India on Saturday went past Spain, becoming the fifth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to data compiled by John Hopkins University, the total number of confirmed cases in India stands at 243,733 as opposed to Spain’s figures of 240,978.
India surpassed Italy after it registered a record single-day spike of 9,887 cases which pushed the nationwide tally to 2,36,657.. India has registered over 9,000 cases for the third day in a row.
The number of states with four-digit or bigger tallies has doubled since May 1 when the centre allowed the movement of migrant workers in special trains from big urban clusters to their villages. Some of these states have seen their tallies rising more than 10-fold.
In its latest update on Friday morning, the Health Ministry said the number of confirmed cases has risen to 2,26,770 and the number of deaths has grown to 6,348. Figures from America’s Johns Hopkins University around midnight showed India at 2,35,769 and Italy at 2,34,531. With 6,641 deaths, India is now ranked the 12th worst-hit country.
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Fifty five more people were tested positive with coronavirus in Tripura on Saturday. Most of these new patients had recent travel history or were in touch with COVID-19 patients.
1,458 new cases take the active count to 13,503. Total confirmed cases in the state surged to 30,152. Around 5.76 lakh samples have been tested so far. Record 19 deaths in a day took the death count to 251.
A five-member panel constituted by the Delhi government has suggested that the health infrastructure of the city should be used only for treating residents of the national capital, in view of the raging COVID-19 crisis, sources said on Saturday. The suggestion comes in the backdrop of Delhi recording over 1,000 coronavirus cases daily for the past few days and the AAP government fending itself against allegations of lack of hospital beds and other facilities. The panel, headed by Indraprastha University vice-chancellor Dr Mahesh Verma,?has submitted its report to the government in which it has said that if Delhi health infrastructure is open for non-residents, all beds will be occupied within just three days, according to the the sources. An official said that the government will soon take a decision on the report of the panel, constituted earlier this week.
Congress took a dig at the AAP government in Delhi and asked what the UT has done to protect the citizens of Delhi and to equipe the capital's hospital.
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Ten central government buildings in the national capital have been sealed in the past 74 days as many employees and senior officials of different ministries tested coronavirus positive during the 67 days of lockdown and six days of ‘Unlock 1.0’.
Indonesia reports 993 new coronavirus infections, bringing total to 30,514
Odisha teams engaged in Amphan restoration work in West Bengal sent to 14-day mandatory quarantine on return, reports ANI
Places of worship shall remain open only between 5 am and 8 pm. Maximum number of persons at the time of worship shall not exceed 20: Punjab govt
We launched a mobile App to stop the black marketing of beds: Delhi CM Kejriwal
Some hospitals are denying admission to Covid-19 patients. I am warning those who think they will be able to do black-marketing of beds using the influence of their protectors from other parties, you will not be spared: CM Kejriwal
Delhi govt will deploy medical professionals at each private hospital to keep tab on available beds for Covid patients: CM Kejriwal
Any mild or asymptomatic patient has to be discharged by the hospital within 24 hours of admission: Delhi health department
"Some senior officers engaged in COVID duty have been spared to attend to their original administrative responsibilities. They performed very well under trying circumstances. We thank them for their dedication," Chief Secretary A K Tripathy wrote on his official twitter handle.
According to China's National Health Commission (NHC), three imported cases were reported in Guangdong Province on Friday, while two asymptomatic cases were registered. Also, two new asymptomatic cases were reported on the mainland. As of now 257 asymptomatic cases, including 177 in the first epicentre in Wuhan were still under medical observation, it said.
2 Maharashtra cops succumb to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, Total death toll at 33
173 more Covid-19 cases reported in Odisha. Total number of cases in the state is now at 2,781: State health dept
Enforcement Directorate headquarters sealed after 5 positive cases were reported at the Lok Nayak Bhawan in Khan Market, Delhi, reports ANI.
Coronavirus pandemic has killed 922 people in the US in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll in the country to 1,09,042, reports AFP quoting the Johns Hopkins tracker.
Commenting on the Covid-19 tests in the US, Trump said: “We will be well over 20 million tests. Remember this, when you test more, you have more cases. “I say to my people every time we test; you find cases because we do more testing. If we have more cases, if we wanted to do testing in China or in India or other places, I promise you there would be more cases… you are doing a fantastic job in getting out the swabs," he added.
Total number of cases in the country now at 2,36,657. These include 1,15,942 active cases, 1,14,073 cured/discharged/migrated and 6,642 deaths.
India reports 9,887 new Covid-19 cases & 294 deaths in the last 24 hours
All of the cases were imported, involving travellers arriving from abroad, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on its website. The NHC also confirmed two new asymptomatic cases, or people who are infected with the virus but do not show symptoms, compared with three the day before
Bookings for select destinations in USA, Canada, UK & Europe etc under Phase3 of #MissionVandeBharat opened at 5pm today. Around 60 million hits received till 7pm on our website & 1700 seats sold through website alone in 2 hrs. Bookings continue & tickets are being issued," the national carrier said in a tweet on Friday.
Another 357 COVID-19 patients have died in Britain as of Thursday afternoon, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 40,261, the British Department of Health and Social Care said on Friday.
The drug regulator has allowed Mumbai-based Sun Pharmaceutical to conduct clinical trials to see if plant-based drug AQCH can treat Covid-19 patients. The results of the trial are expected by October, reports Sushmi Dey. AQCH, which is being developed for dengue, has shown broad antiviral effect in in-vitro studies, prompting Sun Pharma to start Phase II clinical trials, which will be conducted across 12 centres in 210 patients. The treatment duration will be 10 days, the company said.
Three of the authors of an article that found hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) increased the risk of death in Covid-19 patients have retracted the study on concerns about the quality of the data in the study. They said that Surgisphere, the company that provided the data, would not transfer the full dataset for an independent review and they “can no longer vouch for the veracity of the primary data sources”.
Brazil reported an additional 1,005 novel coronavirus deaths and 30,830 new cases over the last 24 hours, data released by the health ministry showed on Friday night. The Latin American nation has now registered 35,026 total coronavirus deaths and 645,771 confirmed cases.