India COVID-19 Updates: The national recovery rate has reached 93.6 percent.
New Delhi:
India’s new coronavirus infections rose by 45,882 in the past 24 hours to reach 90,04,365, government data shows. Recoveries increased to 84.28 lakh, bringing the national recovery rate to 93.6%. As many as 584 people have died from the disease since Thursday, the total number so far being 1.32,162. There are up to 4,43,794 active cases in the country.
Here are the top 10 developments on this front from the last 24 hours:
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Maharashtra remained the worst affected state in the country with 17.63.055 cases in total, 5,535 more since Thursday. The state recorded 154 deaths in the last 24 hours. Other states on the top 5 list include Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.
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Serum Institute of India Executive Director Adar Poonawalla said Thursday that the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine should be available to healthcare workers and the elderly around February 2021 and in April to the general public, and It will have a maximum price of ₹ 1,000 for two doses for the public.
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Total deaths in Delhi have passed the 8,000 mark with 98 deaths recorded on Thursday and 7,546 new cases were reported, bringing the total active cases to 43,221. The mortality rate in the city stands at 1.57%, while the recovery rate is 89.9%.
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Following some harsh words from the Delhi High Court on Thursday, the Delhi government is preparing to fight COVID more intensely, starting with the launch of a house-to-house survey from Friday. It has also greatly increased the considerable amounts for not wearing masks in public.
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The Telangana High Court on Thursday ordered the state government to conduct 50,000 coronavirus tests every day and, if necessary, increase the number to 1 lakh in the wake of the second wave of the pandemic hitting the national capital. Andhra Pradesh reported 1,316 new cases on Thursday, bringing its total to 8,58,711.
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Meghalaya reported 109 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the total number of states to 10,979. His death count rose to 104 after one more patient succumbed to the virus on Thursday.
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The WHO has said that the antiviral drug remdesivir should not be used to treat COVID-19 patients, no matter how severe their illness, as it “does not have a major effect” on the chances of survival. This scratches one of the few treatments that had shown any initial promise in critically ill patients.
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An emergency use authorization request for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech was to be submitted on Friday. Such authorization is temporary or conditional and is granted in response to an emergency situation such as a pandemic.
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The second wave of coronavirus in Europe may be starting to subside, a senior WHO official said Thursday, as cases declined slightly despite the fact that over the past week someone on the continent died every 17 seconds from the virus.
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US President-elect Joe Biden said Thursday that he would not order a nationwide shutdown to combat the Covid-19 pandemic despite an increase in cases. States and cities have been imposing their own restrictions.
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