India has over 6 lakh coronavirus cases (File)
Coronavirus Live Updates: India's COVID-19 tally touched 6,25,544 with the biggest single-day increase of 20,903 cases, while the death count rose to 18,213, the latest data from the Union Health Ministry shows.
The Drug Controller General of India has approved pharmaceutical firm Zydus Cadila to start Phase I and Phase II human clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine. This is the second vaccine after Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN to get the approval. Drug manufacturers around the world are racing to develop a vaccine against the novel coronavirus; a novel virus is one that has never previously been identified in humans, making the task of creating a vaccine that much harder.
Maharashtra reported over 6,000 cases in the last 24 hours in a record high for the first time since the global coronavirus outbreak. The state, which has been the worst hit by the pandemic, reported 6,330 cases today, taking the total count to over 1.86 lakh.
Here are the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases In India Live Updates:
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Maharashtra reported over 6,000 cases in the last 24 hours in a record high for the first time since the global coronavirus outbreak.
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Read Here Latest Coronavirus News: Over 20,000 New Infections In Last 24 Hours
India's COVID-19 tally touched 6,25,544 with the biggest single-day increase of 20,903 cases, while the death count rose to 18,213, the latest data from the Union Health Ministry shows.
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Delhi Reviews Setting Up Of COVID-19 War Room
Amid rising cases of novel coronavirus in the national capital, top government authorities have reviewed setting up of a COVID-19 war room in Delhi, officials said on Thursday.
The Kejriwal government has been emphasising on ramping up health infrastructure to meet the projected bed requirements for patients, as part of which it has already acquired several hotels, banquet halls and attached them with hospitals and nursing homes.
The Delhi heath department in its bulletin on Thursday said Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Dev has "reviewed setting up of a COVID-19 war room".
The move comes amid rising cases of coronavirus in the national capital.
COVID-19 Claims 16 More Lives In Bengal; 649 Fresh Cases
The COVID-19 death count climbed to 699 in West Bengal after 16 more people succumbed to the disease on Thursday, while 649 fresh cases pushed the state's infection tally to 19,819, a health department bulletin said.
The number of active COVID-19 cases in the state crossed the 6,000-mark to reach 6,083, it added.
Since Wednesday evening, 509 people have recovered from the disease in the state, the bulletin said.
According to the bulletin, 15 of the dead coronavirus patients suffered from other ailments too.
Eight people died in Kolkata; three in North 24 Parganas; two each in Howrah and Hooghly; and one in South 24 Parganas, the bulletin said.
Kolkata saw the highest single-day spike with 218 fresh cases while 162 infections surfaced in North 24 Parganas; 58 in South 24 Parganas; and 56 in Howrah, the bulletin said.
