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COVID-19 HIGHLIGHTS | Delhi's caseload crosses 4.95 lakh-mark, 99 deaths take toll to 7,812

These fresh cases came out of the 49,031 tests conducted the previous day, while the positivity rate stood at 13.
Women stand in a queue to get inside a market for Diwali shopping in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (Photo | AP)
Women stand in a queue to get inside a market for Diwali shopping in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (Photo | AP)
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With 29,164 new COVID-19 cases, India's total caseload has risen to 88,74,291, according to the Health Ministry,

With 449 new deaths, toll mounts to 1,30,519. Total active cases at 4,53,401 after a decrease of 12,077 in the last 24 hours. Total discharged cases at 82,90,371 with 40,791 new discharges in same time period.

Despite Mumbai and Delhi having almost the same positivity rate, civic officials in Mumbai on Monday said the city does not require to increase its daily number of COVID-19 tests like in the national capital, which is witnessing a fresh wave of the infection.

Meanwhile, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal wrote to L-G to impose lockdown in markets which may turn to COVID-19 hotspots in the national capital.

3,329 active cases in Assam

BMC puts curbs on mass Chhath Puja celebration

  • The Mumbai civic body on Tuesday put restrictions on mass celebration of Chhath Puja at natural water bodies in the city and asked devotees to avoid crowding in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • The festival dedicated to the Sun god will be celebrated on Friday and Saturday by people who originally hail from north India and are residing in the metropolis.

  • The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) issued guidelines about Chhath Puja celebration on mass scale to avoid the spread of the coronavirus infection.

  • In the past, the annual festival used to see large numbers of devotees thronging prominent beaches, river banks and other water bodies to make offerings to Sun god at sunrise and sunset.

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    Micro-containment strategy to control COVID spread in Gautam Budh Nagar

    "We will start random sampling and use a micro-containment strategy to control the spread of the COVID-19 in the highly impacted areas. Due to an increase in the COVID-19 cases in adjacent areas, there shall be random sampling from and amongst the incoming traffic without causing any inconvenience to the commuters," Suhas told the media here, adding the traffic between Delhi and Noida would continue to be normal.

    "This is being done in order to assess the spread of infection and will help in issuing advisories to employers and organisations, where a large number of people work and commute between Gautam Budh Nagar and adjacent areas," he added.

    19 deaths in Chhattisgarh

    Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 count climbed to 2,13,365 on Tuesday after 1,721 more people were detected with the infection, while the number recovered cases reached 1,92,181, an official said. With 19 more deaths, the fatality count mounted to 2,623, he said.

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    Manipur reports 159 new cases

  • Manipur's COVID-19 tally rose to 22,208 on Tuesday as 159 more people, including six security personnel, tested positive for the infection, officials said.

  • A 53-year-old COVID-19 patient succumbed to the infection, pushing the northeastern state's coronavirus death toll to 225, they said.

  • Imphal West district reported the highest number of new cases at 48, followed by Imphal East (34), an official at the COVID-19 Common Control Room said.

  • As many as 233 more people were cured of the disease, taking Manipur's recovery count to 19,065 and the recovery rate among the coronavirus patients in the state to 85.84 per cent, he said.

  • The state now has 2,918 active coronavirus cases, of which 2,709 are civilians and the rest are security personnel, the official said.

    • Bihar reports 513 new cases

  • Bihar's COVID-19 tally rose to 2,27,945 on Tuesday as 513 more people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said.

  • Five more patients succumbed to the infection, pushing the state's coronavirus death toll to 1,194, it said.

  • Bihar's recovery count surged to 2,21,210 as 749 more people were cured of the disease, the bulletin said.

  • The recovery rate among the COVID-19 patients in the state has improved to 97.04 per cent, it said.

  • The state now has 5,541 active coronavirus cases, the bulletin said.

  • Patna district reported the highest number of new cases at 186, followed by Muzaffarpur (27) and Gaya (19), it said.

    • Nashik reports 285 recoveries

  • The count of COVID-19 cases in Nashik district of Maharashtra rose to 97,311 on Tuesday with the addition of 273 new patients, health officials said.

  • The virus claimed six more lives, which took the death toll in the district to 1,736, they said.

  • Among them, four patients were from rural parts of the district, one from Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) limits, and one from Malegaon town, the officials said.

  • Also, 285 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recovered cases to 93,078, they said.

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    99 deaths in Delhi

    261 new cases in Jharkhand

    More cases in Manipur

    2,450 new cases in Haryana

    Haryana on Tuesday reported 2,450 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally in the state to 2,04,477, while 25 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 2,063, according to the state health department's daily bulletin. Of the 25 fatalities, six were from Rohtak, five from Hisar, four from Faridabad, three each from Gurgaon and Panipat and one each from Ambala, Karnal, Kurukshetra and Fatehabad.

    J&K reports 7 deaths

  • Jammu and Kashmir on Monday recorded 572 new COVID-19 cases, while seven fatalities took place in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 1,03,581 and the death toll to 1,604, officials said.

  • Out of the fresh cases, 191 from Jammu division and 381 from Kashmir division, they said.

  • The officials said Srinagar district recorded the highest of 147 cases, followed by 106 in Kupwara.

  • There are 5585 active cases, while 96,392 patients have recovered so far, they said.

    • 30 deaths in Punjab

    More cases in Mumbai

    Bihar reports 513 new cases

  • Bihar has reported 513 new COVID-19 cases so far as on Monday, taking the total number of active cases in the State to 6,295, said Bihar Health Department.

  • "513 more COVID19 positive cases have been reported so far on 16th November. Taking the total count of active cases in Bihar to 6,295," the State Health Department tweeted.

  • India continued to show a downward trend of daily new coronavirus cases as only 29,164 fresh infections were reported in the last 24 hours in the country, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's data on Tuesday.

    • Nagaland tally at 10,188

  • Nagaland's COVID-19 tally rose to 10,188 on Tuesday as 163 more people tested positive for the infection, Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom said.

  • The state now has 1,134 active coronavirus cases, while 8,897 people have been cured of the disease so far, Health Department Director Dr Denis Hangsing said in the daily COVID-19 bulletin.

  • "163 +ve cases of # COVID-19 detected today.Peren- 133, Dimapur- 14, Kohima- 12, Phek- 3, Tuensang- 1.Also, 37 +ve patients have recovered.Dimapur- 21, Mon- 10, Kohima- 6," the health minister tweeted.

    • Gujarat reports 1,125 cases

  • Gujarat's coronavirus tally rose to 1,90,361 with the addition of 1,125 new cases on Tuesday, the state health department said.

  • As many as seven more COVID-19 patients died, taking the statewide fatalities to 3,815, it said.

  • At the same time, 1,116 patients were discharged from various hospitals in the state, pushing the number of recovered cases to 1,74,088, the department said in a release.

  • With this, the recovery rate in Gujarat stood at 91.45 per cent, it said, adding the state now has 12,458 active cases.

    • 429 cases in Uttarakhand

    Karnataka tally

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    Tamil Nadu reports 1,652 fresh cases in last 24 hours

    ONGC doubles down on spending to make up for lost time due to COVID-19

    India's top oil and gas producer ONGC on Tuesday said its capital expenditure during the current fiscal is likely to be close to the Rs 32,500-crore target as it is doubling efforts to make up for the time lost due to the pandemic.
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    Kerala adds 5,792 cases, test positivity rate above 10 per cent

    90 per cent of parents ready to send kids to school, reveals study

    Schoolers over the past eight months have been subject to various modes of learning. Now a study finds has substantiated the claim about online classes being inefficacious for a large number of students, but also reveals that a vast majority of parents are ready to send their children to school.
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    Andhra Pradesh adds 1,395 fresh cases to its COVID-19 tally

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    What did Health Ministry say in its weekly COVID-19 briefing

  • Ten states and UTs, including Maharashtra, Delhi, Kerala and WB, account for 76.7 % of total active cases of COVID-19 in country

  • Effects of polls, Durga Puja, Diwali may be seen in coming weeks

  • Increase in beds, doubling testing capacity, right mix of RT-PCR and RAT among actions to be taken for rise of COVID cases in Delhi

  • ICU bed capacity in Delhi hospitals will be increased to over 6,000 in next 3-4 days from existing 3,523 beds

  • Average 46,701 COVID-19 recoveries recorded daily last week, while 40,365 new cases reported on average daily in same period

  • Over 12.65 crore COVID-19 tests conducted so far; cumulative positivity rate has come down to 7.01 %

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    Global coronavirus cases surpass 55 million mark

    In a grim milestone, the overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 55 million mark on Tuesday, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.3 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

    Colleges reopen for final year students in Karnataka but attendance poor

    After eight months, colleges in the state finally threw their gates open for final year students on Tuesday.
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    Daily recoveries continue to exceed daily cases in India

  • India has seen less than 50,000 daily new cases of COVID-19 for the past ten days, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

  • The country has so far conducted over 12.65 crore tests for detection of COVID-19 which has led to bringing down the cumulative positivity to 7.01 per cent, it highlighted.

  • The trend of new daily recoveries exceeding the daily new cases continues with 40,791 cases recovering in a span of 24 hours against just 29,163 newly detected cases.

  • The active caseload which now stands at 4,53,401 comprises just 5.11% of all cumulative cases.

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    WATCH | Delhi CM seeks Centre's permission to impose lockdown in market areas

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    COVID-19 cases in India are seeing a spike across India. (Photo | PTI)
    COVID-19 cases in India are seeing a spike across India. (Photo | PTI)

    Puducherry and Jharkhand Covid updates

  • Puducherry records 72 fresh COVID-19 cases, pushing tally to 36,409; active case count 843

  • Jharkhand reports 166 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more related fatalities, bringing infection tally to 1,06,230 and death toll to 928; number of active cases stands at 2,754

    • Delhi CM seeks Centre's permission to impose lockdown in market areas

    Colleges in Karnataka reopen

    Positivity rate now below 13% in Delhi

    Odisha reports 644 new cases, 17 deaths

    Outsiders form nearly 24 per cent of Delhi's COVID-19 death toll: RTI report

    The document, which showed figures till November 10, revealed that 1,759 patients belonging to other states and countries have succumbed to SARS-CoV-2 in hospitals in the city. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)

    India reports 29,164 new cases, 449 deaths

    48 new cases in Mizoram

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