India’s Covid-19 caseload zoomed past the 9 lakh mark, with 28,498 new cases and 553 deaths, reported in the last 24 hours in the country. While the recovery rate among Covid-19 patients has increased to 63.02%.
As many as 13,299,858 people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 around the world so far. While more than 7,764,669 have recovered, 577,068 have died, according to Worldometer.
Country-wise, the United States remains the most affected. It has recorded over 65,000 cases in a day and now has 3,479,483 coronavirus cases and 138,247 deaths. Brazil has 1,887,959 cases, and 72,921 deaths, while India is the third-worst-hit with 907,645 cases and 23,727 deaths.
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The ICMR on Wednesday confirmed that more than 3.2 lakh samples were tested for COVID-19, the highest so far on a day, taking the cumulative number of tests conducted in the country till July 14 to 1,24,12,664.
Bangladesh has witnessed 3,533 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the tally to 193,590, health officials said on Wednesday. The body count surged to 2,457 with 33 new fatalities reported in the 24 hours till 8 a.m. (local time) till Wednesday
Governor of Madhya Pradesh Lal Ji Tandon (in file pic) is still on ventilator and is undergoing dialysis: Dr Rakesh Kapoor, Medical Director, Medanta Lucknow, reports ANI.
Hetero Healthcare Ltd is supplying 60,000 vials of Covifor, generic version of Remdesivir injection in the country from July 13 to 20, the company website said.Covifor is the first generic brand of Remdesivir, which is meant for treatment of COVID-19 patients that are adults and children, hospitalised with severe symptoms of the disease.
The first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the US revved up people's immune systems just the way scientists had hoped, researchers reported yesterday -- as the shots are poised to begin key final testing.
Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in India have risen to 9,36,181, according to the latest update from the Union Health Ministry. This number includes cases involving foreign nationals, patients who have recovered and the death toll.
The West Bengal government yesterday extended till July 19 the total lockdown in containment zones to stem the spike in COVID-19 cases. The lockdown which began on July 9 was initially imposed for seven days.
Indian Council of Medical Research Chief Balram Bhargava said human trials of vaccine had begun in different sites, and each of which will do clinical testing of vaccine on 1,000 volunteers. “Sixty per cent of vaccines supplied in the world are of Indian origin...Any vaccine produced in any part of the world will have to be scaled up by India or China...We are putting all our efforts to fast track the vaccine,” he said.
Mizoram reports 5 new Covid-19 positive cases; the total number of cases in the state stands at 238 including 79 active cases and 159 cured/discharged: State Chief Minister, Zoramthanga
There will be a 16-day complete lockdown starting July 16 in Bihar due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, with the total number crossing 18,000. Lockdown 6.0 will cover all urban areas and rural block headquarters. There will be relaxations for agricultural activities.