With a jump of almost 45,000 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, India's coronavirus tally touched the 85.5 lakh mark, government data shows. India also recorded 490 deaths linked to the viral disease in the 24-hour period taking its overall Covid death count to 1,26,611.
The 45,903 new infections in India were 0.5% higher than yesterday's. In this period, almost 48,000 people also recovered from the viral disease. With this, more than 79 lakh people have recovered from COVID-19, and there are now a little over 5 lakh active cases of coronavirus.
India's average daily case count has remained 45,000 for about two weeks now. Average daily deaths remained in the 480 to 490 range in this period with average daily testing of 8.5-9.5 lakh.
As the national case rise stagnates, the onset of winter and pollution left Delhi grappling with a third wave of coronavirus - its most severe yet.
Meanwhile, the world has reached the grim milestone of 50 million confirmed coronavirus cases on Sunday, Johns Hopkins University's coronavirus tracker reported.
Globally, more than 1.2 million have died of COVID-19 - the disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 - since the first cases were reported in China.
Here are the LIVE updates on Coronavirus cases:
Nov 09, 2020 22:35 (IST)
Ladakh has reported four more coronavirus-related fatalities and 19 new cases, taking the number of deaths due to the infection in the Union Territory to 84.
Nov 09, 2020 20:36 (IST)
Goa Sees 144 New COVID-19 Cases
Goa's coronavirus caseload went up by 144 to reach 45,209 on Monday
Nov 09, 2020 18:07 (IST)
Seventy-nine per cent of the 45,903 new COVID-19 cases are from ten states and Union Territories, with Delhi overtaking Maharashtra and Kerala by reporting 7,745 infections in a span of 24 hours to become the largest contributor to the single-day infections, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday.
Nov 09, 2020 17:36 (IST)
Vaccine 90% Effective In Preventing Covid In Latest Trial, Says Pfizer
A vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech was 90 percent effective in preventing Covid-19 infections in ongoing Phase 3 trials, the companies announced Monday - news agency AFP reported.
Nov 09, 2020 15:39 (IST)
COVID-19: India donates ventilators to Nepal government
India has donated 28 ICU ventilators to Nepal to support its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian Embassy said on Sunday. Nepal has so far reported 194,453 cases of coronavirus and 1,108 deaths related to it, ANI reported.
Nov 09, 2020 13:05 (IST)
Coronavirus news: New Zealand reports 4 new Covid cases in managed isolation
New Zealand reported four new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, all detected in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities. The first case arrived on October 27 from Austria via Qatar and Australia. The second and third cases travelled together and arrived in New Zealand on November 5 from Dubai. They were detected positive at routine day three testing, ANI reported.