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9:07 AM

Maharashtra reports 4,355 new Covid-19 cases, 119 deaths, 4,240 recoveries

Maharashtra reported 4,355 new coronavirus cases and 119 fresh fatalities on Tuesday, taking the infection tally to 64,32,649 and the toll to 1,36,355, a state health department official said.

 

Seven districts namely Wardha, Gondia, Akola, Yavatmal, Hingoli, Jalna, and Dhule did not report any fresh infection of COVID-19 (in their rural areas), and same was the case with Chandrapur, Amaravati, Akola, Parbhani, Jalgaon, Dhule and Malegaon municipal corporations (urban centres), he said. The official said 4,240 patients were discharged from hospitals across the state in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative number of recovered cases to 62,43,034. Maharashtra now has 49,752 active cases, he said. 

8:25 AM

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 213 mn

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 213 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.45 million and vaccinations soared to over 4.99 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

 

In its latest update on Wednesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload, death toll and vaccination tally stood at 213,098,413, 4,450,408 and 4,995,430,625, respectively.

 

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 38,053,653 and 630,663, respectively, according to the CSSE.

8:15 AM

Coronavirus global update: Australian state sets another high for cases

Australia's New South Wales state has recorded another new daily high of 919 coronavirus infections. It also has had two more deaths related to Covid-19.

 

New South Wales's previous high for a 24-hour period was 830 infections reported Sunday.

 

Health Minister Brad Hazzard said Wednesday that the health system in Australia's most populous state is under pressure but is coping.

 

The Covid-19 death toll has reached 76 in New South Wales since the outbreak of the delta variant was first detected in Sydney on June 16.

 

Neighbouring Victoria, Australia second-most populous state, reported 45 new infections Wednesday.

8:05 AM

Coronavirus LIVE updates: The Himachal Pradesh schools to remain closed till September 4, 2021

The Himachal Pradesh government on Tuesday decided to further close the schools in the state till September 4, 2021: State Education Minister Govind Singh Thakur

 

8:04 AM

Maharashtra coronavirus update: The number of Delta Plus cases of coronavirus in Maharashtra has risen to 103

The number of Delta Plus cases of the coronavirus in Maharashtra has risen to 103 after 27 new infections were reported in the state, according to the health department.

7:57 AM

Coronavirus LIVE updates: Maharashtra reports 27 new cases of Delta Plus variant; tally reaches to 103

The cases of Delta Plus variant of coronavirus in Maharashtra has gone up to 103 after 27 new infections were reported in the state, the state health department said on Tuesday.

 

According to the health department, six cases each were detected in Gadchiroli and Amravati, five in Nagpur, four in Ahmednagar, three in Yavatmal, two in Nashik and one in Bhandara district.

 

As per official data, there are 53,433 active cases of Covid-19 in Maharashtra.

 

"The cumulative cases of Covid-19 in the state stands at 62,38,794, while as many as 1,36,067 people have succumbed to the infection so far," the Union Health Ministry said.

7:50 AM

World coronavirus update: Cuba registers record number of 9,907 daily Covid cases

Cuba registered on Tuesday 9,907 new Covid-19 infections in the last day, a record number, to total 602,526 cases.

 

The Ministry of Public Health also reported 92 more deaths, bringing the total to 4,710, Xinhua news agency reported.

 

The ministry's national director of hygiene and epidemiology Francisco Duran said during his daily report that the country registered 50,371 active cases, the highest daily figure of the pandemic.

 

"All provinces reported a positivity rate higher than 16 per cent from the samples analyzed, except for the western provinces of Havana and Matanzas, and the Special Municipality of the Isla de la Juventud," the expert said.

7:40 AM

46 Pakistanis sent back from Attari-Wagah Border over non-availability of proper Covid report

A group of 46 Pakistani nationals including 23 children, who were supposed to be repatriated from Amritsar, were sent back from the Attari-Wagah border after the Pakistan government denied entry to them over non-availability of proper COVID report.

 

"We got tested on Monday but the Pakistan government did not approve. Our tests are being done again," says Wazir, a Pakistan national.

 

Speaking to ANI, Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Arunpal Singh, Protocol Officer at Attari-Wagah Border said, "These people have arrived in India a year ago to visit the sacred places and were stranded in Amritsar due to COVID induced lockdown."

 

"Earlier also around 15-20 days ago these people came to the Attari-Wagah border without prior permission and were sent back," he added.

7:25 AM

World coronavirus update: UK records highest daily Covid-related death toll since March

Britain has reported another 174 coronavirus-related deaths, the highest number of fatalities recorded in one day since 175 were recorded on March 12, according to official figures.

 

The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain now stands at 131,854. These figures only include the deaths of people who died within 28 days of their first positive test. Another 30,838 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 6,555,200, Xinhua reported.

 

Meanwhile, data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) showed on Tuesday that there were 652 coronavirus-related deaths registered in Britain during the week to August 13, the highest number since 800 fatalities were recorded in the week to March 26.

 

The latest data came as almost 5,000 coronavirus cases in Britain are suspected to be linked to Boardmasters music and surfing festival in Cornwall, with health officials launching an investigation.

7:19 AM

Explained: What FDA full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine means

The US Food and Drug Admin­istration (USFDA) has given full approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for people aged 16 and above. The vaccine, which will now be marketed as Comirnaty, continues to be avai­l­able under emergency use aut­h­orisation (EUA), including for individuals aged 12 to 15 and for administering a third dose to certain immunocompromised individuals. Let’s find out what chan­ges with this marketing approval.

 

How are EUA and full mark­et­ing authorisation different?

 

EUA is when in an emergency a regulator gives marketing authorisation to an unapproved medical product or unapproved uses of an approved medical product to diagnose, treat or prevent serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions.

 

In full authorisation, the regulator assesses more elaborate data that has been collected over a longer duration of time to give approval to the product to be used by consumers. Read on...

7:00 AM

Coronavirus LIVE updates: Assam reports 555 new Covid-19 cases, 13 deaths

Assam recorded 555 new Covid-19 cases, and 13 deaths during the last 24 hours said the National Health Mission of the state.

 

According to the media bulletin, there are 6,658 active cases with a positivity rate of 0.59 per cent.

 

The recovery rate of Assam stands at 97.68 per cent with the fatality rate at 0.96 per cent. So far, the state has registered 5,85,689 cases, 5,72,084 recoveries and 5,600 deaths.