A single-day spike of 61,408 COVID-19 cases took India's virus caseload past the 31-lakh mark on Monday, a day after it crossed 30 lakh, while recoveries surged to 23,38,035 pushing the recovery rate to over 75 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
India's COVID-19 caseload mounted to 31,06,348, while the death toll climbed to 57,542 with 836 fatalities being reported in a span of 24-hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The COVID-19 case fatality rate has declined to 1.85 per cent, while the recovery rate has risen to 75.27 per cent.
There are 7,10,771 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 22.88 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7.
According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 3,59,02,137 samples have been tested up to August 23 with 6,09,917 samples being tested on Sunday.
The observer-blind, randomised controlled study to determine the safety and immunogenicity of ''Covishield'' on healthy Indian adults will begin at Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College and Hospital in Pune, sources said. (READ MORE)
Eight-time Olympic champion former sprinter Usain Bolt on Monday said he is awaiting results of a COVID-19 test that he underwent during the weekend and has gone into self-quarantine as a precautionary measure. (READ MORE)
Legendary sprinter Usain Bolt has tested positive for coronavirus days after partying with guests, including English footballer Raheem Sterling, for his 34th birthday in Jamaica, according to media reports. (READ MORE)
With doctors and health workers exposed to the risk of Covid-19 pandemic, the Uttar Pradesh government has prepared a new strategy to make the corona warriors secure by insuring them and incentivising their services in the fight against the disease. (READ MORE)
As many as 25 persons, including BJP functionaries, were booked for taking a Vinayakar idol on a procession in Velachery, flouting the lockdown and ignoring orders of government and ruling of the Madras High Court. (READ MORE)
Relaxing inter-state travel norms, the Karnataka government on Monday announced that passengers arriving from other states need not quarantine themselves for 14 days at home, and asymptomatic persons can perform their activities. (READ MORE)
The accused, Lucky Kumar, a resident of Rohtak, escaped from Mission Hospital on Sunday by breaking the grille of a window in the ward, they said. (READ MORE)
Delhi on Monday reported 1,061 new COVID-19 cases, 1,200 discharges/recoveries/migrated and 13 deaths. Total number of cases now at 1,62,527 including 1,46,588 recovered cases, 11,626 active cases & 4,313 deaths, the health department said.
Singer SP Balasubrahmanyam continues to be on ventilator and ECMO support in the ICU and his clinical condition is stable, said a health bulletin issued by a private hospital here on Monday.The 74-year-old was admitted to the hospital on August 5 for COVID-19 treatment and was wheeled into the ICU after his condition deteriorated.
A total of 21,01,808 people were reported to be under home quarantine until Sunday. Of this, about 14.5% were those under quarantine after having a travel history and another 25.6% were under home quarantine as they have been tested for COVID-19 and are awaiting the results. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
The World Health Organization says using plasma from the recovered to treat COVID-19 is still considered an “experimental” therapy and that the preliminary results showing it may work are still “inconclusive.” (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
76-year-old Soren and his wife Rupi Soren were tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday following which they were put in home isolation in their residence in Ranchi. Hospital sources said that Soren is perfectly alright and has been taken to Medanta only as a precautionary measure.(READ FULL REPORT HERE)
The office block where he used to sit has been closed for sanitisation work. Other staff members who sat there have also undergone the coronavirus test, (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
Piloted by the Department of Biotechnology, the proposed mission will focus on end-to-end vaccine development from clinical trial stage to regulatory facilitation to manufacturing, sources said. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
Eight Indians were among 13 imported coronavirus cases reported in Singapore, which has so far registered 56,404 COVID-19 infections, health officials said on Monday. The Ministry of Health (MOH) said 13 imported COVID-19 cases were reported on Sunday, of whom eight arrived from India on August 11 and the rest five were from Bangladesh and the Philippines.
Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally rose to 30,178 on Monday as 967 more people tested positive for the infection, while nine fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 320, a health bulletin said. The fresh infections have pushed the number of active cases in the state to 9,722, while 20,136 people have recovered from the disease, it said.
Pharma companies are unlikely to sustain the healthy operating performance reported in the first quarter as they will lose the margins booked during the global lockdowns, says a report. The pharma companies cumulatively saw their pre-tax margins rising by 306 bps on an annualised basis and 551 bps sequentially in the first quarter due to better prices and lower expenses both due to the lockdowns, according to a report by India Ratings.
After nearly four months, traders of the Koyambedu wholesale fruit, vegetable, flower and foodgrain market have something to cheer about as talks were held with Chief Minister Edapaddi K Palaniswami on Monday to reopen it. (READ MORE)
Medical staff of Paderu came up with a novel way to bust the stress among the people who tested positive for Covid-19. They danced with the patients at the Covid care centre at the Youth Welfare Centre in Paderu to develop a positive attitude among the latter. (READ MORE)
India's COVID-19 recoveries have crossed 23 lakh and are more than three times the number of active cases of the infection in the country, while the case fatality rate, maintaining a steady downward trajectory, has further dropped to 1.85 per cent, the Union health ministry said on Monday.
India's COVID-19 recoveries have crossed 23 lakh and are more than three times the number of active cases of the infection in the country, while the case fatality rate, maintaining a steady downward trajectory, has further dropped to 1.85 per cent, the Union health ministry said on Monday.
The Ahmedabad civic body on Monday said it has decided to denotify some designated COVID-19 hospitals in view of the number of coronavirus cases coming down in the city. In the first phase, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has denotified nine private hospitals so that beds reserved there for COVID-19 cases are released for the treatment of non-coronavirus patients, the civic body said in a release.
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro defended the reopening of retail outlets “with responsibility” and said his government had done everything possible to curb the spread of Covid-19, in a video posted on social media Sunday. Some authorities have destroyed jobs in Brazil, Bolsonaro said, referring to state governors who advocate maintaining social distancing. Brazil reached 114,744 deaths from the coronavirus, including 494 in the last 24 hours.
A special bench, headed by Chief Justice D N Patel, also extended the relief in cases related to those who were enlarged on interim bail or parole and may carry the COVID-19 infection. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
A special bench, headed by Chief Justice D N Patel, also extended the relief in cases related to those who were enlarged on interim bail or parole and may carry the COVID-19 infection. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
Advocate Deepak Prakash, appearing for petitioner Hashik Thayikandy, said that all he is asking for is a national policy to be formulated that would provide for uniform compensation throughout the country. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
Notably, the Speaker has tested positive two days before the monsoon session of the Assembly starts in Chandigarh on August 26. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
The technical education regulator has also clarified that the relaxation is being made available only for the 2020-21 academic session and should not be seen as a precedent for future academic years. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
Banerjee, in a series of tweets on Monday morning, said she was vocal about the issue during the last video conference of chief ministers with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
A handloom machine, locally called 'tant', could be found in every household in Shantipur, Phulia and Samudragarh areas where weaving is the traditional occupation. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
There are 7,10,771 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 22.88 per cent of the total caseload, the latest government data stated. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
A pall of gloom fell in the Opposition camp when Perumbavoor MLA Eldhose Kunnapally was initially reported as COVID 19 positive. But later clarification came that it was his personal staff who had turned positive. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
Bachchan, who recovered from COVID-19 earlier this month, visited a set for the first time since the coronavirus-induced lockdown in March forced shut film and TV shoots. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
Over the last two months, at least 11 suicides by doctors have been reported, the latest being the case of a government doctor, Nagendra SR in Mysuru, Karnataka who ended his life reportedly due to harassment by fellow doctors. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
Named Covishield, the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine candidate which has been created using parts of adenovirus, will be commercialized once trials are proven successful and requisite regulatory approvals are in place, the company said. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
Delhi High Court further extends all the interim orders till October 31, as litigants and advocates are unable to appear before the court due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Villagers of Chathaa Nanhera, Sangrur announced from a gurudwara that they won't get tested for COVID. Bharti Kisan Union leader said that while two people who were asymptomatic, tested positive and taken to COVID centre. "We have convinced the villagers of Chathaa Nanhera in #Sangrur district that positive patients need to be kept at COVID-19 care centre. COVID-19 sampling will also be done in the village," said Tajinder Singh, Senior Medical Officer (SMO) Kohrian.
The phase-one human clinical trials of the two indigenous COVID-19 vaccine candidates, one developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with ICMR and the other by Zydus Cadila Ltd, have been completed and the trials have moved to phase-two, ICMR Director General Dr Balram Bhargava had said recently. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
The constantly rising number of recoveries has ensured that the active cases of coronavirus infection, which is the "actual caseload" of the country, currently comprises only 23.24 per cent of the total cases, it said. (READ FULL STORY HERE)
The COVID-19 caseload of West Bengal went up to 1,38,870 after the highest single-day spike of 3,274 new infections was reported on Sunday, the health department said.The death toll due to the disease also rose to 2,794 with 57 more people succumbing to coronavirus infection, a bulletin released by the department said. Since Saturday, 3,048 patients have recovered from the disease and the number of active cases is now 28,069, it said. (READ THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE)