Coronavirus News Highlights: Madhya Pradesh reports 1,634 new COVID-19 cases

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Coronavirus in Puducherry LIVE Updates |  Puducherry reports 46 new COVID-19 cases, 41 discharges. Total positive cases in the Union Territory rise to 36,902 till date, including 519 active cases, 35,774 recoveries & 609 deaths: Directorate of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Puducherry. 

Coronavirus in Harayana LIVE Updates | The Haryana govt is finalising a scheme to provide tablets to students of Class 8 to Class 12 studying in government schools in a bid promote online education in view of COVID-19. (ANI) 

Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE Updates | Karnataka reports 1,522 new COVID-19 cases, 2,133 recoveries, and 12 deaths, according to the State Health Department. 

Coronavirus in West Bengal LIVE Updates | West Bengal reported 3,459 new #COVID19 cases, 3,487 discharges, and 52 deaths in last 24 hours, says State Health Department 

Coronavirus in Manipal LIVE Updates | Manipur reports 235 new cases and 197 recoveries today, taking total cases to 24,749 including 21,203 recoveries, 263 deaths and 3,283 active cases: State Health Department.

Coronavirus in Mumbai LIVE Updates | Mumbai reports 1,063 new COVID-19 cases, 880 recoveries/discharges and 17 deaths today. Total cases rise to 2,81,874 including 2,55,345 recoveries/discharges and 10,773 deaths. Active cases stand at 12,753

Coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh LIVE Updates | Madhya Pradesh reports 1,634 new COVID-19 cases, 1,317 discharges, and 13 deaths today, according to State Health Department

Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Adar Poonawalla, CEO, Serum Institute of India: Vaccine will be distributed initially in India, then we will look at the COVAX countries which are mainly in Africa. The UK & European markets are being taken care of by AstraZeneca & Oxford. Our priority is India & COVAX countries.

COVID-19 pandemic | ICMR approves dry swab-direct RT-PCR method to scale up testing; here's how it works

The new method for testing COVID-19 infection is a simple variation of the existing gold standard RT-PCR method and can easily scale up the testing by 2 to 3 fold with no new investment of resources.

Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh LIVE Updates | Andhra Pradesh records 625 new COVID-19 cases

The number of fresh coronavirus came down to 625 in Andhra Pradesh even as the cumulative count rose to 8,67,063 on Saturday. The latest bulletin said 1,186 patients got cured and five more succumbed in 24 hours ending 9 am today. The number of active cases fell to 11,571 after a sum of 8,48,511 recoveries and 6,981 deaths, the bulletin added. Only Krishna district reported 103 fresh Covid-19 cases in a day while all other districts added less than 100 cases each to their tally. Krishna, along with West Godavari, reported two fresh fatalities while Visakhapatnam added one. As per government data, the overall infection positivity rate in AP now stood at 8.70 percent after a total of 99.62 lakh sample tests. The recovery rate improved to 97.86 percent while the mortality rate remained stable at 0.81 percent. (PTI)

 

 

Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LIVE Updates | Health Official: 2,152 new coronavirus cases in Uttar Pradesh, tally 5.40 lakh, active cases 25,243; toll 7,718 with 21 more deaths.