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Coronavirus latest update: Worldwide there are 30,024,106 cases of coronavirus. India's total number of corona cases has surged to 5,118,253 . Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE updates

Coronavirus update: Showing no signs of a relief, India has recorded 97,894 Covid-19 cases in just 24 hours, taking its tally past the 5.1-million mark. With this, India is rapidly nearing the US tally of 6.8 million. The death toll has risen by 1,139 to 83,230. In the past seven days alone, India has recorded 652,355 coronavirus cases. The worst-hit states are Maharashtra (1,121,221) Andhra Pradesh (592,760), Tamil Nadu (519,860), Karnataka (484,990), and UP (330,265). Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, meanwhile, is reported to have tested positive for coronavirus.
 

Delhi recorded its highest ever spike of 4,473 Covid cases, pushing the caseload to 230,269. Maharashtra and West Bengal recorded 23,365 and 4,123 news, cases respectively. West Bengal's tally has jumped to 212,383. Uttarakhand recorded 21,401 new cases in the past one month. Significantly, this is 64 per cent of the total cases reported so far in the hill state.

Coronavirus vaccine update: Russia's RDIF on Wednesday said said it would sell 100 million does of Sputnik V to Dr Reddy's Laboratories for distribution in India.

World coronavirus update: The global tally of coronavirus cases now stands at 30,024,106. While 21,776,977 have recovered, 944,643 have died so far. The US, the worst-hit country, has 6,826,800 cases. It is followed by India, which has 5,118,253 cases, Brazil (4,421,686) and Russia (1,079,519 ).

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3:40 AM

Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 30 million, death toll at 941,452

More than 30 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 941,452 have died, according to a Reuters tally.
 

Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

3:38 AM

Despite challenging economic environment, Bharat to drive Maruti's sales

Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India expects the volume recovery seen in the past few months to continue on the back of a strong growth momentum in rural India and a growing preference for personal transportation in urban markets.

 

“Good sowing of kharif crops (up 8 per cent year-on-year), better minimum support prices, and fewer Covid-19 cases (in villages) will help the rural growth story to continue,” said Shashank Srivastava, executive director (sales and marketing), Maruti Suzuki India. Read more

9:09 PM

Nagpur district records 1,717 new Covid-19 cases

Nagpur district on Thursday registered 1,717 new coronavirus cases, taking its tally to 58,890, the location administration said. A District Information Office release said 64 more patients died due to the infection, taking the toll to 1,879.

 

Besides,1,445 patients were discharged, taking the number of recovered cases to 45,372, it said.

 

The number of active coronavirus cases in the district stood at 11,639.Nagpur district on Thursday

9:01 PM

Gujarat records highest one-day spike of 1,379 Covid-19 cases

Gujarat registered the highest single-day spike of 1,379 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking its tally to 1,19,088 on Thursday, said the state health department. Also, 14 persons with Covid-19 infection died across the state during this period, taking the toll to 3,273, the health department said in a release.

 

The release said as many as 1,652 persons recovered from the infection and discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the number of such cases to 99,808.

8:57 PM

Covid-19: Haryana reports 2,457 new cases, 24 deaths

8:54 PM

Govt monitoring Covid-19 situation, adequate beds, ventilators available: Haryana CM

As novel coronavirus cases crossed the one lakh mark and fatalities went past 1,050 in Haryana, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said the situation was under control with adequate beds, ventilators and oxygen supply available and that his government was regularly monitoring it. Asked about the pandemic situation, Khattar replied, "The situation is under control."

 

With active cases in the state currently over 21,000, he said an adequate number of beds, ventilators and oxygen supply was available.

 

"We keep reviewing the situation every 15 days and accordingly make our preparations and plans, he told a digital press conference.

8:47 PM

Uttarakhand: 1,192 new Covid-19 cases reported, tally at 37,139

8:44 PM

MP records 2,391 new Covid-19 cases; 2,863 discharged

Madhya Pradesh on Thursday recorded 2,391 fresh coronavirus cases, taking its count to 97,906, a health official said. The death of 33 more patients took the statewide Covid-19 toll to 1,877, the official said.

 

Of these fatalities, Indore recorded six, followed by five each in Bhopal and Gwalior, two each in Jabalpur, Sagar, Neemuch, Betul, Rewa and Balaghat and one each in Dhar, Damoh, Datia, Chhatarpur and Singrauli, he said. A total of 2,863 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the count of recoveries in the state to 74,398, the official said.

 

Among the fresh cases, Indore alone accounted for 381, the highest in the state, followed by 213 in Bhopal, 201 in Gwalior and 184 in Jabalpur, he said.

8:40 PM

AP's Covid-19 tally crosses 600,000; Recoveries over 500,000

Andhra Pradesh on Thursday achieved a double, crossing the 600,000 mark in total coronavirus cases and 500,000 mark in recoveries. As 8,702 fresh cases were added in 24 hours ending 9 am on Thursday, the states Covid-19 positive tally touched 6,01,462.

8:30 PM

Aiming to bring down Covid mortality rate to less than 1%: Health minister

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the government is aiming to bring down India's Covid-19 mortality rate to less than 1 per cent from the current 1.64 per cent, which is still the lowest in the world.

 

Replying to a debate in Rajya Sabha, he said the country's recovery rate of 78-79 per cent is one of the highest in the world, adding though the total cases may have crossed 50 million, active cases are less than 20 per cent.

8:27 PM

Covid-19: 9,366 new cases in Karnataka, tally inching towards 500,000

Karnataka on Thursday reported 9,366 new cases of Covid-19 and 93 related fatalities, taking the infection count to 4,94,356 and the death toll to 7,629, the health department said. The day also saw 7,268 patients getting discharged after recovery.

 

Of the fresh infections reported today, 3,799 cases were from Bengaluru urban alone. As of September 17 evening, cumulatively 4,94,356 Covid-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 7,629 deaths and 3,83,077 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.

 

It said of 1,03,631 active cases, 1,02,826 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and stable, while 805 are in ICU.

8:18 PM

Nepal's coronavirus tally nears 60,000

Nepal's number of coronavirus cases neared 60,000 on Thursday after 1,246 new infections were detected in a single day, the health ministry said. Jageshwar Gautam, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population, said that 1,246 new Covid-19 cases were reported while conducting 10,641 tests across the country in the past 24 hours.

 

With this, the total number of people infected with Covid-19 has reached 59,573, he said.

8:10 PM

Uttarakhand records 1,192 new Covid-19 cases

8:06 PM

Fresh medical graduates of Maharashtra to be appointed at Covid-19 hospitals

Over 1,000 medical students who would pass out from college this year would be posted in hospitals treating Covid-19 patients in Maharashtra, Medical Education Minister Amit Deshmukh said on Thursday.

 

The decision was taken as the number of Covid-19 patients is rising in the state and there is a need for doctors, he said in a release.

 

"The state government will get 1,204 bonded candidates from various disciplines of medical education and they will be posted as per their specialization and requirement at the institutes treating Covid-19 patients," he said.

7:56 PM

Manipur reports 110 new Covid-19 cases