Coronavirus India News highlights: Today is the 217th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown, to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, India has recorded 79,09,959 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 1,19,014 deaths. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have reported the highest number of cases. However, infections are rising rapidly in states like Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Yet, India’s recovery rate continues to rise and now stands at 90.2 percent. 'Unlock 5.0' is underway. Globally, there have been over 4.28 crore confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than 11.51 lakh people have died so far.
Coronavirus in Russia LIVE Updates | Russian COVID-19 tally hits new high, Kremlin warns regions suffering
Russia's daily tally of new COVID-19 cases soared to a record high of 17,347 on Monday as the Kremlin warned the pandemic was beginning to inflict a greater toll outside the capital Moscow.
Authorities say Russia has enough hospital beds and medication to tackle the second wave of the coronavirus outbreak. But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said "extremely energetic" efforts from both the federal and regional governments were now needed to cope with rising case numbers.
"The situation is quite serious," Peskov told reporters on a conference call. "The epidemic has stricken the regions, it has gone east of Moscow."
Russian media reports suggest some regions are struggling to withstand the pressure on their health system.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE Updates |
Delhi reports 2,832 new COVID-19cases, 3,736 recoveries/discharges/migrations and 54 deaths in the last 24 hours. Total cases here rise to 3,59,488, including 3,27,390 recoveries/discharges/migrations and 6,312 deaths. Active cases 25,786.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates |
Maharashtra reports 3,645 new COVID-19cases, 9,905 recoveries and 84 deaths, as per their Public Health Department. The COVID tally of the state rises to 16,48,665, with 14,70,660 recoveries and 43,348 deaths. Active cases 1,34,137.
Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu LIVE Updates |
2,708 new active COVID-19cases and 32 deaths reported in Tamil Nadu Total cases in the state are now 7,11,713 with 29,268 active cases. 6,71,489 patients have discharged while the death toll stands at 10,956.
Coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh LIVE Updates |
Madhya Pradesh reports 720 new COVID-19cases, 5 deaths and 1,095 recoveries today. Total cases in the state rise to 1,67,969, with 2,890 deaths and 1,54,222 recoveries so far. Active cases stand at 10,857.
Coronavirus in Punjab LIVE Updates |
Punjab reported 336 new COVID-19cases and 8 deaths on 26th October. Total number of cases stand at 1,31,391 with 1,23,047 discharges, 4,219 active cases and4,125 deaths.
Coronavirus in Rajasthan LIVE Updates |
Rajasthan recorded 14 more fatalities due to the novel coronavirus on Monday, taking the COVID-19 death toll in the state to 1,853, according to a health department bulletin.The state also reported 1,805 new cases. The total number of people infected by COVID-19 now stands at 1,88,048 in Rajasthan and out of these, 16,233 are under treatment.
Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE Updates |
Karnataka reports 3,130 new COVID-19cases, 42 deaths and 8,715 discharges in the last 24 hours. Total cases in the state rise to 8,05,947, with 7,19,558 discharges and 10,947 deaths. Active cases 75,423.
Coronavirus in Europe LIVE Updates | Europe warns of grim winter as COVID second wave gathers pace
European leaders warned of a bleak winter as resurgent COVID-19 infections forced countries to impose new restrictions to try to curb a second wave of the pandemic, with the United States and France setting new daily records for cases.
More than 42.9 million people have been reported to be infected by the coronavirus globally and 1,151,929have died.
In Europe the picture has been unrelentingly grim as a string of countries reported record increases, led by France, which posted more than 50,000 daily cases for the first time on Sunday, while the continent passed the threshold of 250,000 deaths.Governments have been desperate to avoid the lockdowns which curbed the disease at the start of the year at the cost of shutting down their entire economies. But the steady rise in new cases has forced them to tighten curbs.
Coronavirus in J&K LIVE Updates |
364 new COVID-19cases (147 from Jammu and217 from Kashmir), 627 recoveries (229 from Jammu and 398 from Kashmir) and 6 deaths reported from J&K today. Total positive cases now at 92,225, including 7,296 active cases, 83,485 recoveries and1,444 deaths.
Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh LIVE Updates |
Andhra Pradesh reports 1,901 new COVID-19cases and 19 deaths. Total cases in the state increase to 8,08,924 out of which 28,770 are active patients. 6,606 deaths reported till date.
Coronavirus in Kerala LIVE Updates |
Kerala reports 4,287 new COVID-19cases taking active cases to 93,747.
Coronavirus vaccine LIVE Updates | Coronavirus vaccine tracker October 26: Check out the latest developments from around the world
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, several vaccine candidates are in various stages of trials. Here are all the latest updates on coronavirus vaccines and their progress.
Coronavirus in Iran LIVE Updates | Iran reports COVID-19 death every four minutes, extends curbs
Iran extended COVID-19 curbs in Tehran and across the country on Monday as health authorities said they were recording a death from the virus every four minutes.
Some hospitals had run out of beds to treat new patients, the head of the national coronavirus task-force told state TV. "Our doctors and nurses are tired. I urge everyone to respect the protocols," Alireza Zali said.
The health ministry in the Middle East's hardest-hit country reported 337 new deaths and 5,960 new cases over the past 24 hours.
Authorities have complained of poor social distancing, and Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi said last week the death count could soon rise to 600 a day if Iranians fail to respect health protocols.
Coronavirus in UP LIVE Updates | 1,814 fresh cases take UP's COVID-19 tally to 4,72,075; death toll rises to 6,902
Uttar Pradesh registered 1,814 fresh cases of COVID-19 in a day which took the infection tally in the state to 4,72,075 on Monday, while the death toll rose to 6,902 with 21 more people succumbing to the disease during the same period, officials said.
The number of active cases in the state has come down to 26,652 while the number of people who have recovered and got discharged from hospitals has gone up to 4,38,521, Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said.
With this, the recovery rate has gone up to 92.89 per cent while the fatality rate was 1.46 per cent, he said, adding the number of active cases have been declining for the past 39 days.
Coronavirus in Germany LIVE Updates | Rising infections causing nervousness in German economy: economist
The rising number of COVID-19 infections both in Germany and abroad is casting a pall over sentiment in Europe's largest economy, Ifo economist Klaus Wohlrabe said on Monday.
He said he expected fourth-quarter growth of 2.1%, but said that forecast could be overturned if rising infection rates triggered a second lockdown. Growth in infections in France, Italy and Spain were also hitting exports, he added.
"The real hit would come if schools and kindergartens had to close," he said. "That would have a massive impact on the economy and industry."
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
Union Health Ministry has said that 59,105 recoveries were added in last 24 hour, taking the total recoveries so far past the 71-lakh mark. “Higher number of single day recoveries is also reflected in the continuous increase in the national recovery rate, which is at present 90.23 percent,” the ministry has said.
Coronavirus News LIVE updates | Confirmed cases in SAARC countries
> India: 79,09,959 confirmed cases (includes recoveries, deaths and active cases)
> Afghanistan: 40,833 cases
> Bangladesh: 397,507 cases
> Bhutan: 340 cases
> Maldives: 11,505 cases
> Nepal: 158,089 cases
> Pakistan: 3,28,602 cases
> Sri Lanka: 7,521 cases
(Source: MoHFW India, news reports and Reuters tracker, as of 3.35 pm IST on October 26)
Coronavirus LIVE updates | ‘We’re not going to control the pandemic’, says Trump's aide
The coronavirus has reached the upper echelons of the White House again, with an outbreak among aides to Vice President Mike Pence just over a week from Election Day. A top White House official declared: “We’re not going to control the pandemic.”
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Countries with the highest confirmed cases
> United States: 86,68,648 confirmed cases (includes recoveries, deaths and active cases)
> India: 79,09,959 cases
> Brazil: 53,80,635 cases
> Russia: 15,13,877 cases
> France: 10,86,497 cases
> Argentina: 10,81,336 cases
> Spain: 10,46,132 cases
> Colombia: 10,07,711 cases
> United Kingdom: 9,04,247 cases
> Mexico: 8,86,800 cases
(Sources: MoHFW India, news reports and Reuters tracker, as of 3.05 pm IST on October 26)
Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE Updates |
Encouraging trends emerge in Karnataka in fight against coronavirus
The steep decline in the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in Karnataka indicate that the infections are shifting from high population density areas to other places, a noted epidemiologist said.
After clocking up to 10,000 cases daily for over a week early this month with fatalities even touching 200 on certain occasions, the caseload has come down to about 5,000 to 6,000 in the last week.
Coronavirus in the UK LIVE Updates | UK hospital told to prepare for Oxford COVID vaccine in November
Staff at a major London hospital trust have been told to be ready to receive the first batches of the vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc, The Sun newspaper reported on Monday.
The Sun said the hospital was told to prepare for the vaccine from the "week commencing the 2 November."
Coronavirus vaccine LIVE Updates | Oxford COVID-19 vaccine produces immune response among elderly and young, AstraZeneca says
The COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford produces an immune response in both elderly and young people and adverse reactions were lower among the elderly, British drug maker AstraZeneca Plc said on Monday.
The vaccine, being developed by Oxford and AstraZeneca, triggers protective antibodies and T-cells in older age groups, news agency Reuters reported.
Immunogenicity blood tests carried out on a subset of older participants echo data released in July which showed the vaccine generated "robust immune responses" in a group of healthy adults aged between 18 and 55.
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Philippines reports 1,607 new cases, 62 more deaths
The Philippines' health ministry has recorded 1,607 new coronavirus infections and 62 more deaths.
In a bulletin today, the ministry said total confirmed cases had increased to 3.71 lakh, while deaths had reached 7,039. The Philippines has the second-highest number of COVID-19 infections and deaths in Southeast Asia after Indonesia. (Input from Reuters)
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
India continues to report a trend of steadily decreasing active cases, the Union Health Ministry has said. “Presently, active cases comprise merely 8.26 percent of the total positive cases in the country, standing at 6.53 lakh. This is the lowest count since August 13 when the active cases were 6.53 lakh,” the ministry has said.
Coronavirus LIVE updates |
With the Italian government trying to prevent a repeat of the crisis the country experienced in spring, when more than 30,000 people died due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Milan is now looking like a ghost town at night. The public squares are empty, and the streets are dark and quiet.
In pictures: Milan turns into ghost town at night as streets go dark, quiet
Coronavirus LIVE updates | France may be experiencing 1 lakh new COVID-19 cases per day, says government’s medical advisor
France may be experiencing 1 lakh new COVID-19 cases per day – two times more than the latest figures, Professor Jean-François Delfraissy, who heads the scientific council that advises the French government on the pandemic, told RTL radio today. "There are probably more than 50,000 cases per day. We estimate, on the scientific committee, that we are more in the region of 1,00,000 cases per day," Delfraissy said.
France registered a record 52,010 new confirmed infections over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said in a statement yesterday, as a second wave of cases surges through Europe. The new cases took the French tally to 11.38 lakh. (Input from Reuters)
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
The case fatality rate has dropped to 1.5 percent, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has said. Less than 500 deaths (480) were reported in last 24 hours in the country.
“India has one of the lowest fatality rates in the world. The case fatality rate is lowest since March 22 and is continuously declining,” the union health ministry has said. Case fatality rate is the proportion of people who die from a particular disease among all individuals who are diagnosed with it during a certain period.
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine may get 'emergency approval' before Christmas: Report
A COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford, in collaboration with AstraZeneca Plc, is likely to be developed and administered to medics and high-risk patients before the end of 2020, according to a professor leading the project.
Emergency approval would allow those most in need to receive the shot while the final trials of the vaccine are still underway, reported Daily Mail citing Adrian Hill, founder and director of the University of Oxford's Jenner Institute.
Coronavirus LIVE updates | China reports surge in symptomless COVID-19 infections
China has reported the highest number of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases in nearly seven months, following a mass infection of an unknown origin in the northwestern Xinjiang region.
Xinjiang health authorities found 137 asymptomatic cases yesterday amid a testing drive for the 4.75 million people in the Kashgar area triggered by an asymptomatic infection in a 17-year-old female garment factory worker reported a day earlier. The total reported COVID-19 cases in mainland China to date now stands at 85,810, while the death toll remained unchanged at 4,634. (Input from Reuters)
Coronavirus in Odisha LIVE updates | Health Department:
1,480 new COVID-19 cases, 14 deaths and 2,071 recoveries were reported in the state in the last 24 hours. Total confirmed cases now stand at 2.82 lakh, including 2.64 lakh recoveries and 17,281 active cases. Death toll stands at 1,259.
Coronavirus in Telangana LIVE updates | Health Department:
582 new COVID-19 cases, 1,432 recoveries and four deaths were reported yesterday, taking total cases to 2.31 lakh. This includes 2.11 lakh recoveries, 1,311 deaths and 18,611 active cases.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE updates |
Deputy Chief MinisterAjit Pawar says he has tested positive for COVID-19.
“I am fine. I have no symptoms. I have been admitted to the hospital on the advice of doctors,” Ajit Pawar has said.
Coronavirus LIVE updates |
Qatar has signed an agreement with drugmaker Moderna Inc to buy its potential COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it is approved and released for global use, state news agency QNA quoted a health official said.
Moderna said last month it was on track to produce 20 million doses of its vaccine by the end of the year, while maintaining its goal of readying 500 million to 1 billion doses in 2021.
Coronavirus in Andaman and Nicobar Islands LIVE updates | 20 new cases push Andamans’ COVID-19 tally to 4,245
The COVID-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 4,245 today as 20 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said. Eighteen fresh infections were detected during contact tracing in the Union Territory, while two patients have travel history, the official said.
The Union territory now has 204 active coronavirus cases, while 3,983 people have recovered from the disease and 58 patients have succumbed to the infection so far, the official added. (Input from PTI)
Coronavirus impact |
As people travel compulsively to beat lockdown boredom, resort properties see a surge in demand. Experts say during weekends, occupancy rates are as high as 80 percent. Jaipur, Goa, and Kochi top most popular leisure destinations.
Read: Revenge travel picks up in India; resorts, hotels beat some COVID-19 blues
Coronavirus in Odisha LIVE updates | Regulatory approvals in, third phase trial for Covaxin to begin in Odisha
The third phase of human trials of India’s COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covaxin’ are set to begin at the Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS) and SUM Hospital in Odisha.
Covaxin is being indigenously developed by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) and Bharat Biotech. IMS and SUM Hospital is the only institute from Odisha on the ICMR’s list of 21 medical institutes where trials are underway.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said that 10,34,62,778 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the country till yesterday (October 25). Of these, 9,39,309 were tested yesterday.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | India’s 5 worst-affected states:
Maharashtra: 16,45,020 (includes recoveries, deaths and active cases)
Andhra Pradesh: 8,07,023
Karnataka: 8,02,817
Tamil Nadu: 7,09,005
Uttar Pradesh: 4,70,270
(Source: Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, as of 9.35 am on October 26)
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
As many as 45,148 new COVID-19 cases and 480 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Union Health Ministry. India’s COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 90.2 percent.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN:
Reported active COVID-19 cases in India now stand at 6,53,717. As many as 71,37,228 COVID-19 patients have been cured and discharged so far, the Union Health Ministry has said in its latest update.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN:
The death toll in India due to the novel coronavirus pandemic has risen to 1,19,014, the Union Health Ministry has said.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN:
Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in India have risen to 79,09,959, according to the latest update from the Union Health Ministry. This number includes cases involving foreign nationals, patients who have recovered and the death toll.
Coronavirus LIVE updates | RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das tests positive for COVID-19
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has tested positive for COVID-19, he said on Twitter yesterday.
"I have tested COVID-19 positive. Asymptomatic. Feeling very much alright. Have alerted those who came in contact in recent days," Das said.
"Will continue to work from isolation. Work in RBI will go on normally. I am in touch with all Dy. Govs and other officers through VC and telephone," the RBI Governor added.
Coronavirus LIVE updates | UN chief Antonio Guterres says COVID-19 is 'the greatest crisis of our age'
The head of the United Nations said that the COVID-19 pandemic is the greatest crisis of our age". UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened an online session of the World Health Summit with a call for worldwide solidarity in the global crisis and demanded that developed countries support health systems in countries that are short of resources.
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Israel to start COVID-19 vaccine human trials on November 1
Israel will begin human trials for a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by a research institute overseen by the Defence Ministry on November 1 after receiving regulatory approval, the ministry has said.
The vaccine, the ministry said, has already tested well on a number of animal models and the IIBR has produced more than 25,000 doses for the first and second phases of the clinical trials.
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Italy tightens curbs after record new cases
Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte tightened nationwide COVID-19 restrictions yesterday after the country recorded a record number of new cases, despite opposition from regional heads and street protests over curfews.
Coronavirus in West Bengal LIVE updates | Bengal reports 4,127 new COVID-19 cases, 60 more deaths
West Bengal's COVID-19 tally mounted to 3.49 lakh yesterday with 4,127 new cases, the health department said in a bulletin. The death toll rose to 6,487 after 60 more people succumbed to the infection, it said. At least 3,857 people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours, it said, adding that the discharge rate now stands at 87.56 percent. (Input from PTI)
