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This Article is From Dec 17, 2020

Coronavirus Live Updates: India's Covid Tally Mounts To 99.32 Lakh With 26,382 New Cases

Coronavirus Latest News LIVE Updates: There are 3,32,002 active coronavirus infections in the country which constitute 3.34 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.

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Updated : December 17, 2020 6:57 am IST

Coronavirus Cases India: There are 3,39,820 active virus infections in the country. (Representational)

New Delhi:

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:

Dec 17, 2020 06:57 (IST)
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".
Dec 17, 2020 06:38 (IST)
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.

Dec 17, 2020 05:37 (IST)
US Vice President Mike Pence, Wife To Get Covid Vaccine On Friday: White House
US Vice President Mike Pence and his wife will get the Covid-19 vaccine Friday in a public display designed to boost national confidence, the White House announced Wednesday.
Dec 17, 2020 05:16 (IST)
Delhi Records 1,547 New COVID-19 Cases, Positivity Rate 1.96 Per Cent

Delhi recorded 1,547 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday with over 79,000 tests conducted, even as the positivity rate stood at 1.96 per cent, authorities said
Dec 17, 2020 05:01 (IST)
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. 
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Dec 17, 2020 03:49 (IST)
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.
Dec 17, 2020 03:29 (IST)
Germany Reports Of 952 Covid-19 Deaths On First Day Of New Lockdown

German streets were quiet "like Sunday" on the first day of a new partial lockdown to try to halt surging infections, as the country reported a record number of Covid-19 deaths.
Dec 17, 2020 02:40 (IST)
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.

Dec 17, 2020 01:58 (IST)
French Prime Minister Jean Castex Says Country To Get 1.16 Million Covid Vaccine Doses By Year End

France will receive around 1.16 million Covid-19 vaccine doses by year end, Prime Minister Jean Castex said Wednesday, adding another 2.3 million will arrive in the next two months.
Dec 17, 2020 01:29 (IST)
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.

Dec 17, 2020 01:10 (IST)
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.
Dec 17, 2020 00:00 (IST)
Americas Report 5 Million Covid Cases In A Week: Pan American Health Organization
The 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.
Dec 16, 2020 23:34 (IST)
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: 97 New COVID-19 Cases, 3 Fresh Deaths In Assam
Three 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.
Dec 16, 2020 22:53 (IST)
Asians Reluctant To Take COVID-19 Vaccine Jab: UK Study
Black, 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.
Dec 16, 2020 22:13 (IST)
Mike Pompeo Quarantining After Contact With Covid Positive Person: State Department
America'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.
Dec 16, 2020 21:34 (IST)
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
Dec 16, 2020 20:47 (IST)
COVID-19: Delhi Record 1,547 Fresh Cases, 32 Deaths
Delhi 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.
Dec 16, 2020 20:03 (IST)
UK Vaccinates 137,000 In First Week Since Shot Rollout
More 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.
Dec 16, 2020 19:39 (IST)
Coronavirus LIVE: 1,240 New Cases In Karnataka, 6 Deaths
Karnataka 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).
Dec 16, 2020 19:07 (IST)
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: 478 Fresh COVID-19 Cases, 715 Recoveries In Andhra Pradesh
Andhra 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.



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