Coronavirus cases in India: More than 1,000 deaths have also been recorded in the past 24 hours.
New Delhi:
More than 85,000 new cases of Covid have been reported across India in the past 24 hours, government data showed on Saturday, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country beyond 59 lakh. Over 1,000 deaths have also been recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths recorded since the start of the pandemic to more than 93,000. The number of recoveries reported in the past 24 hours is also high. around 93,000, bringing the total number of people who fought the virus beyond 48 lakh. About 13.4 lakh Covid tests have also been carried out in the past 24 hours. India is the second country most affected by the Covid pandemic, just behind the United States for the total number of active cases
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India has recorded 59,03932 cases of the coronavirus since the pandemic began in Wuhan, China in December of last year. Of these, 93,379 are virus-related deaths and 9,60,969 are active cases. In the past 24 hours, 85,362 new cases and 1,089 deaths have been recorded.
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The national daily positivity rate (or percentage of positive tests) is 6.3%. The national death rate remained at 1.5%. The recovery rate increased slightly to 82%.
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Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh – the five most affected states in the country – also recorded the highest single-day increases of any state in the past 24 hours. Together, these five states reported 43,457 new cases, or about 51% of all new cases.
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The five states reporting the highest number of deaths in the past 24 hours are Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Punjab. Together, these five states have reported 726 deaths, or about 67% of all deaths.
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Maharashtra, the worst-affected state in the country, has reported 17,794 cases and 416 deaths. Andhra Pradesh has recorded 7,073 new cases and 48 deaths. Tamil Nadu and Karnataka recorded 5,679 and 8,655 new cases, respectively. Tamil Nadu has recorded 72 deaths and Karnataka 86. Uttar Pradesh, the fifth most affected state, has recorded 4,256 cases and 84 deaths.
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On Friday, the Election Commission announced polling dates for the Bihar Assembly election – the first large-scale voting exercise to be held (anywhere in the world) amid the Covid pandemic. The polling station announced several measures to protect voters from infection while ensuring that those who have been infected and are on treatment can vote safely.
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The coronavirus lockdown has resulted in a 2% increase in malnutrition among children in Palghar district, Maharashtra. According to the state’s Department of Women’s and Children’s Development, cases of severe and moderate acute malnutrition rose from 2,399 in April to 2,459 in June in Palghar district, an increase of 2.5 percent.
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Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who was admitted to a public hospital on Wednesday after testing positive for COVID-19, underwent plasma therapy at a private hospital in the nation’s capital on Friday to help him to fight against the infectious virus.
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On Wednesday, US scientists published a study of more than 5,000 genetic sequences of the novel coronavirus, which reveals the continued accumulation of mutations in the virus; one of these mutations may have made it more contagious. The study, which has not yet been peer reviewed, however, did not conclude that these mutations made the virus more deadly.
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The UK plans to host clinical trials where volunteers are deliberately infected with the coronavirus to test the efficacy of candidate vaccines, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people involved in the project. The so-called “provocation trials” are scheduled to begin in January at a quarantine facility in London, with around 2,000 participants registered so far.
