Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Sero Survey Results for Delhi Show 23% Residents Infected, Most Cases are Asymptomatic

Coronavirus LIVE updates: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd today issued a statement after DCGI sent a notice to the firm on overpricing and false claims of its Covid-19 drug FabiFlu. The pharma company said that it was dismayed that despite being the only company to conduct a “robust 150-patient randomized control trial” it was at the receiving end of such “careless, unsubstantiated allegations..." Meanwhile, Brazil is set to commence advanced clinical testing of a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine. The first doses will be administered to close to 900 volunteers on Tuesday, officials said. This development comes a day after preliminary data on Oxford University’s Phase-1 and Phase-2 trials on their coronavirus vaccine revealed that it induced a strong antibody and T cell immune response among participants without any major adverse reaction.

HERE ARE LIVE UPDATES ON CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC:

◕ ‘Unsubstantiated Allegations’: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals after DCGI Notice | Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd on Tuesday issued a statement after India's drug regulator sent a notice to the firm on overpricing and false claims of its Covid-19 drug FabiFlu. The pharma company said that it was dismayed that despite being the only company to conduct a “robust 150-patient randomized control trial” it was at the receiving end of such “careless, unsubstantiated allegations that are devoid of merits whatsoever…”

◕ India's Covid-19 Tally Climbs to 11,55,19 | India reported 37,148 novel coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking its tally to 11,55,191, while the total number of recoveries rose to 7,24,577, according to Union health ministry data on Tuesday. The fatalities due to the disease climbed to 28,084 with 587 deaths reported in a day, the data updated at 8 am showed. There are 4,02,529 active cases of the coronavirus infection currently in the country, while 7,24,577 people have recovered till now, news agency PTI reported. Thus, 62.72 per cent people have recovered so far, it said. The total number of confirmed cases includes foreigners.

◕ Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi criticised the Centre today over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. In a tweet in Hindi, Gandhi questioned the BJP's priorities and alleged that amid the crisis, the party was trying to topple the governments in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

"Achievements of the Government during the Corona period: February - Hello Trump, the MP government toppled in March, April - asked to burn candles, May - Sixth anniversary of the government, June - Virtual rally in Bihar, July - Tries to topple Rajasthan government. That is why the country is 'self-sufficient' in the Battle of Corona," Gandhi wrote on the micro-blogging site.

◕ Delhi’s Health Minister Satyendra Jain said that with 954 new cases, the total number of coronavirus cases in Delhi rises to 1,23,747 and 1,04,918 have recovered so far. He added that Delhi’s recovery rate is 84%.

◕ 11 BSF Jawans, 1 Army Personnel Test Positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram | At least 13 more people, including 11 BSF jawans, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, taking the infections tally in the state to 297, a senior official told PTI on Tuesday. One of the 13 patients is an Army personnel, who recently returned to the state from Kashmir, he said.

◕ Brazil will start advanced clinical testing of a Chinese-made vaccine against Covid-19 today. The Covid-19 vaccine, developed by private Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac, is the third in the world to progress to Phase 3 trials, or large-scale testing on humans — the final stage before regulatory approval. It will be given to doctors and other health workers who volunteer for the program across six states in the country. "Trials of CoronaVac, one of the vaccines that has advanced furthest in testing in the world, will begin at the Clinical Hospital of Sao Paulo," the state's governor, Joao Doria, was quoted as saying by news agency AFP.

◕ The United States on Monday reported over 60,000 new cases of coronavirus cases for the seventh consecutive day, Johns Hopkins University reported in its real-time tally. With another 488 deaths and 61,288 cases registered in 24 hours, the country has a total of 140,922 deaths and 3.82 million cases, the Baltimore-based university was quoted as saying by AFP.

◕ China recorded 11 new cases of novel coronavirus in the mainland on Monday, down from 22 cases from a day earlier, the health commission said on Tuesday. Out of the fresh cases, eight were in the far western region of Xinjiang, according to a statement by the National Health Commission. The remaining three were imported cases, Reuters said.

◕ US President Donald Trump on Monday tweeted a picture of himself in a black mask with the presidential seal. "Many people say that it is Patriotic to wear a face mask when you can't socially distance," Trump wrote. "There is nobody more Patriotic than me, your favorite President”

Trump also said that he would recommence televised briefings on coronavirus after polls showed him performing poorly in the upcoming elections.

◕ South Africa's COVID-19 Death Toll Crosses 5K-mark | Health Minister Zweli Mkhize urged citizens to help the government in the fight against the novel coronavirus as death toll in the country surged past 5,000.

There are now 3,64,328 confirmed coronavirus infections, 1,91,059 recoveries and 5,033 deaths in the country.