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Coronavirus LIVE updates: India on Tuesday reported an increase of 61,267 new Covid-19 cases and 884 deaths in the past 24 hours.
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Coronavirus LIVE updates: India on Tuesday reported an increase of 61,267 new Covid-19 cases and 884 deaths in the past 24 hours. With this, the total case count stands at 66.85,083 including 9,19,023 active cases. The number of people who have been cured, discharged or migrated is 56,62,491, while the death toll has risen to 1,03,569 deaths, said the Union Ministry of Health. Meanwhile, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Monday that COVID-19 can be spread via the virus that lingers in the air, sometimes for hours, acknowledging the widely expressed concerns. by public health experts on airborne transmission of the virus.
HERE ARE THE LIVE UPDATES ON THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC:
◕ India sees drop in positivity rate | At 5.6 percent, India sees a big drop in the positivity rate, while the tests are just over 10 lakh. The death rate has also dropped and the total number of deaths in the last 24 hours is less than 1,000.
◕ Today’s Highlights
– India’s total tests exceed the 8 crore mark. 58.6k tests per million inhabitants
– 61.27 thousand new cases, the lowest in the last 42 days (total cases: 66.85 lakh)
– 15.4k drop in active cases (total active cases: 9.19 lakh, down from 10.18 lakh on September 18)
– 25 states report drop in active cases
– New deaths: 884. Less than 1k for the third day in a row
– Maharashtra’s recovery rate touches 80%. 2.5 lakh of active cases out of a total of 14.5 lakh of total cases
– Maharashtra reports 10.2k new cases, the lowest in the last 49 days
– Delhi’s recovery rate is back over 90% after 42 days. The recovery rate in Haryana also crosses 90%.
– Seven states and UT of India have a recovery rate of more than 90%
– The death rate in Punjab continues to rise. From 2.4% on August 1, it has risen to 3.1% (the highest in India). India’s average death rate during the same period fell from 2.2% to 1.5%.
◕ US CDC Confirms Covid-19 Could Spread Through the Air | A panel of experts from the Central Standard Medicines Control Organization (CDSCO) has asked Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories to submit a revised protocol for conducting phase 2 and phase 3 human clinical trials for the Russian COVID-19 vaccine. , Sputnik V, in India, sources. he said on Monday. The Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company had submitted an application to the Comptroller General of Medicines of India (DCGI) late last week, requesting permission to conduct phase 3 human clinical trials of the Russian vaccine.
◕ Maharashtra’s Pune district reported 1,240 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing its total count to 2.95,251, a health official said Monday. With 51 people succumbing to the infection, the number rose to 6,867, he said. A total of 917 patients were discharged after treatment in the last 24 hours. “Of the 1,240 cases, 391 cases were reported from the borders of the Pune Municipal Corporation, which now has 1,49,790 patients. 443 new cases from Pimpri-Chinchwad were reported, bringing the count to 80,923,” the official said.
◕ The Union Minister of Health, Harsh Vardhan, chaired the special session of the Executive Council of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the response to Covid-19, through a virtual conference on Monday. He said: “The whole world continues to look to WHO to pave the way to a brighter, disease-free world.
Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan chaired the special session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) on # COVID-19 response, via virtual conference y’day. He said: “The whole world continues to look to WHO to pave the way to a brighter, disease-free world. pic.twitter.com/Y4a0KsbHCI
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