Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: India's COVID-19 Recovery Rate Improves To 94.59%

Coronavirus LIVE Updates | As many as 26,567 new cases of novel coronavirus were reported, with India’s total COVID-19 cases now above 97 lakh, as per the health ministry’s update. Reporting of new cases is now the lowest in five months since July 10. India reported 385 new deaths (below the 500 mark for the third day) and 39,045 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the latest release shows. Active cases continue to drop, to 3,83,866 (the last approximate number of cases was reported back on July 21) now with a fall of 12,863 cases in a day. India now ranks eighth in the world in active cases moving down from seventh.

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Coronavirus in Japan LIVE Updates | Japan unveils $708 billion in fresh stimulus with eye on post-COVID growth

Japan announced a fresh $708 billion economic stimulus package today to speed up the recovery from the country's deep coronavirus-driven slump, while targeting investment in new growth areas such as green and digital innovation. The new package will include about 40 trillion yen ($384.54 billion) in direct fiscal spending and initiatives targeted at reducing carbon emissions and boosting adoption of digital technology, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said in a meeting with ruling party executives. Policymakers globally have unleashed a wall of monetary and fiscal stimulus to prevent a deep and prolonged recession as the coronavirus closed international borders and sent millions out of work. (Reuters)

Coronavirus in Jharkhand LIVE Updates | Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally mounted to 1,10,457 with 179 fresh cases, while two more fatalities pushed the death toll to 988, reported news agency PTI citing a health department official. Jharkhand now has 1,759 active COVID-19 cases, while 1,07,710 people have been cured of the disease so far, the official said. The state has tested 17,057 samples for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, he added.

Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates | UK rolling out COVID-19 vaccine to public as world watches

UK health authorities are rolling out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed COVID-19 vaccine, starting a global immunization program that is expected to gain momentum as more serums win approval. The first shot will come Tuesday at one of a network of hospital hubs around the country where the initial phase of the UK program will be rolled out on what has been dubbed V-Day. Public health officials are asking the public to be patient because only those who are most at risk from COVID-19 will be vaccinated in the early stages. Medical staff will contact patients to arrange appointments, and most will have to wait until next year before there is enough vaccine to expand the program. (AP)

Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | COVID-19 tracker

#CoronaVirusUpdates:

📍Total #COVID19 Cases in India (as on December 08, 2020)

▶️94.59% Cured/Discharged/Migrated (91,78,946)
▶️3.96% Active cases (3,83,866)
▶️1.45% Deaths (1,40,958)

Total COVID-19 confirmed cases = Cured/Discharged/Migrated+Active cases+Deaths pic.twitter.com/4xZkQDr3C7

— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) December 8, 2020

Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative total of 14,88,14,055 samples have been tested for COVID-19 up to December 7 with 10,26,399 samples being tested on Monday.

Coronavirus in Japan LIVE Updates | Japan has reported its economy expanded at a 22.9% annual rate in the last quarter, as businesses and personal spending recovered from pandemic-related shocks in the spring and early summer. Economists said the upward revision released today was in line with forecasts and suggests Japan's economy, the world's third-largest, is on the mend from the recession that started in late 2019, even before coronavirus outbreaks hit. (AP)

Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN: Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in India have risen to 97,03,770, according to the latest update by from the Union Health Ministry. This number includes cases involving foreign nationals, patients who have recovered and the death toll.

Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN: As many as 91,78,946 COVID-19 patients have been cured and discharged so far, the Union Health Ministry has said in its latest update.

Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN: The reported active COVID-19 cases in India stand at 3,83,866, according to the Union Health Ministry.

Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN: The death toll in India due to the novel coronavirus pandemic has risen to 1,40,958, the Union Health Ministry has said.

Coronavirus in Assam LIVE Updates | Two more persons succumbed to COVID-19 yesterday taking the death toll to 995, while 166 new infections pushed the tally to 2,13,925, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. He said that 131 coronavirus patients recovered from the disease and the number of total discharged people went up to 2,09,342. Assam currently has 3,585 active cases, while three patients had migrated out of the state. (PTI)