India on Saturday added 41,322 new COVID-19 cases to its total tally and 485 deaths in last 24 hours as per the data shared by Union Health Ministry.
With this addition, the coronavirus tally in India has reached 93,51,110 while toll touched 1,36,200.
The total active cases in India stands at 4,54,940 as of Saturday after 41,452 people were discharged in last 24 hours taking total recoveries to 87,59,969.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a three-city visit to review coronavirus vaccine development work at facilities across India.
Total cases at 2,30,713
Total number of discharged patients:2,08,422
Total deaths: 2,375
Active cases: 19,916
Discharges today: 2,421
Adar Poonawalla, Founder and CEO of, SII said on Saturday that SII is in the process of submitting the data for the clinical trials to the DCGI and will seek emergency use authorisation.
He said there will be no delays in the AstraZeneca vaccine rollout as the trials are more than enough for establishing efficacy and it will not affect emergency use authorization in Europe and certainly not in India. There was a recent error in dosage during trials which AstraZeneca is trying to correct, as per reports. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
TN Chief Secretary K Shanmugam directs District Collectors to strictly enforce using mask in public places and social distancing to prevent sending the spread of Corona infection @xpresstn @NewIndianXpress pic.twitter.com/EYSITvc9Lx
— T Muruganandham (@muruga_TNIE) November 28, 2020
Karnataka reports 1,522 new COVID-19 cases, 2,133 recoveries, and 12 deaths, according to the State Health Department
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2020
Total cases: 8,82,608
Total recoveries: 8,46,082
Total deaths: 11,750
Active cases: 24,757 pic.twitter.com/Fr1dHOdXEX
Total cases: 5,61,742
Total recoveries: 5,16,166
Death toll: 8,998
Active cases: 36,578
Recoveries today: 6512
Total cases: 18,14,515
Total recoveries: 16,76,564
Active cases: 89,905
Death toll: 46,986
Recoveries today: 3,937
The Rajasthan government on Saturday fixed the rate for COVID-19 RT-PCR tests by private labs in the state to Rs 800, slashing it by Rs 400. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said the government ordered the lowering of the COVID test rates from Rs 1,200 to Rs 800 following a drop in test kits' prices.
Rajasthan reports 2765 new COVID-19 cases, 2178 recoveries/discharges, and 19 deaths.
Tamil Nadu on Saturday reported 1,430 fresh COVID-19 cases, 1,453 discharges, and 13 deaths.
#Kerala reports 6,250 new #Covid_19 cases on Saturday (test positivity rate 9.77%). 5,275 recover @MSKiranPrakash @NewIndianXpress @COVID19centre pic.twitter.com/BhKTwCvcOa
— TNIE Kerala (@xpresskerala) November 28, 2020
Andhra Pradesh reports 625 new coronavirus cases, 1,186 recoveries, and five deaths.
After drugmaker Pfizer's former Vice President and Chief Scientist for Allergy and Respiratory Michael Yeadon claimed that "the pandemic is fundamentally over in the UK," health fact-checker Health Feedback termed his assertions "false". (READ MORE)
(Inputs from Union Health Ministry)
#CoronaVirusUpdates:
— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) November 28, 2020
????Total #COVID19 Cases in India (as on November 28, 2020)
??93.68% Cured/Discharged/Migrated (87,59,969)
??4.86% Active cases (4,54,940)
??1.46% Deaths (1,36,200)
Total COVID-19 confirmed cases = Cured/Discharged/Migrated+Active cases+Deaths pic.twitter.com/EG8flNMWqE
Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company Hetero Drugs has reached an agreement with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to produce over 100 million doses per year of the RDIF’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine in India.
The agreement has been reached by Hetero Drugs through its biologics arm Hetero Biopharma.
The two parties intend to start the production of Sputnik V at the start of 2021.
(READ ARTICLE HERE)
Jammu and Kashmir: Voting underway for the first phase of District Development Council (DDC) elections in the Union Territory
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2020
Visuals from the Sungri polling station in Chassana area of the Reasi district pic.twitter.com/rYNw82ZevI
Battling global adversity over the coronavirus and bracing for a WHO inquiry over its origin, China on Friday claimed that just because COVID-19 cases were first reported in Wuhan does not mean the contagion originated from the central Chinese city.
(READ ARTICLE HERE)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed here on Saturday as part of his three-city visit to review coronavirus vaccine development work at facilities there, an official said. From the airport, Modi proceeded to pharma major Zydus Cadila's plant near Ahmedabad to get information about its vaccine development, the official said.
(READ ARTICLE HERE)
With 41,322 new #COVID19 infections, India's total cases rise to 93,51,110
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2020
With 485 new deaths, toll mounts to 1,36,200. Total active cases at 4,54,940
Total discharged cases at 87,59,969 with 41,452 new discharges in last 24 hrs pic.twitter.com/sMdcReQQ2b