New Delhi: India recorded 35,551 new COVID-19 infections, taking the country's coronavirus case tally to 95.3 lakh, the government data shows. Up to 526 people also lost their lives to the highly viral disease in this period. With this, a total of 1,38,648 people have lost their lives to Covid till now. Total active cases, or those receiving treatment for COVID-19, stood at 4,22,943, down nearly 5,700 in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party-led government in Delhi has informed the High Court that, for now, no night curfew would be imposed in the national capital, or parts of it, in view of the COVID-19 situation. "The Delhi Government has been taking all necessary measures, as required and demanded, by the ever-changing circumstances and (remains) committed to making every effort to arrest the spread of COVID-19 in the national capital," the High Court was informed.
The Covid vaccine developed by American pharma giant Pfizer, which was cleared by the United Kingdom Wednesday and will be rolled out to the public early next week, is unlikely to be available in India at this time, sources have told NDTV.
For a vaccine to be allowed in India it must clear clinical trials here, and sources said neither Pfizer nor its partner companies had asked to hold such trials. This means that even if Pfizer partners with an Indian company now it will take some time for the vaccine to be available in the country.
However, the Drugs Controller General of India has "discretionary power to waive localised clinical trials for a vaccine", sources said, but also noted that till date all vaccines cleared by the DCGI had at least cleared limited Phase 3 trials.
Here are the LIVE updates on India Coronavirus Cases:
Dec 04, 2020 05:53 (IST)
Posters Outside COVID-19 Homes Not Part Of Guidelines, Centre Tells Supreme Court
The practice of affixing posters and signage outside COVID-19 patients' homes, often stigmatising the residents, is not one prescribed by the Central government in its guidelines to tackle the disease, the Supreme Court was informed today.
"The Central government guidelines do not require this...There cannot be any stigmatic impact," Solicitor General Tushar Mehta today told a Supreme Court bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, RS Reddy, and MR Shah, according to a PTI report.
Responding to the bench's query if the Centre could issue an advisory on posters, Mr Mehta referred to a Health Ministry affidavit filed in the court to say that it had already been done.
Dec 03, 2020 21:12 (IST)
Tamil Nadu adds 1,416 new COVID-19 cases; 14 fatalities
Tamil Nadu on Thursday reported 1,416 new COVID-19 cases, taking the overall infection count
to 7,86,163, while 14 more fatalities pushed the death count to 11,747.
As many as 1,413 people were discharged from healthcare facilities after getting cured, taking the
aggregate to 7,63,428, a Health department bulletin said.
The number of active cases in Tamil Nadu stood at 10,988.
Dec 03, 2020 21:08 (IST)
Ahmedabad records 336 new COVID-19 cases; nine deaths
At least 336 persons tested positive for coronavirus in Gujarat's Ahmedabad district in
the last 24 hours, raising the count of infections to 51,070, an official from the state health department said on Thursday.
Of the latest infections, 314 were detected in Ahmedabad city, while 22 were from rural parts of the district, the official said.
Apart from this, nine patients from the city died of the infection, taking the toll in the district to 2,087, he said.
