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Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Germany sees signs of COVID-19 curve flattening; Delhi govt launches Jeevan Seva app
Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Total confirmed cases in India have risen above 86 lakh. There are 4,89,294 active cases in the country.
Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Today is the 234th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, India has recorded 86,83,916 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 1,28,121 deaths. A total of 80,66,501 people have recuperated from COVID-19 so far. There are 4,89,294 active cases in the country as of date, which comprises 5.63 percent of the total caseload, the data stated. 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 92.89 percent. 'Unlock 6.0' is underway. Globally, more than 5.2 crore people have been infected by the coronavirus and 12.82 lakh have died so far. Stay tuned to this LIVE blog for all the latest updates:
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Odisha reports 986 new COVID-19 cases
Confirmed COVID-19 cases in India rise to 86,83,916
80,66,501 COVID-19 patients cured, discharged so far
4,89,294 reported active cases in India
COVID-19 death toll in India rises to 1,28,121
Delhi's daily COVID-19 cases touch new high of 8,593
Moderna closes in on release of COVID-19 vaccine data
Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE Updates | Karnataka reports 2,116 new COVID-19 cases, 3,368 discharges and 21 deaths. Total positive cases in the State rise to 8,55,912 including 8,14,949 discharges and 11,474 deaths. Active cases stand at 29,470.
Coronavirus in Kerala LIVE Updates | Kerala has recorded 5,537 new COVID-19 cases today; active cases in the state at 77,813. Total 4,28,529 recoveries have been reported so far.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | 10 states, UTs reported 78 percent of new coronavirus cases in 24-hour span, says govt
Seventy-eight per cent of the new 47,905 coronavirus infections reported in a span of 24 hours on Thursday are from10 states and union territories with Delhi continuing to register the highest single-day cases at 8,593 followed by Kerala and Maharashtra, according to the Union health ministry.
For the successive fifth day, new COVID-19 cases reported in a span of 24 hours did not cross the 50,000 mark, while the trend of daily new recoveries outnumbering daily new infections continued for the 40th day. As many as 52,718 new recoveries were registered in a day as against 47,905 infections during the same period.
Ten states and union territories reported 78 per cent of the new cases registered in a span of 24 hours.
Coronavirus vaccine LIVE Updates | COVID-19 vaccine 'best science news' of 2020
Data indicating that a vaccine being developed against Covid-19 is highly effective is the "best science news of the year", a pharmaceutical industry association chief said, voicing hope that other vaccine candidates would show equally good results.
"A vaccine that has 90 percent efficacy and is pretty safe, that is a historic breakthrough," the head of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA), Thomas Cueni, said.
American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech announced Monday that their vaccine had proven 90 percent effective in preventing Covid-19 infections in ongoing Phase 3 trials involving more than 40,000 people.
"This was the best science news of the year," IFPMA's director general told AFP in an interview.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE Updates | Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain: Delhi Government is launching Jeevan Seva app today, this app can be used by corona patients for travelling to health facilities and it will free.
Coronavirus vaccine LIVE Updates | Data on experimental COVID-19 vaccine very encouraging: German institute
Preliminary data from Pfizer and its German partner Biontech on their experimental COVID-19 vaccine are very encouraging, the head of Germany's Robert Koch institute for infectious diseases (RKI), Lothar Wieler, said today.
Coronavirus vaccine LIVE Updates | Centre provides Rs 900 crore R&D grant
Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman, on November 12, announced that the government had provided Rs 900 crore to the Department of Biotechnology for research on and development of a vaccine for COVID-19.
"(The govt has provided) Rs 900 crores for COVID Suraksha Mission for research and development of the Indian COVID vaccine to the Department of Biotechnology," Sitharaman, who announced the next set of stimulus measures today, said.
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Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | Zydus Cadila completes phase 2 clinical trial in COVID-19 patients with biological therapy PegiHep
Drug firm Zydus Cadila on Thursday said it has successfully completed a phase 2 clinical trial in COVID-19 patients with its biological therapy, 'PegiHep’, and it will now begin phase 3 clinical trial.
In a regulatory filing, Zydus Cadila said “it has successfully completed a phase 2 clinical trial in COVID-19 patients with its biological therapy, Pegylated Interferon alpha-2b, ‘PegiHep’... Based upon the results from its Phase 2 study, Zydus Cadila now plans to conduct a phase 3 clinical trial in India”.
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Coronavirus in Bihar LIVE Updates | State Health Dept: 523 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in the state on 11th November. The total number of active cases in Bihar is 6,915.
Coronavirus in Germany LIVE Updates | Germany sees tentative signs of virus curve flattening
Germany is seeing tentative signs that a surge in coronavirus infections may be easing, the head of the country's disease control agency RKI said.
"The curve is flattening," said Lothar Wieler, adding that it "shows that we are not helpless against this virus" and that restrictions such as social distancing and mask wearing can help halt the march of Covid-19.