Madhya Pradesh reports 2,281 new COVID-19cases and 34 deaths today. Total cases now at 88,247 including 1,762 deaths and 20,487 active cases.
Coronavirus India News highlights: Today is the 174th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown, to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, India has recorded 47,54,356 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 78,586 deaths. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have reported the highest number of cases. However, infections are rising rapidly in states like Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Yet, India’s recovery rate continues to rise and now stands at 77.9 percent. 'Unlock 4.0' is underway. Globally, there have been over 2.88 crore confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than 9.2 lakh people have died so far. Catch the latest updates here:
Madhya Pradesh reports 2,281 new COVID-19cases and 34 deaths today. Total cases now at 88,247 including 1,762 deaths and 20,487 active cases.
With the addition of 1,326coronavirus positive cases on Sunday, Gujarat's overall tallywent up to 1,13,662, the state health department said.
With 15 deaths, the fatality count reached 3,213, itsaid.
A total of 1,205 patients were discharged fromhospitals during the day, taking the number of recovered casesin the state to 94,010, the department said in its release.
Mumbai has reported 2,085 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 41 deaths. The doubling rate in Mumbai is now at 56 days while the recovery rate is at 77 percent.
9,894 new COVID-19cases and 104 deaths reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours. There are 4,59,445 cases in the State now, including 3,52,958 discharges and 99,203 active cases.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19cases in Goa now stands at 24,592, with 407 fresh positive cases reported today. The total number of positive cases includes 5,173 active cases, 19,129 recoveries and 290 deaths.
Scientific experts have warned of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic and another complete nation-wide lockdown in the UK unless stricter measures are adhered to amid a rising number of infections in the country over the past week.
Peter Openshaw, a professor of experimental medicine and an expert respiratory medicine at Imperial College London, said the new rule of six restrictions on large gatherings which comes in force from Monday is extremely crucial.
"I think everyone is in agreement that we really need to act very quickly now in order to prevent this from growing exponentially and that's the main point, is that we must act fast because it is so much harder to get this sort of thing under control if you delay even a few days, Openshaw told Sky News'.
Sir John Bell, Oxford University's Regius Professor of Medicine and member of the UK's Vaccine Taskforce, welcomed the resumption of the Oxford vaccine trials after a brief pause but warned that a COVID-19 vaccine is unlikely to be ready in time for a second wave.
Parliament is fully prepared for the 18-day Monsoon Session from Monday under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic with many firsts, including sitting of the two Houses in shifts without any off day, entry only to those having a negative COVID-19 report and compulsory wearing of masks.
In run-up to the session, while over 4,000 people including MPs and staff have been tested for COVID-19, most parliamentary operations have been digitalized, entire premises sanitised and doors made touch-free.
The first-of-its-kind Monsoon Session will see Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha sitting in two different shifts, while special seating arrangements have been made for MPs in adherence to social distancing guidelines.
Delhi reports 4,235 new COVID-19cases and 29 deaths in last 24 hours; 3403 recovered/discharged/migrated. The total cases in the national capital rise to 2,18,304, including 4,744 deaths and 1,84,748 patients recovered/discharged/migrated. Active cases stand at 28,812.
6,239 new COVID-19cases, 5,958 recoveries and80 deaths reported in Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hrs. Total number of cases in the state stands at 3,12,036 till date, including 68,122 active cases, 2,39,485 recoveries and4,429 deaths so far.
> Brunei: 145 cases (includes recoveries, deaths and active cases)
> Cambodia: 274 cases
> Indonesia: 2,14,746 cases
> Laos: 23 cases
> Malaysia: 9,868 cases
> Myanmar: 2,595 cases
> Philippines: 2,61,216 cases
> Singapore: 57,397 cases
> Thailand: 3,473 cases
> Vietnam: 1,060 cases
(Source: News reports and Reuters tracker, as of 3.40 pm IST on September 13)
The Philippines today recorded 3,372 new COVID-19 cases and 79 more deaths. In a bulletin, the Department of Health said the Southeast Asian country's confirmed cases of infections had risen to 2.6 lakh, the highest in the region, while its death toll had climbed to 4,371. (Input from Reuters)
> India: 47,54,356 confirmed cases (includes recoveries, deaths and active cases)
> Afghanistan: 38,641 cases
> Bangladesh: 3,36,044 cases
> Bhutan: 244 cases
> Maldives: 9,052 cases
> Nepal: 53,120 cases
> Pakistan: 3,01,481 cases
> Sri Lanka: 3,169 cases
(Source: MoHFW India, news reports and Reuters tracker, as of 3.25 pm IST on September 13)
