India surged past 1 crore coronavirus cases on Saturday, official data showed, the second highest in the world although new infection rates have fallen sharply in recent weeks.
Over 95 lakh recoveries and 145,136 deaths have been reported so far, according to the health ministry.
The country has seen "a steep rise" in recoveries - from 50,000 in May to over 95 lakh in December, the government said this morning. "Recoveries are more than 30 times the active cases (currently only 3.14% of total cases)," it said.
Meanwhile, the United States authorized Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, paving the way for six million doses of a second vaccine to soon begin shipping across the hardest-hit country in the world.
Here are the LIVE Updates on coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:
Dec 20, 2020 04:36 (IST)
439 new Covid-19 cases in Punjab, active tally at 5,837
Four hundred and thirty-nine new cases of novel coronavirus were reported in Punjab on Saturday, taking the tally of active cases to 5,837 in the state.
According to the state government, 560 patients were discharged and the total discharged cases have gone up to 1,51,679.
As many as 1,62,705 cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the state so far while 5,189 people have lost their lives due to the lethal infection.
Meanwhile, Chandigarh reported 65 new positive cases on Saturday, pushing the active tally to 494.
While 306 people have succumbed to the pathogen in the Union Territory, 18,244 persons have recovered from the deadly virus. A total of 19,044 coronavirus cases have been recorded in Chandigarh to date, according to the UT Health Department.
Dec 20, 2020 03:42 (IST)
COVID-19: Myanmar reports 989 new cases, 26 deaths
Myanmar recorded 989 new cases of COVID-19 and 26 more deaths in the past 24 hours, according to a Health Ministry release on Saturday.
The total count of cases in the country has gone up to 115,187 and the death count stands at 2,424.
The ministry said that a total of 94,118 recovered patients have been discharged from hospitals.
Dec 20, 2020 03:02 (IST)
Covid-19 479 new cases, 4 deaths in Andhra Pradesh
As many as four deaths and 479 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Andhra Pradesh in the past 24 hours, according to a media bulletin released by Andhra Covid nodal officer on Saturday.
According to the bulletin, 62,215 samples were tested here in the last 24 hours, out of which 479 tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
With this, the total number of coronavirus cases has risen to 8,78,285. Out of the total positive cases, 4,355 are active. With 497 patients being discharged, the total discharged count reached 8,66,856.
