Coronavirus India Highlights: India's COVID-19 Tally Crosses 74 Lakh With 62,212 New Cases

Need To Identify Clusters That Can Turn Into Covid Hotspots: WHO Chief Scientist
With a huge population in a country like India, she said, one has to go after the virus in order to control its spread before it becomes a community transmission.

"When we look at countries that have succeeded (in controlling the spread of virus) we have to go after the virus where it is present. Then it is easier (to prevent the spread of virus) than it becomes a community transmission," she said.

Global COVID-19 cases cross 39.5 million
The global coronavirus caseload now stands at 39.5 million cases, according to the latest updates provided by Johns Hopkins University.

According to the University tracker, there are 39,502,909 COVID-19 cases globally and 1,106,705 patients globally have succumbed to the virus.

Globally, 27,148,927 patients infected from the virus have recovered, the tracker states.

The US continues to be the worst-affected country due to the virus with 8,086,780 cases and 218,980 fatalities, which are the most deaths in the world.

As many as 3,197,539 patients across the US have recovered from the disease.

COVID-19: Amid outbreak, Goa doctors threaten strike over room sharing
A total of 1,992 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Rajasthan on Saturday taking the total count of reported cases to 1,71,281.

State Health Department said 12 more people succumbed to the virus taking the death toll in the state to 1,735.

According to the State Health Department, of 1,992 new cases, 372 were reported in Jaipur. The state has 21,255 active cases.

COVID-19: Rajasthan reports 1,992 new cases, 12 deaths
A total of 1,992 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Rajasthan on Saturday taking the total count of reported cases to 1,71,281.

State Health Department said 12 more people succumbed to the virus taking the death toll in the state to 1,735.

According to the State Health Department, of 1,992 new cases, 372 were reported in Jaipur. The state has 21,255 active cases.

COVID-19: France reports over 32,000 new cases
France on Saturday reported a record rise in COVID-19 cases with 32,427 new infections registered over the past 24 hours, according to figures from the Sante Publique agency heading the coronavirus response in the country.

This takes the total number of infected since the beginning of the pandemic to 867,197, the tenth highest in the world.

The number of fatalities from the disease has increased by 90 since the last update, taking the total to 33,392, according to the Sante Publique.

According to the agency's figures, 7,198 people have been hospitalized with COVID-19 in the past week, 1,269 of whom were taken intensive care.

COVID-19: Nagaland reports 94 new cases
Nagaland reported 94 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and 30 patients have recovered in the past 24 hours.

Dimapur recorded 55 new cases each while 23 cases were recorded in Kohima, along with nine in Mon, three in Zunheboto, and two each in Mokokchung and Peren.

Meanwhile, with a spike of 62,212 new cases and 837 deaths in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count reached 74,32,681 on Saturday according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).

COVID-19: Mumbai reports 1,791 new cases, 47 deaths
A total of 1,791 new COVID-19 cases and 47 deaths were reported from Mumbai in the last 24 hours.

Municipal Corporation Greater Mumbai said on Saturday that the total number of cases in the metropolis now stands at 2,40,339, including 18,717 active cases and 2,08,099 discharges. It said 9,682 persons have died due to the virus.

With 1,85,270 total active cases, Maharashtra continues to be the worst affected state by COVID-19 in the country.

COVID-19: 946 cases, 42 deaths in Pune; 860 discharged
Pune district reported 946 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the caseload to 3,13,645, while the death count increased by 42 to touch 7,418, an official said on Saturday.

A total of 860 people were discharged during the day, he added.

Of the 946 cases, 418 were detected in Pune Municipal Corporation limits, which has recorded 1,57,051 cases so far, while the tally in Pimpri Chinchwad rose by 209 to reach 85,323, he said.

COVID-19: Delhi records 35 more deaths, count rises to 5,981; infection tally 3.27 lakh
Thirty-five more fatalities have been recorded, taking the death count to 5,981, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi health department.

COVID-19: Assam's tally crosses two lakh-mark with 672 fresh cases
The COVID-19 tally in Assam crossed the two lakh-mark on Saturday with 672 new cases, while 12 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 865, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

The fresh infections have increased the northeastern state's caseload to 2,00,391.

Of the new fatalities, three were reported from Jorhat, two from Golaghat and one each from Sivasagar, Kamrup Rural, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karbi Anglong, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh and Chirang, Sarma said.

"Very sad and anguished to inform that 12 more COVID positive patients have succumbed to the disease... My condolences to the family. We stand by you in this hour of grief," he said on Twitter.

The fatality rate in the state is currently at 0.43 per cent.

The new cases included 149 from Kamrup Metropolitan, the minister said.

PM Narendra Modi chair COVID-19 review meeting; cautions against complacency, calls for keeping up efforts to contain pandemic, the PTI reported. 

Several safety arrangements are being made to host the Ganga-Sagar Mela amid the pandemic, news agency reported quoting officials. Besides the authorities are also planning to send the holy water to the devotees by post and live-stream the rituals, it said.

JUsT In: Coronavirus: 62,212  fresh infections, 837 deaths recorded in a day as India's Covid cases cross 74 lakh

Bengal BJP Chief Dilip Ghosh Tests Positive For COVID-19
West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh has tested positive for coronavirus following which he was admitted to a private hospital on Friday night."

16 new Covid cases in Mizoram
Mizoram's Covid tally reached 2,245 after 16 new cases were reported in the state, data released by the state government showed. The number of active cases is at 112 while 2,133 people have been discharged so far. No death reported in the state till date, it said.

Coronavirus news: Bihar records 94.24% COVID recovery rate; gets world's no. 1 position, says minister
Bihar's COVID-19 recovery rate on Friday touched 94.24 per cent, which is the highest among all states of India and countries having registered more than one lakh positive cases, Health Minister Mangal Pandey said.
In recovery rate, Bihar is followed by Andhra Pradesh (93.50 per cent) and Tamil Nadu (92 per cent) in India, he said.

Coronavirus news: Delhi government defends its decision to reserve 80% ICU beds for COVID-19 patients

Aam Aadmi Party Government defended its decision to reserve 80 per cent ICU capacity exclusively for COVID-19 patients in private hospitals before Delhi High Court on Friday and said that plea filed by private hospital association was an attempt to secure the financial interests of the member hospitals.

Countering the petition filed by Association of Healthcare Providers India challenging the local government decision, the Delhi Government said, "The association plea is wholly misplaced, baseless and an attempt on the part of the petitioner to mislead the court and looking to secure the financial interests of the member hospitals under the garb of expressing masked concerns over securing healthcare facilities for Non-Covid patients, to be able to levy arbitrary and exorbitant medical treatment fee and other such charges from critical COVID-19 patients."

In an affidavit filed through Delhi Government Standing Counsel Sanjoy Ghose and advocate Urvi Mohan, the government reiterated that the decision only covers 33 subject private hospitals and nursing homes, out of over 1,150 private nursing homes and hospitals across the national capital city.

COVID-19: Sikkim reports 31 fresh cases
Sikkim reported 31 fresh novel coronavirus cases in the past one day taking the tally in the state to 3531, an official said on Friday.

A total of 3096 people have recovered from the disease, while the number of fatalities is 59 so far, state IEC member Sonam Bhutia said.

East Sikkim registered the highest number of 25 positive cases, while South Sikkim accounted for four cases and West Sikkim and North Sikkim reported one case each during the time.

As per the district-wise distribution of COVID-19 cases, East Sikkim reported 2572 cases followed by 706 in South Sikkim, 159 in West Sikkim and 13 in North Sikkim.

The mountain state has 295 active cases, he said adding 81 others have migrated from the state.