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COVID-19 HIGHLIGHTS | Maharashtra reports 11,447 new cases, 306 deaths

A total of 13,885 patients were discharged, taking the tally of recovered persons to 13,44,368.
Medics walk past a swab testing cabin in a hospital in Mumbai. (File Photo | PTI)
Medics walk past a swab testing cabin in a hospital in Mumbai. (File Photo | PTI)
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India's COVID-19 caseload witnessed a spike of 63,371 new cases and 895 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said.

Total case tally stands at 73,70,469 including 8,04,528 active cases, 64,53,780 cured/discharged/migrated cases & 1,12,161 deaths, according to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's Friday update.

The interim results of WHO's solidarity trials have found out that Remdesivir, Hydroxychloroquine, Lopinavir/Ritonavir and Interferon regimens have little or no effect on 28-day mortality or in-hospital course of COVID-19 among hospitalized patients.

The trial results deliver a significant blow to hopes of identifying existing medicines to treat the disease.

Punjab reports 26 more deaths

Twenty-six more coronavirus-related fatalities were reported in Punjab, taking the death toll to 3,980, while 507 fresh cases pushed the state's infection tally to 1,26,737 on Friday, according to a medical bulletin.

West Bengal reports record 3,771 new cases

  • West Bengal on Friday reported the highest single-day spike of 3,771 new COVID-19 cases, taking the state's tally to 3,13,188, according to a bulletin issued by the Health Department.

  • The state's toll rose to 5,931 after 61 more people died due to the disease, it said.

  • In the last 24 hours, 3,194 people recovered from the disease, it added.

  • There are 32,500 active cases in the state at present.

  • Since Thursday, 43,227 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in West Bengal, the bulletin said.

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    697 fresh cases in Jammu & Kashmir

  • J&K recorded 697 fresh cases, while eight deaths took place in the last 24 hours, taking the number of cases to 86,754 and death toll to 1,366.

  • While 385 new cases were reported from Kashmir, 312 new cases surfaced in Jammu, the officials said.

  • At 155, Srinagar reported the highest number of new cases, followed by 121 in Jammu, they said.

  • There are 8,909 active coronavirus cases, while 76,479 patients have recovered so far, they said.

    • More deaths in Haryana

    306 deaths in Maharashtra

  • Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally on Friday increased to 15,76,062 with 11,447 new cases coming to light, said a state health official.

  • The state also reported 306 fatalities during the day, taking death toll to 41,502, he said.

  • A total of 13,885 patients were discharged, taking the tally of recovered persons to 13,44,368.

  • The number of active patients in the state stands at 1,89,715.

  • Mumbai city reported 1,823 cases during the day, which pushed its overall case count to 2,38,544, while its death toll rose to 9,638 with 37 deaths being reported on Friday.

    • 337 new cases in Manipur

    Uttarakhand tally

    404 new cases in Mysuru

    162 new cases in Tripura

  • At least 162 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Friday, pushing the tally in the state to 29,193 a health department official said.

  • The death toll rose to 320 with four more persons succumbing to the infection, he said.

  • West Tripura district, of which state capital Agartala is a part, has accounted for 171 of the 320 COVID-19 deaths.

  • Tripura currently has 3,108 active coronavirus cases, while 25,742 people have recovered from the disease.

    • Goa's tally crosses 40,000-mark

  • The coronavirus tally in Goa crossed the 40,000-mark with the addition of 321 cases on Friday, a health department official said.

  • The case count now stands at 40,091, he said.

  • The death toll due to the virus grew to 531 after six patients succumbed to the infection during the day, the official said.

  • A total of 449 patients were discharged on Friday, which took the recovery count in the coastal state to 35,610, he added.

  • There are 3,950 active ca

    • 89 new cases in Ladakh

  • One more coronavirus patient died in the Union Territory of Ladakh, raising the related toll to 65 while 89 fresh cases brought the infection count to 5,393, an official bulletin said on Friday.

  • The new fatality was registered in Leh district, the bulletin said.

  • Of the total deaths linked to the infection, 27 are from Leh district and 38 from Kargil district, the bulletin released by the Directorate of Health Services said.

  • Forty-nine more patients recovered from the infection, taking the number of recoveries to 4,254 in the Union Territory.

  • According to the bulletin, the active COVID-19 case count stands at 1,018 in the UT -- 821 in Leh district and 197 in Kargil district.

    • Nearly 700 new cases in J&K

    Close to 1200 new cases in Gujarat

    COVID-19 positivity rate falls below 5 percent in TN, but still around 9 percent in Chennai

    Even as daily cases keep hovering around the 4,500 mark every day in the last week, this dip in positivity rate has mainly been due to the state doing close to 90,000 RT-PCR tests a day. Officials say that even though the overall positivity rate may have reduced, the state’s challenge now is to bring down the intra-district positivity rate. (READ FULL STORY HERE)

    Active cases continue to go down in Tamil Nadu

    New cases outnumber recoveries in Kerala

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    Doctors' protests continue at the national capital

    Another serosurvey in Bhubaneswar

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    HC allows Durga Puja festivities in Bengal with riders

  • Money donated by West Bengal Govt to each Durga Puja club to be used for improving police and public bonding, and procuring masks, sanitizers and face shield, says Calcutta High Court in its interim order.

  • This money cannot be used for any other entertainment purposes, it states.

    • Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad tests positive

  • Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad has tested positive for COVID-19 and has quarantined himself at home.

  • The 71-year-old Congress leader shared the information on Twitter and asked those who came in contact with him in the recent past to follow protocols on self-quarantine and testing.

  • "I have tested positive for COVID-19. I am in home quarantine. Those who came in contact with me in the last few days may kindly follow the protocol," he said in a tweet.

  • Earlier senior Congress leaders Ahmed Patel, Motilal Vora and Abhishek Singhvi had tested positive for COVID-19. While Singhvi has recovered, other leaders are still under treatment.

    • Health Ministry's latest presser on India's COVID-19 situation

  • India continues to report one of the lowest deaths per million population which stands at 81 today. Less than 1100 deaths have been reported continuously since 2nd October: Union Health Ministry.

  • Results boosted by 22 States/UTs which demonstrated better performance & are reporting even lower deaths per million compared to national average.

  • Case fatality rate has been on downslide continuously. At current figure of 1.52%, it's lowest since 22nd March 2020.

    • Corona tests positive for COVID, gives birth to healthy baby girl in Kerala

    Corona and her brother Coral are the twin children of artist Thomas from Mathilil in Kollam district. Thomas first came up with the name Coral for his son, who is 20 minutes older. Later, he looked for a name for his daughter which sounded similar and that is how he came up with Corona. (READ FULL STORY HERE)

    Mangaluru teacher succumbs to Covid-19 despite Karnataka CM's intervention

    In a video uploaded in social media a few days ago, Padmakshi's daughter had blamed 'Vidyagama scheme' for her mother's condition and had expressed family's helpless to foot the hospital's expenses. (READ FULL STORY HERE)

    WATCH | Surat fashion designing students design, perform in Garba outfits made of PPE kits

    In one of the rarest occasions when the traditional dance 'Garba' will not be performed during Navratri due to COVID-19, the fashion designing students of the Institute of Design and Technology (IDT), Surat have designed a customized 'Covid Garba Dress', which is made of polypropylene fabric approved by the South India Textile Research Association (SITRA). (READ FULL STORY HERE)

    Health first: Gujarat CM defends ban on Navaratri festivities

  • Justifying restrictions placed on Navratri events in Gujarat this year in view of the coronavirus pandemic, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Friday said his government gave priority to public health over celebrations.

  • He made the statement a day before the commencement of the nine-day Navratri festival, one of the biggest religious events in Gujarat. The Gujarat government has banned organisation of 'garba' events, a key feature of Navratri involving traditional dance, across the state.

  • A week back, the state government had said permission will not be granted for Navratri celebrations, be it commercial garba events or those held inside residential societies.

  • "Navratri holds special importance for the people of Gujarat. People eagerly wait to enjoy garba during this season. "But this time, the situation is different. The entire world is fighting against coronavirus," said Rupani in a video message.

  • "We are also fighting against this pandemic. Putting special emphasis on public health, we have not given permission for Navratri events this time.

  • "People's health is our priority and we must ensure that efforts we all have made so far to control the outbreak do not go in vain," said the CM.

  • He said though festivals are important, it is not advisable to risk lives to celebrate them. Rupani sought people's cooperation and hoped citizens understand the seriousness of the situation.

  • "I know that you all agree with me on this. The government took a tough decision in the interest of people. "I appeal to people to wear masks, wash hands properly and regularly and maintain social distancing until a vaccine comes," headded.

  • Till October 15, Gujarat had recorded 1,56,283 COVID- 19 cases and 3,609 deaths.

    • Another Bihar Minister succumbs to COVID-19

  • Bihar's Panchayati Raj minister Kapil Deo Kamat succumbed to COVID-19 early on Friday at AIIMS, Patna, family sources said. He was 70.

  • Kamat is survived by two sons and four daughters. His wife died a few months ago. "Kapil Deo Kamat died of COVID-19 at 1:50 am (Friday) here at AIIMS, Patna. He was suffering from kidney failure and had been on ventilator over the past few days," Dr Sanjeev Kumar, the COVID-19 nodal officer of AIIMS-Patna, told PTI.

  • The JD(U) MLA from Babubarhi assembly constituency was admitted to the hospital on October 1 after he tested positive for the disease. Condoling the death of the panchayati raj minister, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Kamat will be cremated with full state honours.

  • "He was an efficient administrator and a popular leader. I am personally saddened by Kamat's untimely demise. His death has caused an irreparable loss to the field of politics," Kumar said.

  • Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi and several other leaders also mourned Kamat's demise. Modi termed his death as "unfortunate", and said Kamat always sympathised with the poor.

  • Notably, the JD(U) has fielded Kamat's daughter-in-law Meena from Babubarhi this time, as he was not keeping well. Babubarhi is set to go to polls during the third phase of Bihar elections, on November 7. Kamat is the second minister in Nitish Kumar's cabinet to succumb to the infection this week.

  • Minister of backward classes and extremely backward class welfare Vinod Singh died in Delhi on October 12 due to post-COVID complications.

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    BJP MLA Ram Kadam writes to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray seeking permission to celebrate Ram Leela across the state.

    COVID-19: Central teams sent to Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Bengal

    The Union Health Ministry on Friday said these teams will support the state towards strengthening containment, surveillance, testing, infection prevention and control measures, and efficient clinical management of the positive cases. (READ FULL STORY HERE)

    Puducherry reports 287 fresh COVID-19 cases, overall tally rises to 32,766

    Puducherry added 287 fresh COVID-19 cases while one fatality took the death toll in the union territory to 571, Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao said on Friday.

    The 287 new cases were detected at the end of examination of 4,287 samples taking the overall tally to 32,766 (after transfer of seven cases to Tamil Nadu), the Minister said at a virtual press meet.(READ FULL REPORT HERE)

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    Beware of Covid-19 spread via droplets in winter

    While transmission of the novel coronavirus as small aerosol particles is more significant in summer, direct contact with respiratory droplets may be more pronounced in the winter months, according to a new research.(READ FULL REPORT HERE)

    2138 new cases, 15 deaths reported in Odisha

    Health Ministry deputes high-level Central teams to 5 states reporting surges in cases in recent days

  • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has deputed high-level Central teams to the states of Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal which have been reporting a surge in the number of new COVID19 cases in the recent days

  • The high-level Central teams will support the efforts of the States towards strengthening containment, surveillance, testing, infection prevention and control measures, and efficient clinical management of the positive cases

    • Bollywood singer Kumar Sanu tests positive

    Popular Bollywood singer Kumar Sanu has tested positive for novel coronavirus. The news was shared by the playback singer's team on social media on Thursday evening. "Unfortunately Sanuda has tested Corona positive, please pray for his good health. Thank you," Sanu's team posted on his Facebook page.(READ FULL REPORT HERE)

    Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee's health condition improves, put on nasal mask

    The health condition of legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee improved a lot on Friday morning following which doctors have removed him from the BiPAP and put on nasal mask. The 85-year-old thespians oxygen saturation has also improved while his sodium and potassium have been both corrected, doctors, treating him at the city-based private hospital, said. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)

    10.28 lakh samples tested on Thursday

    Covid graph sliding, India may have hit first peak

    While it may still be long before Covid-19 ceases to be major public health concern, the pandemic does seem to have slowed down in India suggesting that the country may have already reached at least the first peak. A look at the infection and death curve since last few weeks shows the active as well as the daily cases detected are registering a swift decline. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)

    SOPs for cultural events: Artistes, crew need Covid negative certificate

    The Ministry of Culture released the standard operating procedure (SOP) on Thursday while opening up cultural spaces. The seating capacity for closed performance spaces would be 50 per cent of the total. There would be a ceiling of 200 persons for the audience. (READ FULL REPORT HERE)

    Telangana reports 1554 new cases, 7 deaths

    Bihar Minister Kapil Deo Kamat succumbs to COVID-19 at 69

    Senior Janata Dal (United) leader and Bihar Panchayati Raj Minister Kapil Deo Kamat succumbed to coronavirus infection on Friday. He was 69.

    The Minister was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna, and was undergoing treatment for the past few days.

    (READ FULL REPORT HERE)

    India reports 63,371 new cases, 895 deaths

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