Coronavirus live updates: 78% of new recovered cases are in 10 states and UTs, says ministry of health

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be sharing a message for citizens at 6 PM today.

Kalaburagi: Veteran farmer and Communist leader Maruti Manpade passed away in Solapur on Tuesday morning. He was admitted to the hospital last week when he was tested positive for Covid-19.

The total recovered cases have crossed 67 lakhs (67,33,328). The difference between active cases and recovered cases is consistently increasing and stands at 59,84,790 today. 69,720 patients have recovered and discharged in the last 24 hours: Ministry of Health

Odisha reports 1,904 new Covid-19 infections, pushing the total tally to 2,72,250 out of which 21,454 are active patients. The state has recorded 1,168 deaths and 2,49,575 recoveries so far.

Moderna CEO expects Covid-19 vaccine interim results in November

Moderna Inc Chief Executive Officer Stéphane Bancel expects interim results from its Covid-19 vaccine trial in November and that the U.S government could give an emergency use nod in December, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

Pfizer, BioNTech start combined trials of Covid-19 vaccine candidate in Japan

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE announced on Tuesday the start in Japan of combined Phase I and Phase II clinical trials of their mRNA vaccine candidate against the coronavirus. The study will recruit 160 people aged 20 to 85, the companies said in a statement. They had earlier agreed to supply Japan with 120 million doses of their experimental coronavirus vaccine in the first half of 2021.

Active Covid-19 cases in country stand at 7,48,538, while 67,33,328 people have recovered from the disease: Union health ministry

India reports 46,791 new Covid-19 cases & 587 deaths in last 24 hours

• Total cases - 75,97,064
• Active cases - 7,48,538 (dip by 23,517 since y'day)
• Cured/discharged/migrated - 67,33,329 (rise by 69,721 since y'day)
• Deaths - 1,15,197 (rise by 587 since y'day)

UNICEF to stockpile half a billion syringes by year-end to prepare for Covid-19 vaccinations

The UNICEF said it will stockpile 520 million syringes in its warehouses, as part of a larger plan of one billion hypodermic needles by 2021, to guarantee initial supply and help ensure that syringes are available in countries before the Covid-19 vaccines arrives.

Telangana recorded 1,486 Covid-19 cases, 1,891 recoveries and 7 deaths yesterday, taking total cases to 2,24,545 including 2,02,577 recoveries, 1,282 deaths and 20,686 active cases: State health department

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran fears 2nd Covid-19 wave in coming months

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed fears over a second Covid-19 wave in the country in the coming months due to a resurgence of new cases in some parts of the country. "I fear there might be another spike of coronavirus in cities where the rate of pollution increases in October and November," Dawn news quoted the premier as saying on Monday at an event.

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Global Covid-19 cases top 40.3mn: Johns Hopkins

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has increased to 40.3 million, while the deaths have soared to 1,117,430, according to the Johns Hopkins University.As of Tuesday morning, the total number of cases stood at 40,333,146, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 8,210,849 and 220,095, respectively, according to the CSSE.