Coronavirus LIVE updates: Containment zones rise to over 4,550 in Delhi

Coronavirus update: US is the worst-hit country with 12,072,560 coronavirus cases, followed by India, which has 9,004,365 cases, Brazil (5,912,903), France (2,065,138), Russia (1,991,998)

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Germany coronavirus update: 22,609 new Covid cases take tally to 855,916

Germany has recorded 22,609 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the tally in the country to 855,916, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said.

 

The increase is slightly above the previous week's level.

 

Germany is currently in the second half of a month-long partial coronavirus lockdown, Xinhua news agency reported.

 

The situation is "still serious, very serious," said RKI President Lothar Wieler at a press conference on Thursday. The case numbers are "still very high overall, much too high."

 

"The case numbers have stabilized at a high level in the last two weeks," said Wieler. Read on...

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Russia coronavirus update: Moscow toll from Covid-19 rises by 77 to 8,159

Moscow has registered 77 deaths of patients infected with Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the Russian capital's death toll to 8,159, the city's coronavirus response center said in a statement on Thursday.

 

"Another 77 patients, who were diagnosed with pneumonia and tested positive for the coronavirus infection, died in Moscow," the center said.

 

In the previous day, 73 people infected with the coronavirus died in Moscow.

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How sophisticated mRNA vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna are and how they work?

As the weather cools, the number of infections of the COVID-19 pandemic are rising sharply. Hamstrung by pandemic fatigue, economic constraints and political discord, public health officials have struggled to control the surging pandemic. But now, a rush of interim analyses from pharmaceutical companies Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech have spurred optimism that a novel type of vaccine made from messenger RNA, known as mRNA, can offer high levels of protection by preventing COVID-19 among people who are vaccinated. Read on...

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Assam coronavirus update: No Covid-19 deaths in Assam after 14 days

Assam reported no COVID-19 deaths on Thursday after 14 days, while 175 new cases were detected taking the tally to 2,11,040, Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

 

Altogether 267 patients recovered from coronavirus pushing the total number of cured people to 2,06,875, the minister said adding that the current recovery rate is 98.02 per cent.

 

The state now has 3,193 active cases. Read on...

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Wearing a mask isn't a political statement — it's a patriotic duty, tweets US President-elect Joe Biden