Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates: On Saturday evening in the ‘Seva Hi Sangathan’ meet, BJP state units presented a report card to Modi regarding the public service works and outreach undertaken during the nationwide lockdown period.
An Ahmedabad headquartered pharma firm expects to complete the first two phases of human clinical trials for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, ‘ZyCov-D’, in the next three months, according to the chairman of the firm.
A team of WHO (World Health Organisation) will visit China next week to investigate the origins of COVID-19 and its contraction in human beings. Earlier, China delayed giving information regarding the coronavirus.
COVID-19 cases in India, on Saturday, reached to 6,48,315. In the last 24 hours, a huge spike of 22,771 new coronavirus cases were reported. The global pandemic has taken lives of 18,655 patients this morning in India, as per the Union Health Ministry. With the improvement in the recovery rate which is 60.80 percent now, the total number of coronavirus recoveries stands at 3,94,227. There are 2,35,433 active cases of coronavirus in the nation at present.
Maharashtra reported another single-day highest jump in coronavirus cases on Friday with 6,364 new patients being reported positive, which took the case count in the state to 1,92,990. The state continues to remain the worst-hit state with over 1,92,990 COVID-19 cases. According to a health department statement, the death toll rose to 8,376 after 198 new deaths reported on Friday.
Meanwhile, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, announced that 11,300 ‘Make In India’ ventilators have been dispatched and 6,154 have been delivered to hospitals. Ministry of Health is also supplying 1.02 lakh oxygen cylinders across India and 72,293 cylinders have been delivered.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has announced its plan to launch the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine, the indigenously developed ‘Covaxin’ in partnership with Bharat Biotech International Limited. by 15 August. Experts, however, said such a timeline may not be possible.
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According to the health department, Tamil Nadu reported 4,280 fresh Covid-19 cases and 65 deaths today, taking total cases to 1,07,001 and death toll to 1,450. Number of active cases stands at 44,956.
On Saturday evening in the 'Seva Hi Sangathan' meet, BJP state units presented a report card to Modi regarding the public service works and outreach undertaken during the nationwide lockdown period.
An Ahmedabad headquartered pharma firm expects to complete the first two phases of human clinical trials for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, ‘ZyCov-D’, in the next three months, according to the chairman of the firm.
Mufti Mukarram Ahmed, the Fatehpuri mosque Shahi Imam urged visitors to take precautionary measures such as wearing masks and using disinfectants and emphasised to not forget the widespread of coronavirus.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins to addressing BJP workers at 'Seva he Sanghatan'.
Shankar Kurade, who hails from Pimpri-Chinchwad of Pune district, got himself a gold face mask worth Rs 2.89 lakh. The gold mask of Shankar went viral on the internet. While many netizens made fun that money can’t buy common sense, some were awestruck by his unique mask.
A Karnataka Congress MLA, on Saturday, lashed out at the BS Yediyurappa government over the "pathetic" condition of hospitals and healthcare infrastructure in the state, after reportedly spending over five hours in search of a hospital bed for a critical COVID-19 patient.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that India should also focus on data management originating from the pandemic, reports ANI.
As per the health department, Andhra Pradesh recorded 765 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking total number of cases to 17,699 out of which 9,473 cases are active and 8,008 have been recovered. The death toll stands at 218.
As per the information given by Surendra Kumar Jha, SSP Ranchi, six police personnel have been tested positive for coronavirus in the state.
A team of WHO (World Health Organisation) will visit China next week to investigate the origins of COVID-19 and its contraction in human beings. Earlier, China delayed giving information regarding the coronavirus.
The Bombay High Court on Thursday accepted assurances made by the state government and directed it to conduct random tests in jails across Maharashtra.
The girlfriend of President Donald Trump's oldest son, Kimberly Guilfoyle has been tested positive for the novel coronavirus. According to Sergio Gor, chief of staff to the Trump campaign's finance committee, Guilfoyle was immediately isolated after the positive result to limit exposure.
Over 38 people in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar have been tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. Out of 38 people, 21 are doctors. With this, the number of doctors affected by coronavirus infection has increased to 31 in the last three days. Meanwhile, the district administration has banned recruitment and OPD service in ten hospitals and clinics in the city.
With 197 new coronavirus positive cases in Bihar, the total tally of the infection reached 11,111. Till now 8,211 patients have been recovered in the state.The number of active cases stands at 2,614.
Uttar Pradesh Rural Development Minister Rajendra Pratap Singh's wife has been tested positive for coronavirus infection. She is admitted to Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow.
Former Opposition leader and PCMC (Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation) corporator Datta Sane succumbed to coronavirus early this morning.
At Santander mine in Peru, a total of 82 workers have tested positive for COVID-19, Copper miner Trevali Mining said on Friday.
Tamil Nadu has recorded 1,02,721 total cases of coronavirus and the death tally in the state has reached to 1,385. Out of the total cases in the state, 42,958 are active and 58,378 have been recovered.