Covid LIVE: Ahead of festive season, West Bengal extends curbs till Oct 30

Coronavirus LIVE updates: Kerala recorded 12,161 cases, Maharashtra 3,187, Delhi 41, Karnataka 539, Andhra Pradesh 1,084 cases in the last 24 hours. Stay tuned for corona updates

Coronavirus updates: India recorded a spike of 23,529 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. The country also witnessed 311 deaths, taking the death toll to 448,062. So far, India has recorded 3,37,39,980 corona cases in total. Delhi reported 41 Covid-19 cases and no fatality. Kerala recorded 12,161 new Covid-19 cases and Maharashtra 3,187 cases. 

A residential college on the city outskirts has been shut after 60 students tested positive for the Covid-19.

"We tested 195 students after one of them got fever. Results showed that 60 of them had Covid. The results of the remaining are yet to come," District Health Officer of Bengaluru Urban district, G Srinivas told PTI on Wednesday.

World coronavirus update: Covid-19 is continuing to spread around the world, with 234,020,196 confirmed cases and 4,787,390 deaths across nearly 200 countries recorded since China reported its first cases in December 2019. The US remains the worst-hit country with 44,190,298 cases, followed by India, Brazil, UK and Russia.

9:58 PM

Chhattisgarh logs 32 fresh cases, 1 death; active tally at 300

Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 count increased to 10,05,357 on Thursday with the addition of 32 new cases, while one fresh death pushed the toll to 13,566, an official said.

The recovery count reached 9,91,491 after 5 patients were discharged from hospitals and 11 others completed home isolation during the day, he said. The state now has 300 active cases.

9:47 PM

Maharashtra logs 3,063 new Covid-19 cases; 56 die, 3,198 recover

Maharashtra reported 3,063 new COVID-19 cases and 56 fresh deaths on Thursday, taking the infection tally to 65,50,856 and the toll to 1,39,067, a health department official said.

The official said with 3,198 getting patients discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, the number of recovered cases rose to 63,71,728.

Maharashtra now has 36,484 active cases. The state has 2,45,427 people in home quarantine and another 1,423 in institutional quarantine, according to the official. He said Maharashtra's COVID-19 recovery rate is 97.27 per cent, while the fatality rate is 2.12 per cent.

9:36 PM

Mumbai logs 458 new Covid-19 cases; seven die, 414 recover

Mumbai city on Thursday reported 458 new coronavirus positive cases, while seven persons died due to the infection, the civic body said.

With this, its cumulative case tally rose to 7,42,996 and death toll to 16,110, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a statement.

9:12 PM

More than 55 nations have yet to hit 10% covid vaccine target

About nine months after the arrival of Covid-19 shots, dozens of countries have yet to vaccinate 10% of their populations, a milestone seen as crucial in narrowing a glaring gap in access.

The head of the World Health Organization earlier this year called for an urgent push to hit that target by the end of September. But more than 55 countries remain short of the goal, illustrating the problems that the Covax distribution program has faced in its bid to roll out vaccines to every corner of the planet. 

9:08 PM

Nearly 890 million Covid vaccine doses administered in India: Govt

Nearly 890 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have so far been administered in the country, the Union health ministry said on Thursday.

More than 5.8 million vaccine doses were administered on Thursday till 7 pm.

The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late night, the ministry said.

8:44 PM

Tamil Nadu reports 1,612 new Covid-19 cases, 28 fatalities on Thursday

Tamil Nadu added 1,612 new Covid-19 infections on Thursday, pushing the overall tally to 26,63,789, while 28 more deaths took the toll to 35,578, the health department said.

Recoveries marginally eclipsed new infections with 1,626 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours, aggregating to 26,11,061 leaving 17,150 active infections, a medical bulletin said.

8:43 PM

Goa reports 113 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths, 85 recoveries

Goa's coronavirus caseload rose by 113 and reached 1,76,431 on Thursday, while two more patients succumbed to the infection in the state, a health department official said.

The death toll increased to 3,314 with the addition of two fatalities, he said.

8:23 PM

214 new Covid-19 cases, two deaths in Telangana

Telangana on Thursday reported 214 fresh COVID-19 infections, taking the cumulative count to 6.65 lakh, while the toll rose to 3,918 with two additional fatalities.

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 64, followed by Karimnagar 16 and Nalgonda 13, a state government bulletin said.

8:13 PM

Jammu and Kashmir records 110 fresh Covid cases

Jammu and Kashmir recorded 110 fresh Covid cases, taking the infection tally to 3,29,430 on Thursday, while no new fatality was reported in the Union Territory in the past 24 hours, officials said.

Out of the 110 fresh cases, 26 were from the Jammu division and 84 from the Kashmir division, the officials said.

Srinagar district recorded the highest number of 45 cases followed by 15 cases in Baramulla district.

7:54 PM

933 new cases, 14 deaths in Karnataka

Karnataka on Thursday reported 933 new cases of COVID-19 and 14 deaths, pushing the total number of infections to 29,76,000 and death toll to 37,794, the health department said.

The day also saw 704 discharges, taking the total number of recoveries to 29,25,397.

Bengaluru Urban accounted for 291 fresh cases, as the city saw 172 discharges and 5 deaths.

7:40 PM

Assam reports 376 fresh cases and 5 deaths

7:30 PM

Restriction between 11 pm to 5 am is relaxed from Oct 10 to Oct 20: West Bengal govt

7:16 PM

Hotel industry industry likely to clock 45-50% of pre-Covid revenues in FY22: Report

The hotel industry is expected to clock at least 45-50 per cent of pre-Covid revenues in this financial year as demand has recovered sharply post the second wave of the pandemic aided by easing of restrictions during the July-September period, according to a report.

"The hotel industry is expected to clock at least 45-50 per cent of pre-Covid revenues in FY22. Further operating profits in the current fiscal will be aided by improved operating leverage and sustenance of some of the cost-optimisation measures undertaken last fiscal," Icra Assistant Vice President and Sector Head Vinutaa S said.

6:57 PM

Covid cases rise again in Kerala, TPR above 15%

There appears no respite from Covid in Kerala as on Thursday, 15,914 people turned positive after 1,03,871 samples were tested in the past 24 hours while the test positivity rate also went up to 15.32 per cent, a statement said.

The statement from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan also said that 16,758 people turned negative, while the total number of active cases was 1,42,529, out of which 12 per cent patients are in hospitals.

6:44 PM

Total Covid-19 cases cross 2.05 million in Andhra Pradesh

The total coronavirus cases in Andhra Pradesh went past the 20.50 lakh mark as the state added 1,010 afresh on Thursday.

The state also reported 1,149 recoveries and 13 deaths in the 24 hours ending 9 am on Thursday, the latest bulletin said.

The total coronavirus positive cases now increased to 20,50,324 and the recoveries to 20,24,645.