Coronavirus India News highlights: Today is the 194th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown, to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, India has recorded 64,73,544 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 1,00,842 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 83.8 percent. 'Unlock 5.0' is underway. Globally, there have been over 3.44 crore confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than 10.26 lakh people have died so far. Catch the latest updates here:
Coronavirus in Assam LIVE Updates |
1,632 COVID-19cases detected out of 33656 tests today. Total number of cases now at 1,85,444 including 1,48,960 discharges, 35,746 active cases and 735 deaths.
Coronavirus in Haryana LIVE Updates |
Haryana reported 1,188 COVID-19cases, 1,542 recoveries and 25 deaths today, taking total cases to 1,32,576 with 1,18,258 recoveries, 1,450 deaths and 12,868 active cases.
Coronavirus in Jharkhand LIVE Updates |
Jharkhand reported 877 new COVID-19cases, 1176 recoveries and 5 deaths today, taking total cases to 86,277 including 74,604 recoveries, 734 deaths and 10,939 active cases.
Coronavirus in West Bengal LIVE Updates |
West Bengal recorded 3,340 new coronavirus cases, 3,013 recoveries and 62 deaths today, taking total cases to 2,66,974 including 2,34,712 recoveries, 5,132 deaths and 27,130 active cases.
Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE Updates |
Karnataka reported 9,886 new COVID-19 cases, 8,989 discharges and 100 deaths today, taking total cases to 6,30,516 including 5,08,495 discharges and 9,219 deaths. Number of active cases stands at 1,12,783.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates |
Maharashtra reports 14,348 new COVID-19cases, 278 deaths and 16,835 discharges today. Total cases in the state rise to 14,30,861, including 37,758 deaths and 11,34,555 discharges. Active cases stand at 2,58,108.
Coronavirus in Gujarat LIVE Updates |
Gujarat's coronavirus tally rises to 1,41,398 with1,343 new cases; death toll rises to 3,490 with 12 more fatalities.
Coronavirus in Punjab LIVE Updates |
1,106 new COVID-19cases and 61 deaths have been reported in Punjab today, taking the total number of cases to 1,17,319 including 14,289 active cases and 3,562 deaths.
Coronavirus in Manipur LIVE Updates |
252 new COVID-19cases reported in Manipur including 24 personnel from CAPF in Manipur. Total positive cases now at 11,649, including 2,497 active cases. 9,081 discharged cases and72 deaths till date. Recovery rate is 77.95 percent.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE Updates |
Delhi reports 2,258 new COVID-19cases, 3,440 recoveries/discharges/migrations and 34 deaths today. Total number of cases rise to 2,87,930 including 2,57,224 recoveries/discharges/migrations and 5,472 deaths. Active cases stand at 2,57,224.
Coronavirus in Nepal LIVE Updates | Nepal PM Oli's three key advisors contract COVID-19
Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli's chief advisor and his other two aides have contracted coronavirus that has claimed 528 lives and infected over 84,500 people in the country.
During the tests conducted on Friday, Oli's chief advisor Bishnu Rimal, press advisor Surya Thapa, and foreign affairs advisor Rajan Bhattarai tested positive for COVID-19.
Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu LIVE Updates | State Health Dept:
Tamil Nadu reported 5,622 new COVID-19cases, 5,596 recoveries and65 deaths today, taking total positive cases to 6,14,507, including 5,58,534 recoveries, 9,718 deaths and46,255 active cases.
Coronavirus in Himachal Pradesh LIVE Updates |
Himachal Pradesh reports 242 new COVID-19cases in the last 24 hours. Total positive cases in the state stand at 15,542, including 12,141 recoveries, 3,172 active cases and204 deaths.
Coronavirus in the US LIVE Updates | Trump family, Mike Pence, Pelosi, Kamala Harris test negative for COVID-19
US President Donald Trump's close family, several key government officials and politicians have tested negative for COVID-19 after the American leader and First LadyMelaniaTrumpannounced on October 2 that hadbeen infectedby the novel coronavirus.
A slew of negative test results was announced subsequently by prominent American political figures, according to reports. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his wife Jillsaid they tested negativeand his running mate, vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her husband DougEmhofffollowed suit.
Coronavirus in Jammu LIVE Updates | 185 inmates test positive for COVID-19; temporary jails being set up across Jammu: DG prisons
A total of 185 prisoners have tested positive for COVID-19 in different jails across the Jammu region, Director General of Prisons V K Singh said on Saturday.
He said temporary jails are being set up in various districts to isolate the asymptomatic positive detenues as part of efforts to ensure safety of the jail inmates and staffers.
Singh said roughly 200 prisoners, primarily in south Kashmir's Anantnag district jail and Srinagar Central Jail, have recovered from the infection over the past one month.
Coronavirus in Singapore LIVE Updates | Singapore set for further easing of coronavirus restrictions; new cases continue to fall
Singapore can further ease coronavirus restrictions in a calibrated and cautious manner, just as relaxations were made in Phases I and II of the reopening, according to local media.
The restrictions are being lifted as the number of new cases continue to fall in the island nation.Singapore reported six new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, the lowest daily figure since March 10. This takes the national tally to 57,800.
Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LIVE Updates |
3,665 new cases of COVID-19and 4,860 recoveries reported in the last 24 hours. There are total 47,823 active cases, while 3,56,826 have recovered. The recovery rate stands at 86.89 percent. The death toll stands at 5,977 now.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates |
For the 12th successive day, India has sustained its steady trend of maintaining the COVID-19 active cases below the 10-lakh mark. The number of active cases today is 9,44,996: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Coronavirus LIVE Updates |
South Africa and India have asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive some provisions in the international agreements that regulate intellectual property rights, to speed up efforts to prevent, treat and contain the COVID-19 pandemic and make sure developing countries are not left behind. (AP)
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | Steps to take when COVID-19 cases occur in offices:
> In general, staff showing flu-like illness shouldn't attend office and seek medical advice
But when people show symptoms within office spaces:
> Isolate the ill person from the other employees
> Provide a mask till he/she is examined by a doctor
> Report to concerned central/state health authorities (Helpline: 1075)
> Follow guidelines according to the mildness/severity of the case
> Contact tracing and disinfection of workplace will start if case is positive
(Source: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting)
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates |
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) today said it is identifying medical and paramedical experts to "ensure clinical assessment of COVID-19 infection" on its athletes training at the nodal body's centres. SAI issued new guidelines (SOP), called Graduated Return to Play (GRTP), under which coaches have been instructed to plan a physical activity at 50 per cent of normal intensity and volume for an otherwise healthy patient, who has been asymptomatic for seven days. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE Updates | Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain:
Out of 56,258 samples tested yesterday, 2,920 samples tested positive for COVID-19. The positivity rate has decreased to 5.19.
Coronavirus in Odisha LIVE Updates | Odisha reports 3,053 new COVID-19 cases
Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 2,29,387 today as 3,053 more people tested positive tofor the infection, a health official said. Seventeen fresh fatalities pushed the state'scoronavirus death toll to 892, he said. As many as 1,804 new cases were detected in quarantine centres, while 1,249 people tested positive for the infection during contact tracing, the official said. (PTI)
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Czech Republic reports second day of record COVID-19 cases
The Czech Republic recorded 3,793 new coronavirus cases yesterday, a second straight record for the highest daily count, data released by the Health Ministry today showed. The overall number of confirmed cases reached 78,051 in the country of 10.7 million people, where 699 have died with the illness.
The Czech government this week called a state of emergency from Monday and imposed measures including limiting gatherings and banning musicals and opera to curb the coronavirus before it overwhelms the health system. (Reuters)
Coronavirus in Singapore LIVE Updates | Singapore reports single digit COVID-19 cases for first time since March
Singapore today reported new coronavirus cases in the single digits for the first time since March. The city-state, which has seen cases fall sharply in recent months as it has brought outbreaks in migrant worker dormitories under control, said it had discovered just six new cases. (Reuters)
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | What is contact tracing, and how does it work with COVID-19?
The goal of contact tracing is to alert people who may have been exposed to someone with the coronavirus, and prevent them from spreading it to others. Health experts say contact tracing is key to containing the virus and allowing places to reopen more safely. But the process isn't easy. After a person tests positive for the virus, a contact tracer would get in touch with the person and attempt to determine where they have been and who they were around. The focus is on close contacts, or people who were within 6 feet of the infected person for at least 10 minutes or so. Those people would then be asked to self-isolate, monitor themselves for symptoms and get tested if needed. For those showing symptoms, the tracing process would start all over again. (AP)
Coronavirus LIVE Updates |
Tripura's COVID-19 tally rose to 26,552 today as 190 more people tested positive for thevirus, a health department official told news agency PTI. The COVID-19 death toll climbed to 286 with six morepeople succumbing to the infection, he said.
Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates |
A mass roll-out of a COVID-19 vaccine in Britain could be finished in as little as three months, the Times reported, citing government scientists. Scientists working on the Oxford vaccine hope regulators approve it before the beginning of 2021, the newspaper said.
A full COVID-19 immunization programme, which would exclude children, could be quicker than experts predicted, the Times said, adding that health officials estimate that every adult could receive a dose of the vaccine within six months.
Read more: COVID-19 vaccine roll-out expected in less than 3 months in UK
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates |
190 police personnel tested positive for COVID-19 and 2 died in the last 24 hours, taking total cases to 23,879 in the force including 20,871 recoveries, 2,758 active cases and 250 deaths. 78 health officials reported being attacked in the state: Maharashtra Police
Coronavirus in United States LIVE Updates |
US President Donald Trump has been treated with an experimental antibody cocktail for COVID-19 and is moving to a military hospital as a precautionary measure, White House officials have said. The president's physician, Dr Sean Conley, said in a statement that Trump "remains fatigued but in good spirits" after receiving an intravenous dose of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc's dual antibody. Trump was also taking immune system boosters zinc and vitamin D, aspirin, and other generic drugs. Trump, 74, walked to a helicopter yesterday before being moved to a special suite at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, for the next few days. (Reuters)
Coronavirus in Kerala LIVE Updates | Prohibitory orders to halt COVID-19 spread come into force in Kerala
With Kerala witnessing massive surge in COVID-19 cases, prohibitory orders came intoforce across the state today morning as per which not more than five people can assemble at any place, includingbanks, shops and commercial establishments. There is no restriction on movement of public transportand government institutions, commercial establishments, industries, hospitals can function adhering to socialdistancing and break the chain protocols. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Andaman and Nicobar Islands LIVE Updates | 10 new cases push COVID-19 tally of Andamans to 3,858
The COVID-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 3,858 today as 10 morepeople tested positive for the infection, a health official told news agency PTI. Five new patients have travel history, while five fresh infections were detected during contact tracing, hesaid.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates |
Kerala reported 9,258 new cases of the novel coronavirus on October 2, its highest single-day spike, taking its tally to 2,13,499. With over 14.16 lakh cases, Maharashtra’s COVID-19 tally remains the highest among Indian states and union territories, according to the Union Health Ministry's latest update.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates |
India has crossed 1,00,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths today, putting the country's toll at nearly 10 percent of the global fatalities and behind only the United States and Brazil.
Coronavirus in Telangana LIVE Updates | 1,718 new COVID-19 cases, 8 fatalities in Telangana
Telangana registered 1,718 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 1.97 lakh while eightmore deaths pushed the toll to 1,153. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accountedfor the most number of cases with 285, followed by Rangareddy (129) and Medchal Malkajgiri (115) districts.The cumulative recovered cases stood at 1.67 lakh, while 28,328 are under treatment. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE Updates |
To facilitate students for the UPSC examinations, Delhi Metro services will begin at 6 AM from terminal stations of all lines on 4th October: DMRC (Inputs from ANI)
Coronavirus in Pakistan LIVE Updates |
Kartarpur Corridor to re-open after 'improvement' in COVID-19 situation: Pakistan Media (Inputs from ANI)
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | COVID-19 tally in India:
> Confirmed cases: 64,73,544
> Recovered: 54,27,706 (83.8%)
> Active cases: 9,44,996 (14.6%)
> Deaths: 1,00,842 (1.6%)
(Source: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting)
Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates |
The Hyderabad-based Dr Reddy's Laboratories has applied to the Drugs Controller General of India for permission to conduct phase-3 human clinical trials of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V against COVID-19 in India, sources said. The Indian pharma giant has collaborated with The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to conduct clinical trials of Sputnik V as well as its distribution.
Coronavirus in Jharkhand LIVE Updates | Jharkhand reports 736 new COVID-19 cases
Jharkhand's COVID-19 caseload rose to 85,400 today as 736 more people tested positive forthe infection, a health official said. Eight more people succumbed to the infection, takingthe state's coronavirus death toll to 729, he said. The state now has 11,243 active coronavirus cases,while 73,428 people have been cured of the disease so far, the official said. (PTI)
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | COVID-19 tally of five worst-affected states (includes recoveries, deaths and active cases):
> Maharashtra: 14,16,513 cases
> Andhra Pradesh: 7,06,790 cases
> Karnataka: 6,20,630 cases
> Tamil Nadu: 6,08,885 cases
> Uttar Pradesh: 4,06,995 cases
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN:
Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in India have risen to 56,46,010, 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 54,27,706 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 9,44,996, 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 1,00,842, the Union Health Ministry has said.
Coronavirus in United States LIVE Updates |
Kellyanne Conway, a former counselor to US President Donald Trump, yesterday said she had tested positive for COVID-19. "My symptoms are mild (light cough) and I'm feeling fine. I have begun a quarantine process in consultation with physicians," Conway tweeted.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates |
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative total of 7,78,50,403 samples have been tested for COVID-19 up to October 2 with 11,32,675 samples being tested on Friday.
Coronavirus in West Bengal LIVE Updates | COVID-19 discharge rate in Bengal rises to 84.48%
The COVID-19 discharge rate in Kolkata, Bengal rose to 84.48 percent yesterday as 3,305 more people recovered from the disease, the health department said. The death toll due to the infection mounted to 3,452 with 58 fresh fatalities, the department said in its bulletin. (PTI)
