Coronavirus LIVE: Cases close to 8.6 mn in India, death toll at 127,104

Coronavirus update: Maharashtra has 1,719,858 coronavirus cases, Karnataka 844,147, Andhra Pradesh 842,967, Tamil Nadu 739,147 and UP 497,000. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE updates

8:40 AM

Global coronavirus update: Russia reports 20,498 coronavirus cases, taking tally to 1,774,334

Russia registered 20,498 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 1,774,334, the country's Covid-19 response center said in a statement.

 

Meanwhile, 286 new deaths were reported, taking the nationwide count to 30,537, Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.

 

Moscow, the country's worst-hit region, reported 5,751 new cases, taking its tally of infections to 468,269, the response center said. Read on...

8:29 AM

As Covid casts doubts over higher education, is a college degree worth it?

Is a traditional college degree still worth the investment?

Ans: It really depends on the degree, the discipline and the institution itself. A highly-ranked degree from a highly-ranked institution probably has the right kind of return on the investment. But a degree from a lesser known institution in a discipline that historically has not led to a better job — I think we have to start questioning the value. Students should be wise consumers and institutions should be more sensitive to the return on the investment for the students that they recruit, says David Andrews, president of National University, a non-profit private university based in San Diego. Click here to read on

 

8:08 AM

Cipla expects surge in demand for respiratory drugs, inhalers in winter

Cipla, the market leader in respiratory therapies, expects a surge in demand for respiratory drugs and inhalers during the coming months when the winter and an anticipated second Covid wave are likely to push up demand for these medicines.
 

The firm enjoys a massive 68.7 per cent market share in the respiratory inhalation segment in India and has started working on aligning supplies so that there is no shortage of these critical medicines. Read on...

8:05 AM

Madhya Pradesh coronavirus update: 108 new coronavirus cases in Indore

Indore reported 108 new cases of novel coronavirus on Sunday, taking the district's tally to 34,725, according to the Chief Medical and Health Officer Praveen Jadia.

 

The death toll due to Covid-19 in the district now stands at 697 while 32,325 have recovered from the disease so far.

8:01 AM

Coronavirus world update: France reports 38,619 Covid-19 cases over past 24 hours

France registered 38,619 Covid-19 cases and 270 related deaths over the past 24 hours, data from the health authorities showed.

 

Since the outbreak of the epidemic, a total of 1,787,324 Covid-19 infections have been confirmed, including 40,439 fatalities, Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.

 

The number of people in hospital with coronavirus rose by 822 to 30,243, getting closer to a peak of 32,113 during the lockdown in the spring. Further 118 patients were placed on ventilators in the last 24 hours, bringing the total in intensive care to 4,539.

7:55 AM

US coronavirus update: America reports record-high average daily Covid-19 cases at nearly 100,000

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a record-high average daily increase of Covid-19 cases at nearly 100,000, a new milestone since the onset of the pandemic in the country.

 

The seven-day average daily cases and deaths have been on sharp rise recently, and stood at 99,320 and 938, respectively, as of Sunday, CDC data showed, Xinhua news agency reported.

 

Daily case count in the country set a new record on Friday at 132,830, which is an all-time high in the United States and around the world, according to the CDC.

7:22 AM

Coronavirus Uttar Pradesh update: UP reports 2,247 new coronavirus cases, 26 deaths

Uttar Pradesh reported 2,247 new Covid-19 cases and 26 deaths on Sunday, according to state's government data.

 

1,858 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the overall recoveries count to 4,67,108.

 

At present, active cases in the state stand at 23,249 and death toll at 7,206.

7:13 AM

Coronavirus Chhattisgarh update: Cases go past 200,000-mark with 1,375 additions

Chhattisgarh on Sunday reported 1,375 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the total count of infections to 2,00,937, a health official said.

 

The state had crossed the one-lakh mark on September 26, when it had recorded 1,02,461 cases.

 

Meanwhile, the death toll in the state mounted to 2,447 with 13 more fatalities being reported during the last two days, he said. Read on...

7:05 AM

Delhi coronavirus update: Record single-day spike of 7,745 coronavirus cases

Delhi recorded its biggest single-day jump of 7,745 coronavirus cases on Sunday, with the positivity rate increasing to 15.26 per cent amid the festive season and rising pollution, the health department said.

 

The new infections, which took the national capital's tally to 438,529, came out of 50,754 tests conducted the previous day, according to a health bulletin.

 

There are 41,857 active cases in the city, the bulletin said.

 

Seventy-seven more fatalities took the death toll to 6,989, it said. Read on...

6:57 AM

Karnataka coroanvirus update: 2,740 new coronavirus cases, 22 fresh fatalities

Karnataka has reported 2,740 new cases of COVID-19 and 22 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 8,46,887 and the death toll to 11,391, the Health Department said late on Sunday night.

 

The day also saw 2,360 patients getting discharged after recovery.

 

Out of 2,740 fresh cases reported on Sunday, 1,579 cases were from Bengaluru urban alone. Read on...

6:52 AM

US coronavirus update: America once again records over 100,000 fresh cases of Covid-19 in a single day