India on Tuesday added 38,074 fresh coronavirus cases to its tally and 448 deaths in last 24 hours as per data shared by Union Health Ministry.
With this addition, India's total cases surges to 85,91,731 while toll reaches 1,27,059.
Total active cases in India are 5,05,265 after a decrease of 4,408 in the last 24 hours while total recovered cases are 79,59,406 with 42,033 new discharges.
Meanwhile, Delhi has become the largest contributor of fresh COVID-19 cases in India, surpassing Maharashtra and Kerala.
Assam: Potters in Guwahati say that the sale of earthen lamps (Diyas) has dipped this #Diwali due to pandemic.
— ANI (@ANI) November 11, 2020
"There are lesser customers than last year. We're barely making any profit as customers aren't paying much due to #COVID19 pandemic," says potter Shyam Chanda Prajapati pic.twitter.com/k6wJG3PBNx
In view of #COVID19, Delhi Government extends the validity of all vehicle-related documents till 31 December, 2020. pic.twitter.com/8MkRKyl78f
— ANI (@ANI) November 11, 2020
Delhi High Court directs Delhi Government to file a status report explaining the steps taken to control #COVID19, given the spurt in cases over last two weeks.
— ANI (@ANI) November 11, 2020
Court slammed the govt for relaxing norms for public gatherings & transport at a time when cases are increasing.
Nagaland reported more COVID-19 recoveries than fresh cases, as 82 patients recuperated from the disease and 33 more people tested positive for the infection, an official said. The recovery rate among coronavirus patients in the state has improved to an all-time high at 89.18 per cent and 8,505 people were cured of the disease so far, health department director Dr Denis Hangsing said.
Himachal Pradesh reported 12 more COVID-19 fatalities on Tuesday, taking the death toll in the state to 391, while 611 new cases pushed the infection count to 26,809. Seven deaths were reported from Shimla, two from Kullu and one each from Kangra, Kinnaur and Bilaspur, according to a Health Department data.
Five more COVID-19 patients died in Assam on Tuesday, taking the toll to 952, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The state also reported 271 new cases, following which the tally rose to 2,09,388, he said.
India has conducted the second highest number of tests for detection of COVID-19 cases in the world at 11.96 crore with rapid antigen tests comprising 49 per cent and RT-PCR 46 per cent of the total tests done till Tuesday morning, the Union health ministry said.
Delhi recorded 7,830 fresh COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the highest single-day spike here till date, taking the infection tally in the national capital to over 4.5 lakh even as 83 new fatalities pushed the toll to 7,143, authorities said. These fresh cases came out of the 59,035 tests conducted the previous day.
Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 count reached 2,04,202 on Tuesday after 1,679 people tested positive for the infection, while the number of people who have recovered reached 1,80,995, an official said. With 18 more deaths, the fatality count climbed to 2,482, he said.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said the next three months would be "very challenging" in terms of the coronavirus outbreak due to winter, festive season and pollution. The concerned officials should ensure that all necessary arrangements are made in advance so that the situation doesn't worsen, he said.
Mumbai reported 535 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, taking its tally to 2,65,677, the city civic body said. According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) updated data, the death toll in Mumbai increased to 10,481 with 19 fatalities getting recorded in the last 24 hours.
Haryana on Tuesday reported 2,546 fresh novel coronavirus cases taking the caseload in the state to 1,87,777 while 16 more fatalities took the COVID-19 related death toll to 1,935, a health bulletin stated.
Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday recorded 900 new COVID-19 cases, taking its tally to 1,79,068, while eight fatalities pushed the death toll to 3,042, health officials said. 793 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the state's overall recovery count to 1,67,877, they added.
Karnataka has reported 2,362 new COVID-19 cases and 20 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 8,51,212 and the death toll to 11,430, the Health department said on Tuesday.
The day also saw 4,215 patients getting discharged after recovery. Out of the 2,362 fresh cases reported on Tuesday, 1,176 cases were from Bengaluru Urban alone.
#TNIEUpdatesOnCovid19
— Bosky Khanna (@BoskyKhanna) November 10, 2020
Discharges 4215
New +ve 2362
Deaths 20
Active cases 31063
Tally 851212
+Vity rate 2.15%#Bengaluru 1176#Tumkuru 136@NewIndianXpress @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 @CovidKarnataka @COVIDNewsByMIB @MoHFW_INDIA @DHFWKA @CMofKarnataka @mla_sudhakar @BBMPCOMM pic.twitter.com/W4tOfBwCi9
Manipur records 219 new #COVID19 cases and 2 deaths today.
— ANI (@ANI) November 10, 2020
Total number of positive cases stand at 20,777 including 17,534 recoveries, 3,043 active cases, and 200 deaths: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/fecUm3GmWN
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday announced that people in the state would be allowed to burst green firecrackers for two hours on Diwali and Gurpurab.
However, a total ban has been imposed in Mandi Gobindgarh from the midnight of November 9-10 till November 30-December 1 midnight on account of its poor AQI levels. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
The Arignar Anna Zoological Park, which was closed to public visitors from March due to the coronavirus pandemic, is all set to reopen from Wednesday. The Vandalur Zoo is one of the largest zoological gardens in South and Southeast Asia attracting 20 lakh visitors annually.
The decision to reopen was based on the announcement made by the Chief Minister and as per the standard operating procedures issued by the Revenue and Disaster Management Department. The Zoo will be reopened to the public with strict COVID-19 precautionary measures, said a press release on Tuesday. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
Covid updates for TN for Nov 10:
— T Muruganandham (@muruga_TNIE) November 10, 2020
2,237 Covid patients discharged today; Total: 7,18,129
Active cases: 18,709
New cases today:2,146
Total positives so far:7,48,225
Samples tested:72,257
Deaths:25/11,387
New cases in Chennai:577@xpresstn
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#COVIDUpdates in #AndhraPradesh (#November 10)
— TNIE Andhra Pradesh (@xpressandhra) November 10, 2020
In last 24 hrs till #Tuesday 9 am#Tests - 67,910#Positive - 1,886#Discharged - 2,151#Deaths - 12
Overall
Tests - 87,92,935
Positive - 8,46, 245#Active - 20,958
Recovered - 8,18,473#Toll - 6,814@NewIndianXpress #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/mzqh0uf0WC
#tniecovidupdate
— TNIE Kerala (@xpresskerala) November 10, 2020
6,010 fresh #COVID19 cases in #Kerala on Tuesday.
Test positivity rate falls below 11%-mark. 6,698 recover. @MSKiranPrakash @NewIndianXpress @COVID19centre pic.twitter.com/lIciQlkm0V
Factors which are contributing to the rise in #COVID19 cases in Delhi are air pollution, cold weather, crowding due to festivals & marriages, no social distancing in markets & movement from Delhi-NCR. More cases have been reported in 3rd spike in Delhi: ICMR DG Dr Balram Bhargava pic.twitter.com/15C4MTigSK
— ANI (@ANI) November 10, 2020
With the national capital witnessing a fresh surge in cases of COVID-19, nearly 24,000 calls have been made by people to access Delhi government-run ambulance services during emergency situations in the last two weeks in the city, according to official data.
Besides, the centralised Control Room set up by the Delhi government has received over 5,000 calls to seek coronavirus-related information. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
Indian Institute of Science claimed on Tuesday that researchers led by Raghavan Varadarajan, Professor at IISc's Molecular Biophysics Unit, are working towards developing effective vaccine strategies against two viruses: SARS-CoV-2 and HIV.
In two studies published in the past week, they reported the design of a 'heat-tolerant' COVID-19 vaccine candidate and a rapid method to identify specific regions on the HIV envelope protein that are targeted by antibodies, which can help design effective vaccines, an IISc press release said. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)
40-day #Odisha assembly session will be conducted from Nov 20-Dec 31 following strict #COVID19 norms & everyone involved will be tested 3 days before the session. There will no Saturday-Sunday holiday. Assembly will be sanitised daily: Odisha Assembly Speaker Suriya Narayan Patro pic.twitter.com/SKNDIogMIw
— ANI (@ANI) November 10, 2020
Puducherry posted two more deaths due to COVID-19 on Tuesday while the case tally touched 36,000 with 102 new additions.
Both the deceased were women and hailed from Puducherry and Karaikal regions.
For the third day in a row, daily new coronavirus infections in the country settled below the 50,000-mark, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
The ministry said the figures assume significance in the context of some countries reporting as high as one lakh cases per day since the last 3-4 days.
Seventy-two per cent of new infections reported in a span of 24 hours are from 10 states and UTs with Delhi continuing to report the highest daily new cases at 5,983, which is less than its previous day tally of 7,745 new cases, the ministry said.
Brazil's health regulator has halted clinical trials of the potential coronavirus vaccine CoronaVac, citing an "adverse, serious event." The decision posted on Anvisa's website Monday night elicited immediate surprise from parties involved in producing the vaccine.
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Shares of Pfizer Limited zoomed nearly 20 per cent on Tuesday after Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said their vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90 per cent effective in preventing COVID-19.
(READ FULL REPORT HERE)
Movie theaters reopen in Coimbatore while making sure all #COVID19 measures are in place.
— The New Indian Express (@NewIndianXpress) November 10, 2020
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The number of new coronavirus infections reported in India in a span of 24 hours dropped below 40,000 for the second time this month, as India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 85.91 lakh while the total number of recoveries neared 80 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.
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New #COVID19 cases in #Odisha drop below 1000 for the 1st time since July 20
— Hemant Kumar Rout (@TheHemantRout) November 10, 2020
New cases: 987
Quarantine: 572
Contacts: 415
13 patients die
Tests 43409
Sundargarh 107
Khurda 86
Angul 86
Cuttack 85
Mayurbhanj 84
Tally 303780
Recovered 289689
Death 1507
Active 12584
Tests 5027959
The US Food and Drug Administration "and the Democrats didn't want to have me get a Vaccine WIN, prior to the election, so instead it came out five days later - As I've said all along!" Trump said in a tweet.
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Pfizer Inc., and the maker of the other leading US vaccine candidate, Moderna Inc., have been cautioning for weeks that the earliest they could seek regulatory approval for wider use of their shots would be late November.
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Telangana Health Minister Eatala Rajender on Monday raised the demand for information from the Central government regarding the road map of Covid-19 vaccine in India. The Minister was speaking in a video conference to review the Covid-19 control measures with the Union Minister of Health Dr Harsh Vardhan, in which Health Ministers of eight other states also participated.
India's COVID-19 active cases have fallen below 6 per cent of the total cases, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday. In a tweet, the Health Ministry said, "Demonstrating a landmark achievement, India's active cases have fallen below 6 per cent of the total Cases. The recovered cases have leaped past 92 per centof the cumulative cases."
As eight of the 13 districts reported less than 100 new COVID-19 infections, Andhra Pradesh on Monday saw its aggregate grow by 1,392. East Godavari recorded the highest 341 cases, followed by 243 in West Godavari; the one-day spike in Kurnool district was the lowest 36.
Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday said India hoped to get the vaccine for COVID-19 at any time in the new year, but stressed that Covid-appropriate behaviour was still the best bet against containing the pandemic in the country.
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A steady stream of patients is coming out of New Delhi's brownish atmosphere for treatment at the Breathe Better clinic, where lung specialist Davinder Kundra is confronting what he calls the "double whammy" of smog and coronavirus https://t.co/HkcAkoqtrF pic.twitter.com/9bzG2SVKnN
— AFP news agency (@AFP) November 10, 2020
With less number of tests on Sunday, only 324 fresh Covid cases were reported in the district on Monday. The number of recoveries continues to be more than the number of new cases being reported in the district every day for over a week now with 452 recoveries reported on the day.
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Who did Bihar vote for during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic?
Experts have flagged that crowding due to festive season and rise in pollution level and laxity in adhering to Covid-19 safety norms, among other factors, have caused the massive surge in daily cases in the last several days. So, rise in home isolation cases is a direct result of that, experts said.
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Tamil Nadu reports 18 fatalities, lowest in nearly five months and other coronavirus updates from November 9
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