India, the second country in the world most affected by a pandemic, has 20% of active cases

India, with a population of 130 crore, has analyzed samples of 4.95 crore so far (archive)

New Delhi:

India, which has been reporting the highest number of daily COVID cases in the world for nearly a month, surpassed Brazil’s coronavirus count to become the second most affected country in the world by the coronavirus pandemic on Monday. With a record daily peak of 90,802 on Monday, the country’s bill surpassed 42 lakh, data from the Health Ministry showed.

There are around 8.82 lakh of active coronavirus cases in the country, 20.9 percent of total cases, and the recovery rate is 77 percent on Monday morning. The United States, which has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world, has so far more than 62.75 lakh of COVID infections, about 20 lakh more than India.

India, with a population of 130 million rupees, has tested samples of 4.95 million rupees so far.

Here are the updates on coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:

India in talks to join COVAX global vaccine allocation plan: WHO

The World Health Organization is in talks with India to join the global “COVAX” vaccine allocation plan, a senior WHO adviser said on Monday. “India is certainly eligible, like every country in the world, to be part of the COVAX facility and discussions are ongoing about it,” Bruce Aylward said at a briefing in Geneva, the Reuters news agency reported.

“We would appreciate India’s participation … India has extensive experience (with vaccines),” Aylward said. read more

First batch of Russian Covid Sputnik V vaccine released to the public

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“The first batch of the ‘Gam-COVID-Vac’ (Sputnik V) vaccine for the prevention of the new coronavirus infection, developed by the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia, has passed the necessary quality tests in the laboratories of Roszdravnadzor (regulator of medical devices) and has been put into civil circulation, “the ministry said in a statement. read more

Coronavirus news: Odisha reported a record 3,861 new COVID-19 cases, 10 deaths on Monday
Odisha’s COVID-19 count rose to 1,27,892 on Monday as the state posted its highest single-day peak of 3,861 new cases, while 10 deaths raised the coronavirus death count to 556, an official from the health department, the PTI news agency reported. Up to 2,278 new cases were detected in quarantine centers, while 1,583 people tested positive for the infection during contact tracing, he said. The Khurda district, under which Bhubaneswar falls, recorded the highest number of fresh infections with 767, followed by Cuttack (386), Jajpur (285) and Puri (200), the official said. The state had reported its previous highest peak in a single day of 3,810 coronavirus cases on Sept. 6.

Coronavirus news: 3,077 new COVID-19 cases, 58 deaths reported in Bengal on Monday
The COVID-19 death count in West Bengal rose to 3,620 on Monday after 58 more people died from the disease, while 3,077 new cases brought the state’s coronavirus count to 1.83,865, the department of health, the PTI news agency reported. The discharge rate rose to 85.40 percent, with 3,021 people recovering from the disease since Sunday night, it said in a bulletin. Kolkata accounted for 16 deaths, followed by neighboring North 24 Parganas (13), Howrah (8), Hooghly (6) and Paschim Medinipur (3).