NEW DELHI: A record rise of 97,894 infections in a single day brought India’s Covid-19 count to more than 51 lakh, while the number of people who have recovered from the disease surpassed 40 lakh on Thursday, according to data from the Union Ministry of Health.
Total coronavirus cases amounted to 51,18,253, while the death toll rose to 83,198 and the virus claimed 1,132 lives in a span of 24 hours, the data showed.
Total coronavirus cases amounted to 51,18,253, while the death toll rose to 83,198 and the virus claimed 1,132 lives in a span of 24 hours, the data showed.
Here are the main developments:
INDIA
- Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Thursday that the government aims to reduce India’s Covid-19 death rate to less than 1 percent from the current 1.64 percent, which remains the lowest in the world. Responding to a debate in Rajya Sabha, he said that the country’s recovery rate of 78% to 79% is one of the highest in the world.
- Less than 3 percent of the population in 177 tribal-dominated districts in the county have been detected as positive for the coronavirus, the government told Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Union minister for tribal affairs Arjun Munda also told the Upper House that so far, “there have been no reports of major outbreaks of the disease in tribal areas.”
- India’s Covid-19 recoveries have exceeded 40 lakh and exceeded active cases of infection by 30,15,103, bringing the recovery rate to 78.64 percent, the Union Health Ministry said. The total number of active cases in the country has exceeded 10 lakh to date. There are 10,09,976 active cases of Covid-19 in the country, comprising 19.73 percent of total cases, the data showed.
- MP Rajya Sabha and BJP Karnataka leader Ashok Gasti passed away in Bengaluru on Thursday. He was admitted to Manipal Hospital after testing positive for coronavirus.
- Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said he hopes that by early next year, the
vaccine It will be available in India, adding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has handled Covid-19 “meticulously.” - More than 11,600 Indians abroad have been infected with coronavirus according to the details available with the country’s missions, the government informed Rajya Sabha on Thursday. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, V Muraleedharan, said that the Indian Missions made arrangements for the welfare of the Indian citizens, when necessary, including through the Indian community associations.
- Royal Challengers Bangalore players will wear the jerseys with “My COVID Heroes” written on all of them during the IPL to pay tribute to all who are on the front lines in the battle against the
pandemic . The slogan honoring the “Heroes of COVID” will be printed on the back of the game, as well as on the training jerseys, the team announced.
- Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel said he tested positive for Covid-19. The BJP deputy from the Damoh Lok Sabha headquarters in Madhya Pradesh said his test report was received on Wednesday evening.
STATE
- Delhi: Almost 33% of Delhi’s population has in all likelihood developed Covid antibodies. This was revealed in the initial analysis of the third serosurvey in which 17,000 samples were collected from the 11 districts. The result of this survey is expected to be officially announced next week.
- Kerala: In the highest single-day increase so far, Kerala reported 4,351 cases of Covid-19, bringing the total infection count to 1,22,214, while the number touched 489 with 10 more deaths. Seventy-two healthcare workers are among those who tested positive and a total of 45,730 samples were tested.
- Arunachal Pradesh: Chief Minister Pema Khandu said he tested negative for Covid-19. He had tested positive for the virus on September 15. Khandu, who is currently in home isolation in New Delhi, tweeted that he tested negative for the coronavirus after taking a new test on Wednesday.
- UP: The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 4,771 in Uttar Pradesh with 81 more deaths, while the infection count rose to 3.36,294 when 6,318 new cases were detected. The state now has 68,235 active cases of Covid-19.
- Maharashtra: Covid concerns continue to haunt several Thane societies that are still enforcing the lockdown for outsiders, especially technicians, putting residents on longer to get regular maintenance or crucial repair work on household consumer goods.
- Tripura: At least 521 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Tripura, bringing the count in the state to 20,699. The death toll has risen to 222 with five more dead.
- Jharkhand: The Vishwakarma Puja usually marks the beginning of the autumn festival season in eastern India. It is followed by Durga Puja, Diwali and Chhath, among others, in quick succession. But since the Covid-19 infection shows no signs of abating, state health experts have asked people to celebrate at home and not gather in large numbers in public areas.
- Assam: Her age may have been challenging, but Mai Handique’s 100-year-old battle against Covid-19 was won by her positivity, doctors said. Handique, Assam’s oldest Covid-19 patient, was discharged from Mahendra Mohan Chowdhury Hospital in Guwahati on Wednesday.
- Tamil Nadu: Antigen tests for Covid-19 have been available in several private diagnostic laboratories in the city for the past three weeks, but data from these tests is not publicly shared and those that tested positive will not be added to the state Covid registry. 19.
- Karnataka: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has issued the final notice of show of cause to 36 private hospitals for violating the Karnataka government’s mandate to allocate 50 percent of beds for the treatment of those infected by Covid.
- Telangana: Telangana reported 2,159 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the count to 1,65,003, while nine more deaths brought the number to 1,005, the state government said. The accumulated number of recovered cases amounted to 1,33,555 while 30,443 were in treatment.
- Rajasthan: Seven more people died from the new coronavirus in Rajasthan, resulting in a toll of 1,286, while the number of infections rose to 1.08 lakh with 814 new cases. There are 17,838 active cases of the coronavirus disease.
- Nagaland: Up to 43 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Nagaland in the last 24 hours. The largest number of new cases was reported in Dimapur with 24 cases, followed by 18 in Kohima and one in Mon.
- Odisha: Lawmakers, as well as assembly staff, will wear face shields and masks around the house to protect themselves from Covid-19 during the monsoon session, which will begin on September 29 and end on October 7.
- Mizoram: Mizoram’s Covid-19 count crossed the 1,500 mark, as 26 more people, including an 83-year-old man, tested positive. So far, the state has reported 1,506 cases of Covid-19. There are 567 active cases in Mizoram today.
- Haryana: Haryana surpassed the one lakh mark for total Covid-19 cases, around five and a half months after the state reported its first case of the deadly virus. While the state had only 50,000 cases in the first four and a half months of the pandemic period through August 20, the remaining 50,000 cases were registered in less than a month.
- Puducherry: Puducherry registered 323 new cases of coronavirus, while 13 related deaths raised the death toll in the Union territory to 431. Active cases stood at 4,744, while the number of patients who had recovered and were discharged was 16,253.
- Andaman: The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Covid-19 count increased to 3,593, as 19 more people tested positive for the infection. The Union territory now has 196 active cases.
WORLD
- The new coronavirus has killed at least 941,473 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December. At least 29,914,290 cases of coronavirus have been registered. Of these, at least 20,131,400 are now considered recovered.
- Rich nations that make up a fraction of the world’s population have already bought more than half of promised stocks of Covid-19 vaccines, a study showed, like the US president.
Donald trump He promised to start vaccinating Americans in a few weeks. The head of the European Union, Ursula von der Leyen, warned on Wednesday against “vaccine nationalism” that, according to her, could put lives at risk by depriving the most vulnerable of the poorest nations of immunity.
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World Health Organization it warned Thursday of “alarming rates of transmission” of Covid-19 in Europe and warned countries not to shorten quarantine periods. WHO’s regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, said the number of coronavirus cases seen in September “should serve as a wake-up call for all of us.”
- US President Donald Trump said that the Covid-19 vaccine could be distributed throughout the United States beginning in October and close to 100 million doses could be distributed by the end of 2020.
- At least 22 educational institutions in Pakistan have been closed in the past 48 hours for failing to comply with standard operating procedures issued by the government to curb the spread of Covid-19, the country’s coronavirus watchdog said on Thursday. Sixteen of these institutions were in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, one in Islamabad, and five in occupied Pakistan.
cashmere . - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that authorities will have to impose stricter measures to combat the spread of Covid-19 and “protect” the Christmas holidays as the government prepares to introduce stricter measures in northeast England.
- Israel’s health ministry reported 6,063 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total to 170,465. It is the highest daily increase since the pandemic outbreak in Israel in late February, as the previous record was 4,764 recorded on September 14.
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