Mumbai reports 1,788 fresh COVID-19 cases and 31 deaths. The recovery rate in Mumbai now stands at 79 percent while the doubling rate of the city is 67 days.
Coronavirus India News highlights: Today is the 168th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown, to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, India has recorded 42,04,613 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 71,642 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 77.3 percent. 'Unlock 4.0' is underway. Globally, there have been over 2.71 crore confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than 8.88 lakh people have died so far. Catch the latest updates here:
Mumbai reports 1,788 fresh COVID-19 cases and 31 deaths. The recovery rate in Mumbai now stands at 79 percent while the doubling rate of the city is 67 days.
The World Health Organization is in talks with India about joining the "COVAX" global vaccine allocation plan, a senior WHO adviser said on Monday.
"India is certainly eligible, like all countries in the world, to be part of the COVAX facility and discussions are ongoing in that regard," Bruce Aylward told a briefing in Geneva. "We would welcome Indian participation ...India has extensive experience (with vaccines)."
The WHO and the GAVI vaccine alliance are leading the COVAX facility, aimed at helping buy and distribute vaccination shots against the novel coronavirus fairly around the world.
Rajasthan reports 1580 new COVID-19cases and 14 deaths in the last 24 hours. Total number of cases now at 92536 including 14958 active cases and 1151 deaths.
India now second worst-affected country; Delhi Metro resumes services
India has recordedmore than42.04 lakh casesof the novel coronavirus and 71,642 deaths. Of these, more than8.8 lakh are active cases while 32.5 lakh haverecovered.
Across the country, 7,20,362 samples were tested for the novel coronavirus on September 6, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said.
Read all the COVID-19 related developments of the day here.
Schools in Pakistan will begin reopening in phases from next week following a fall in new coronavirus case numbers, officials said, ending a long closure that led to exam cancellations and threw students' grades into chaos.
Higher education institutions and senior school classes will reopen on Sept. 15, class six till eight will open again on Sept. 23, and on Sept. 30 primary classes will reopen, Shafqat Mahmood, Federal Minister for Education, told a news conference.
Pakistan has recorded 298,903 cases of COVID-19 and nearly 6,345 deaths but has seen a slowing of numbers since June, when it recorded nearly 7,000 infections and 118 deaths in single day.
Tamil Nadu reported 5,776 new COVID-19cases, 5,930 discharges and 89 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking active cases to 51,215, discharges to 4,10,116 and death toll to 7,925.
5,773 new COVID-19cases and 141 deaths reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours, taking active cases to 97,001. There have been 3,00,770 recoveries and 6,534 deaths.
Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh today announced some relaxations in lockdown in urban areas, including opening of non-essential shops on Saturdays and relaxation in their timing from Monday to Saturday till 9 pm.Night curfew will be in place in all cities/towns now from 9:30 pm to 5 am, as per revised decision. Hotels andrestaurants will be allowed to remain open on all days, till 9 pm, after which home delivery of food will be allowed, as per revised guidelines.
In the wake of a spike in COVID-19cases in Mumbai, the civic body will be adding 250 ICU beds inits hospitals and other facilities in the next three days, an
official said today.
The official ofsaid these 250 ICU beds will be added to ensure that atleast 350 beds remain vacant all the time to deal with anysudden surge in number of patients.
He said around 4,800 beds are lying vacant underDCH/DCHCfacilities and another 6,200 COVID-19beds are availablein jumbo field hospitals set up in the metropolis.
India has cumulatively tested nearly 5 crore people ever since the start of the COVID-19 epidemic in the country, the government said today. Of these, nearly 1.33 crore tests were done in the past two weeks, while over 7 lakh tests were conducted in the past 24 hours, the government said.
"The daily testing average had been on a continuous upward incline from around 7 lakh tests being conducted per day in the 3rd week of August to 10 lakh tests per day in the 1st week of September," a statement by the Centre said.
"Higher testing enables early identification of confirmed cases, which in turn leads to timely initiation of effective treatment in supervised home/facility isolation or in hospitals. These measures aid faster and higher numbers of recovery, lower fatality and saving of more lives," it added.
Delhi reports 2,077 fresh COVID-19cases and 32 deaths taking the total number of infections to 1,93,526, including 4599 deaths.
1,013 new COVID-19cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir today; 600 from Jammu division and 413 from Kashmir division. Total number of cases now at 44,570 including 11,009 active cases, 32,760 recoveries and 801 deaths.
