Coronavirus LIVE: Delhi past 2nd wave peak, situation mostly controlled: CM

Coronavirus update: Maharashtra has 1,453,653 coronavirus cases, Andhra Pradesh 723,512, Karnataka 647,712, Tamil Nadu 625,391 and UP 417,437. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE update

12:47 PM

Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee tests Covid-positive

Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, health officials said. He has been admitted to a hospital in Kolkata, they said.

 

The octogenarian actor was unwell and he tested positive for the infection on Tuesday morning, a senior health official said. Read more

12:39 PM

Marriage halls, restaurants becoming coronavirus hubs: Pakistan Minister

Marriage halls and restaurants in Pakistan were becoming the main hubs of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, a Minister said.

 

Presiding over a National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) meeting on Monday, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said that the spike could be avoided if the establishments compiled with the standard operating procedures (SOPs), reports Dawn news.

 

Umar said monitoring of disease prevalence and containment measures were important, adding that wearing of masks was the key to controlling the spread of coronavirus.

12:30 PM

DATA STORY: At 61,267, India's single-day jump in total cases smallest since Aug 25

In a positive sign for India on the coronavirus front, an increase of 61,267 was reported on Tuesday in the country’s total count of confirmed coronavirus cases. This was the smallest single-day increase since August 25. The number of active cases continued to decline, with a net reduction of 15,404 to 919,023, the lowest level since September 10. Read on...

11:46 AM

Cinema halls to reopen Oct 15 onwards with 50% capacity, one seat distance: I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar

11:43 AM

2,673 new Covid-19 cases, 4,098 recoveries and 16 deaths reported in Odisha

2,673 new Covid-19 cases, 4,098 recoveries and 16 deaths reported in Odisha till October 5. The total number of cases rises to 2,38,003 including 2,06,400 recoveries, 30,610 active cases and 940 deaths: State Health Department

 

11:41 AM

White House staff, Secret Service eye coronavirus with fear, anger

The West Wing is a ghost town. Staff members are scared of exposure. And the White House is now a treatment ward for not one but two Covid patients, including a president who has long taken the threat of the virus lightly.

 

President Donald Trump's decision to return home from a military hospital despite his continued illness is putting new focus on the people around him who could be further exposed if he doesn't abide by strict isolation protocols.

 

Throughout the pandemic, White House custodians, ushers, kitchen staff and members of the US Secret Service have continued to show up for work in what is now a coronavirus hot spot, with more than a dozen known cases this week alone.

11:33 AM

Coronavirus India update: Five states with most number of deaths

Maharashtra (38,347)

Tamil Nadu (9,846)

Karnataka (9,370)

Uttar Pradesh (6,092)

Andhra Pradesh (6,019)

11:29 AM

Coronavirus India update: Five states with most number of deaths

Maharashtra (38,347)

Tamil Nadu (9,846)

Karnataka (9,370)

Uttar Pradesh (6,092)

Andhra Pradesh (6,019)

11:17 AM

Coronavirus India update: Five states with most active cases

Maharashtra (252,721)

Karnataka (115,,496)

Kerala (84958)

Andhra Pradesh (51,060)

Tamil Nadu (45,881)

11:11 AM

Coronavirus India update: Five most affected states by cases

Maharashtra (1,453,653)

Andhra Pradesh (723,512)

Karnataka (647,712)

Tamil Nadu (625,391)

Uttar Pradesh (417,437)

11:04 AM

Mid-recovery, coronavirus spreading, global central bankers take stock

The world's top central bankers have opened the taps with trillions of dollars in promised credit to prevent a global pandemic from causing a global economic depression.

 

On Tuesday they will update their plans in presentations that could begin to signal just how much more they feel they can do in response to a once-in-a-century economic shock triggered by the spread of the coronavirus.

 

Despite the efforts made so far, the global economy is not out of the woods given the unique risks posed by the health crisis, and top officials from the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and Bank of Japan are likely to acknowledge as much when they speak Tuesday at a virtual meeting of the National Association for Business Economics.

10:44 AM

India news: Services activity improves in September, PMI at 49.8 vs 41.8 in August

9:30 AM

26 countries urge Western sanctions lifting to tackle coronavirus

China and 25 other countries have called for the immediate lifting of sanctions by the United States and Western countries to ensure an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Speaking on behalf of the 26 countries at a meeting of the UN General Assembly's human rights committee on Monday, China's UN Ambassador Zhang Jun said unilateral coercive measures violate the UN Charter, multilateralism and impede human rights by hindering the well-being of the population in the affected countries and undermining the right to health.

 

Global solidarity and international cooperation are the most powerful weapons in fighting and overcoming COVID-19, the joint statement said. We seize this opportunity to call for the complete and immediate lifting of unilateral coercive measures, in order to ensure the full, effective and efficient response of all members of the international community to COVID-19.

9:04 AM

One-third of Covid-19 patients in US had deteriorating mental state: Study

Nearly a third of hospitalized Covid-19 patients experienced some type of altered mental function — ranging from confusion to delirium to unresponsiveness — in the largest study to date of neurological symptoms among coronavirus patients in an American hospital system.

 

And patients with altered mental function had significantly worse medical outcomes, according to the study, published on Monday in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. The study looked at the records of the first 509 coronavirus patients hospitalized, from March 5 to April 6, at 10 hospitals in the Northwestern Medicine health system in the Chicago area. Read on...

8:56 AM

IMF urges infrastructure investment to boost post-coronavirus growth

The International Monetary Fund on Monday said member governments should seize a low interest rate opportunity to invest in infrastructure to drive recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and a shift toward greener energy.

 

The IMF said in chapters from it fiscal monitor that its research shows public investment in infrastructure, including investments in health care systems, digital infrastructure and addressing climate change can pay back more than two to one in economic growth within two years. Read on...