COVID-19 India Updates: India is the third worst-hit country by the virus after the US and Brazil
India raced towards the second spot in the list of nations hit worst by the coronavirus pandemic, crossing the 1.5 million mark this evening. The total figure in the country currently stands at 15,24,168. Brazil is currently in the second spot with 2.4 million cases, preceded by the US, which has 4.2 million cases. Overall, 16.5 million people contracted the disease around the world, with 654,860 fatalities.
Meanwhile, a medical survey of nearly 7,000 people in Mumbai has found that one in six or about 16 per cent of residents in the city had contracted the coronavirus. In slum areas, where lakhs of people live in cramped spaces usually sharing toilets, the number was a whopping 57 per cent. Mumbai recorded 717 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, its lowest one-day rise in more than two months, taking the tally to 1,10,846, while 55 more patients died taking the total to 6,184, authorities said.
The United States on Tuesday registered 1,592 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, the highest number of daily fatalities in 2.5 months, Johns Hopkins University reported in its real-time tally. The country also recorded more than 60,000 new coronavirus cases in one day, news agency AFP reported.
India is the third worst-hit country by the virus after the US and Brazil.
Here are the Updates on Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases:
Drop In 3 States Keeps India's Daily Coronavirus Tally Below 50,000
Three of the hardest hit states in India reported significantly fewer coronavirus cases on Monday in a brief moment of relief that helped the country pare down a daily tally creeping towards 50,000 over the last week.
Read Here 4 Crore Masks, 20 Lakh Medical Goggles: "Restriction-Free" Export Allowed
The government on Wednesday said it has allowed the export of four crore surgical masks and 20 lakh medical goggles every month, weeks after giving a nod to the monthly export of 50 lakh units of PPE (personal protection equipment) medical coveralls, reports ANI.
11 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Mizoram in last 24 hours. The total number of coronavirus positive cases is 395 including 198 cured/discharged cases and 197 active cases: Department of Information and Public Relations, State Government.
Coronavirus Cases Shrinking In Delhi, Court Questions Testing Methods
The Arvind Kejriwal government was pulled up by the Delhi High Court today for making Rapid Antigen Test the primary test for coronavirus despite its high rate of false negative results. The court's tough questions brought Delhi's suddenly reducing number of positives under scrutiny. From several thousands daily a few weeks ago, the number of positives in Delhi has dropped below 1,000 -- a situation the Delhi government has flagged as a turnaround.
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Coronavirus news: Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine worked well in monkeysUS biotech firm Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine induced a robust immune response and prevented the coronavirus from replicating in the noses and lungs of monkeys, a study in the New England Journal of Medicine said Tuesday.
The fact that the vaccine prevented the virus from replicating in the nose is seen as particularly crucial in preventing it from being transmitted onward to others.
The same outcome did not occur when the University of Oxford's vaccine was tested on monkeys, though that vaccine did prevent the virus from entering the animals' lungs and making them very sick.
In the Moderna animal study, three groups of eight rhesus macaques received either a placebo or the vaccine at two different dose levels -- 10 micrograms and 100 micrograms.
All vaccinated macaques produced high levels of neutralizing antibodies that attack a part of the SARS-CoV-2 virus used to invade cells, AFP reported.
Coronavirus news: With 1,592 new deaths, US daily virus count at highest in 2.5 months
The United States Tuesday recorded 1,592 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, the highest number of daily fatalities in 2.5 months, Johns Hopkins University reported in its real-time tally.
The country also notched more than 60,000 new coronavirus cases in one day, the Baltimore-based university showed at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Wednesday).
Coronavirus news: Four US states see record COVID-19 deaths, Latinos hit hard in California
Four US states in the South and West reported one-day records for coronavirus deaths on Tuesday and cases in Texas passed the 400,000 mark as California health officials said Latinos made up more than half of its cases.
Arkansas, Florida, Montana and Oregon each reported record spikes in fatalities. California had recorded 133 deaths by mid-afternoon, shy of its one-day peak of 159 with hours to go.
California health officials said Latinos, who make up just over a third of the most populous US state, account for 56% of COVID-19 infections and 46% of deaths. Cases are soaring in the Central Valley agricultural region, with its heavily Latino population, overwhelming hospitals.
Florida saw 191 coronavirus deaths in the prior 24 hours, its highest single-day rise yet, Reuters reported.
Coronavirus news: Assam reports 1,371 new COVID-19 cases; two more deaths
Assam recorded 1,371 more COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the total to 34,947 as two more people died due to the disease in the state, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
The state now has 8,238 active case of the infection, he tweeted.
