Coronavirus Cases in India: Overall recoveries stood at 77.66 lakhs, an increase of 54,157 from yesterday.
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India reported 47,638 new COVID-19 cases today, 5% less than yesterday. The total number of cases in the country therefore came to 84.11 lakh, with 1.24,985 deaths. However, the total number of active cases dropped by 7,189 to just over 5.2 lakhs. Overall recoveries stood at 77.66 lakhs, an increase of 54,157 from yesterday. Maharashtra topped the list of states with the maximum number of active COVID-19 cases at 1,07,358, as of today, which is lower at 6,287 since yesterday. Overall, the state has 17,03,444 cases so far with 44,804 deaths, 256 in the last 24 hours alone.
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The COVID-19 count in Arunachal Pradesh rose to 15,244 on Friday when 84 more people, including seven healthcare workers, tested positive for the infection, an official said.
India reported 47,638 new COVID-19 cases today, 5% less than yesterday. The total number of cases in the country therefore came to 84.11 lakh, with 1.24,985 deaths. However, the total number of active cases dropped by 7,189 to just over 5.2 lakhs. Overall recoveries stood at 77.66 lakhs, an increase of 54,157 from yesterday.
More than 120,000 coronavirus cases were reported in the US in the past 24 hours, breaking a daily record set the day before, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University, AFP reports.
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan met today with Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, his Deputy Governor Anil Baijal and other officials to discuss the increase in coronavirus cases in the national capital in recent two days. The capital has registered more than 6,000 cases of coronavirus on Tuesday and Wednesday. Read here
Assam reported 313 new COVID-19 cases and 761 discharges on Thursday, bringing the total cases in the state to 2,08,054, said state Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The total number of cases includes 1,99,455 discharges and 934 deaths. Active cases of the virus amount to 7,662.
Jharkhand reported 355 new COVID-19 cases and 484 recoveries on Thursday, bringing the number of cases here to 1,03,543, the state Department of Health said. The total number of cases includes 97,964 recoveries, 894 deaths, and 4,685 active cases.
China has decided to temporarily suspend the entry of foreign nationals from India even with valid visas or residence permits due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Chinese embassy in New Delhi said on Thursday. Indian government sources said the order was not specific to India and Beijing, concerned about COVID-19 cases, has issued similar orders for other countries. Those with visas issued after November 3 will not be affected. Read here
Air pollution contributes 15% to covid mortality, Green Court reported
Air pollution is a major cofactor that increases the risk of mortality from COVID-19 according to the latest research, the National Green Court reported.
Top defender Raj Panjawani and defender Shibhani Ghosh, who have been appointed by the court as amicus curiae in a case related to the ban on firecrackers, told a bench headed by NGT President Judge AK Goel that particulate air pollution contributed 15 percent to COVID. 19 mortality worldwide.
“The latest research on exposure to air pollution and the risk of death from COVID-19 infection suggests that” air pollution is a major cofactor that increases the risk of mortality from COVID-19, “they said.
China defended the ban on non-Chinese arrivals from a growing list of countries as “reasonable and fair” as it protects against a resurgence of the coronavirus.
The Chinese embassy in the UK said on Wednesday that Beijing had decided to “temporarily suspend” the entry from Britain of non-Chinese nationals.
Since then, embassies in Belgium, the Philippines, India, Ukraine and Bangladesh have posted similar notices.
Covid-19 first emerged in central China late last year, but Beijing has largely controlled its outbreak through strict travel restrictions and strict health measures for anyone entering the country.
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