Coronavirus News Updates LIVE: India COVID-19
The number of cases increased to 96.08 lakh with 36,652 new cases in one day, while 90,58,822 people have recovered from the disease so far, bringing the national recovery rate to 94.28 percent on Saturday. , according to data from the Union Ministry of Health. The total coronavirus cases amounted to 96,08,211 and the death toll rose to 1,39,700 with the coronavirus virus that claimed 512 lives in a period of 24 hours in the country, showed the updated data at 8 am. the COVID-19 The fatality rate was recorded at 1.45%. There are 4,09,689 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country, which comprises 4.26% of the total number of cases, according to the data.
Here are the latest updates on Coronavirus:
• The World Health Organization expects to have 500 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines available for distribution by the global COVAX initiative in the first quarter of 2021, its chief scientist said on Friday. To date, 189 countries have joined the COVAX program, which is supported by WHO and seeks to ensure equitable distribution of vaccines. The United States is not among them, having secured bilateral agreements. COVAX’s initial plan is to vaccinate 20% of the highest-risk populations, including healthcare workers and people over 65 years of age.
• US President-elect Joe Biden said Americans will not be forced to take the coronavirus vaccine and is willing to be vaccinated publicly to mitigate any concerns about its efficacy and safety. “I don’t think they should be mandatory. I would not require it to be mandatory, but I would do everything in my power just as I don’t think masks have to be mandatory across the country, “Biden told reporters at a news conference in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden was answering a question if COVID-19 the vaccine is mandatory. Biden, who will take office on January 20, said he will make sure the vaccine is free and available and that any follow-up on the vaccine is free and available in relation to any health complications arising from it.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi said experts believe that waiting for a COVID-19 The vaccine will not take long and may be ready in a few weeks, stating that the vaccination campaign in India will begin as soon as scientists give the go-ahead. In his remarks at a virtually all-party meeting, Prime Minister Modi said that health workers involved in treatment COVID-19 Patients, frontline workers, which include police and municipal personnel, and the elderly suffering from serious illnesses would be vaccinated with priority.
• Maharashtra accounts for the highest number of 86,612 active cases and 47,472 deaths in the country, according to data from the Ministry of Health. In terms of active cases, Maharashtra is followed by Kerala with 61,342 cases and Delhi with 29,120 cases. In terms of the number of fatalities, Maharashtra is followed by Karnataka (11,821) and Delhi (9,424). Maharashtra also accounts for the highest number of recoveries to date, exceeding 17 lakh. The Health Ministry said that 80.19 percent of the new recovered cases reported within 24 hours are contributed by 10 states and territories of the union: Maharashtra, Kerala, Delhi, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. .
• India is the largest buyer of COVID-19 vaccines in the world with 1.6 billion doses, according to a global analysis, a number that some scientists say could cover 800 million people, or 60 percent of its population, and will be enough to develop herd immunity. India has purchased 500 million doses of the candidate vaccine from the University of Oxford-AstraZeneca, 1 billion from the American company Novavax and 100 million doses of the candidate Sputnik V from Russia’s Gamaleya Research Institute, according to the Center for Innovation in Global Health from Duke University in the United States.
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