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Coronavirus India News LIVE Updates: Odisha's COVID-19 tally rises to 2,77,887; toll mounts to 1,214
Coronavirus India News LIVE Updates: Total confirmed cases have risen above 77 lakh. India’s COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 89.5 percent.
Coronavirus India News LIVE Updates: Today is the 214th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown, to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, India has recorded 77,61,312 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 1,17,306 deaths. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have reported the highest number of cases. However, infections are rising rapidly in states like Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Yet, India’s recovery rate continues to rise and now stands at 89.5 percent. 'Unlock 5.0' is underway. Globally, there have been over 4.16 crore confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than 11.36 lakh people have died so far.
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1,793 new COVID-19 cases in Odisha
Confirmed COVID-19 cases in India rise to 77,61,312
69,48,497 COVID-19 patients cured, discharged so far
6,95,509 reported active cases in India
COVID-19 surges across the US
Blood of recovered COVID-19 patients shows little benefit as treatment
FDA approves first COVID-19 drug
Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE Updates | Colleges to reopen from November 17: Deputy CM
Karnataka will reopen colleges from November 17, after having kept them shut since March, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The development was confirmed by the state’s Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Higher Education CN Ashwath Narayan after his meeting with the Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa.
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Coronavirus in Belgium LIVE Updates | Belgium, one of Europe's hardest-hit countries by the coronavirus, further tightened restrictions on social contacts today, banning fans from sports matches, limiting the number of people in cultural spaces and closing theme parks.
Belgium, which has already closed cafes, bars and restaurants and imposed a night curfew, has Europe's second-highest infection rate per capita after the Czech Republic. New infections hit a peak of 10,500 yesterday. But the country has so far resisted calls from medical experts for a second lockdown, following the period of confinement in March, to prevent more economic pain. (Reuters)
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The British government’s handling of the pandemic has been in turns hesitant, halting, confused and contradictory — over time, that has generated confusion, distrust and signs of growing resistance.…
Coronavirus in Odisha LIVE Updates | 1,793 new COVID-19 cases in Odisha
Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 2,77,887 today with 1,793 people testing positive for the infection, while 18 more fatalities pushed the toll to 1,214, a health department official told news agency PTI. Of the 1,793 new cases, 1,031 were reported from various quarantine centres, and the rest detected during contact tracing, the official said.
Coronavirus in France LIVE Updates | The COVID-19 disease is spreading more quickly than during its initial outbreak in the spring, French government scientific advisor Arnaud Fontanet said today. "The virus is circulating more quickly ...The resurgence of the pandemic started in August", Fontanet, an epidemiologist, told BMF TV, adding the fight against the disease would be a "marathon". (Reuters)
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Using blood of recovered COVID-19 patients - or so-called convalescent plasma - as a potential treatment is of little benefit in helping hospitalised patients fight off the infection, according to results of a clinical trial in India.
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Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | The COVID-19 active caseload of the country has fallen below 7 lakh for the first time after two months (63 days). The total positive cases of the country today are 6,95,509: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Coronavirus in Puducherry LIVE Updates | Puducherry registered 158 fresh coronavirus cases taking the overall tally in the union territory to 33,986, a top Health department official said today. The new cases in the last 24 hours were identified at the end of the examination of 3,784 samples, Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar said in a release. The overall tally of infections rose to 33,986 (after transfer of four cases to Tamil Nadu). (PTI)
Coronavirus in Arunachal Pradesh LIVE Updates | At least 165 people, including three Army men, tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, pushing the caseload in the state to 14,077, a senior official said today. Barring 29, all new patients are asymptomatic and have been shifted to COVID care centres, he said.
A 59-year-old man succumbed to the infection yesterday, taking the total number of fatalities to 32, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said. (PTI)
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | As COVID-19 infections rise, people seeking to avoid one lung disease compounding another are queuing up to get inoculated against bacterial pneumonia, causing shortages of a Merck & Co vaccine in parts of Europe. Demand for Merck's Pneumovax 23, which is used to prevent pneumococcal lung infections, has hit record highs across the world, the company said. (Reuters)