Coronavirus LIVE: Places of worship in Maharashtra to reopen, says CM

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

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A total of 54,28,472 tests done so far, including 19,635 RTPCR/CBNAAT/TrueNat tests: Delhi Govt

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Delhi reports 7340 new Covid-19 cases

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Mumbai reports 726 new Covid-19 cases

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West Bengal reports 3,823 fresh Covid-19 cases, 53 new fatalities

West Bengal's Covid-19 tally rose to 428,498 on Saturday as 3,823 more people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said.

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Tamil Nadu reports 1,912 new coronavirus cases, 2,494 recoveries

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Karnataka reports 2,154 new Covid-19 cases

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Maharashtra reports 105 Covid-19 deaths, recovery rate drops marginally

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Telangana reports 1,050 new Covid-19 cases

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Madhya Pradesh reports 1,012 new Covid-19 cases

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Andhra Pradesh reports 1,657 new Covid-19 cases

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Maharashtra reports 4,237 new Covid-19 cases

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Uttar Pradesh reports 2361 new Covid-19 cases

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Places of worship in Maha to reopen from Monday: Thackeray

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said the places of religious worship across the state, which were shut since the COVID-19 lockdown in March, will reopen from Monday.

 

Thackeray said this in a statement.

 

Extending greetings to people on the occasion of Diwali, he said, "We can't forget that the demon coronavirus is still amongst us. Even though this demon is slowly falling silent now, we cannot be complacent. Citizens need to follow discipline."

 

"Just like discipline and restraint were observed while celebrating Holi, Ganesh Chaturthi,Navratri and Pandharpur wari (annual pilgrimage), followers of other faiths also celebrated festivals like Eid, Mount Mary festival by keeping the COVID-19 safety protocol in mind," he said.

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UP: 34 undertrial prisoners test COVID-19 positive in Mahoba jail

As many as 34 undertrial prisoners lodged in the Mahoba jail here have tested positive for COVID-19, an official said on Saturday.

 

Mahoba's Chief Medical Officer Dr Manoj Kumar Sinha said two barracks of the jail have been transformed into Level-2 COVID hospital.

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Germany to prioritise vaccinations in care homes

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says nursing home workers and the people they are caring for will be among the first to get access to coronavirus vaccines.

 

Merkel said Saturday in her weekly video address that staff and residents of nursing homes will receive priority as soon as a vaccine is available.

 

Almost 1 million people in Germany live in nursing and care homes. The country is seeking to buy 100 million doses of a vaccine being developed by German pharmaceutical company BioNTech and US partner Pfizer.

 

Germany's disease control agency reported a further 22,461 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to Saturday, as well as 178 additional deaths. Since the start of the pandemic, Germany has recorded 773,556 confirmed cases and 12,378 deaths.