Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Today is the 309th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, India has recorded 1,06,89,527 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 1,53,724 deaths. A total of 1,03,59,305 people have recuperated from COVID-19 so far. There are 1,76,498 active cases in the country as of date, which comprises 1.65 percent of the total caseload, the data stated. India's recovery rate continues to rise and now stands at 96.91 percent. Globally, more than 10 crore people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 21.54 lakh have died so far. Many countries, including India, have granted emergency use authorization for COVID-19 vaccines and have started vaccinating healthcare workers and high-risk groups. India's regulator has granted restricted emergency use approval for two vaccines -- Covishield and Covaxin. Over 20 lakh people have been given their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in India so far.
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Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates
|Maharashtra reports 2,171 new COVID-19 cases; tally rises to 20,15,524; toll up to 50,894 as 32 die, according to an official (PTI)
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| The Health Department of Gujarat has reports 353 new COVID-19 cases, tally rises to 2,60,220; toll goes up to 4,382 as one dies.
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| In the light of rising COVID-19 cases in the state, the Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan chaired a review meeting. The decision has been made to impose tight restrictions & deploy police to monitor compliance with the COVID-19 protocol. (With ANI inputs)
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|Karnataka reports 428 new COVID-19 cases, 760 discharges and three deaths in the last 24 hours, as per State Health Department. Total cases: 9,37,383, Active cases: 6,298, Total discharges: 9,18,859 and Death toll: 12,207.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates
|Maharashtra reports 2,171 new COVID-19 cases; tally rises to 20,15,524; toll up to 50,894 as 32 die, according to an official. (PTI)
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates
|MHA guidelines: Cinema halls can operate with higher capacity, swimming pools for all now
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|Ministry Of Home Affairs: Guidelines for surveillance, containment & caution
All activities have been permitted outside Containment Zones, with a few exceptions.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE Updates
|Delhi sees 96 new Covid cases in last 24 hours; cases below 100 for first time since April 30: Health Department
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|Active cases in the country are only 1.65 per cent of total infections. (PTI)
Coronavirus vaccine update
|Vaccine maker Bharat Biotech and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have announced that Covaxin has been found to work against the UK-variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus. The joint study conducted by Bharat Biotech and ICMR, published in bioRxiv, an open access preprint journal biological sciences, found that the Sera collected from Covaxin receipients neutralised UK-variants. Read the full story here.
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|Surgeries, OPDs, other medical services at all Delhi govt-run hospitals to be resumed as COVID-19 cases are decreasing: Official order (PTI)
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Dr Reddy's terminates Kuwait-based COVID-19 treatment study
Dr Reddy's Laboratories today announced termination of Avigan trial study being conducted in Kuwait that was focused on moderate to severe COVID-19 patients in a hospital setting. It was one of the studies in the overall clinical programme for Fujifilm's Avigan, an antiviral medication, spanning the spectrum of asymptomatic to severe cases of COVID-19 in both outpatient and inpatient setting, the drug major said in a statement. The Phase-III study, being conducted in an outpatient setting on patients with mild to moderate symptoms in North America by the company in partnership with Appili Therapuetics and Global Response Aid, shall continue, it added. (PTI)
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Sixty-eight percent of South Africa's Indian-origin population will definitely or probably take a COVID-19 vaccine, with 14 percent saying they would probably or definitely not take it, while the rest 18 percent were undecided, according to a study. Last week, South Africa's health regulatory body granted approval to the world's largest drug manufacturer Serum Institute of India (SII) to supply COVID-19 vaccine to the country. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced on Friday that the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has granted approval to the SII, which is producing the vaccine in collaboration with the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, to supply the drug to the country. (PTI)
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Shai and Kyle Hope test positive for COVID-19
West Indies opener Shai Hope and his brother Kyle have been ruled out of the the Barbados squad ahead of the Regional Super50 Cup after testing positive for COVID-19. "The Hope brothers, Shai and Kyle, have tested positive for Covid-19 and will miss the Cricket West Indies (CWI) CG Insurance Super50 Cup in Antigua, February 7 to 27," the Barbados Cricket Association said in a statement. (PTI)
Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates | Odisha logs 138 new COVID-19 cases, tally at 3,34,667
Odisha's COVID-19 tally on January 27 mounted to 3,34,667 as 138 more people tested positive for the disease, a health department official said.
Eighty-one new cases were reported from quarantine centres and 57 detected during contact tracing.
Cuttack district recorded the highest number of fresh cases at 26, followed by Nuapada and Sundargarh at 15 each.
Six districts -- Dhenkanal, Kandhamal, Kendrapara, Koraput, Nayagarh and Nabarangpur -- did not register any new case since Tuesday, the official said.
Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates | Myanmar health workers receive first COVID-19 vaccinations
Health workers in Myanmar on January 27 became the first people in the Southeast Asian country to be vaccinated against COVID-19, five days after the first vaccines were delivered from India.
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s leader, announced last week that front-line health workers would get priority for inoculations with the vaccine developed by Oxford University and the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. India, which manufactures the vaccine under license, donated 1.5 million doses to Myanmar, enough to inoculate 750,000 people. (AP)
Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates | Sri Lanka to procure 2 to 3 million doses of anti-COVID vaccine from India: Official
Sri Lanka will purchase 2 to 3 million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from its Indian manufacturing company Serum Institute of India during the next two days, a top Sri Lankan official said in Colombo today. Lalith Weeratunga, the advisor to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that purchasing from India will follow Thursday's arrival of India's free vaccines to Sri Lanka. He said the Indian Covishield vaccine is to arrive tomorrow and the consignment will be accepted by President Rajapaksa at the Colombo international airport. A total of 250,000 people, mostly health frontline workers, members of the security forces and police and the vulnerable aged, will get the vaccine on a priority basis. (PTI)
Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates | Bill Gates sees 6-8 month lag for poor countries to get COVID-19 shots
Poorer countries face a best-case scenario of a 6-8 month lag behind richer nations in getting access to COVID-19 vaccines to protect their populations against the pandemic disease, the philanthropist Bill Gates said today. In an interview with Reuters, Gates called the rollout of the first COVID-19 shots a "super hard allocation problem" that was putting pressure on global institutions, governments and drugmakers."Every politician is under pressure to go bid for their country to get further up in line," Gates said.
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Thousands of health workers lined up across Nepal to get the coronavirus vaccine Wednesday as the Himalayan nation began a three-month vaccination campaign. At the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, doctors were encouraging hesitant colleagues to get the vaccine. Nepal received as a gift from neighboring India 1 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford University vaccine manufactured under license by the Serum Institute of India. It's aiming to get 72% of its 30 million people vaccinated within three months and is making the two-dose vaccine free to citizens. (AP)
Coronavirus in Israel LIVE Updates | 900 Holocaust survivors died of COVID-19 in 2020
Some 900 people who survived the Holocaust died from COVID-19 in Israel last year, the country's Central Bureau of Statistics has said. The bureau reported that about 5,300 survivors of the World War II-era mass murder of European Jews and other groups by the Nazis were infected in 2020 with the coronavirus. The pandemic began its global rampage about a year ago. (AP)
Coronavirus in Peru LIVE Updates | Peru volunteer in Sinopharm vaccine trial dies of COVID-19 pneumonia, says university
A volunteer in the local Peruvian trial of a coronavirus vaccine produced by China's Sinopharm Group Co Ltd has died from COVID-19-related pneumonia, the university carrying out the trial hasbsaid. Cayetano Heredia University, which is involved with the study, said on the instructions of the Peruvian health regulator it had unblinded the volunteer's participation in the trial and determined she had received the placebo rather than the vaccine. (Reuters)
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Twenty four fresh cases of coronavirus were reported today in Puducherry, raisingthe total infection count to 38,934. An 87-year-old person hailing from Sooramangalam villagein thePuducherry region died of the infection, taking the toll to 646. The fatality and recovery rates were 1.66 percent and 97.62 percent respectively. (PTI)
Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates | US to purchase additional 200 million coronavirus vaccine doses: Biden
US President Joe Biden has announced that the US will purchase an additional 200 million doses of the two coronavirus vaccines, an increase in the available supply by 50 percent, which will fully vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of this summer. After reviewing the current vaccine supply and manufacturing plans, Biden yesterday announced that his administration will increase overall weekly vaccination distribution to states and tribal territories from 8.6 million doses to a minimum of 10 million doses.
Coronavirus in Telangana LIVE Updates | 147 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death in Telangana
Telangana registered 147 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the total caseload to past 2.93 lakh while one related fatality pushed the toll to 1,593. The total number of cases stood at 2,93,737 while recoveries were at 2,89,325. As many as 2,819 patients are under treatment and 16,486 samples were tested yesterday. The case fatality rate in the state was 0.54 percent, while it was 1.4 percent at the national level.The recovery rate in Telangana was 98.49 percent, while it was 96.9 percent in the country. (PTI)
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As many as 12,689 new cases of novel coronavirus were reported, with India’s total COVID-19 cases now above 1.06 crore, as per the health ministry’s January 27, 2021 update. New cases below 20,000 mark for 20th day in a row. India reported 137 new deaths and 13,320 new recoveries in the last 24 hours, the latest release show. Active cases drop to 1,76,498 with a fall of 768 cases on January 27. As many as 20,29,480 beneficiaries have been vaccinated across India according to January 27, update.
Read more | COVID-19 cases explained in charts
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Global COVID-19 cases surpass 100 million as nations tackle vaccine shortages
Global coronavirus cases surpassed 100 million today, according to a Reuters tally, as countries around the world struggle with new virus variants and vaccine shortfalls. Almost 1.3 percent of the world's population has now been infected with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, and more than 2.1 million people have died. One person has been infected every 7.7 seconds, on average, since the start of the year. Around 668,250 cases have been reported each day over the same period, and the global fatality rate stands at 2.15 percent. The worst-affected countries -the United States, India, Brazil, Russia and the United Kingdom -make up more than half of all reported COVID-19 cases but represent 28 percent of the global population, according to a Reuters analysis.
Coronavirus in United States LIVE Updates | Biden to reopen 'Obamacare' markets for COVID-19 relief
Fulfilling a campaign promise, US President Joe Biden plans to reopen the HealthCare.gov insurance markets for a special sign-up opportunity geared to people needing coverage in the coronavirus pandemic. Biden is expected to sign an executive order tomorrow, said two people familiar with the plan, whose details were still being finalized. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the pending order ahead of a formal announcement. (AP)
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates | Thane records 255 new COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths
The COVID-19 case count in the Thane district of Maharashtra has gone up to 2,52,463 with thedetection of 255 new cases, according to an official. The viral infection also claimed the lives of five morepeople, taking the death toll in the district to 6,127. Currently, the COVID-19 death rate in the district is2.43 percent, the official said. So far, 2,42,881 patients have recuperated from theinfection, improving the recovery rate to 96.20 percent. There are 3,455 active COVID-19 cases in the district at present, the official said. (PTI)
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN:
Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in India have risen to 1,06,89,527, according to the latest update 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:
Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in India have risen to 1,06,89,527, according to the latest update 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 1,03,59,305 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 1,76,498, 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 1,53,724, the Union Health Ministry has said.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates |
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative total of 19,36,13,120 samples have been tested for COVID-19 up to January 26 with 5,50,426 samples being tested on Tuesday.
Coronavirus in Venezuela LIVE Updates | Maduro's 'miracle' treatment for COVID-19 draws skeptics
Venezuela's President Nicols Maduro appears to be counting on yet another miracle to save his citizens from COVID-19, promoting a secretive solution with no published scientific evidence he claims will conquer the new coronavirus. Ten drops under the tongue every four hours and the miracle is done, Maduro said in a televised appearance recently. Its a powerful antiviral, very powerful, that neutralizes the coronavirus. But his government has released no evidence. Scientists at home and abroad remained skeptical. The local National Academy of Medicine said it appeared be derived from the common herb thyme. It's not the first time the Venezuelan leader has promoted a cure. In October, he notified the Pan American Health Organization that Venezuelan scientists discovered a molecule that nullifies the replication capacity of the new coronavirus. (AP)
Coronavirus in Australia LIVE Updates | Australia set for 10th day of no local COVID-19 cases
Australia is on track for the 10th day of no new local COVID-19 cases today, allowing its most populous state of New South Wales (NSW) to relax coronavirus restrictions after controlling a fast-spreading cluster. NSW has recorded no local cases for 10 days after low single digit numbers earlier in January. Victoria state, which is hosting the Australia Open tennis tournament, has gone three weeks without a local case. (Reuters)
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342 test COVID-19 positive in Mumbai; active cases at 5,716Mumbai reported 342 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, while six more patients succumbed to theinfection, the city civic body said. With this, the number of COVID-19 cases rose to3,06,735, while the death toll increased to 11,313 in the financial capital, said an official from the BrihanmumbaiMunicipal Corporation (BMC). Also, 778 patients were discharged from hospitals,pushing the tally of recovered cases to 2,88,801, he said. There are 5,716 active cases in the city. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Odisha LIVE Updates | Odisha healthcare worker dies after taking COVID vaccine, govt says not linked to vaccination
A 27-year-old healthcare worker died in Odisha yesterday, three days after taking the COVID-19 vaccine, while the state health department said his death is not related to vaccination. The man who was inoculated on January 23 died in Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) at Burla in Sambalpur district, an official statement said. (PTI)
Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates | Rich countries hoarding COVID vaccines: Ramaphosa
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has accused rich countries of hoarding coronavirus vaccines. The rich countries of the world went out and acquired large doses of vaccines from developers and manufacturers, and some countries have even gone beyond and acquired four times what their population needs, he said yesterday. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE Updates | Karnataka reports 529 fresh COVID-19 cases, four deaths
Karnataka reported 529 fresh coronavirus cases and four deaths yesterday, taking the total infections to 9,36,955 and fatalities to 12,204, the health department said. A department bulletin said 738 patients were discharged on the day after recovery.The active cases stood at 6,633 including 147 patients in the ICU. (PTI)
Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates | Over 20 lakh beneficiaries inoculated in India
Over 20 lakh healthcare workers across the country have received COVID-19 vaccine jabs till yesterday evening, as per provisional reports, the Union health ministry said yesterday. The ministry said that on the eleventh day of the nationwide immunisation drive, 5,615 beneficiaries were vaccinated till 7 pm in five states -- Tamil Nadu (4926), Karnataka (429), Rajasthan (216), Telangana (35) and Andhra Pradesh (9) -- through 194 sessions. (PTI)
Coronavirus in United States LIVE Updates | UK crosses grim COVID-19 death toll of 1,00,000
The UK hit another grim COVID-19 milestone as the country's death toll from the deadly virus crossed 100,000 yesterday since the peak of the pandemic in 2020, with another 1,631 daily deaths. The total number of fatalities in the country has reached 100,162.
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