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Coronavirus latest update: India's total number of corona cases has surged to 5,214,677. There now are 30,333,687 cases of coronavirus globally. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE updates
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Manipur reports 177 Covid-19 cases, recovery rate at 77.01%
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4,127 new Covid cases push Delhi's tally to 238,000; death toll mounts to 4,907
Delhi's coronavirus tally breached the 238,000 mark with 4,127 fresh cases, while the death toll mounted to 4,907 on Friday, authorities said. Thirty fresh fatalities were recorded in the last 24 hours.
According to the Delhi government's health bulletin, a total of 61,037 tests were conducted the previous day.
The total number of cases stands at 2,38,828, out of which 2,01,671 patients have either recovered, migrated out or been discharged while there are 32,250 active cases, as per the bulletin.
The positivity rate stands at 6.76 per cent. The number of containment zones has increased to 1,751, the bulletin said.
7:54 PM
Kerala reports over 4,000 Covid-19 cases for second day in row; toll crosses 500
For the second successive day, Kerala reported over 4,000 Covid-19 cases on Friday, taking the total infection count to 1,26,381 while the toll crossed the 500 mark. At least 102 health workers were among the 4,167 new positive cases and 12 more people succumbed to the disease as the toll climbed to 501, Health Minister K K Shailaja said.
On Thursday, the state had recorded its single-day highest of 4,351 cases as fresh cases crossed the 4,000 mark for the first time. State capital Thiruvananthapuram reported the highest ever single day spike on Friday with 926 cases followed by Kozhikode (404) and Kollam (355).
7:49 PM
51 new cases push Nagaland's Covid-19 tally to 5,357
Nagaland reported 51 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, pushing the tally in the state to 5,357, Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom said. The state currently has 1,213 active cases.
"Out of 544 results received, 51 positive cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed 23 in Kohima, 20 in Dimapur, 4 in Mokokchung, 2 in Mon and 1 each in Peren and Tuensang districts," the minister tweeted.
As many as 4,108 patients have been cured of the disease, 15 have died and 21 migrated to other states, a health department official said.
The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients in the state is 76.68 per cent. A total of 72,596 samples have been tested for Covid-19 in Tripura so far, the official said.
7:47 PM
Uttarakhand logs 868 new cases, tally at 38,007
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High RTPCR machine cost a hurdle in ramping up Covid-19 testing in Delhi: officials
High cost of procuring RT-PCR machines might prove to be a hurdle in implementing the Delhi High Court's suggestion to ramp up RT-PCR testing in the national capital amid a surge in the cases, officials said on Thursday.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday suggested that the AAP government increase the RT-PCR test capacity to the maximum possible to detect Covid-19 infection, as Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) were only 60 per cent accurate.
The high court asked an expert committee, set by the Lieutenant Governor (LG), to convene a meeting on priority basis to consider the extent to which capacity of testing by RT-PCR should be ramped up.
The bench also noted that in the week from September 8-15, the testing done through RT-PCR was less than one-fourth of the total number of tests and rest was done by the RAT process.
7:33 PM
5,488 new Covid cases pushes Tamil Nadu's tally to 4,75,717
7:27 PM
Day after lifting lockdown, Nepal reports 2020 new Covid-19 cases
With 2020 new Covid-19 cases, Nepal on Friday recorded an all-time high just a day after the six-month-long lockdown restrictions were lifted in the country.
From Thursday, the restrictions imposed were relaxed though the local authorities have still put a ban on activities that could have a high risk of contagion.
"In last 24 hours, number of total people discharged after recovery stands at 871. The total number of recovered ones stand at 43,820," the Health Ministry spokesperson said.
7:23 PM
Jammu and Kashmir reported 1,330 Covid-19 cases, tally crosses 60,000
7:22 PM
Dharavi's coronavirus tally goes up by 18 to 2,993
The Covid-19 infection count in Dharavi, the largest slum in Mumbai, rose to 2,993 with the addition of 18 cases on Friday, a senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said.
The tally is now close to the 3,000-mark about five- and-a-half months after the first Covid-19 case was detected in the area on April 1. Out of the total number of 2,993 patients, 2,562 have already recovered and discharged from hospitals, the official added. Dharavi currently has 168 active cases, he added.
The civic body has, however, stopped sharing the death toll from the area, if any, since June. Dharavi is considered the largest slum in Asia with a population over 650,000. It is spread over 2.5 square kms of area
7:18 PM
EU seals second Covid-19 vaccine deal as WHO scheme deadline looms
The European Union has agreed to buy a potential Covid-19 vaccine from Sanofi and GSK in its second such deal to secure supplies, as a deadline for joining the World Health Organization's (WHO) vaccine purchase programme looms.
The deal will see the French and British drugmakers, which have teamed up to manufacture a recombinant protein-based vaccine they hope to get approved next year, provide the EU with up to 300 million doses. Friday's agreement confirms an announcement made on July 31 by the two companies and follows an earlier deal between the EU and AstraZeneca for up to 400 million shots.
In return for the right to the doses, the European Commission will finance part of the upfront costs faced by vaccine producers. The vaccine doses themselves will be bought by EU countries.
7:11 PM
Yoga helping Covid-19 patients boost immunity, reduce stress: Ashwini Choubey
Yoga is helping Covid-19 patients across the country boost immunity and reduce stress levels, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey told Parliament on Friday. In a written reply to a question, he said the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY), an autonomous body under the Ministry of AYUSH, has imparted yoga training to almost 6,500 Covid-19 patients.
"The practice of Yoga is benefitting the Covid-19 patients across the country, in terms of enhancing the immunity, reducing the stress level etc," Choubey said.
The MDNIY has imparted yoga training to around 6,500 Covid-19 positive patients. Out of these, the institute has compiled the data of around 200 patients, as part of a pilot project, he said.
7:03 PM
500 ICU beds for Covid-19 patients added in Delhi private hospitals: Jain
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday said over 500 extra ICU beds are now available for Covid-19 patients after an order was issued recently to several private hospitals to earmark designated percentage of those beds for the purpose.
Last week an order was issued that 80 per cent ICU beds in 33 private hospitals here are to be reserved for Covid-19 patients, Jain had earlier said. "As per the Corona app, over 500 extra ICU beds are now available for Covid-19 patients," he told reporters on Friday.
Delhi recorded 4,432 fresh Covid-19 cases on Thursday, as thetally in the city mounted to over 2.34 lakh, authorities said.
6:40 PM
273 new Covid-19 cases, six deaths in Tripura
At least 273 people tested positive for Covid-19 in Tripura on Friday, pushing the tally in the state to 20,972, a health department official said. Six more fatalities took the death toll to 228.
West Tripura district, of which state capital Agartala is a part, has accounted for 127 of the 228 Covid-19 deaths.
The northeastern state currently has 7,162 active coronavirus cases, while 13,559 people have recovered from the disease. Twenty-three patients have migrated to other states. A total of 3,47,962 samples have been tested for Covid-19 in Tripura so far, the official added.
6:31 PM
6 NE states' recovery rate below national average, Tripura's death rate worst
Tripura figures in the bottom of Covid-19 death rate, while six of the eight northeastern states' recovery rates are less than the national average of 78.86 per cent, Union Health ministry data revealed on Friday.
According to the data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Tripura topped the death ratio among the eight northeastern states in terms of Covid-19 cases with 1.09 per cent, followed by Sikkim (0.97 per cent), Meghalaya (0.71), Manipur (0.60), Assam (0.35), Nagaland (0.28) and Arunachal Pradesh (0.19 per cent).
Mizoram is the only state where no people have died so far due to novel coronavirus. According to the health officials in Aizawl, Mizoram so far reported 1,534 positive cases, including 274 women, while 949 patients have recovered from Covid-19.
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First Published: Sep 18 2020 | 6:21 AM IST