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With 2,756 fresh cases and 26 more deaths, Karnataka''s COVID-19 tally and cumulative fatalities reached 8,32,396 and 11,247 respectively on Tuesday, the health department said. The state has been showing a steady decline in cases and mortalities in recent days from an alarming over 10,000 infections and around 200 fatalities a day about a month ago.
Delhi recorded over 6,700 fresh COVID-19 cases for the first time on November 3 taking the infection tally in the national capital to over 4 lakh, even as the positivity rate stood at 11.29 per cent amid festive season and rising pollution in the city.The 6,725 fresh cases came out of the 59,540 tests conducted the previous day.
This is the first time when the number of daily cases has crossed the 6,000-mark.
Uttar Pradesh''s Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded 169 new COVID-19 cases on November 3, pushing the district''s infection tally to 18,339, official data showed.
The number of active cases came down to 1,280 from 1,289 on Monday, according to the data released by the UP Health Department for a 24-hour period.
Meghalaya on November 3 reported more COVID-19 recoveries than fresh cases as 101 recuperated from the disease while 63 new infections pushed the tally to 9,741, a senior health official said.
The Union Health Ministry said on November 3 that Kerala, Delhi, West Bengal and Manipur has shown an increase in the number of coronavirus infection between October 3 and November 3.
During the same period, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh were the top states which registered a decline in the number of COVID-19 cases, it said.
At a press briefing, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said there has been a continuous decline in average daily new COVID-19 cases as well as deaths for the last seven weeks.
The social distancing restrictions that expire on November 5 will be extended for another week because the epidemic situation in Hong Kong has not seen a better turn, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said.
Everyone living or working in Liverpool, north-west England, will be offered COVID-19 rapid testing whether they have symptoms or not as part of a pilot ahead of a wider rollout, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on November 3.
He said the first pilot of city-wide testing in England was made possible by the dramatic increase in testing capacity and new technologies and will help find even more people with coronavirus to control the spread of the virus and gain more data on the number of cases across the city, starting this Friday.
India's total coronavirus recoveries crossed 76 lakh-mark on November 3 after 58,323 patients recovered and were discharged in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The ministry informed that the national recovery rate has escalated to 91.96 percent.
Evolving consumer needs during COVID-19 has prompted a slew of companies to look at ayurvedic products.Also, with government guidelines advising people to consume turmeric and giloy to prevent infection, demand for ayurvedic products have increased.
To capitalise on the demand for such products, fast-moving consumer goods companies (FMCG) such asMarico,Dabur, and Amul have already come up with many products of ayurvedic concoctions.
Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Amit Mohan has tested positive for COVID-19 and admitted to the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI), a senior official said on Tuesday.Prasad has been briefing the media here about the COVID-19 situation in Uttar Pradesh.
"Prasad was on Monday admitted to the SGPGI after testing positive for the virus. A team of senior doctors is monitoring him," PGI Director, RK Dhiman, said.
The French government will reimpose an evening curfew on Paris, and possibly the Ile-de-France region around the capital, to tackle worsening COVID-19 figures, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Tuesday. The evening curfew on Paris, which would start at 9 p.m., would come on top of a new, national lockdown imposed last week by President Emmanuel Macron, Attal said.
"We are going to reinstate a curfew on Paris, and perhaps the Ile-de-France. The Interior Ministry will specify the details later in the day and an edict will be issued," Attal told BFM TV (Reuters)
