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This Article is From Dec 25, 2020

Coronavirus Live Updates: 24,712 Fresh COVID-19 Cases In India

Coronavirus Latest News LIVE Updates: The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 96,93,173 pushing the national recovery rate to 95.69 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent.

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India News Edited by Nonika Marwaha

Updated : December 25, 2020 6:39 am IST

Coronavirus Cases in India: The recovery rate is 95.69 per cent.

New Delhi:

India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,01,23,778 with 24,712 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 96.93 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.

The death count increased to 1,46,756 with 312 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 96,93,173 pushing the national recovery rate to 95.69 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent.

The COVID-19 active caseload remained below 3 lakh for the third consecutive day.

There are 2,83,849 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 2.86 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.

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Here are the live updates on Coronavirus Cases:

Dec 25, 2020 06:39 (IST)

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Odisha makes genome sequencing mandatory for 60 UK returnees

With around 60 people identified to have returned to the state from the United Kingdom in the past fortnight, Odisha government Thursday asked the authorities to undertake intense surveillance, contact tracing, RT-PCR test and genome sequencing of all incoming passengers, PTI reported.

Dec 25, 2020 05:38 (IST)

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Indian Vaccine Covaxin Has Drawn Global Attention, Says Top Medical Body

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said that the Indian vaccine against COVID-19, Covaxin, has drawn global attention.

In a tweet, the ICMR said, "India's indigenous vaccine against #COVID19 Covaxin-a product of ICMR-Bharat Biotech collaboration, achieves remarkable feat. Data generated from within India underlines impressive safety and immunogenicity profile of Covaxin and sparks Lancet's interest in publishing them."

The ICMR said, "Encouraging Phase I and Phase II COVAXIN trial results have paved the path for Phase III Clinical Trial in India, which is currently ongoing at 22 sites."

Dec 25, 2020 04:02 (IST)

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Morocco orders 65 million vaccine doses

Morocco said Thursday it had ordered 65 million doses of novel coronavirus vaccine, as the North African kingdom prepared to launch a vaccination campaign targeting 25 million people.

"Preparations have reached very advanced stages," Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb said in a statement on the roll-out plans.

"Field exercises covering all stages of the process of vaccinating citizens have been put in place."

A government source confirmed to AFP that Morocco has opted for the Chinese Sinopharm and British AstraZeneca vaccines, which both require two shots.

No date has been given for the arrival of the jabs or for the start of the vaccine rollout, AFP reported.

Dec 25, 2020 03:38 (IST)

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Turkey to start using China's Covid-19 vaccine after strong results

Turkey will receive its first shipment of China's Sinovac coronavirus vaccine within days as preliminary domestic tests showed it was 91% effective, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Thursday.

Ankara in the next few days will also sign a deal with Pfizer/BioNTech for 4.5 million doses, with the option to buy 30 million more from the US pharmaceutical giant and its German partner, Koca said

Turkey will initially receive three million doses of Sinovac and have the option for 50 million more as it begins inoculations next month, starting with healthcare workers and the most vulnerable.

Koca said the first shipments of the Chinese vaccine will be sent to Turkey on Sunday, AFP reported.

Dec 25, 2020 02:29 (IST)

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Dry run for COVID-19 vaccine on Dec 28,29 in two Punjab districts

The Centre has chosen Punjab to conduct a dry run of COVID-19 vaccine on December 28 and 29, state Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said here on Thursday. "The districts of Ludhiana and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar have been selected for the dry run," he said in an official statement. Mr Sidhu said the dry run is aimed at testing the laid out mechanisms for the vaccination roll-out in the health system, PTI reported.

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Dec 25, 2020 01:52 (IST)

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Maharashtra reports 3,580 new COVID-19 cases

Maharashtra reported 3,580 new COVID-19 cases and 89 deaths in the last 24 hours.

The state Health Department said the total count of cases has gone up to 19,09,951 and includes 54,891 active cases and 18,04,871 recoveries. The death count has gone up to 49,058, ANI reported.

Dec 25, 2020 00:38 (IST)

New COVID-19 strain: Hyderabad starts "Wear a Mask campaign"

Telangana organised ''Wear a Mask'' campaign in Hyderabad to distribute free masks to the public days after the new strain of coronavirus found in the UK, said G Kishan Reddy Minister of State Home Affairs on Thursday.

"Today in my parliamentary constituency, a Wear a Mask campaign has been started to distribute free masks to the public as a message of making mask compulsory," Mr Reddy said while speaking to ANI.

Dec 25, 2020 00:25 (IST)

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: New restrictions act as dampener for Christmas festivities in Mumbai

Mumbai is all set to ring in Christmas festivities from today, though night curfew and restrictions on mass prayers have come as a disappointment for the Christian community. Several churches in the city had made arrangements for one member from each local family to attend the Christmas mass so as to avoid large gatherings in view of the coronavirus pandemic, PTI reported.

Dec 24, 2020 23:48 (IST)

Dec 24, 2020 23:26 (IST)

Turkey to start vaccinations with China's Sinovac vaccine

Turkey will receive its first shipment of China's Sinovac vaccine within days and also strike a deal with Pfizer/BioNTech, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said. Turkey will initially receive three million doses of Sinovac and have the option for 50 million more as it begins inoculations next month, starting with healthcare workers and the most vulnerable.

The minister said the first shipments of the Chinese vaccine will be sent to Turkey on Sunday. Turkey in the next few days will also sign a deal with Pfizer/BioNTech for 4.5 million doses, with the option to buy 30 million more from the US pharmaceutical giant and its German partner, Koca said.

Dec 24, 2020 23:08 (IST)

Fully Ready To Receive, Store, Give COVID-19 Vaccine To 51 Lakh Priority Persons: Arvind Kejriwal
The Delhi government is fully prepared to receive, store and administer COVID-19 vaccine to 51 lakh priority category persons in the city in the first phase of vaccination, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday.

Dec 24, 2020 22:45 (IST)

First 300,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik vaccine arrive in Argentina

Some 300,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Argentina this morning, following its approval by the government for emergency use. On a special flight of carrier Aerolineas Argentinas from Moscow, the vaccine arrived at Ezeiza international airport, in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, according to Reuters witnesses and images shown on local television.

Argentine officials said they expect to start administering the vaccine in the days ahead. So far 42,314 people in the country have died of COVID-19, according to official data.

Dec 24, 2020 22:23 (IST)

Dec 24, 2020 21:57 (IST)

Germany records first case of UK Covid strain

Germany recorded its first case of the mutant coronavirus variant sweeping Britain, after a woman who flew in from London tested positive for the strain. "It is the first known case in Germany," the health ministry of Baden-Wuerttemberg state said in a statement.

The woman had arrived in Frankfurt airport on December 20 from London Heathrow.

Dec 24, 2020 21:35 (IST)

Bihar reports 668 new COVID-19 cases, four more deaths
Bihar's COVID-19 tally mounted to 2,49,335 as 668 more people tested positive for the infection, while four deaths pushed the death count to 1,371, a health department bulletin said. At least 522 people were cured of the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 2,42,766, it said.

Dec 24, 2020 21:16 (IST)

New Covid strains less likely to change efficacy of under development vaccines, says scientist

The new strains of SARS-Cov-2 found in the United Kingdom and South Africa recently are less likely to change the efficacy of the vaccines under development, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu was informed on Thursday by a senior scientist. Besides, there is no evidence that suggests that the strains are associated with worse outcomes for patients, although they are more infective, he was told.

The same disease management strategies are expected to work for the variants too, an official statement said.

Dec 24, 2020 20:47 (IST)

Dec 24, 2020 20:33 (IST)

Uttar Pradesh reports 21 more COVID-19 deaths, 1,166 new cases
Uttar Pradesh reported 21 more COVID-19 fatalities and 1,166 new cases, pushing the death count to 8,266 and the infection tally to 5,78,697 in the state. Currently, there are 16,229 active cases in the state, and 5,54,202 people have recovered from the disease so far, Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Amit Mohan Prasad said. He said the recovery rate in the state stood at 95.75 per cent.

Dec 24, 2020 20:04 (IST)

COVID-19 Live Updates: Mexico begins mass coronavirus vaccination program
Mexico started a mass coronavirus vaccination program on Thursday with a nurse first to be shown receiving the jab in the country with one of the world's highest Covid-19 death counts. The televised launch came a day after the first 3,000 doses produced by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech arrived by courier plane from Belgium.

Dec 24, 2020 19:30 (IST)

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