Coronavirus India News highlights: Today is the 214th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown, to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, India has recorded 77,61,312 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 1,17,306 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 89.5 percent. 'Unlock 5.0' is underway. Globally, there have been over 4.16 crore confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than 11.36 lakh people have died so far.
Coronavirus in the US LIVE Updates |
Masks could cut COVID-19 deaths in the US by 130,000: Study
Even if state-level governments in the United States reimpose limited social distancing measures to halt the spread of COVID-19, the death toll could more than double by the end of February 2021 to 511,000, according to projections released Friday.
Near-universal mask wearing over the coming months could reduce that grim tally by nearly 130,000, researchers from the COVID-19 forecasting team at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) found.
Even if mask compliance was only 85 percent, the number of lives saved compared to that baseline would still top 95,000, they reported in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Medicine.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates |
Maharashtra government allows carrying of passengers with full capacity in BEST buses from today in Mumbai. Wearing a mask and carry sanitiser while commuting made mandatory for passengers in all buses, other COVID rules to be followed.
Coronavirus in Mumbai LIVE Updates |
Mumbai's COVID-19 tally rises to 2,48,804 withaddition of 1,470 new cases; 48 deaths take toll to 9,966.
Coronavirus in Gujarat LIVE Updates | 1,112 contract COVID-19 in Gujarat; active cases below 14,000
Gujarat registered 1,112 fresh cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking its tally to 1,65,233 on Friday, while 1,264 patients recovered from the infection, the state Health Department said.
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 3,676 after six more persons succumbed to the infection during the same period, said a release by the Health Department.
The state government claimed the COVID-19 situation is gradually improving with 1,264 more patients getting discharged from hospitals during the day,taking the total recoveries to 1,47,572.
Coronavirus in the US LIVE Updates | US records second-highest single-day rise in COVID-19 infections since pandemic began
The number of new COVID-19 cases reported in the United States on Thursday was the second highest on record, coming in just short of a midsummer peak as the spread of the novel coronavirus accelerates in nearly every region of the country.
Cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all accelerating as cooler weather descends on much of the country. With 76,195 new cases on Thursday, the United States was approaching its one-day record high of 77,299 new cases on July 16, according to a Reuters analysis.
Only India has reported more cases in a single day: 97,894 on Sept. 17.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates |
Maharashtra reports 7,347 new COVID-19cases, 184 deaths and 13,247 discharges in the last 24 hours, as per the state's Public Health Department. Total cases in the state rise to 16,32,544, with 43,015 deaths and 14,45,103 recovered patients. Active cases stand at 1,43,922.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE Updates |
Delhi reports 4,086 new COVID-19cases, 3,296 recoveries/discharges/migrations and 26 deaths in last 24 hours. The COVID tally here rises to 3,48,404, including 3,16,214 recoveries/discharges/migrations and 6,189 deaths. Active cases stand at 26,001.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | Next 3 months decisive in determining India's COVID-19 trajectory: Harsh Vardhan
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday said the next three months are going to be decisive in determining the coronavirus situation in the country as he urged people to follow COVID-19 appropriate behaviour in the coming festival season and winter months.
He also highlighted that the number of active COVID-19 cases in the country are less than 7 lakh and the doubling rate has increased to 97.2 days.
Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu LIVE Updates |
3,057 new infections and 33 deaths reported in Tamil Nadu Total cases in the state are now 7,03,250 out of which 32,960 are active cases. 6,59,432 patients have discharged while the death toll stands at 10,858.
Coronavirus in Nepal LIVE Updates | Nepal's COVID-19 infection tally crosses 150,000
Nepal's coronavirus tally surpassed 150,000-mark after the country reported 4,499 new cases on Friday.The number of active cases stands at 46,691 as 105,488 people have made successful recovery2,668 of them in the past 24 hours.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, Kathmandu Valley recorded 2,720 new cases in the past 24 hours.
Coronavirus in Punjab LIVE Updates |
Punjab reported 481 new COVID-19cases, 580 discharged cases and23 deaths. Total number of cases stand at 1,30,157 till date, including 1,21,735 discharges, 4,327 active cases and4,095 deaths.
Coronavirus in Manipur LIVE Updates |
Manipur reports 156 new COVID-19cases, taking total confirmed cases to 16,777 out of which 4,083 are active patients. Five new deaths reported taking toll to 132.
Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE Updates |
Karnataka reported 5,356 new COVID-19 cases (2,688 cases in Bengaluru Urban), 8,749 discharges and 51 deaths in the last 24 hours. Total number of cases now stand at 7,93,907 including 89,483 active cases, 6,93,584 discharges and 10,821 deaths.
Coronavirus in Kerala LIVE Updates |
8,511 new COVID-19infections reported in Kerala, active cases now stand at 95,657.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | 61% Indians wary of COVID-19 vaccine, won't rush to take it even if it is available in 2021: Survey
Nearly 61 percent of Indians said they are wary of a COVID-19 vaccine and will not rush to take it even it is made available in 2021, a survey revealed on October 22.
Last month, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the COVID-19 vaccine will be made available in India by the beginning of 2021.
Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh LIVE Updates |
Andhra Pradesh's COVID-19cases cross 8-lakh mark with 3,765 new infections. Total cases at 8,00,684 out of which 31,721 are active cases. 20 deaths reported in last 24 hours taking the toll to 6,544.
Coronavirus in Spain LIVE Updates | No curfew for now in Spain as PM urges citizens to limit contacts
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday that more needed to be done to combat the COVID-19 pandemic but he stopped short of announcing new measures and instead called on citizens to act responsibly.
With Spain's COVID-19 cases soaring this week to total over a million - the highest in Western Europe - the government has said the pandemic was out of control. But it lacks the majority in parliament to push bold steps and override sometimes reluctant regions who decide on health matters.
"If we don't follow precautions, we are putting the lives of those we love most at risk," Sanchez said in a televised address to the nation. "What we have to do is reduce mobility and social contact. There is no other solution."
Coronavirus in UP LIVE Updates | Uttar Pradesh reports 40 more COVID-19 deaths, 2,202 new cases
The COVID-19 death toll in Uttar Pradesh rose to 6,830 on Friday with 40 more fatalities, while 2,202 fresh cases pushed the infection tally to 4,66,060, a health bulletin issued here said.
At present, there are 28,268 active cases in the state, while 4,30,962 people have recovered from the infection and have been discharged, Additional Chief Secretary, Medical and Health, Amit Mohan Prasad told reporters.
The number of active cases in UP has come down by 58.6 per cent since September 17 during which the state witnessed a peak of over 68,000 cases, Prasad said.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates |
COVID-19 lockdown reduced sleep quality, mental health, says study
The initial phase of the COVID-19 lockdown, which was imposed through March and April in several countries, may have dramatically altered people's personal eating and sleeping habits, according to a new study based on a first-of-its-kind global survey.
The study, published in the journal Obesity, evaluated the inadvertent changes in health behaviours that took place under the pandemic's widespread restrictions.
"The stay-at-home orders did result in one major health positive. Overall, healthy eating increased because we ate out less frequently. However, we snacked more. We got less exercise. We went to bed later and slept more poorly. Our anxiety levels doubled," said study co-author Leanne Redman from Louisiana State University.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | COVID-19 plasma therapy shows little benefit in patients in India, study finds
Convalescent plasma therapy, which uses the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients as a potential treatment, has shown limited effect in reducing the progression to severe disease or death in a trial conducted in India, scientists say.
The study, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) involved 464 adults with moderate COVID-19 who were admitted to hospitals in India between April and July.
As many as 239 adult patients received two transfusions of convalescent plasma, 24 hours apart, alongside standard care, while the control group comprising of 229 patients received standard care only.
One month later, 44 patients or 19 percent of those who received the plasma had progressed to severe disease or had died of any cause, compared with 41 patients or 18 per cent in the control group.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | COVID-19: Singapore, Germany agree on green lane travel
Singapore and Germany have agreed to establish a reciprocal green lane, allowing direct flights between the two countries for essential business and official purposes.
Eligible applicants for travel will have to abide by the COVID-19 prevention and public health measures mutually agreed by the two sides, foreign ministries of the two countries said in a joint statement.
"The reciprocal green lane will enable essential travel for business or official purposes, via direct flights between both countries," the statement said.
Coronavirus in Mizoram LIVE Updates |
At least 18 people, including a legislator and two Border Security Force (BSF) jawans, havetested positive for novel coronavirus in Mizoram, raising the state's tally to 2,359, a health department official said today. A one-month-old infant and a six-year-old are also among the newly-infected patients, he said. Mizoram has not reported any fatality due to COVID-19 so far. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Bihar LIVE Updates | Prime Minister Narendra Modi:
Each and every citizen of Bihar must cast his/her vote in the upcoming assembly polls, following all COVID-19 guidelines and social distancing norms.
Coronavirus in Europe LIVE Updates |
Slovakia has registered its highest one-day tallies of new coronavirus cases and deaths before tighter restrictions go into force and a free nationwide testing programme starts. The Health Ministry said today that 2,581 new cases had been recorded yesterday in the country of 5.5 million. It also reported a record number of COVID-19 related deaths for a second successive day, with 19 on Thursday after 17 on Wednesday. It was only the third time the number of deaths in one day has reached double digits, and all occasions were this month.
Slovakia has reported 134 deaths since the pandemic began and has 28,918 active COVID-19 cases now. (Reuters)
Coronavirus in Germany LIVE Updates | Germany's daily virus count remains near record
Germany's disease control center says the number of new daily coronavirus cases remains near a record high, as the pandemic continues to spread.
The Robert Koch Institute said Friday that 11,242 new cases were reported over the last 24-hour period, just shy of the record 11,278 mark set the day before. The nationwide infection rate over the last seven days rose to 60.3 cases per 100,000 residents, up from 56.2 the day before.
Some hot spots, like the capital, are much higher than that, with Berlin reporting a rate of 110.6 cases per 100,000 residents, with the district of Neukoelln at more than double that with a rate of 236.7 per 100,000.
Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE Updates |
Colleges to reopen from November 17: Deputy CM
Karnataka will reopen colleges from November 17, after having kept them shut since March, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The development was confirmed by the state’s Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Higher Education CN Ashwath Narayan after his meeting with the Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa.
Coronavirus in Belgium LIVE Updates |
Belgium, one of Europe's hardest-hit countries by the coronavirus, further tightened restrictions on social contacts today, banning fans from sports matches, limiting the number of people in cultural spaces and closing theme parks.
Belgium, which has already closed cafes, bars and restaurants and imposed a night curfew, has Europe's second-highest infection rate per capita after the Czech Republic. New infections hit a peak of 10,500 yesterday. But the country has so far resisted calls from medical experts for a second lockdown, following the period of confinement in March, to prevent more economic pain. (Reuters)
Coronavirus in Odisha LIVE Updates | 1,793 new COVID-19 cases in Odisha
Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 2,77,887 today with 1,793 people testing positive forthe infection, while 18 more fatalities pushed the toll to 1,214, a health department official told news agency PTI. Of the 1,793 new cases, 1,031 were reported from various quarantine centres, and the rest detected duringcontact tracing, the official said.
Coronavirus in France LIVE Updates |
The COVID-19 diseaseis spreading more quickly than during its initial outbreak in the spring, French government scientific advisor Arnaud Fontanet said today. "The virus is circulating more quickly ...The resurgence of the pandemic started in August", Fontanet, an epidemiologist, told BMF TV, adding the fight against the disease would be a "marathon". (Reuters)
Coronavirus LIVE Updates |
Using blood of recovered COVID-19 patients - or so-called convalescent plasma - as a potential treatment is of little benefit in helping hospitalised patients fight off the infection, according to results of a clinical trial in India.
Coronavirus in Puducherry LIVE Updates |
Puducherry registered 158fresh coronavirus cases taking the overall tally in the union territory to 33,986, a top Health department official said today. The new cases in the last 24 hours were identified atthe end of the examination of 3,784 samples, Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar said in a release.The overall tally of infections rose to 33,986 (after transfer of four cases to Tamil Nadu). (PTI)
Coronavirus in Arunachal Pradesh LIVE Updates |
At least 165 people, including three Army men, tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, pushing the caseload in the state to 14,077, a senior official said today. Barring 29, all new patients are asymptomatic and have been shifted to COVID care centres, he said.
A 59-year-old man succumbed to the infection yesterday, taking the total number of fatalities to 32, StateSurveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said. (PTI)
Coronavirus LIVE Updates |
As COVID-19 infections rise, people seeking to avoid one lung disease compounding another are queuing up to get inoculated against bacterial pneumonia, causing shortages of a Merck & Co vaccine in parts of Europe. Demand for Merck's Pneumovax 23, which is used to prevent pneumococcal lung infections, has hit record highs across the world, the company said. (Reuters)
Coronavirus in Bihar LIVE Updates |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said no one can imagine the impact the novel coronavirus pandemic would have caused in Bihar had the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government not worked tirelessly.
Coronavirus in West Bengal LIVE Updates |
An official of the West Bengal government succumbed to COVID-19 today, state healthdepartment sources said. Wangdi Gyalpo Bhutia, who was posted as Sitalkuchiblock development officer (BDO) in Cooch Behar, lost his battle against the disease in the morning, the sources said.
Condoling his demise, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted, "We have lost yet another colleague in the battle against Covid. He has been suffering from the disease for quite some time and succumbed to it this morning." (PTI)
Coronavirus in Jharkhand LIVE Updates | Jharkhand reports 549 fresh COVID-19 cases
Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally rose to 98,610 today as 549 more people tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection, while 8 fatalities pushed the death toll to 859, a health official told news agency PTI. Ranchi district reported the highest number of new cases at 151, followed by West Singhbhum (61) and Dhanbad(60). The deaths were reported from Ranchi, Bokaro, Dhanbad, Koderma districts, he said. Jharkhand now has 6,122 active coronavirus cases,while 91,629 people have been cured of the disease so far, the official said.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates |
A total of 69,48,497 people have recuperated from the disease so far pushing the national recovery rate to 89.53 percent while the case fatality rate due to COVID-19 was recorded at 1.51 percent.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | COVID-19 tracker
> Confirmed cases: 77,61,312
> Recovered: 69,48,497 (89.53%)
> Active cases: 6,95,509 (8.96%)
> Deaths: 1,17,306 (1.51%)
(Source: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare)
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates |
Over a month after he recovered from COVID-19, Union minister Shripad Naik today said that hewould resume his office in New Delhi from next week. Naik, who hails from Goa, has been working from hisprivate residence-cum-office near Panaji ever since he got discharged from a private hospital on September 12 afterundergoing treatment for a month. The Union Minister of State for AYUSH (independent charge) and Defence had undergone treatment at Manipal Hospital with the assistance of the teams from the state-runGoa Medical College and Hospital and All India Institute of Medical Sciences. (PTI)
Coronavirus in China LIVE Updates |
Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines is leveraging its low-cost position to attract customers with cheap fares as the country's domestic aviation market recovers, pursuing an aggressive expansion strategy that could soon turn profitable. Domestic capacity at Shanghai-based Spring rose over 50% in September compared with a year earlier, while passenger traffic was up 47% and the airline's load factor, or percentage of seats filled, neared 90% as it redirected planes from closed international markets. Spring's market share has doubled from 2% a year ago to 4%, according to broker Jefferies. The private airline's success in the Chinese market, traditionally dominated by full-service state-owned carriers, could herald a wider global trend. (Reuters)
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN: T
otal confirmed COVID-19 cases in India have risen to 77,61,312, according to the latest update by from the Union Health Ministry. This number includes cases involving foreign nationals, patients who have recovered and the death toll.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN:
As many as 69,48,497 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 reported active COVID-19 cases in India stand at 6,95,509, according to the Union Health Ministry.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN:
The death toll in India due to the novel coronavirus pandemic has risen to 1,17,306, the Union Health Ministry has said.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates |
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative total of 10,01,13,085 samples have been tested for COVID-19 up to October 22 with 14,42,722 samples being tested on Thursday.
Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates |
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that a COVID-19 vaccine is "ready" and going to be announced "within weeks" to combat the deadly disease that has killed over 223,000 Americans, as he debated with his Democratic challenger Joe Biden for the final time before the presidential election. The debate, just less than two weeks ahead of the crucial presidential elections on November 3, started with opening remarks by both the candidates, when the mike of the other was muted. The coronavirus dominated the opening minutes of the Trump-Biden face-off with President Trump terming the contagion a worldwide problem. (PTI)
Coronavirus in United States LIVE Updates |
Several US states, many of them in the Midwest, reported record single-day increases in COVID-19 infections yesterday, further evidence that the pandemic is accelerating a new as cooler weather takes hold in many parts of the country.Indiana, North Dakota, Illinois, Montana, Oklahoma, Utah and Ohio posted daily records on the day, according to a Reuters analysis, while Florida reported more than 5,500 new cases, its highest single-day increase since August 15. Twenty-eight states have reported their daily record high of COVID-19 cases in the month of October alone.
