New Delhi:
More than 85,000 new Covid cases were reported across India in the past 24 hours, government data showed on Saturday, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to more than 59 lakh. More than 1,000 deaths were also recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths recorded since the pandemic began to more than 93,000. The number of reported recoveries in the last 24 hours is also around 93,000, bringing the total number of people who have battled the virus to more than 48 lakh. Around 13.4 lakh of Covid testing was also conducted in the last 24 hours. India is the second country most affected by the Covid pandemic, second only to the United States in the total number of active cases.
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India has recorded 59,03,932 coronavirus cases since the pandemic began in Wuhan in China in December last year. Of these, 93,379 are deaths linked to the virus and 9,60,969 are active cases. In the last 24 hours, 85,362 new cases and 1,089 deaths were registered.
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The national daily positivity rate (or the percentage of tests that are positive) is 6.3 percent. The national mortality rate has remained at 1.5%. The recovery rate has risen to 82%.
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Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, the five worst-affected states in the country, also posted the largest increases in one day of any state in the past 24 hours. Together, these five states reported 43,457 new cases, or about 51 percent of all new cases.
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The five states that reported the highest number of deaths in the past 24 hours are Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Punjab. Together, these five states reported 726 deaths, or about 67 percent of all deaths.
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Maharashtra, the worst affected state in the country, reported 17,794 cases and 416 deaths. Andhra Pradesh saw 7,073 new cases and 48 deaths. Tamil Nadu and Karnataka reported 5,679 and 8,655 new cases, respectively. Tamil Nadu recorded 72 deaths and Karnataka 86. Uttar Pradesh, the fifth most affected state, recorded 4,256 cases and 84 deaths.
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On Friday, the Electoral Commission announced the dates of the elections for the Bihar Assembly, the first large-scale voting exercise to be held (anywhere in the world) amid the Covid pandemic. The electoral body announced several measures to protect voters against infection while ensuring that those who have been infected and are in treatment can vote safely.
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The coronavirus lockdown has caused malnutrition to increase by two percent among children in the Palghar district of Maharashtra. According to the state Department of Development of Women and Children, cases of severe and moderate acute malnutrition increased from 2,399 in April to 2,459 in June in Palghar district, an increase of 2.5%.
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Delhi’s Chief Deputy Minister Manish Sisodia, who was admitted to a state hospital on Wednesday after testing positive for COVID-19, underwent plasma therapy at a private hospital in the national capital on Friday to help him fight the infectious virus. . Medical Experts Have Warned On Wednesday, US scientists published a study of more than 5,000 genetic sequences of the new coronavirus, revealing the continuing accumulation of mutations in the virus; one of these mutations may have made it more contagious. However, the study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, did not conclude that these mutations have made the virus more lethal.
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On Wednesday, scientists in the United States published a study of more than 5,000 genetic sequences of the new coronavirus, which reveals the continued accumulation of mutations of the virus; one of these mutations may have made it more contagious. However, the study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, did not conclude that these mutations have made the virus more lethal.
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The UK plans to host clinical trials in which volunteers are deliberately infected with the coronavirus to test the effectiveness of vaccine candidates, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people involved in the project. The so-called “challenge trials” are expected to begin in January at a quarantine facility in London, with some 2,000 participants having signed up so far.
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