total active cases: 7,725
Total recovered cases: 39,801
Death toll: 783 pic.twitter.com/jpYgWtEeLy
Haryana recorded 1,065 new cases of #COVID19, 1,812 recoveries, and 23 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per State Health Department
- ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2020
Total cases: 2,50,394
Total recoveries: 2,37,009
Active cases: 10,686
Death toll: 2,699 pic.twitter.com/BLrBEUld8d
The state added 1,235 fresh infections and 17 more deaths, taking the infection tally to 7,96,475 and the toll to 11,870, a health department bulletin said.
As many as 1,311 people got cured of the contagion with the total recoveries climbing to 7,74,306
Maharashtra reported 4,268 new #COVID19 cases, 2,774 discharges & 87 deaths today.
- ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2020
Total cases: 18,72,440
Total recoveries: 17,49,973
Death toll: 48,059
Active cases: 73,315
Recovery rate: 93.46% pic.twitter.com/AAWhm4xgSx
In a virtual meeting to review the covid situation in the state, the Chief Minister noted the state's readiness for the vaccine rollout in terms of database of priority lists, infrastructure for cold chain management, identification and training of vaccinators, etc.
On Thursday, the area had added five cases.
Active cases stood at 15 with 3,419 people having recovered from the infection so far, the official said. The civic body does not publish the number of COVID-19 fatalities from the area.
Karnataka reports 1,210 new #COVID19 cases, 1,807 discharges, and 16 deaths today.
- ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2020
Total cases: 8,99,011
Active cases: 18,593
Total recovered cases: 8,68,471
Death toll: 11,928 pic.twitter.com/RK7IHmmwoP
434 new #COVID19 cases (202 from Jammu & 232 from Kashmir), 422 recoveries (226 from Jammu & 196 from Kashmir) & 11 deaths reported from J&K today: Govt of UT of Jammu & Kashmir
- ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2020
Total positive cases: 1,15,207
Active cases: 4,849
Total Recoveries: 1,08,572
Death toll: 1,786 pic.twitter.com/UV4VOVfm42
Uttarakhand reported 725 new #COVID19 cases, 508 recoveries, and 9 deaths today.
- ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2020
Total cases 81,211
Total cured 72,987
Death toll 1,341
Active cases 5,934 pic.twitter.com/QL4kTbf4Ef
At least 130 patients were discharged from various hospitals, while no casualties were reported during the day, the official said.
With this, the number of recoveries in the state rose to 47,345 and the number of deaths stood at 703, he said.
Under the agreement between AMC and private hospitals, some facilities can utilise 50 per cent of their beds to treat COVID-19 patients referred there by the civic body, while some facilities can use its entire bed capacity to treat "private quota" patients.
For hospitals having 50:50 quota arrangement, the AMC has announced a 10 per cent reduction for patients admitted on private quota, bringing down the daily charge for a general ward bed from Rs 9,000 to Rs 8.100, a release said.
The new daily charges will be Rs 16,200 and 19,600 instead of 18,050 and 21,850 for ICU without ventilator and ICU with ventilator respectively, it added.
I have tested positive for #Covid_19. I am under home isolation and experiencing mild symptoms. I request all those who came in contact with me in the past 5 days to kindly keep a watch on their health and if necessary get tested. Stay safe.
- Conrad Sangma (@SangmaConrad) December 11, 2020
The number of containment zones, which had been rising in this period, also registered a marginal fall in its count to 6,430 on Thursday compared to 6,460 on Wednesday.
Coronavirus cases had spiralled since October 28 when 5,673 fresh cases were recorded and on November 8, the daily infection tally was 7,745. In this period, a staggering over 74,000 new cases had been reported.
Andhra Pradesh reports 520 new #COVID19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the total number of cases in the State to 8,74,515, as per State Health Department
- ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2020
Total active cases stand at 5,236 pic.twitter.com/0kEHBVLn0p
Osagie Ehanire said 1,843 cases were recorded last week compared with 1,235 two weeks ago, AFP reported.
"We may just be on the verge of a second wave of this pandemic," the minister said.
There were no serious adverse events or safety concerns reported in the 216 participants of the phase 1 trial of the v451 COVID-19 vaccine candidate being developed by the University of of Queensland (UQ) in collaboration with biotech company CSL, according to a statement.
Among the new infections, 118 cases were recorded in the capital city of Nur-Sultan, the ministry said. To combat the case surge, city officials vowed to take more restrictive measures, ANI reported.
The latest new cases were locally transmitted, the NCCD said in a statement, ANI reported.
Meanwhile, with no new death reported, the country's death count remains at 908, according to the department's data, ANI reported.
France's Sanofi and Britain's GSK said Friday their Covid-19 vaccines will not be ready until the end of 2021, after interim results showed a low immune response in older adults, AFP reported.
"Sanofi and GSK announce a delay in their adjuvanted recombinant protein-based COVID-19 vaccine programme to improve immune response in older adults," a statement said, adding that the vaccine's potential availability had been pushed back "from mid-2021 to Q4 2021".
"The vaccination process in the country is likely to start soon and for that complete database has been prepared in Odisha and a logistics system has been set up for smooth conduct of the Vaccination process," said Mr Patnaik during the review of COVID-19 situation in the state, as quoted by the state government's press release.
The death count has grown by 598 to 20,970 people within the same period of time. More than 942,000 people have recovered since the start of the outbreak, ANI reported.
The test is the first of its type to receive approval from Singapore's Health Sciences Authority, Advanced MedTech, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore state investor Temasek, said in a statement on Thursday.
The health ministry confirmed 292 new fatalities from the virus over the past day, taking the national count to 56,940, ANI reported.
"The first 30,000 doses are expected to arrive on Canadian soil in just a few days," Trudeau said on Thursday, a day after health regulators approved the country's first vaccine against the novel coronavirus, granting emergency authorization to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine candidate, ANI reported.
With 29,398 new #COVID19 infections, India's total cases rise to 97,96,770.
- ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2020
With 414 new deaths, toll mounts to 1,42,186 .Total active cases at 3,63,749
Total discharged cases at 92,90,834 with 37,528 new discharges in the last 24 hours pic.twitter.com/GEQpc3AkSv
"The next three to six weeks at minimum ... are our COVID weeks," Dr. Michael Osterholm, a member of Biden's coronavirus advisory board, told CNN. "It won't end after that, but that is the period right now where we could have a surge upon a surge upon a surge."
Osterholm stressed that it would be several months before the nation sees widespread availability of vaccines, the first of which cleared a key U.S. regulatory hurdle on Thursday, Reuters reported.
We Are A Month Away From Covid-19 Vaccine, Says Yogi AdityanathUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday claimed that while a vaccine against Covid-19 was just about a month away, the infectious virus had already been contained in the state.
