Coronavirus Cases in India: Around 70,16,046 people have so far recuperated from the disease. (File)
With 50,129 new COVID-19 cases, India's total coronavirus cases surged to 78,64,811 on Sunday, as per the Union Health Ministry. With 578 new deaths, the death count mounts to 1,18,534. The total number of active cases stands at 6,68,154 after a decrease of 12,526 in last 24 hours while total cured cases are 70,78,123 with 62,077 new discharges in last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry.
With 1,40,702 total active cases, Maharashtra continues to be the worst affected state by COVID-19 in the country. While 14,55,107 patients have recovered from the disease in the state, 43,152 have died so far
Among other severely affected states, Karnataka has 86,768 active cases, while 7,00,737 people have recovered and 10,873 have succumbed to the coronavirus.
Here are the Updates on Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases:
Coronavirus: Telangana reports 978 fresh COVID-19 cases
Telangana reported 978 new COVID-19 cases, taking the overall tally to 2,31,252, while four more deaths pushed the toll to 1,307, the state government said on Sunday.
COVID-19: Odisha reports 1,663 new COVID-19 cases
Odisha reported 1,633 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking the state's tally to 2,81,215, a Health Department official said. Sixteen more people died in the state.
Coronavirus: Puducherry reports 83 new COVID-19 cases
Puducherry has recorded 83 new COVID-19 cases, taking the infection tally in the Union Territory to 34,193, Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao said on Sunday. The number of deaths in the UT rose to 588 with two more people succumbing to the infection in the last 24 hours, he told reporters in a video conference.
Coronavirus: 15 school students among 58 new COVID-19 patients in Mizoram
Fifty-eight more people, including 15 students of two private schools in Aizawl, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, taking the northeastern state's caseload to 2,447 on Sunday, a health official said.
India has recorded another landmark achievement. The national Recovery Rate has touched 90% today. 62,077 have recovered and discharged in the last 24 hours whereas the new confirmed cases stand at 50,129: Ministry of Health.
The total recovered cases also continue to rise. They are 70,78,123 so far. With the increasing number of recoveries, this gap is continuously widening. The gap between Recovered Cases and Active Cases has crossed 64 lakhs (64,09,969): Ministry of Health
Less than 1000 deaths have been continuously reported since the last one week. The deaths are below the 1100 mark since 2nd October: Ministry of Health.
Coronavirus news: Jharkhand reports 383 new COVID-19 cases
Jharkhand's COVID-19 caseload rose to 99,428 on Sunday as 383 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said. Two fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death count to 864, he said.
Covid news: Mizoram to shut schools due to rising coronavirus number
The Mizoram government has decided to shut all schools that were reopened for students of classes 10 and 12 due to the rising number of locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and also because some pupils have tested positive for the infection, Education Minister Lalchhandama Ralte said on Sunday.
Covid-19 News: US Vice President Mike Pence's Top Aide Tests Positive For Coronavirus
US Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday, a spokesman said, the latest in a list of figures connected to Donald Trump's administration to do so. Marc Short began quarantine and was assisting in the contract tracing process, Pence spokesman Devin O'Malley said in a statement.
Coronavirus: 18 new cases push COVID-19 tally of Andamans to 4,225
The COVID-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 4,225 on Sunday as 18 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said. All the fresh infections were detected during contact tracing, he said.
Coronavirus News: Telangana recorded 978 COVID-19 cases
Telangana recorded 978 COVID-19 cases, 1,446 recoveries and 4 deaths yesterday, taking total cases to 2,31,252 including 2,10,480 recoveries, 1,307 deaths and 19,465 active cases: State Health Department.
Telangana recorded 978 COVID-19 cases, 1,446 recoveries and 4 deaths yesterday, taking total cases to 2,31,252 including 2,10,480 recoveries, 1,307 deaths and 19,465 active cases: State Health Department.
India Records 50,129 Coronavirus Cases, 578 Deaths In 24 Hours
India has logged 78,64,811 coronavirus cases so far with 50,129 new infections. 578 deaths in the last 24 hours have pushed the total death count to 1,18,534. And 62,077 patients have recovered from the infection in the country in the last 24 hours.
Coronavirus: Brazil reports 432 COVID-19 deaths
Brazil reported another 432 deaths from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 156,903, the government announced on Saturday. According to the Ministry of Health, 26,979 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 5,380,635. The state of Sao Paulo, the most populated in the country, has also been the most affected, with 1,089,255 cases and 38,726 deaths, followed by Rio de Janeiro, with 298,823 cases and 20,171 deaths.
Pandal set up by Bengal Club at Mumbai's Shivaji Park
Despite low budgets and COVID-19 restrictions, Durga Puja is being celebrated in Mumbai with full enthusiasm. In one of the city's Durga pandal, set up by Bengal Club at Shivaji Park, darshan of the diety was live-streamed for devotees and prasad was sent by courier on Saturday.
US sees record Covid-19 numbers for second day straight
The United States saw a record high number of new daily Covid-19 cases for the second day in a row on Saturday, figures from Johns Hopkins University showed, as warnings grew over its spread.
The country reported 88,973 new infections between 8:30 pm Friday and 8:30 pm Saturday, the figures showed, substantially above the previous day's 79,963.
A total of 8,568,625 cases have been reported in the United States with 224,751 deaths, the highest in the world in absolute terms.
Assam: Sanjib Basak, an artist from Dhubri has made an idol of Goddess Durga by using expired medicines.
- ANI (@ANI) October 24, 2020
He says, "This year too, I've tried to make a unique idol. Since everyone is thinking about #COVID19 treatment, I decided to make the idol using medicines." (24.10.2020) pic.twitter.com/zcrZOkdtKm
Bengal Logs Highest One-Day Discharge Of 3,753 Covid Patients
West Bengal on Saturday reported the highest single-day discharge of 3,753 COVID-19 patients, taking the total number of recovered people to 3,02,340, the health department said in a bulletin.
The discharge rate is now 87.49 per cent.
The coronavirus tally in the state rose to 3,45,574 after 4,148 people tested positive for the disease, while 59 fresh fatalities pushed the death count to 6,427, it said.
The number of active cases is now 36,807.
The 4,148 new cases included 896 from North 24 Parganas district, 895 from Kolkata, 229 from South 24 Parganas and 224 from Howrah, the bulletin said.
Of the fresh fatalities, 19 were registered in Kolkata and 14 in Hooghly. The remaining other deaths were reported from various other districts.
The bulletin said that 44 of the 59 deaths were caused because of comorbidities where COVID-19 was incidental.
In the last 24 hours, 44,724 samples were tested for COVID-19 in West Bengal, taking the total number of such tests to 42,55,801, the bulletin added.
Dusshera: Ravan Effigy Makers Unhappy With Drop In Sale Amid COVID-19
Due to adverse economic conditions and restrictions amid COVID, the artist involved in making Ravan effigies in Chhattisgarh witnessed a drop in demand for effigies for the Dusshera festival.
Artisan said they did not get as many orders as they used to receive last year. This year, they have mostly prepared 10 feet tall effigies to sell to the customers.
Speaking to ANI, an artisan said, "All the boys in this area used to gather at one place and made effigies but this year due to COVID-19 nobody came forward to help us. The business has also affected as there is a very low demand for the effigies this year."
"By selling 20-feet effigy, we used to earn around Rs 10,000. This year we have made 10-feet effigies and buyers are not willing to pay more than Rs 4,000 for a piece," he added.
The 10th day of Sharad Navratri is celebrated as Dussehra or Vijay Dashami. It is celebrated with great joy and fervour across India by burning the effigies of Ravan in open fields to symbolise the victory of ''good'' over ''evil''.
This year the festival spirit has been dampened by the COVID-19 which have spread all over the world.
Delhi Records 4,116 COVID-19 Cases, Highest Single-Day Spike In 35 Days
The national capital on Saturday recorded 4,116 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike in 35 days, while the death count from the disease mounted to 6,225, according to a Delhi government bulletin.
This is the second consecutive day when over 4,000 cases were recorded in the city. On Friday, 4,086 cases were recorded.
With the 4,116 fresh infections, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Delhi has climbed to 3,52,520, the bulletin said.
Delhi Doctors Protesting Against No Pay Go On Indefinite Hunger Strike
A section of the more than 2,000 healthcare workers, including doctors from three North Delhi Municipal Corporation-run hospitals - Hindu Rao (a former COVID-19 facility), Rajan Babu TB Hospital, and Kasturba Gandhi Hospital for Women - have started an indefinite hunger strike against non-payment of salaries since July.
Amid the pandemic, five doctors - Dr Siddharth Taara, Dr Manish Chaudhary, Dr Nilchakra Sahu, Dr Mayur and Dr Tejas Chaudhary, all from Hindu Rao - have stopped eating and drinking water to press for regular payment of salaries at a fixed date by the municipal corporation. Other protesting doctors have said they would take turns to fast with these five.
