NEW DELHI: India ranks first in the world in terms of total Covid-19 recoveries, with the country accounting for 19 percent of total global recoveries, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, for the first time in at least four months into the pandemic, weekly Covid-19 cases in India have seen a drop compared to the previous week’s count.
Meanwhile, for the first time in at least four months into the pandemic, weekly Covid-19 cases in India have seen a drop compared to the previous week’s count.
Here are the main developments:
INDIA
- For the first time in at least four months of the pandemic, weekly Covid-19 cases in India have seen a drop. The drop in recent infections, compared to the previous week’s count, was marginal but significant, as weekly cases thus far had risen without exception since at least the first week of May.
- A indigenously developed test that uses state-of-the-art CRISPR gene editing technology to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes
COVID-19 contagion It has been accurately, economically and rapidly approved for commercial release by the Comptroller General of Drugs of India.
- The Indian Council of Medical Research said it has communicated to states the results of a serosurvey in “dynamic containment zones” in 10 cities, which “do not fit the nationally representative sampling.”
- India’s recovery rate of Covid-19 cases has crossed the 80 percent mark with more than 90,000 recoveries recorded for the third day in a row, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. In a statement, the ministry said 93,356 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours.
- India’s Covid-19 count reached 54.88 lakh with 86,961 people infected in the past 24 hours, while 43.96,399 people have recovered so far raising the national recovery rate to 80.12 percent, according to the data from the Union Ministry of Health. The total
coronavirus the cases amounted to 54,87,580, while the death toll rose to 87,882 and the infection claimed 1,130 lives in a period of 24 hours in the country.
- At least 76 percent of new confirmed Covid cases and 86 percent of deaths have been reported in 10 states, including Union territories, in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry reported Monday. In the past 24 hours, Maharashtra has only contributed about 20,627 new cases, while Karnataka has reported at least 8,191 cases.
STATE
- Odisha: A fire broke out in a hospital dedicated to Covid-19 in the city of Jagatpur in
Odisha Cuttack district on Monday, fire officials said. So far no loss of human life has been reported. A total of 127 coronavirus patients who were being treated at the hospital were evacuated and transferred to other medical facilities.
- MP: The body of an 87-year-old Covid-19 victim was allegedly chewed on by rats at a private hospital in Madhya Pradesh, her family claimed, prompting the district administration to order an investigation on Monday.
- Delhi: Health Minister Satyendar Jain said that 30 percent of Covid-19 patients admitted to Delhi hospitals are from other states. He also said that non-residents of Delhi have been occupying most of the ICU beds in private hospitals.
- Bihar: Five weeks since the Covid-19 situation in Bihar had reached its lowest point, with the single day count topping 4,000, the state has increased testing of samples and plugged the holes in its healthcare system, reducing constantly the gap between new cases and recoveries. Bihar posted a 91.63 percent recovery rate on Sunday, much better than the national average of around 80 percent.
- Maharashtra: Data collected by Government Medical College and Government Medical College Indira Gandhi show that large numbers of patients who have died at the two major hospitals have tested positive for Covid. Doctors involved in treating Covid say this may be another indicator of the spread of the virus in the community.
- UP: The death toll from Covid-19 in Uttar Pradesh rose to 5,135 with 88 more deaths, while 4,703 new cases brought the infection count in the state to 3.58,893. 2,89,594 patients with Covid-19 have recovered from the viral disease and have been discharged.
- Uttarakhand: After receiving complaints of irregularities in the test reports, the local administration prohibited a private laboratory, located on Haridwar Road, Dehradun, from testing for Covid-19. The order in this regard was issued by Dehradun District Magistrate Ashish Kumar Srivastava.
- Andaman: The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Covid-19 count increased to 3,651, as seven more people tested positive for the infection. The Union territory now has 148 active cases of coronavirus, while 3,451 people have recovered from the disease.
- Gujarat: Stroke, severe bleeding in the gut, high blood sugar, and dangerously high heart rate. Dr. Vishal Sardhara, 29, from Vadodara, not only battled the coronavirus, but also all these life-threatening complications that occurred just a month after testing positive on June 14.
- Mizoram: The Mizoram government has allowed private hospitals and laboratories to test samples for Covid-19 to speed up the testing process, a ruling MNF lawmaker said. Until now, only designated government hospitals could test samples for the coronavirus.
- Chhattisgarh: The Chhattisgarh government imposed the lockdown on 13 districts, including Raipur, and declared them containment zones for at least a week, with minimal leniency and maximum restrictions, due to the increase in Covid-19 cases.
- Puducherry: Puducherry registered 273 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the overall count in the Union territory to 23,191. The overall infection count stood at 23,191.
- West Bengal: A 57-year-old orthopedic doctor, Surajit Nandi, from the Vidyasagar State General Hospital in Kolkata died of Covid-19, sources said. 28 doctors have reportedly died of coronavirus in West Bengal so far.
- Tripura: At least 243 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Tripura, raising the count in the state to 22,275. The death toll rose to 245 and six more people succumbed to the infection.
- Kerala:
Kerala reported 2,910 Covid-19 cases, bringing the infection count to 1,38,631 after 25,848 samples were analyzed in the past 24 hours. The drop in positive cases comes after the state detected more than 4,000 cases in the last four consecutive days. - J&K: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 1,036 new coronavirus cases and 23 deaths, bringing the total number of infections to 65,026 and the number of victims to 1,024. It was for the eighteenth consecutive day that cases in a 24-hour period have crossed 1,000 at UT.
- Andhra Pradesh: Andhra Pradesh reported 6,235 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases to 6,31,749. The total number of cases includes 5,51,821 recoveries, 74,518 active cases, and 5,410 deaths.
WORLD
- The new coronavirus has killed at least 961,531 people since the outbreak emerged in China late last year. At least 31,110,400 cases of coronavirus have been recorded. Of these, at least 21,082,500 are now considered recovered.
- Russian pharmaceutical company Petrovax launched phase 3 clinical trials of Chinese Covid-19
vaccine candidate, CanSino Biologics Ad5-nCoV, in the first group of Russian volunteers in Moscow, the company said. The Russian company first shared with Sputnik its plans to conduct late-stage clinical trials of the Chinese vaccine candidate, Ad5-nCoV, in mid-August.
- The United States is the most affected country with 199,513 deaths out of 6,812,332 cases. At least 2,590,671 people have been declared recovered.
- The UK could return to pre-shutdown normalcy by next summer if a vaccine is successful and launched in early 2021, Health Minister Matt Hancock said on Monday, adding that the most vulnerable could be vaccinated later this year. year.
- Nepal recorded its highest number of deaths in a single day due to Covid-19 with 16, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 427. With 1,154 new cases of coronavirus registered in various parts of the country in the last 24 hours, Nepal’s coronavirus count has risen to 65,276.
- Pakistan’s coronavirus count reached 306,304 with the detection of 633 new cases in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said. Four more patients died overnight from the viral infection, bringing the death toll from Covid-19 to 6,420, he said.
- The Bavarian city of Munich is tightening its measures against the coronavirus, as it faces one of the highest infection rates in Germany. The city’s mayor, Dieter Reiter, said that as of Thursday only up to five people or members of two households can meet.
- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said coronavirus restrictions in her largest city, Auckland, will be eased, while all restrictions will be lifted in the rest of the country. Auckland will go to Alert Level 2 starting Thursday, Ardern said Monday, limiting meetings to 100 people.
- Singapore has developed a robot that performs nasal swabs to diagnose Covid-19, in an attempt to reduce the risk of exposure of healthcare workers to the deadly coronavirus. Doctors from the Singapore National Cancer Center and Singapore General Hospital have partnered with Biobot Surgical, a company specializing in medical robotics technology, to develop SwabBot, Channel News Asia reported.
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