Coronavirus Cases India: There are 3,39,820 active virus infections in the country. (Representational)
India recorded 26,382 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, while the national recovery rate stood at over 95 per cent, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry today.
India's coronavirus caseload mounted to 99,32,547 with 26,382 infections being reported in a day, while the deaths rose to 1,44,096 with 387 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am on Wednesday showed.
There are 3,32,002 active coronavirus infections in the country which constitute 3.34 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
The United States on Tuesday authorized its first rapid at-home test for Covid-19, which is available over-the-counter and produces a result in around 20 minutes. The test will sell for around $30 and the company plans to roll out three million units in January 2021, and millions more in subsequent months.
Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of the world's population may not have access to a COVID-19 vaccine until at least 2022, according to a study published in The BMJ today, which warns that vaccines will be as challenging to deliver as they were to develop.
Another study in the same journal estimates that 3.7 billion adults worldwide are willing to have a COVID-19 vaccine, highlighting the importance of designing fair and equitable strategies to ensure that supply can meet demand, especially in low and middle income countries.
These findings together suggest that the operational challenges of the global COVID-19 vaccination programme will be at least as difficult as the scientific challenges associated with their development.
Here are the LIVE Updates on coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:
Germany Aims To Begin Coronavirus Vaccinations December 27: Minister
Germany will begin coronavirus vaccinations on December 27 with elderly care home residents, Health Minister Jens Spahn announced Wednesday, with the European Union aiming for all 27 member states to begin on the same day.
In a statement, Germany's 16 state-level health ministers said Spahn had announced "the expected approval and supply of the BioNTech vaccine" with distribution beginning shortly before year's end.
As Germany holds the EU's rotating presidency, that could mean December 27 will be the start date for all member countries.
Also Wednesday. French Prime Minister Jean Castex said that France could begin vaccinations "in the last week of December" if "all conditions are met".
France records 17,615 new COVID-19 cases
France's health authorities on Wednesday reported 17,615 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, the biggest single-day increase since November 21.
To date, the country has registered a total of 2,409,062 cases, while deaths caused by respiratory illness rose by 289 within a day to 59,361.
Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil surpasses 7 million
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 70,574 to 7,040,608 within the past 24 hours, the national Ministry of Health said on late Wednesday.
The deaths have risen by 936 to 183,735 people within the same period of time. The number of recovered patients has exceeded 6.1 million.
A day earlier, Brazil reported 42,889 new cases of the coronavirus disease and 964 new fatalities.
Chandigarh gears up for COVID-19 vaccination, prepares sites to store vaccines
As the COVID-19 vaccination programme will soon begin in India, the Chandigarh administration has geared itself on how to vaccinate people when it will be available.
Also, vaccinators have been trained for the vaccination programme.
"We are fully prepared on how to vaccinate people when vaccines will be available. We have also planned on how vaccines will be stored and transported," Manoj Parida, Advisor, Chandigarh Administration told ANI on Wednesday.
"We have prepared sites where vaccines will be stored and vaccinators have been trained," he added.
Moscow's COVID-19 death toll spikes to 10,171
Moscow has registered 76 deaths of patients infected with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the Russian capital's deaths to 10,171, the city's coronavirus response centre said in a statement on Wednesday.
"Another 76 patients, who were diagnosed with pneumonia and tested positive for the coronavirus infection, died in Moscow," the centre said.
Mike Pompeo to be under quarantine after coming in contact with COVID-19 patient
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be under quarantine as he came in contact with a coronavirus-positive person, yet to be identified, on Wednesday.
The Secretary has been tested negative but in accordance with CDC guidelines, Pompeo will be in quarantine. He is being closely monitored by the department''s medical team.
In October, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump also tested COVID-19 positive.
West Bengal reports 46 more COVID-19 deaths, 2,293 new cases
The COVID-19 deaths in West Bengal rose to 9,191 on Wednesday as 46 more people died due to the disease, the health department said in a bulletin. The state registered 2,293 new cases, pushing the tally to 5,28,211.
The bulletin said that 2,767 patients also recovered from coronavirus during the day, taking the total number of cured people to 4,98,877. The recovery rate is 94.45 per cent at present.
Americas Report 5 Million Covid Cases In A Week: Pan American Health OrganizationThe Americas reported some five million new Covid-19 infections in a week, mostly in the United States and Canada, the Pan American Health Organization said Wednesday.
Since the start of the pandemic the Americas region has recorded some 31 million cases and 787,000 deaths, which is roughly half the known infections and fatalities worldwide.
"In the last week alone, there were nearly five million new COVID-19 infections reported - most in North America, where Canada and the US continue to be the principal drivers of new cases," PAHO director Carissa Etienne told a press briefing.
"In Canada, hospitalizations are mounting... raising concerns about hospital capacity. In the US, deaths have surpassed 300,000, a milestone that underscores the human toll of this crisis," she added.
In Central America, the agency noted that Panama and Belize were registering an increase in cases, while Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua were reporting relatively few infections.
However, Etienne warned that this trend should be viewed with caution as hurricanes Eta and Iota may have impacted systems for recording Covid cases and there may also be many displaced people.
Regarding the situation in the south of the continent, Brazil and Colombia were the countries with the most new cases, and PAHO indicated that there was a worrying rise in infections in southern Brazil.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: 97 New COVID-19 Cases, 3 Fresh Deaths In AssamThree more persons including an infant died due to COVID-19 in Assam, pushing the death count in the state to 1,007, while the tally rose to 2,15,042 as 97 more people tested positive for the virus on Wednesday, Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
The three-month old infant girl died in Charaideo while a 35-year old in Baksa and 68-year old man succumbed to the virus in Kamrup Metropolitan district, the minister said.
"Sad to share the demise of three #COVID patients today......Condolences and prayers", Mr Sarma tweeted.
The current COVID-19 death rate in the state is 0.47 per cent.
Asians Reluctant To Take COVID-19 Vaccine Jab: UK StudyBlack, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups, including people of Indian-origin in the UK, are reluctant to take the vaccine against COVID-19, a new study said on Wednesday, urging the UK government to initiate more targeted campaigns.
As the UK has covered nearly 138,000 people in the first week of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine rollout across the country, the study commissioned by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) found that three in four (76 per cent) of the British public would take a COVID-19 vaccine if advised to do so by their doctor, with just 8 per cent stating they would be very unlikely to do so.
However, it found that only 57 per cent of respondents from BAME backgrounds (199 respondents) were likely to accept the vaccine, compared to 79 per cent of White respondents.
Confidence in vaccines was found to be lowest among respondents of Asian ethnicity, of whom only 55 per cent were likely to say yes, the study says.
"We have known for years that different communities have different levels of satisfaction in the NHS (National Health Service) and more recently we have seen anti-vaccination messages have been specifically targeted at different groups, including different ethnic or religious communities," said Christina Marriott, Chief Executive of RSPH.
Mike Pompeo Quarantining After Contact With Covid Positive Person: State DepartmentAmerica's top diplomat Mike Pompeo was in quarantine Wednesday after being exposed to a person who has tested positive for Covid-19, the State Department said.
The 56-year-old Secretary of State "has been tested and is negative," it said in a statement.
"In accordance with CDC guidelines, he will be in quarantine," the State Department said. "He is being closely monitored by the Department's medical team."
The State Department said that for privacy reasons it was not identifying the person Pompeo came into contact with.
The US Secretary of State is fourth in the line of succession after the president following the vice president, speaker of the House of Representatives and president pro tempore of the Senate.
President Donald Trump was hospitalized for three days in October after contracting Covid-19. His wife, Melania, and son Barron, also caught the disease.
Tamil Nadu reported 1,181 new COVID-19 cases, 1,240 discharges, and 12 deaths in the last 24 hours: State Health Department, Government of Tamil Nadu
Total cases: 8,02,342
Total discharges: 7,80,531
Death Count: 11,931
Active cases: 9,880
COVID-19: Delhi Record 1,547 Fresh Cases, 32 DeathsDelhi recorded 1,547 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday with over 79,000 tests conducted, even as the positivity rate stood at 1.96 percent, authorities said.
The death count mounted to 10,147 with 32 new fatalities while the active case tally dropped to 13,261 from 14,480 the previous day, they said.
This is the second consecutive day when the positivity rate remained below two percent.
The positivity rate from December 3 to December 7 had successively dipped to 4.96 percent, 4.78 percent, 4.2 percent, 3.68 percent and 3.15 percent respectively.
However, on December 8 it had risen again to 4.23 percent, falling again to 3.42 percent on December 9 and 2.46 percent on December 10.
It had risen to 3.33 percent again on December 11 and fell again to 2.64 percent on December 12. It rose marginally again to 2.74 on December 13, and fell again to 2.15 percent on December 14.
These 1,547 fresh cases came out of 79,042 tests conducted the previous day, including 37,885-PCR tests, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi health department.
The bulletin said that the total number of cases has climbed to 6,11,994.
UK Vaccinates 137,000 In First Week Since Shot RolloutMore than 137,000 people in Britain have received a first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine in the week since inoculations began, the government announced on Wednesday.
The Department for Health and Social Care said 137,897 people had received the jab since December 8. Of those, 108,000 were in England, the most populous of the UK's four nations.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson told lawmakers he was "very pleased" with the "good start with the rollout of the vaccination".
The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was the first coronavirus shot to be authorised for use by the UK's independent medicines regulator. Patients require two doses, 21 days apart.
Britain has ordered 40 million doses of the jab -- enough to vaccinate 20 million people -- with 800,000 in the first batch.
First in line are people aged 80 and above, and frontline health and social care workers.
The vaccination programme was this week expanded into doctors' surgeries in England, and in care homes in Scotland.
The bulk of Britain's vaccine requirements are expected to be met by a jab developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, which is awaiting regulatory approval.
Some 100 million doses have been ordered. The government has also ordered seven million of vaccine developed by Moderna.
Britain has been one of the worst-hit countries in Europe by the virus with nearly 65,000 deaths from some 1.9 million cases.
On Wednesday, London and surrounding areas were placed under stricter measures to curb the spread of the virus because of concern about a rise in cases.
Coronavirus LIVE: 1,240 New Cases In Karnataka, 6 DeathsKarnataka on Wednesday reported 1,240 new cases of COVID-19 and 6 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 9,04,665 and the death count to 11,971.
The day also saw 1,403 patients getting discharged after recovery.
A total of over 1,26,11,493 samples have been tested so far, out of which 1,01,750 were tested on Wednesday alone, and 14,720 among them were rapid antigen tests.
Out of 1,240 fresh cases reported today, 676 cases were from Bengaluru urban alone.
As of December 16 evening, cumulatively 9,04,665 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 11,971 deaths and 8,77,199 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.
It said, out of 15,476 active cases,15,228 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and stable, while 248 are in ICU.
According to the bulletin, 4 out of the total 6 deaths reported on Wednesday are from Bengaluru urban, followed by Ballari and Chikkamagaluru (1).
All those dead are with a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI).
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: 478 Fresh COVID-19 Cases, 715 Recoveries In Andhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh reported 478 fresh COVID-19 cases, 715 recoveries and three deaths in 24 hours ending 9 am on Wednesday.
With this, the total positives so far went up to 8,76,814, gross recoveries to 8,65,327 and deaths to 7,067. The latest bulletin said 4,420 cases remained active in the state now.
A total of 1.10 crore sample tests were also completed on Wednesday, which resulted in an overall infection positivity of 7.97 per cent.
All districts have been showing a steady decline in the coronavirus infection, but Chittoor, Krishna and West Godavari still have a relatively higher addition of daily cases.
In 24 hours, Visakhapatnam added two fresh COVID-19 fatalities and Kadapa one to their tally.
London Enters Highest COVID-19 Alert As UK Reviews Other Lockdown TiersThe UK government is reviewing the tiered lockdown allocations for different parts of the country as scheduled by law on Wednesday, even as millions of more people in and around London moved into the highest alert level of Tier 3 coronavirus restrictions after a worrying spike in infections.
With the addition of the UK capital and surrounding areas of Essex and Hertfordshire to Tier 3, or near complete lockdown, around 61 per cent of England''s population is now living under the toughest lockdown rules which impose a ban on inter-household mingling indoors and a closure of all restaurants and bars except for takeaways and deliveries.
"The number of COVID-19 cases in London has increased significantly over the past two weeks and we continue to experience the highest case rates of anywhere in the country," said Professor Kevin Fenton, London Regional Director for Public Health England.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Dharavi Reports Three Fresh COVID-19 CasesDharavi slum colony in Mumbai on Wednesday reported three new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally of infections to 3,763 and that of active cases to 12, a city civic body official said.
He said 3,439 of the total 3,763patients have been recovered from the COVID-19 disease and discharged from hospitals.
"The slum colony now has 12 active cases," the official said.
Spread over 2.5 square kilometres, Dharavi is considered as the largest slum in Asia with a population of over 6.5 lakh.
Coronavirus LIVE: Hundreds Of Devotees Flock To Pashupatinath Temple As It Reopens After 9 MonthsHundreds of devotees flocked to the Pashupatinath Temple on Wednesday, after it reopened its gates following a hiatus of nine months due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The devotees prayed for an early end to the pandemic and return of normalcy in the Himalayan region.
Adhering to the public health protocol, the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kathmandu opened from 6 am (local time) today with COVID-19 restrictions in place.
"I had waited on for long. I came back from abroad before the lockdown and had not got a chance to enter the temple. I am blessings those who made this possible, may god bless them and may Pashupatinath protect them," Padma Panta, one of the devotees who visited the temple earlier today, told ANI.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Uttar Pradesh Records 15 More COVID-19 Deaths, 1,227 New CasesThe death count due to COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh rose to 8,118 on Wednesday with 15 more fatalities, while 1,227 fresh cases pushed the infection tally to 5,69,263 in the state, according to a health bulletin.
At present, there are 17,801 active cases in UP and a total of 5,43,344 people have recovered from the disease so far, it said.
With 15 more fatalities, the death count has risen to 8,118.
Of the 1,227 fresh cases, 206 were reported from Lucknow, 92 from Allahabad, 69 from Varanasi and 67 from Meerut, among others, the bulletin said.
Coronavirus Vaccination In UP: Leaves Of All Health Officials Cancelled For December, JanuaryThe Health and Family Welfare Department of Uttar Pradesh has cancelled all leaves of officers and employees of the Directorate General, in view of proposed Covid-19 vaccination in the months of December 2020 and January 2021.
A departmental notice dated December 15, 2020, stated that the cooperation of officers and employees of the Directorate General will be needed during the proposed coronavirus vaccination.
"Everyone working under the health and family welfare department are aware of the fact that Covid-19 pandemic is still affecting the lives of people across the globe and norms, guidelines are being followed to prevent its spread. In this row, Covid-19 vaccination in the months of December 2020 and January 2021 during which cooperation of every official and employee is needed," the notice said.
"Hence, it has been decided after deliberations that the leaves which were taken by the officers and employees of the Directorate General, including contract workers and daily wage workers are being cancelled," it added.
EU Members To Start COVID-19 Jabs "The Same Day"The EU's 27 member countries aim to start Covid-19 vaccinations on "the same day" in a sign of unity, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday.
Her statement to the European Parliament came as pressure mounted on the bloc to catch up with the United States and Britain, which have already started inoculating people with a vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech.
"To get to the end of the pandemic, we will need up to 70 percent of the population vaccinated. This is a huge task, a big task. So let's start as soon as possible with the vaccination together, as 27, with a start at the same day," von der Leyen told MEPs.
The European Medicines Agency, which regulates the release of medicines in the EU, is bringing forward to next Monday a special meeting originally planned a week later to discuss conditional approval for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
As Europeans watched first Britain last week then the US this week start vaccinations, Germany -- home to BioNTech and von der Leyen -- pressed for the EMA to allow the jab to be made available before Christmas.
EU states have the option of individually going ahead with vaccinations earlier under EMA emergency rules, but the European Commission wants a coordinated roll-out across the bloc to ensure no member state is left behind.
COVID-19 positivity rate less than 2 per cent, lowest ever since May: Delhi health minister
Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Wednesday said the positivity rate of COVID-19 cases is declining and it was below 2 per cent for the first time on Tuesday since the month of May.
"There were 1,617 COVID-19 cases in Delhi yesterday. It is a matter of great satisfaction that the outbreak has been declining. The positivity rate was 1.9 per cent yesterday (probably the lowest ever) and I would still like to request people to wear masks. The mask campaign started by the Delhi government also seems to have a great effect," said Mr Jain.
Regarding the availability of ICU beds, Jain clarified that overall 50 per cent ICU beds are available. However, in some private hospitals, the occupancy is about 80-90 per cent.
Arunachal Pradesh Police ''completely Covid-free'' now, says top official
All personnel of Arunachal Pradesh Police who had tested positive for COVID-19, have completely recovered now, a top official has said.
Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP) Madhur Verma said 883 personnel of the department are now free from the disease.
"It is a matter of extreme joy for all of us today as Arunachal Pradesh Police has become CovidFree. Our last active case has also turned Covid negative. Our alertness and all Covid related precautions will still continue," DGIP Verma said in a tweet.
Chief Minister Pema Khandu also congratulated the department for its success in containing the spread of the virus.
Taking to Twitter, Mr Khandu said, "Arunachal Pradesh Police is now COVID-19 free with 100 per cent recovery. Congratulations to Arunachal Police for the success story."
"In the coming days, we hope Arunachal Pradesh will be 100 per cent COVIDFree," he added.
Covid-19 LIVE Updates: Germany sees record number of deaths on first day of new lockdown
Germany registered a record number of deaths from Covid-19 on Wednesday, the first day of a new partial lockdown to try and curb a surge in infections.
A total of 952 people died in the previous 24 hours, according to the Robert Koch Institute disease control centre.
It said 27,728 new coronavirus cases were registered, a figure close to the daily record of infections reported on Friday.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Puducherry clocks 32 COVID-19 cases, tally rises to 37,582
Puducherry logged 32 more cases of coronavirus on Wednesday raising the total infection count to 37,582, a government official said.
Director of the Department of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar said the new cases spread over Puducherry 16, Karaikal 3 and Mahe 13 were identified at the end of examination of 3,477 samples in the last 24 hours ending 10 am today.
He said a 57-year old woman from neighbouring Uzhavarkarai village succumbed to the illness, pushing the toll to 622.
The patient did not have any co-morbidity but died of COVID-19 pneumonia.
Coronavirus LIVE News: Varun Dhawan tests negative for COVID-19, to resume ''Jug Jugg Jeeyo'' shoot
Actor Varun Dhawan has tested negative for COVID-19 and is currently gearing up to resume shooting for "Jug Jugg Jeeyo".
The 33-year-old actor was diagnosed with COVID-19 alongside his "Jug Jugg Jeeyo" co-stars Neetu Kapoor, Maniesh Paul and director Raj Mehta while they shooting for the film in Chandigarh in the first week of December.
According to a source close to the film, both Mr Dhawan and Mr Mehta have now recovered and will resume the shoot from December 19 in Chandigarh.
Neetu Kapoor, who flew back to Mumbai after her actor-son Ranbir Kapoor made necessary arrangements, tested negative for the virus on December 11.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Jharkhand reports 209 new COVID-19 cases, one more deathJharkhand's COVID-19 tally mounted to 1,11,931 as 209 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said on Wednesday.
The death toll rose to 1,001 as one person from Ranchi succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours, he said.
Ranchi district registered the maximum number of fresh cases at 98, followed by East Singhbhum at 38 and Dhanbad at 15.
Jharkhand now has 1,578 active coronavirus cases, while 1,09,352 people have been cured of the disease so far, the official said.
Coronavirus Latest News LIVE: Uttarakhand Health Secretary Amit Negi tests positive for COVID-19
Uttarakhand Health Secretary Amit Negi has tested positive for COVID-19.
The information was provided by RS Uniyal who is the private secretary of health secretary on Wednesday.
The secretariat management officer has been informed in this regard.
Two other officers working at the State Secretariat along with the Health Secretary have tested positive for COVID-19.
"All three officials have been quarantined and are following the COVID-19 protocols. The offices of all the three officials will be sanitized," Mr Uniyal added.
Coronavirus LIVE News: 17 new cases take Arunachal's COVID-19 tally to 16,553At least 17 more people, including four security personnel, tested positive for COVID- 19 in Arunachal Pradesh, pushing the tally in the state to 16,553, a health department official said on Wednesday.
Of the fresh cases, five were reported from Tawang and three each from Changlang and East Siang and one each from Siang, Lohit, West Kameng, Papumpare, Upper Siang and Tirap districts, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.
"Three Assam Rifles personnel and an army jawan are among the new patients," he said.
All the fresh infections were detected through rapid antigen tests, the SSO said, adding that all the new patients, barring eight, were asymptomatic.
323 new COVID-19 cases in Thane, tally reaches 2,36,879
Thane district of Maharashtra has added 323 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total count of infections here to 2,36,879, an official said on Wednesday.
The COVID-19 death toll in the district has gone up to 5,831 after eight more persons succumbed to the disease, he said.
As of now, there are 5,058 COVID-19 cases in then district, while 2,25,990 patients have recovered.
The COVID-19 recovery rate in the district is 95.40 per cent, the mortalityrate stands at 2.46 per cent, and the active cases constitute 2.14 per cent of the total infections reported so far, the official said.
Among the cities in the district, Kalyan has so far recorded 55,916 COVID-19 cases, Thane-53,678, Navi Mumbai- 49,767 and Mira Bhayander-24,914, he said.
Vande Bharat Mission: 6,188 people facilitated under Phase 7
Union Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday informed that 6,188 stranded persons have been repatriated in Phase 7 of Vande Bharat Mission.
Taking to Twitter, Mr Puri shared data that showed that on December 15 (Tuesday) itself 6,188 Indians returned from various locations such as Sharjah, London, Nairobi, among others.
Now in Phase 7, the mission has facilitated repatriation and outbound international travel of more than 3.8 million people so far.
However, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Anurag Srivastava earlier informed that Phase 8 of Vande Bharat Mission has been extended till December 31.
Coronavirus LIVE: 536 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths in Telangana
Telangana reported 536 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the tally to over 2.79 lakh while three fatalities pushed the toll to 1,502.
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 107, followed by Medchal Malkajgiri 43 and Rangareddy 41, a government bulletin said on Tuesday providing details as of 8 pm on December 15.
As many as7,183 patients are under treatment and 52,057 samples were tested on Tuesday.
Cumulatively, over 62.57 lakh samples have been tested.
The samples tested per million population was over 1.68 lakh, the bulletin said.
JustIn| 26,382 fresh COVID-19 cases in India, nearly 20% higher than yesterday; 99.32 lakh total cases, 1,44,096 deaths
Mizoram reports 31 new cases of COVID-19 in last 24 hours
Mizoram reported 31 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the state to 4,080 according to the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) of Mizoram.
As per the state government's data, the total discharged cases in the state are 3,894. The active cases of coronavirus in the state are 179, while seven people succumbed to death due to the deadly virus.
The seven new cases were confirmed through the Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test, 13 through Rapid Antigen Test and 11 cases were reported by TrueNat.
COVID-19 Updates: Jharkhand schools to reopen for Classes 10-12 students from December 16
Regular classes for students of class 10 to class 12 will resume from December 16 in Jharkhand amid the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the Office of Banna Gupta, State Minister for Disaster Management Department.
The decision was taken at a review meeting of the disaster management department chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren where Gupta was also present. Besides this, medical, dental, and nursing colleges have also been allowed to resume work.