India reported 50,357 new cases as the country's coronavirus cases tally surged to 84,62,081. With 577 new deaths, the death toll crossed the 1.25 lakh-mark as it mounted to 1,25,562.
Total active cases are 5,16,632 after a decrease of 4,141 in last 24 hours. Total cured cases are 78,19,887 with 53,920 new discharges.
"Experts believe that a second wave may come prior to December 15 this year, so people have to be very cautious, wear masks, maintain social distancing and wash hands frequently to keep themselves safe," Sharma said in a statement.
Delhi reports 6,953 fresh positive cases and 79 deaths today.
— ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2020
The total number of positive cases in Delhi rises to 4,30,784
The total numbers of active and recovered cases are 40,258 and 3,83,614, respectively. pic.twitter.com/rvTnq2ljxh
BJP workers allegedly roughed up a technician deployed at a COVID hospital in the Government Medical College here following a heated exchange between a doctor and the party's district unit president, police said. One person has been detained in this connection and the interrogation is on.
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Haryana reports 2,011 new #COVID19 cases today, taking the total cases in the state to 1,80,424, including 1,62,814 recoveries,1,897 deaths. Active cases stand at 15,713: State Government pic.twitter.com/QdT1CDBQ1v
— ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2020
Jharkhand reports 340 new COVID-19 cases and 411 recoveries today
— ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2020
Total number of cases now at 1,04,239 including 98,776 recoveries, 897 deaths and 4,566 active cases: State Health Department
#TNIEUpdatesOnCovid19
— Bosky Khanna (@BoskyKhanna) November 7, 2020
Tally 844147
799439 total discharges
2258 new +ve
New discharge 2235#Bengaluru 1046#Tumkuru 165@NewIndianXpress@XpressBengaluru@santwana99@CMofKarnataka @DrKSudhakar4 @CovidKarnataka @COVIDNewsByMIB @DHFWKA @WHO @MoHFW_INDIA @BBMPCOMM pic.twitter.com/ZoOFGJQxNh
I have tested COVID-19 negative. Will be back in office next week. Thank you everyone for your good wishes for my early recovery, the central bank governor said in a tweet.
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#Diwali purchase or Immunity boosters? Sellers have stocked up dried fruits as the demand has spiked during #COVID19 pandemic.
— The New Indian Express (@NewIndianXpress) November 7, 2020
Visuals from Sindhi Colony in Hyderabad
Express Photos | @meetsenbaga @XpressHyderabad pic.twitter.com/dH5uXEpxYc
The twin factors of rising air pollution and a surge in COVID-19 cases have increased the burden on Delhi's hospitals with the number of vacant beds shrinking fast and out patient departments (OPDs) witnessing a spike in footfall, doctors said on Saturday.
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#tniecovidupdate#Kerala reports 7,201 fresh #Covid cases, 7,120 recover. Test positivity rate 11.24%. @NewIndianXpress @COVID19centre @MSKiranPrakash pic.twitter.com/VRBeWzjbiG
— TNIE Kerala (@xpresskerala) November 7, 2020
Singapore will allow a limited number of nightlife establishments in the country to reopen for two months with COVID-19 safety measures from December, nine months after it was shut after the coronavirus pandemic hit the nation, according to the ministry of Industry and home affairs.
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Covid updates for Nov 7 in TN:
— T Muruganandham (@muruga_TNIE) November 7, 2020
Active cases go below 19,000 today (18,966)
New cases goes below 2,500 (2,341)
2,352 Covid patients discharged; total - 7,11,198
Total positives:7,41,488
Deaths: 25 / 11,324
New cases in Chennai:603@xpresstn@NewIndianXpress
Delhi overtook Maharashtra and Kerala by reporting 7,178 COVID-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, becoming the largest contributor to the new 50,356 single day infections, according to Union Health Ministry on Saturday. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
. @chennaicorp has collected Rs. 3.08 crore as fine for violations related to Covid-19. @xpresstn @NewIndianXpress pic.twitter.com/hEQPrHNXz4
— Omjasvin M D (@omjasvinMD) November 7, 2020
Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded 532 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths, raising the tally to 98,337 and the number of fatalities to 1,528, officials said. Out of the fresh cases, 208 were from the Jammu division and 324 from the Kashmir Valley, they said.
Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar district recorded 145 new COVID-19 patients on Saturday that pushed its infection tally to 19,162, official data showed. The number of active cases came down to 1,439, the third highest in the state, from 1,519 the previous day, according to the data released by the UP Health Department for a 24-hour period.
Andhra Pradesh reported 2,367 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, taking the caseload to 8,40,730 while 11 more fatalities pushed the toll to 6,779. Three people in Krishna, two each in Chittoor and Anantapur and one each in East Godavari, Kadapa, Visakhapatnam and West Godavari districts died due to the virus, a health department bulletin said.
The national capital is currently reeling under the 'third wave' of the COVID-19 infection, but cases should begin to come down soon, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Saturday.
India's domestic passenger traffic has reached more than half of pre-coronavirus pandemic level operations with the number of daily air travellers crossing over two lakh in November, a top official of the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation said on Saturday.
With 1,901 fresh cases, the COVID-19 tally in Uttar Pradesh rose to 4,95,421, while the fatalities went up to 7,180 with 25 more deaths, officials said on Saturday. There has been a minor fall in the number of active cases which has now come to 22,991, of which 10,408 are in home isolation, Principal Secretary Medical Health Alok Kumar said.
Delhi overtook Maharashtra and Kerala by reporting 7,178 COVID-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, becoming the largest contributor to the new 50,356 single day infections, according to Union Health Ministry on Saturday. Seventy-seven percent of these new cases of COVID-19 are from 10 states and union territories -- - Delhi, Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
The COVID-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 4,420 on Saturday as 17 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said. Eight new patients have travel history, while nine fresh infections were detected during contract tracing, the official said.
The addition of 668 fresh cases of coronavirus has taken the tally of infections in Maharashtra's Thane district to 2,15,070, an official said on Saturday. Apart from the latest cases detected on Friday, the district also recorded 15 deaths that have raised the toll to 5,424, the official said.
Puducherry recorded a dip in the daily count of coronavirus cases with 73 fresh infections on Saturday, taking the overall tally to 35,744. Three people, including a 55 year old woman from Yanam died due to the virus, pushing the toll to 601.
Pandemic Vs Post-graduation:
— Ajith M S (@ajithms) November 7, 2020
A #COVID19 positive aspirant writes PG entrance examination at the University of Mysore , she was provided separate room and PPE to write the exam @XpressBengaluru @uom_icd #Mysuru @drashwathcn pic.twitter.com/gKGZCPJnoW
West Bengal Tourism Minister Gautam Deb tested positive for COVID-19, following which he was hospitalised, Health Department officials said on Saturday.
Deb undertook the COVID test after he was feeling unwell, they said. His test result came in as positive on Friday, officials said, adding that he was admitted to a hospital in Siliguri.
At least 81 more people, including five security personnel and six health workers, tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday, pushing the tally in the state to 15,325, an official said.
Delhi government has added 500 #COVID19 beds, including 110 ICU beds in the govt hospitals across the national capital. In private hospitals, 685 more beds have been added: Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain pic.twitter.com/DqlntTa4Vd
— ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2020
The Goa government has withdrawn the permission granted to the organisers of Sunburn electronic dance music (EDM) festival to hold the event in the state in December this year. The move comes in the wake of criticism being faced by the BJP government in the state after it gave its nod to organise the festival amid the COVID-19 outbreak. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan tests positive for #COVID19. pic.twitter.com/c4rpM26cm2
— ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2020
With 1372 new cases, #COVID19 tally crosses 3 lakh mark in #Odisha
— Hemant Kumar Rout (@TheHemantRout) November 7, 2020
Quarantine: 796
Contact: 576
Death: 17
Tests: 50385
TPR: 2.72%
Khurda 145
Cuttack 121
Nuapada 108
Sundargarh 96
Mayurbhanj 78
Angul 81
Jagatsinghpur: 70
Tally: 300140
Recovered: 285174
Death: 1463
Active: 13503
The coronavirus situation in Maharashtra, where the infection count has crossed the 17 lakh-mark so far, appears to be improving gradually as the last one lakh cases were added over a period of 16 days as compared to the earlier average period of less than 10 days.
While the case count had crossed the 16-lakh mark on October 20, the infection tally reached 17,03,444 on November 5. According to officials, this is the third slowest growth period as far as addition of one lakh cases is concerned since the outbreak began in March this year.
In the state, which remains the hardest-hit in the country by the pandemic, the number of single-day infection cases has come down in the range of 4,000 to 7,000 in the last couple of weeks after witnessing 20,000-plus daily cases for a sustained period in September. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
The outbreak has been surging for weeks across the country, with the Midwest worst-hit even as the number of new diagnoses were approaching springtime levels in the south, northeast and west.
While deaths remain far lower than the peak in spring, Friday was also the fourth day in a row that fatalities were above 1,000. The last time people were dying of Covid-19 at that rate in the US was early September.(READ FULL REPORT HERE)
Total 11,65,42,304 samples tested for #COVID19 up to 6th November. Of these, 11,13,209 samples were tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) pic.twitter.com/xOhfIAw79x
— ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2020
With 50,357 new #COVID19 infections, India's total cases surge to 84,62,081. With 577 new deaths, toll mounts to 1,25,562
— ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2020
Total active cases are 5,16,632 after a decrease of 4,141 in last 24 hrs.
Total cured cases are 78,19,887 with 53,920 new discharges in the last 24 hrs pic.twitter.com/nlfKNm6MNZ
Telangana recorded 1,607 new #COVID19 cases, 937 recoveries and 6 deaths yesterday.
— ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2020
Total number of cases now at 2,48,891 including 2,27,583 recoveries, 1,372 deaths, and 19,936 active cases: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/jJ2WlJd622
Over a three-month period, a group of neurologists observed disease features and outcomes in 62 stroke patients from 13 hospitals across Bangalore, and compared them with 111 stroke patients they had treated during the same three months last year.
Their findings showed an unusually high proportion of patients — one in four, or 16 of the 62 (26%) — did not have conventional risk factors for stroke such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease or diabetes.
Also, a high proportion of patients — 37 of the 62 (59%) — had residual neurological disability scores — neurological issues even after recovery— of 3-5 at discharge. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
Assam reported 335 new COVID-19 cases and 926 discharges on Friday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 2,08,389, said State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The total number of cases include 2,00,381 discharges and 938 deaths. The number of active cases stands at 7,067.
