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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Sep 15, 2020, 18:21:36 IST
Coronavirus live updates: 14-29 lakh Covid cases, 37-78k deaths prevented by lockdown, govt says
The Covid-19 death toll in India reached 80,776 on Tuesday, with total number of cases going over 49 lakh. Stay with TOI for latest updates. Covid fatality and recovery rates stand at 1.67% & 77.65% respectively.
Delhi assembly's main hall sanitised after 2 MLAs test Covid positive, reports PTI.
"The assembly hall has been sanitised thoroughly. All the members and officers who came into contact with MLAs Vishesh Ravi and Parmila Tokas have been advised to take adequate precautionary measures," a senior official of the Delhi assembly secretariat said.
Uttarakhand government asked the Centre to provide 10,000 oxygen cylinders to help the state be ready to deal with any emergency situation, reports PTI.
14-29 lakh COVID-19 cases, 37-78k deaths prevented by lockdown, says government.
Read: China says Covid-19 vaccine could be ready for public by November
Chinese manufacturers have been bullish about development, with companies Sinovac Biotech and Sinopharm even putting their vaccine candidates on display at a trade fair in Beijing this month. And on late Monday, the chief biosafety expert at the Chinese Centre for Disease Control told state broadcaster CCTV that a vaccine would be available to the general public "around November or December."
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Once peer review happens and we get a full publication out, this data will be considered again by National Task Force & joint monitoring group of Health Ministry, then a decision will be taken if we should continue with it.
Balram Bhargava, DG, ICMR on Plasma Therapy (ANI)Problems happen when at a facility-level if you do not have inventory management. Each state needs to ensure proper inventory management so that oxygen can be replenished in time: Union health ministry
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Today's capacity for production of oxygen is slightly more than 6,900 metric tonne. There is no shortage of oxygen.
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It has shown that it does not reduce mortality or prevent progression from moderate to severe disease.
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India has also contributed internationally to randomized trial on 464 patients in 39 hospitals in 25 districts across 14 States & Union Territories.
Dr Balram Bhargava, DG, ICMR on Plasma TherapyICMR DG Dr Balram Bhargava says, "Plasma Therapy is being used for Covid-19. Whether it helps or not is being studied."
Plasma therapy has been used for more than 100 years now in some form or the other for various virus infections: Prof (Dr) Balram Bhargava, DG, ICMR (ANI)
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3 vaccines at clinical trial stage in India. Cadila and Bharat Biotech have completed phase-I trials. Serum Institute has completed phase II-B3 trials, and will start phase-III trial (with 1500 patients at 14 locations) after clearances.
Prof (Dr) Balram Bhargava, DG, ICMR (ANI)Uttar Pradesh records highest single-day spike in Covid deaths with 113 people succumbing to infection in last 24 hours, reports PTI.
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The country's average positivity rate is 8.4%.
Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Union health ministryActive Covid cases are only one-fifth of total cases in country: Health ministry
So far more than 5 crore 80 lakh tests have been conducted: Ministry of Health
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There are 14 states and UTs in India where the total number of active cases are less than 5,000. There are 18 states and UTs where total active cases are between 5,000-50,000.
Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Union health ministry (ANI)The number of active Covid patients are pegged at 9,90,061: Ministry of Health
The total number of patients recovering in the country is 38,59,399. This is the world's highest number of recovered: Ministry of Health
Health ministry briefs the media on Covid-19 situation in the country.
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