Coronavirus News Highlights: Today is the 272nd day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, India has recorded 10,031,223 (over 1 crore) confirmed COVID- 19 cases, including 145,477 (1.45 lakh) deaths. A total of 9,580,402 (95.80 lakh) patients have recovered or been discharged, as per the latest data from the Union Health Ministry. However, there are 305,344 (3.05 lakh) active cases in the country, which comprise 3.15 percent of the total caseload. Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have reported the highest number of cases so far. However, infections continue to rise rapidly in states like Kerala and West Bengal. India's recovery rate continues to rise and now stands at 95.4 percent. The country conducted 11.07 lakh tests during the previous 24-hour cycle. Globally, more than 7.62 crore people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 16.84 lakh have died so far, as per data from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre.
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Coronavirus News LIVE | West Bengal's COVID-19 death toll climbs to 9,360
West Bengal's COVID-19 death toll mounted to 9,360 on Sunday with 40 more fatalities, while 1,978 fresh cases pushed the coronavirus tally to 5,36,828, the health department said in a bulletin.
West Bengal now has 17,771 active cases, and a total of 5,09,697 people have recovered from the disease so far, including 2,627 since Saturday, it said.
The recovery rate stands at 94.95 percent.
Coronavirus News LIVE | 43 recover from COVID-19 in Nagaland; active cases down to 496
Nagaland reported a fresh coronavirus positive case on Sunday, while the recovery of 43 patients has brought down the number of active cases to 496, Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom said.
The new COVID-19 positive case was detected at Phek, while the patients who recovered on Sunday were from Kohima, the minister said.
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Top US health official says third COVID-19 vaccine could come next month
A third vaccine to stave off COVID-19 could get USapproval as early as next month, a top U.S. health official said on Sunday as the second vaccine began shipping out nationwide.
Admiral Brett Giroir, an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, told ABC News that data was yet to be released on the novel coronavirus vaccine from Johnson & Johnson and Janssen, but that if approved it would give the United States its third vaccine following ones from Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc. (Reuters)
Coronavirus News LIVE | MP sees 1,069 new COVID-19 cases, 1,274 recoveries; 13 die
Madhya Pradesh on December 20 reported 1,069 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the count of infections to 2,31,284, health officials said.
With 13 more people succumbing to the viral disease, the overall death toll rose to 3,481, they said.
A total of 1,274 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the state's overall recovery count to 2,16,485.
Coronavirus News LIVE | Haryana records 577 fresh COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths
Haryana's COVID-19 caseload surged to 2,57,644 on December 20 with 577 fresh infections, while the death toll climbed to 2,821 as five more people succumbed to the disease, the state health department's daily bulletin said.
Of the latest fatalities, two each were reported from Faridabad and Sonipat and one from Kurukshetra, it said.
Coronavirus News LIVE | Maharashtra sees 3,811 new COVID-19 cases, 2,064 recoveries; 98 die
Maharashtra on December 20 reported 3,811 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the count of infections to 18,96,518, the state health department said.
With 98 more people succumbing to the viral disease, the total tally of fatalities rose to 48,746, it said.
A total of 2,064 patients were discharged after treatment during the day, taking the number of recoveries to 17,83,905. The state is now left with 62,743 active cases.
Coronavirus News LIVE | TDB makes COVID-19 negative certificate mandatory for devotees to Lord Ayyappa shrine
Devotees visiting the hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa at Sabarimala must carry a COVID- 19 negative certificate after undergoing an RT-PCR test, the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) which manages the temple said on December 20.
TDB President N Vasu said the RT-PCR test certificate, taken not more than 48 hours prior to their visit to the temple, is must for pilgrims from December 26.
"COVID-19-negative certificate after a RT-PCR test, taken not more than 48 hours prior to their visit to the temple, is a must for the pilgrims to visit the shrine. Else they will not be permitted to undertake the pilgrimage," Vasu said in a release.
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Italy to suspend flights to and from UK over virus fears
Italy plans to suspend flights to and from Britain over fears of a new strain of the coronavirus detected there, Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio said in a Facebook post.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and scientists announced on Saturday that a new strain of the virus identified in the country was up to 70% more infectious than the original version.
Coronavirus News LIVE | Pensioners can submit life certificates till Feb 28: Union Minister Jitendra Singh
In a major relief to central government pensioners amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the date for submission of life certificate has been extended up to February 28 next year, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on December 20.
"This decision has been taken considering all the sensitivities to avoid pandemic risk emanating from gathering of crowds at the pension disbursing banks," said Singh, the Minister of State for Personnel.
In addition to this, he said, the pensioners above the age of 80 years were given an exclusive window from October 1 onward to submit their life certificate so as to avoid rush likely to happen from the opening date of November 1.
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Andhra Pradesh adds 438 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths push toll to 7,076
Andhra Pradesh reported 438 fresh coronavirus cases, 589 recoveries and two deaths in 24 hours ending 9 AM on December 20. The state's COVID-19 chart now showed 8,78,723 total positives, 8,67,445 recoveries and 7,076 deaths.
The latest bulletin said the number of active cases now came down to 4,202.
So far, 1.12 crore sample tests were completed at the rate of 2.10 lakh per million population that turned out an overall infection positivity rate of 7.80 per cent.
Coronavirus News LIVE | Tougher UK COVID-19 curbs may last some time, health minister suggests
Tighter restrictions in London and southeast England to curb a new fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus could stay in place for some time, Britain’s health minister suggested on Sunday, but added a new national lockdown was not inevitable.
With COVID-19 cases surging, Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed the effective lockdown on more than 16 million people on Saturday and reversed plans to ease curbs over Christmas, saying the new strain was up to 70% more transmissible than the original. (Reuters)
Coronavirus News LIVE | ASI removes cap on the number of visitors to protected monuments
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Decemeber20 removed the cap on the number of visitors to its protected monuments.
The decision was taken in accordance with a communication issued by the government on the updated Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on December 18, the Ministry of Culture said in a statement.
Coronavirus News LIVE | South Korea reports a record high 1,097 new coronavirus cases
South Korea reported 1,097 new coronavirus cases, a new daily record for the country, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Sunday. This brings the total infections to 49,665, with 674 deaths. The daily number was above 1,000 for a fifth consecutive day, as some medical experts say the government needs to introduce tighter social distancing rules. The last record was set on Wednesdsay when the country reported new 1,076 new cases.
Of the new cases, 1,072 were locally transmitted and 25 were imported. A prison in southeastern Seoul recorded a major outbreak, with 184 inmates and one worker infected, a Justice Ministry official said. Conservative former president Lee Myung-bak, who is in the prion after being convicted of corruption, tested negative for virus, the official said. About 61 people at a nursing home in the city of Cheongju contracted the virus, Yonhap news agency said. (Reuters)
Coronavirus News LIVE | Thailand confirms 576 new coronavirus infections
Thailand confirmed 576 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, including 516 migrant worker cases announced the day before, according to a health ministry statement. The new cases include 19 locally transmitted cases in Bangkok and in the southwestern province of Samut Sakhon, where the 516 inflections were also found. All of them were linked to a shrimp market in Samut Sakhon, the statement said. There were also 41 imported cases.
The country plans to test more than 10,000 people in the southwest province of Samut Sakhon, where the outbreak appeared, and such nearby provinces as Samut Songkhram and Nakhon Pathom, Taweesin Wisanuyothin, a spokesman for Thailand's COVID-19 taskforce, told a news conference. "Active case findings will continue in several provinces, actually across the country," he said. (Reuters)
Coronavirus News LIVE | Puducherry logs 36 new cases of infection raising overall tally to 37,748
Thirty-six fresh COVID-19 cases and two deaths in Puducherry took the tally to 37,748 and the toll to 626 on Sunday, the union territory government said. The active cases rose to 345 after 25 people were cured of the disease during the last 24 hours ending at 10 am on Sunday, a health department release said.
Two patients, aged 69 and 75, died of the infection during the period, Health and Family Welfare Director S Mohan Kumar said.
As many as 2,509 samples were tested and of them 36 -- 15 from Puducherry, nine (Karaikal), 11 (Mahe) and one (Yanam) -- turned positive. The fatality and recovery rates were 1.66 percent and 97.43 percent respectively. So far, a total of 4.53 lakh samples had been sent for testing in the union territory, the release added. (PTI)
Coronavirus News LIVE | Japan Pharma chief urges transparency in coronavirus vaccine rollout
Pharmaceutical firms must be "very transparent" about the risks and benefits of vaccines in efforts to end the coronavirus pandemic, the head of Asia's largest drugmaker has told AFP.
Takeda, one of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies, is not developing its own vaccine but has contracts with several firms to distribute their jabs in Japan and is also testing a virus treatment.
"We have to manage the situation well, be very transparent and extremely educative in the way we introduce products," chief executive Christophe Weber told AFP in an interview. Read more here
Coronavirus News LIVE | Asymptomatic COVID-positive air crew would undergo home isolation for 10 days, says DGCA
Flight crew members who are asymptomatic but test positive for COVID-19 need to undergo home isolation for 10 days and once it is over, they can be declared fit for flying again by their medical supervisor, according to aviation regulator DGCA.
If COVID-positive crew members have 'mild symptoms', they will "continue home isolation and will stand discharged after 10 days of symptom onset and no fever for three days", the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said in a circular, adding there is no need for "testing after the home isolation period is over". However, if the isolation period for mildly symptomatic crew members is more than 14 days, they have to be examined by DGCA empanelled Class-1 examiner and crew is fit to fly if the examiner declares so, stated the circular that has been accessed by PTI.
The circular dated December 18, 2020, which supersedes the one on June 22, stated that COVID-positive flight crew members who are moderately and severely symptomatic need to undergo special medical examination -- after their complete clinical recovery -- at one of the Indian Air Force boarding centres to get the "cure certificate".
"Once declared 'fit for flying' at the IAF boarding centre, the air crew can commence flying only after DGCA medical assessment is issued," the circular added. (PTI)
Coronavirus News LIVE | No lockdown in Maharashtra, masks mandatory for 6 more months: CM Uddhav Thackeray
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on December 20 that he is not in favour another lockdown of a night curfew in the state. In a televised address, Thackeray said that the COVID-19 situation in Maharashtra was under control, people should not become complacent.
Suggesting that the threat of the novel coronavirus’ spread had not gone away completely, Thackeray urged people to follow the safety protocols. He also said that wearing a face mask would remain mandatory for at least the next six months.
Thackeray also said that a decision on reopening of schools will be taken soon and noted that some parents still had concerns about sending their children to school. Read more here
Coronavirus News LIVE | To fight new COVID strain, PM Boris Johnson reverses Christmas plans for millions
Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed an effective lockdown on almost 18 million people in England and reversed plans to ease curbs over Christmas, saying Britain was dealing with a new coronavirus strain that is up to 70 percent more transmissible than the original.
Although Johnson and his scientific advisors believe vaccines will still be effective, and the new strain is not more deadly or more serious in terms of the illness caused, the prime minister said on Saturday the government had to take urgent action.
The number of cases in England has soared in the last two weeks because of the virus variant.
Johnson tore up plans to allow three households to mix indoors for five days over the festive period, and said London and southeast England, which are currently in the highest level of a three-tier system of rules, would now be placed in a new Tier 4 level, similar to those of a recent national lockdown. Read more here
Coronavirus News LIVE | Russia reports 28,948 new coronavirus cases, 511 deaths
Russia reported 28,948 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, including 7,263 in Moscow, taking the national toll to 2,848,377.Authorities also reported 511 deaths in the past 24 hours,pushing the official death toll to 50,858 since the pandemic began. (Reuters)
Coronavirus News LIVE | India test still planned for Sydney despite COVID-19 outbreak
Cricket Australia said on Sunday they were still planning to play the third test against India in Sydney in early January, despite an outbreak of COVID-19 in the north of the city. The third test at Sydney Cricket Ground in the east of the city is scheduled to start on January 7 and Cricket Australia Chief Executive Nick Hockley it was too early to start making other arrangements.
"The third test is more than two-and-a-half weeks away, which provides us with time to assess the evolving public health situation on the northern beaches of Sydney. We have made no changes to our schedule and our preference remains to play the match at the Sydney Cricket Ground. We will continue to work closely with all relevant parties to make the right decisions in the appropriate timeframes," he said.
The outbreak of the virus in Sydney's northern beaches has grown to around 70 cases, forcing authorities to introduce stricter social distancing measures and triggering the closure of borders with other states. Read more here
Coronavirus News LIVE | Despite local advertising rules, London shops sell Patanjali Ayurved’s Coronil as 'immunity boosters'
Coronil, the herbal remedy manufactured by Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved, is being sold in shops in predominantly Asian areas of London, a BBC investigation has found. The pills, claimed to be "COVID-19 immunity boosters", are being sold over the counter in the United Kingdom capital.
The news report suggests that a shop in London’s Wembley advertised Coronil as a "COVID-19 immunity booster", both in store and on its website even though UK’s advertising rules ban references to COVID-19 and "boosting immunity".
As part of the investigation, the news organisation located at least four other shops that sold Coronil claiming it to be a treatment for COVID-19.
The news report suggested that a lab test of the drug, carried out by Birmingham University for the broadcaster, showed that the pills contained plant-based ingredients which cannot protect consumers against COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Read more here
Coronavirus News LIVE | Telangana's active COVID-19 cases dip to 6,888; Infection count rises to 2.81 lakh
Active COVID-19 cases continued to dip in Telangana with over 6,800 people under treatment for the disease while the infection count rose to 2.81 lakh with 592 more testing positive, the state government said on Sunday. Three fresh deaths pushed the toll to 1,513 as of 8 PM on Saturday, its latest COVID-19 bulletin said. Active cases, which fell below the 7,000 mark on Friday, further declined to 6,888.
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of fresh cases with 119, followed by Medchal Malkajgiri 70 and Rangareddy 57 cases. A total of 41,970 samples were tested on Saturday, taking the cumulative number of specimens examined so far to 64.43 lakh, the bulletin said. The samples tested per million population was nearly 1.73 lakh.
The case fatality and recovery rates in the state stood at 0.53 percent and 97.01 percent respectively compared to 1.5 percent and 95.5 percent at the national level, the bulletin added. (PTI)
Coronavirus News LIVE | 18 new cases take Arunachal's COVID-19 tally to 16,629
At least 18 more people, including two army personnel, tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, pushing the tally in the northeastern state to 16,629. Of the fresh cases, seven were reported from the Capital Complex region, six from Tawang, three from West Kameng and one each from Papumpare and Lepa Rada districts, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said on Sunday.
Sixteen new cases were detected through rapid antigen tests and two through TrueNat method. Barring four, all the new patients were asymptomatic. Eleven people were cured of the disease on Saturday, taking the total number of recoveries in the state to 16,333. The recovery rate among coronavirus patients in the state currently stands at 98.21 per cent, Jampa said.
Arunachal Pradesh now has 241 active cases, and 55 patients have succumbed to the infection so far. The fatality ratio is at 0.33 percent. The Capital Complex region, comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas, has the highest number of active cases at 90, followed by Tawang (29), East Siang (25) and West Kameng (22). The state has so far tested 3,72,458 samples for COVID-19, including 522 on Saturday, and the positivity rate is at 1.79 per cent, he added. (PTI)
Coronavirus News LIVE | PM Benjamin Netanyahu gets coronavirus jab, starting Israel rollout
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a COVID-19 vaccine jab on Saturday, kicking off a national rollout over the coming days. "I asked to be vaccinated first, together with Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, to serve as personal examples and encourage you to be vaccinated," Netanyahu told the television audience.
Netanyahu, 71, and Israel's health minister were injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine live on TV at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv. They must each receive a booster shot in three weeks for optimal protection from the novel coronavirus. Read more here
Coronavirus News LIVE | 423 new COVID-19 cases in Thane; tally reaches 2,38,528
With an addition of 423 new COVID-19 cases, the tally in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 2,38,528, an official said on Sunday. The district has also reported eight new deaths due to the viral infection, taking the toll to 5,871. As of now, there are 4,547 active COVID-19 cases in the district, while 2,28,110 patients have recovered.
COVID-19 recovery rate in the district is 95.63 percent, the mortality rate is 2.46 per cent, while the active cases constitute 1.91 percent of the total cases reported so far, the official said.
Among cities in the district, Kalyan has till now reported 56,355 COVID-19 cases, Thane-53,993, Navi Mumbai-50,121 and Mira Bhayander-25,046. Out of the total COVID-19 deaths so far, Thane city has recorded 1,286, Kalyan-1,088, Navi Mumbai-1,028 and Mira Bhayander-777,the official added.
The neighbouring Palghar district has so far reported 43,854 coronavirus cases and 1,177 deaths due to the infection, an official from the district administration said. (PTI)
Coronavirus News LIVE | India reports 26,624 new cases
India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,00,31,223 with 26,624 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 95.80 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 95.51 percent,according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll increased to 1,45,477 with 341 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 95,80,402 pushing the national recovery rate to 95.51 percent,while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 percent. The COVID-19 active caseload remained below 4 lakh for the 14th consecutive day. There are 3,05,344 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 3.04 percent of the total caseload,the data stated.
According to the ICMR,16,11,98,195 samples have been tested up to December 19 with 11,07,681 samples being tested on Saturday. (PTI)
Coronavirus News LIVE | India Update - 11.35 am
Active Cases - 305,344 (3.05 lakh)
Recoveries/Discharged - 9,580,402 (95.80 lakh)
Deaths - 145,477 (1.45 lakh)
Total cases - 10,031,223 (over 1 crore)
Tests conducted over previous 24 hours - 1,107,681 (11.07 lakh)
(Data as per the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare at 08.00 am on December 20, GoI)
Coronavirus News LIVE | COVID-19 tally in Andamans rises to 4,875 with six new cases
Six more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, raising the tally in the Union Territory to 4,875, a health department official said on Sunday. The death toll remained at 61 as no new fatality due to the infection was reported. Of the fresh cases, three were detected during contact tracing and the rest have travel history.
Seven people were cured of the disease on Saturday, taking the total number of recoveries in the archipelago to 4,719. The Union Territory now has 95 active cases. The administration has conducted 1,62,821 sample tests for COVID-19 so far, and the positivity rate stands at 2.99 per cent, he added. (PTI)
Coronavirus News LIVE | Jharkhand reports 247 new COVID-19 cases, two more deaths
Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally mounted to 1,12,853 as 247 more people tested positive for the infection. The death toll rose to 1,010 as two persons from Gumla and Dhanbad succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, a health department official said on Sunday
Ranchi district registered the maximum number of fresh cases at 128, followed by East Singhbhum at 35 and Hazaribagh at 14. Jharkhand now has 1,718 active coronavirus cases, while 1,10,125 people have been cured of the disease so far. The state conducted 16,516 sample tests for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the official added. (PTI)
Coronavirus News LIVE | Global Update - 09.55 AM
Total Cases - 76,238,296 (7.62 crore)
Recoveries/Discharged - 42,990,390 (4.29 crore)
Deaths - 1,684,816 (16.84 lakh)
Top 5 infected countries - United States, India, Brazil, Russia, France
(Data as per the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre at 08.58 am on December 20)
Coronavirus News LIVE | Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine set for clearance by year-end
The Oxford University vaccine against COVID-19 being produced by AstraZeneca is likely to get regulatory approval from the UK's independent regulator by the end of this year for a rollout to begin in early 2021, according to a UK media report. The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which had been formally tasked by the UK government last month with the process of clearance after the jab emerged safe and effective against the novel coronavirus in human trials, is expected to authorise the vaccine by December 28 or 29 after the final data is provided on Monday, The Daily Telegraph' quoted senior government sources as indicating. Read more here
Coronavirus News LIVE | WHO says in close contact with UK officials on new COVID-19 virus variant
The World Health Organization said on Saturday it was in close contact with UK officials over a new COVID-19 virus variant. "They'll (UK officials) continue to share info & results of their analysis & ongoing studies. We'll update Member States & public as we learn more about the characteristics of this virus variant & any implications", WHO said in a tweet.
A new strain of coronavirus identified in the United Kingdom is up to 70% more infectious but it is not thought to be more deadly and vaccines should still be effective, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and scientists said on Saturday. Read more here
Coronavirus News LIVE | Netherlands bans flights from UK due to new coronavirus strain
The Dutch government has banned flights from the UK to the Netherlands from 6 am on December 20 till at least January 1, 2021 due to the spread of a new coronavirus strain in the country. This was posted on the Dutch government website which added: "Pending further information and an explanation of the epidemiological situation in the United Kingdom, [the public health institute] recommends that any introduction of this virus strain from the United Kingdom should be limited as much as possible by limiting or controlling passenger movements.”
One case of mutant variant already detected inside Dutch borders. The country has also advised citizens to not travel abroad. Read more here
Coronavirus News LIVE | Bengal logs 43 more COVID-19 deaths, 2,155 new cases
The COVID-19 death toll in West Bengal went up to 9,320 on December 19 as 43 more people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, the health department said in a bulletin. It said that 2,155 new coronavirus cases pushed the overall tally to 5,34,850. Altogether 2,717 patients were cured of the disease on December 19 taking the total number of recoveries to 5,07,070.
The recovery rate among coronavirus patients is now 94.81 percent. West Bengal at present has 18,460 active cases, the bulletin said. Out of the fresh fatalities, North 24 Parganas district reported 11 while Kolkata registered nine. The remaining deaths were logged in various other districts. The 2,155 fresh cases included 539 in Kolkata and 485 in North 24 Parganas.
The state tested 42,257 samples for COVID-19 during the last 24 hours, taking the total number of such tests to 66,66,077, the bulletin said. (PTI)
Coronavirus News LIVE | Globally, more than 7.61crore people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 16.83lakh have died so far.
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Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have reported the highest number of cases so far. However, infections continue to rise rapidly in states like Kerala and West Bengal. India's recovery rate continues to rise and now stands at 95.4 percent. The country conducted 10.71 lakh tests during the previous 24-hour cycle.
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Today is the 272ndday since India implemented a nationwide lockdown to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, India has recorded more than1 croreconfirmed COVID- 19 cases, including 145,136(1.45 lakh) deaths. A total of 9,550,712 (95.50 lakh) patients have recovered, as per the latest data from the Union Health Ministry. However, there are 308,751 (3.08 lakh) active cases in the country, which comprise 3.15 percent of the total caseload.
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