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Coronavirus: India reported 78,524 fresh COVID-19 cases today, taking the total number to 68.35 lakh. The country recorded 971 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the death count to 1,05,526.
With over 75,000 people recovering from COVID-19 every day in India, the country's recoveries are 6.3 times more than active cases of coronavirus, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The country has witnessed an exponential rise in the number of COVID-19 recoveries from 50,000 recoveries in May to over 57 lakh in October.
"India's COVID recoveries have witnessed a steep exponential rise - from 50,000 in May to over 57 lakh in October. A high level of more than 75,000 recoveries reported every day. Recoveries are 6.3 times the active cases (currently only 13.4 per cent of total cases)," the ministry tweeted.
Here are the LIVE updates on Coronavirus cases:
Coronavirus Update: Gujarat Records 1,278 New COVID-19 Cases, 1,266 Recoveries
With 1,278 new patients getting infected with coronavirus in the last 24 hours, Gujarat's tally went past 1.47 lakh on Thursday, the state Health Department said. A release by the Health Department said Gujarat's tally of positive cases went up to 1,47,951 with the addition of the new infections. Ten infected patients died across the state during this period, taking the toll to 3,541, said the release.
With 1,278 new patients getting infected with coronavirus in the last 24 hours, Gujarat's tally went past 1.47 lakh on Thursday, the state Health Department said. A release by the Health Department said Gujarat's tally of positive cases went up to 1,47,951 with the addition of the new infections. Ten infected patients died across the state during this period, taking the toll to 3,541, said the release.
Coronavirus Update: Goa Records 432 New COVID-19 Cases
The number of coronavirus cases have gone up by 432 in Goa, taking the state's total count to 37,102 on Thursday. As many as seven more patients died due to the infection from the highly contagious virus, an official said.
The number of coronavirus cases have gone up by 432 in Goa, taking the state's total count to 37,102 on Thursday. As many as seven more patients died due to the infection from the highly contagious virus, an official said.
Coronavirus Update From Karnataka: 10,704 New COVID-19, 101 Deaths
A total of 10,704 new COVID-19 and 101 deaths were reported in Karnataka on Thursday. The total number of cases in the state have gone up to 6,79,356.
As many as 9,613 discharges were also reported in Karnataka.
"Karnataka reported 10,704 new COVID-19 cases, 9,613 discharges and 101 deaths today, taking total cases to 6,79,356 including 5,52,519 discharges and 9,675 deaths. The number of active cases stands at 1,17,143," State Health Department said.
A total of 10,704 new COVID-19 and 101 deaths were reported in Karnataka on Thursday. The total number of cases in the state have gone up to 6,79,356.
As many as 9,613 discharges were also reported in Karnataka.
"Karnataka reported 10,704 new COVID-19 cases, 9,613 discharges and 101 deaths today, taking total cases to 6,79,356 including 5,52,519 discharges and 9,675 deaths. The number of active cases stands at 1,17,143," State Health Department said.
Doctors Warn Mamata Banerjee Of Massive COVID-19 Spike Post Durga Puja
A group of doctors in Kolkata have written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to take stricter measures to restrict public gathering during Durga puja, as it might "lead to a tsunami" of infections.
Members of Joint Platform of Doctors referred to the steep rise in coronavirus cases in Kerala after the recent Onam festival, and a similar situation in Spain following International Women's Day celebrations and a football match to make their point.
"We saw that the number of infections in West Bengal went up after Mahalaya and Vishwakarma Puja. It's an alarming signal. We have also seen how the situation deteriorated after priority was given to emotions to organise Onam festival, neglecting health protocols in Kerala.
A group of doctors in Kolkata have written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to take stricter measures to restrict public gathering during Durga puja, as it might "lead to a tsunami" of infections.
Members of Joint Platform of Doctors referred to the steep rise in coronavirus cases in Kerala after the recent Onam festival, and a similar situation in Spain following International Women's Day celebrations and a football match to make their point.
"We saw that the number of infections in West Bengal went up after Mahalaya and Vishwakarma Puja. It's an alarming signal. We have also seen how the situation deteriorated after priority was given to emotions to organise Onam festival, neglecting health protocols in Kerala.
Coronavirus Update Punjab: 930 New Cases, 29 Deaths
Twenty-nine more deaths due to coronavirus pushed total casulaties to 3,741, while the infection count reached 1,21,716 with 930 new cases in Punjab on Thursday.
Five deaths were reported from Faridkot, three each from Gurdaspur and Jalandhar, two each from Barnala, Ferozepur, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Patiala and Rupnagar and one each from Amritsar, Fatehgarh, Sahib, Fazilka, Mansa, Pathankot and Tarn Taran, a health department medical bulletin said.
Twenty-nine more deaths due to coronavirus pushed total casulaties to 3,741, while the infection count reached 1,21,716 with 930 new cases in Punjab on Thursday.
Five deaths were reported from Faridkot, three each from Gurdaspur and Jalandhar, two each from Barnala, Ferozepur, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Patiala and Rupnagar and one each from Amritsar, Fatehgarh, Sahib, Fazilka, Mansa, Pathankot and Tarn Taran, a health department medical bulletin said.
Maharashtra's Amravati Sees 151 New COVID-19 Cases
As many as 151 persons tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra's Amravati today. As many as 137 people recovered from the infection in the district.
With the addition of the latest cases, the district's COVID-19 caseload has reached 14,524, the official said. Apart from this, five patients died of the infection in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 324, he said.
As many as 151 persons tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra's Amravati today. As many as 137 people recovered from the infection in the district.
With the addition of the latest cases, the district's COVID-19 caseload has reached 14,524, the official said. Apart from this, five patients died of the infection in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 324, he said.
3,376 Fresh COVID-19 Cases In Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh recorded 3,376 new coronavirus patients today, taking the infection tally to 4,27,459 on Thursday. The day saw 45 more people losing the battle against the virus, taking total fatalities to 6,245, a health bulletin said.
Uttar Pradesh recorded 3,376 new coronavirus patients today, taking the infection tally to 4,27,459 on Thursday. The day saw 45 more people losing the battle against the virus, taking total fatalities to 6,245, a health bulletin said.
Will Not Participate In Virtual Presidential Debate: Donald Trump
President Donald Trump, who is still being treated for Covid-19, said Thursday he will refuse to take part in the presidential debate next week after it was switched to a virtual format. "I'm not going to do a virtual debate," he told Fox News, saying this was "not acceptable to us." Read
President Donald Trump, who is still being treated for Covid-19, said Thursday he will refuse to take part in the presidential debate next week after it was switched to a virtual format. "I'm not going to do a virtual debate," he told Fox News, saying this was "not acceptable to us." Read
Amit Shah's Appeal: Please Follow PM's Public Movement Against COVID-19
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday appealed to everyone to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "public movement" against COVID-19.
"A global pandemic like COVID-19 can be fought only when all the countrymen come together. Let us all unite to fight against it by joining this mass movement started by PM Modi and play an important role in making India COVID-19 free by making everyone aware of this pandemic," he said in tweets in Hindi.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday appealed to everyone to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "public movement" against COVID-19.
"A global pandemic like COVID-19 can be fought only when all the countrymen come together. Let us all unite to fight against it by joining this mass movement started by PM Modi and play an important role in making India COVID-19 free by making everyone aware of this pandemic," he said in tweets in Hindi.
India's Corona Fight People Driven: PM Modi
India's fight against coronavirus is "people driven" and gets great strength from its Covid warriors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday as he urged people to follow the guildelines issued by the government against the deadly virus that has killed over a lakh people in the country.
"India's COVID-19 fight is people driven and gets great strength from our COVID warriors. Our collective efforts have helped saved many lives. We have to continue the momentum and protect our citizens from the virus," PM tweeted using hashtag #Unite2FightCorona.
India's fight against coronavirus is "people driven" and gets great strength from its Covid warriors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday as he urged people to follow the guildelines issued by the government against the deadly virus that has killed over a lakh people in the country.
PM Modi also asked people to follow Covid protocols like social distancing and expressed confidence that the fight against the pandemic will be won. "Together, we will succeed. Together, we will win against COVID-19," he said.
"India's COVID-19 fight is people driven and gets great strength from our COVID warriors. Our collective efforts have helped saved many lives. We have to continue the momentum and protect our citizens from the virus," PM tweeted using hashtag #Unite2FightCorona.
Compared to what was in June, the positivity rate is less than 10 in almost all districts even in Chennai. The weekly death rate has come down to almost 1.2 but our goal overall is to bring it below 1: J Radhakrishnan, Health Secretary, Tamil Nadu , on #COVID19 situation in state pic.twitter.com/dNKYR5Jl1v
- ANI (@ANI) October 8, 2020
Germany secures 9 million COVID-19 antigen tests per month
Germany has secured 9 million COVID-19 rapid antigen tests per month and aims to increase that, the country's Health Minister Jens Spahn said today.
The moves comes as as the number of new daily infections soared past 4,000 for the first time since early April in the country.
Overall, the country has recorded 310,144 cases since the start of the pandemic, according to Germany's Robert Koch Institute. A total of 9,578 people have died, giving the country a relatively low death count compared with other European nations.
Europe buys Gilead's remdesivir for 500,000 COVID-19 patients
Gilead Sciences said it had agreed to sell Europe up to 500,0000 courses of its antiviral drug remdesivir, as the continent scrambles to shore up supplies of one of only two drugs approved to treat COVID-19 patients.
The deal will cover purchases of the drug for the next six months for the 27-nation European Union, Britain, six Balkan countries and the other European Economic Area countries - Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
Several European countries have said they are experiencing shortages of the drug, whose global stock has been secured almost entirely by the United States.
2 die of COVID-19 in Ladakh, 82 new cases reported
Two people died of coronavirus in Kargil in Ladakh, taking the death count in the Union Territory to 63, a bulletin said.
Ladakh reported 82 new cases, taking the cumulative figure to 4,802, the bulletin released by the Directorate of Health Services said.
With 47 more patients cured of the disease, the number of discharged persons rose to 3,511, it said.
The number of active cases in the region stands at 1,228 -- 953 in Leh district and 275 in Kargil district.
#IndiaFightsCorona:
- #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) October 8, 2020
Indian badminton player @NSaina urges people to become a part of Prime Minister @narendramodi's 'Jan Aandolan against COVID-19'. #StaySafe#IndiaWillWin #Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/GyHrjUhjvN
Odisha's COVID-19 case count rises to 2,44,142
Odisha's COVID-19 tally mounted to 2,44,142 today as 3,144 more people, including a ruling BJD MLA, tested positive for the infection, while 16 deaths pushed the state's coronavirus death count to 974, a health official said.
As many as 1,825 new cases were reported in quarantine centres, while 1,319 fresh infections were detected during contact tracing, he said.
The state has so far tested 36.19 lakh samples for COVID-19.
The last 3 weeks' trend shows a steep decline in the national cumulative positivity rate, which is currently at 8.19%. 7 states/UTs have reported a positivity rate of less than 5%. 22 States/UTs have a positivity rate less than the national average: Ministry of Health https://t.co/3efy661bFW pic.twitter.com/gh1ciwq4mY
- ANI (@ANI) October 8, 2020
Puducherry records 386 new COVID-19 cases, count rises to 30,539
Puducherry reported 386 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally in the union territory to 30,539.
Five more patients including two women died during the last 24 hours ending 10 am today, Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar said in a release. The death count rose to 556 in Puducherry.
The overall coronavirus cases in the Union Territory shot up to 30,539 (after transfer of eight cases to Tamil Nadu), he said, adding 4,727 were active.
UK considering more COVID-19 restrictions, says minister
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government is considering additional local COVID-19 restrictions for parts of northern England as the second wave of the novel coronavirus accelerates, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said on Thursday.
New coronavirus cases are rising by about 14,000 a day in the United Kingdom and millions of people are living under a patchwork of different restrictions, though there is growing alarm about the economic cost of such rules.
"The virus is rising, in terms of the number of cases, quite significantly in the north west, in the north east and in a number of other cities like Nottingham," Mr Jenrick said.
Coronavirus case count in Arunachal Pradesh rises to 11,267
At least 260 more people, including two security personnel, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, pushing the northeastern state's coronavirus caseload to 11,267, a health official said.
The COVID-19 death count in the state climbed to 21 as a four-year-old boy died due to coronavirus on Wednesday night at the Dedicated Covid Hospital (DCH) Chimpu, near Itanagar, due to septic shock, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.
Telangana COVID-19 case count rises to 2,06,644
Telangana reported 1,896 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally of infections to 2,06,644, while the death count rose to 1,201 with 12 more deaths, a state government bulletin said.
The bulletin said 50,367 samples were tested on October 7. Cumulatively, the number of samples tested was 33,96,839. The samples tested per million population was 91,264, it added.
Ranchi: Places of worship open outside COVID19 containment zones in Jharkhand from today; Visuals from a temple and a church in the capital city pic.twitter.com/TOyhDfZeln
- ANI (@ANI) October 8, 2020
France's new daily COVID-19 cases at all-time high
France reported a second daily record of new COVID-19 infections in five days, with almost 19,000 additional cases over 24 hours, while hospitalisations for the disease stood at a three-month high.
French health authorities said there were 18,746 extra cases, versus a previous record on Oct. 3 of 16,972 and also sharply up from Tuesday's tally of 10,489.
The total number of cases since the start of the pandemic in March now stands at 653,509, the world's 10th highest.
New daily coronavirus cases cross 4,000 in Germany
New cases of coronavirus infections in Germany have soared past 4,000, official data showed Thursday, reaching a daily level not seen since April 11 when the country was still in lockdown.
The alarming jump in numbers came with autumn school holidays about to begin, prompting calls from Chancellor Angela Merkel's government for citizens to avoid travel abroad during the usually busy period for tourism.
China will "pay a big price" for coronavirus pandemic, says Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump has warned that China will have to "pay a big price" for the spread of coronavirus globally.
"It wasn't your fault that this happened. It was China's fault. And China's going to pay a big price for what they've done to this country. China is going to pay a big price for what they've done to the world. This was China's fault. Just remember that," Trump said in the video message.
Senior Official Of US Army Tests Positive For CoronavirusThe Marine Corps said its No 2 officer, General Gary Thomas, had tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the second senior military official to do so this week, another sign of the danger to top brass who met both men at the Pentagon.
Over 75,000 people recovering daily from COVID-19 in India: Health Ministry
With over 75,000 people recovering from COVID-19 every day in India, the country's recoveries are 6.3 times more than active cases of coronavirus, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The country has witnessed an exponential rise in the number of COVID-19 recoveries from 50,000 recoveries in May to over 57 lakh in October.
"India's COVID recoveries have witnessed a steep exponential rise - from 50,000 in May to over 57 lakh in October. A high level of more than 75,000 recoveries reported every day. Recoveries are 6.3 times the active cases (currently only 13.4 per cent of total cases)," the ministry tweeted.
India records 78,524 new COVID-19 cases, count rises to 68.35 lakh
India reported 78,524 fresh COVID-19 cases today, taking the total number to 68.35 lakh.
The country recorded 971 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the death count to 1,05,526.
Jharkhand reports 829 new COVID-19 cases
Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally rose to 89,702 as 829 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said.
Ten more patients died due to coronavirus, taking the state's coronavirus death count to 767, he said.
Jharkhand now has 9,759 active coronavirus cases, while 79,176 people have been cured of the disease so far, the official said.
Urban air pollution may make COVID-19 more deadly: Study
Researchers have found long-term exposure to urban air pollution may have made COVID-19 virus more deadly.
"Both long-term and short-term exposure to air pollution has been associated with direct and indirect systemic impact on the human body by enhancing oxidative stress, acute inflammation, and respiratory infection risk," says Donghai Liang of Emory University, first co-author on the recent paper along with Liuhua Shi.
India's coronavirus fight people-driven: PM Modi
India's coronavirus fight is people driven and gets great strength from its COVID-19 warriors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said as he urged people to follow Covid appropriate behaviour.
Let us #Unite2FightCorona!
- Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 8, 2020
Let us always remember:
Wear a mask.
Wash hands.
Follow social distancing.
Practice 'Do Gaj Ki Doori.'
Together, we will succeed.
Together, we will win against COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/x5bymQpqjx
COVID-19: Maharashtra Becomes First State To Regulate Prices Of MasksMaharashtra has become the first state to regulate the rates of face masks during COVID-19 pandemic as a committee formed to implement caps on the price of masks has submitted its recommendations to the state government and formal order will soon be issued.
Italy orders COVID-19 testing on travellers
Italy will make testing for COVID-19 compulsory for people traveling from the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium and the Czech Republic, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Wednesday, following growing concerns about rising cases across Europe.
"Infection data are growing across all of Europe and in Italy too", Speranza wrote on Facebook.
Brazil hits 5 million COVID-19 cases, epidemiologist fears second wave
Brazil passed the mark of 5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as it approached 150,000 deaths in the second most deathly coronavirus outbreak outside the United States.
Though the number of daily cases has come down from a peak in July, public health experts warn that Brazil is ignoring social distancing precautions and faces the danger of a second wave by returning to normal everyday life too quickly.
The Health Ministry reported on Tuesday 31,553 new cases, raising the total to 5,000,694, and 734 deaths, bringing the toll to 148,228 dead.
Low Active Cases Proves Success Of Covid Containment Strategy: Minister
Health minister Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday said India's continuously rising recovery rate and progressively falling active cases have proven the success of the Centre-led COVID-19 containment strategy.
Mr Vardhan, speaking at the digital inauguration of a Super Speciality Block (SSB) in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa, noted that the testing capacity has been successfully ramped up and the country has crossed the eight crore milestone in terms of total tests.
COVID-19 a "blessing from God" for me: Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump declared his COVID-19 illness a "blessing from God," as he got back to work in the Oval Office despite warnings that his return could put others at risk.
Trump has worked hard since he checked out of the hospital on Monday -- including a made-for-television return to the White House -- to cast his illness as a personal triumph.
"I think this is a blessing from God that I caught it," Trump said in a video, referring to the virus which has killed over 210,000 people in the United States.
