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Coronavirus India News LIVE Updates: 832 new COVID-19 cases in Pune district, tally crosses 3.17 lakh
Coronavirus India News LIVE Updates: Total confirmed cases have risen above 77 lakh. India’s COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 89.2 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 77,06,946 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 1,16,616 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 89.2 percent. 'Unlock 5.0' is underway. Globally, there have been over 4.15 crore confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than 11.35 lakh people have died so far.
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Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates | 832 new COVID-19 cases in Pune district
Pune district reported 832 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the caseload to 3,17,608 yesterday, a health official said. With 41 fresh fatalities, the death toll in the district reached 7,600 he added. Also, 818 patients were discharged from hospitals in the district in the last 24 hours, the official said. "Of the 832 cases, 369 were detected in the Pune Municipal Corporation limits, which has recorded 1,58,756 cases so far. "With 182 new cases, the tally in the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation area rose to 86,296," he said. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Assam LIVE Updates | Assam reports 508 new COVID-19 cases
Assam's COVID-19 death toll went up to 896 after seven more people succumbed to the disease yesterday, while 508 new cases pushed the tally to 2,03,282, Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. "Very sad and anguished to inform that seven more COVID positive patients have succumbed to the disease....My condolences to all the families. We stand by you in this hour of grief," Sarma said on Twitter.
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. Published in the BMJ British Medical Journal on Friday, the results show that convalescent plasma, which delivers antibodies from COVID-19 survivors to infected people, failed to reduce death rates or halt progression to severe disease.
The findings, from a study of more than 400 hospitalised COVID-19 patients, are a setback for a treatment that U.S. President Donald Trump touted in August as an "historic breakthrough". The United States and India have authorised convalescent plasma for emergency use. Other countries, including Britain, are collecting donated plasma so that it could be widely rolled out if shown to be effective. (Reuters)
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | COVID-19 to push 150-175 million more people into extreme poverty: UN expert
Between 150 million and 175 million more people will fall into extreme poverty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an expert said at the United Nations. Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Olivier De Schutter said that between 150 million and 175 million more people will fall into extreme poverty, due to the epic fallout from COVID-19. Schutter told the UN General Assembly Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) Wednesday as delegates raised concerns about the plight of the world's most vulnerable in a series of interactive dialogues. (PTI)
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | As the first step towards timely identification, prompt isolation and effective treatment, higher testing also results in eventually lower COVID-19 positivity rate.: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | India's cumulative COVID-19 positivity Rate is 7.81% and the daily figure is 3.8%. Several States and Union Territories are exhibiting positivity rate higher than the national average indicating a need for aggressive and widespread testing: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE Updates | 3,882 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi take tally to over 3.44 lakh
Delhi recorded 35 COVID-19 fatalities yesterday, taking the death toll due to the disease to 6,163, while 3,882 fresh cases took the infection tally to over 3.44 lakh, authorities said.These fresh cases resulted from the 58,770 tests conducted the previous day.
Meanwhile, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday alleged that the Centre was "doing politics" over the issue of plasma therapy, and said it should rather do more research on it to help people. (PTI)
Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates | FDA approves first COVID-19 drug
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug to treat COVID-19: Remdesivir, an antiviral medicine given through an IV for patients needing hospitalization. The drug, which California-based Gilead Sciences Inc. is calling Veklury, cut the time to recovery by five days from 15 days to 10 on average in a large study led by the US National Institutes of Health. (AP)
Hello and welcome to Moneycontrol’s LIVE coverage of the novel coronavirus pandemic and its socio-economic impact.
The COVID-19 outbreak has spread across 189 countries and territories. Today is the 214th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown. ‘Unlock 5.0’ is underway. Yet, many states have extended the lockdown period.
Stay tuned to this LIVE blog for the latest updates through the day.