Coronavirus LIVE: India's tally hits 8.8 mn, Shah reviews Delhi situation

Coronavirus LIVE: updates: Maharashtra has 1,740,461 coronavirus cases, Karnataka 857,928, Andhra Pradesh 851,000, Tamil Nadu 752,521 and UP has 514,060

11:48 PM

Bihar reports 247 new Covid-19 cases, five more deaths

Bihar's Covid-19 tally rose to 226,915 as 247 more people tested positive for the infection, while five fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 1,184, a health department bulletin said on Sunday.

 

At least 614 people were cured of the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries in the state to 2,19,864, it said.

10:55 PM

Chhattisgarh reports 530 new cases of coronavirus, 16 deaths

With 530 new Covid-19 cases and 16 deaths, Chhattisgarh's total count rose to 210,534 and toll to 2,578 on Sunday, a health official said.
 

The number of people who have recuperated so far increased to 188,869 as 44 of them were discharged from various hospitals, while 579 patients completed their home isolation during the day.

10:54 PM

West Bengal reports 51 more fatalities, 3,053 new cases and 4,480 recoveries. Death toll rises to 7,661, infection tally reaches 431,551

10:36 PM

Andhra reports 1,056 fresh Covid cases, 15 more deaths

The death toll due to Covid-19 in Andhra Pradesh rose to 6,868 on Sunday with 15 more fatalities being reported, while 1,056 new cases pushed the state's infection tally to 8,54,011.

 

The state's mortality rate stands at 80 per cent, lower than the national average of 1.47 per cent.

 

Covid claimed two lives each in Anantapur, Chittoor, Krishna and Visakhapatnam districts. East Godavari, Guntur, Kadapa, Prakasam, Vizianagaram and West Godavari districts accounted for a death each.

10:23 PM

Delhi's Covid spike: Stepping in, Amit Shah announces slew of measures; more ICU beds, house-to-house survey

10:09 PM

Surat adds 187 new Covid-19 cases, 208 recover

Surat district on Sunday reported187 new coronavirus positive cases, taking its tally to 38,659, Gujarat health department said.

 

With one death, the toll rose to 1,037, it said.

9:10 PM

Ahmedabad adds 219 fresh Covid-19 cases, 229 recover

Ahmedabad district on Sunday reported 219 new Covid-19 cases, taking the count of infections to 45,343, the Gujarat health department said.

 

The districthas been reporting the highest number of new cases in the state and has overtaken Surat that topped the tally of new infections earlier.

 

With three deaths, the Covid-19 toll in Ahmedabad districtrose to 1,932, it said.

 

Meanwhile, 229 patients were discharged in the day, exceeding the new cases.

8:26 PM

Spike in COVID cases: More ICU beds, testing in Delhi, says HM Amit Shah

To deal with the recent spike in coronavirus cases in Delhi,the Centre on Sunday said it will soon make available 300 additional ICU beds and double the number of daily RTPCR tests in the national capital.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah also said some of the hospitals under the municipal corporations of Delhi will be converted into dedicated COVID hospitals and doctors and paramedics of paramilitary forces will be deployed in the national capital to deal with the shortage of manpower.

Shah said to save more lives, the Centre will also provide oxygen, high flow nasal cannula and other health equipments to Delhi.

The decisions were taken at a high level meeting chaired by Shah and attended byDelhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan among others.

6:54 PM

2,544 new coronavirus cases in Maha, death toll rises by 60

Maharashtra reported 2,544 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, which took the state's infection tally to 17,47,242, the health department said. The death of 60 patients took the fatality count in the state to 45,974, it said.

A total of 2,707 patients were discharged during the day, it said. As many as 16,15,371 patients have recovered from the infection so far.There are 84,918 active cases in the state now, the department said.

6:53 PM

J-K reports 460 new COVID-19 cases, nine fatalities in a day

Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday recorded 460 new COVID-19 cases taking the infection tally to 1,02,619, while while nine fatalities pushed the death toll to 1,589, officials said.

 

Of the fresh cases, 189 were from Jammu division and 271 from the Kashmir Valley, they said. Srinagar district recorded the highest 120 cases, followed by 94 in Jammu.

 

There are 5,688 active cases in the Union Territory, while 95,342 patients have recovered so far, the officials said.

 

Of the nine deaths reported in the Union Territory, four were from Jammu and five from Kashmir valley.

6:52 PM

Dharavi reports one COVID-19 case

Dharavi slum colony here on Sunday reported one new COVID-19 case, the second time in the last four days, a Mumbai civic body official said.

The tally of cases now stands at 3,620, he said, adding that Dharavi had reported a single COVID-19 case on November 10. The slum colony added four infections to its tally on November 14.

6:23 PM

Shah takes stock of Covid-19 situation in Delhi

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday took stock of Delhi's COVID-19 situation in the wake of recent spike in cases in the national capital, officials said.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain and senior officers of the central government attended the meeting chaired by Shah.

The home minister reviewed the situation arising due to the spike in COVID-19 cases in Delhi and discussed ways to deal with it, a home ministry official said.

Delhi recorded 3,235 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the infection tally to over 4.85 lakh on Sunday, while ninety-five more fatalities pushed the death toll to 7,614.

The meeting was convened to devise a strategy to contain the spread of the virus in Delhi, especially in view of the festive season and decreasing temperatures accompanied by rising pollution, the official said.

5:49 PM

AP COVID-19 tally touches 8.54 lakh with 1,056 new cases

Andhra Pradesh added 1,056 fresh cases of coronavirus, taking the cumulative to 8.54 lakh on Sunday.

In 24 hours ending 9 am on Sunday, 2,140 patients got cured while 14 others succumbed in the state.

The latest bulletin said the total recoveries increased to 8.28 lakh and the toll to 6,868, leaving 18,659 active cases.

Guntur district reported 206, West Godavari 154, Krishna 153 and East Godavari 139 fresh Covid-19 cases in 24 hours.

Nine other districts added less than 100 each, with Srikakulam accounting for the lowest 24.

4:40 PM

India reports under 50K new daily COVID-19 cases since 8 days; active caseload contracts further

India has reported less than 50,000 new daily cases of COVID-19for the eighth continuous day, a trend which assumes wider significance as many countries in Europe and America continue to see a surge in their daily numbers, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.

 

A total of41,100persons were found to be infected with COVID-19 in India in a span of 24 hours, while42,156 people recuperated during the same period, leading to a further contraction of the active caseload.

 

There are 4,79,216 active cases of coronavirus as on date which comprise merely 5.44 per cent of the total cases.

 

Last time the daily new cases crossed the 50K threshold was on November7.

4:38 PM

In Covid-19 vaccine race, Hungarian village firm takes global role

In an unassuming house in rolling hills east of the Hungarian capital, a small family firm is helping oil the wheels of the world's big pharmaceutical companies on the path to a coronavirus vaccine.

Biologist Noemi Lukacs, 71, retired to Szirak, her birth village, to establish English & Scientific Consulting (SciCons) and manufacture a genetic sensor so sensitive that a few grams can supply the entire global industry for a year.

"We produce monoclonal antibodies," Lukacs told Reuters in the single-storey house where she was born, now partly converted into a world-class laboratory. The white powder ships worldwide from here, micrograms at a time.