Coronavirus India News Live Updates: Maharashtra reports 57,640 new cases, 920 deaths; positivity rate at 17.19%

Delhi hospital study finds 16% vaccinated individuals tested positive for COVID

A smallscale study on 113 healthcare workers who had received at least one vaccine dose at a private hospital in Delhi found that 18 tested positive for Covid but all except one had mild symptoms. The study, published in the peerreviewed journal Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviewson May 3, was conducted on employees of the Fortis Centre of Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases and Endocrinology in Delhi. The participants in the study by researchers at Fortis, National Diabetes, Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation, and Diabetes Foundation (India), New Delhi, included doctors, nutritionists, nurses, paramedical workers, and maintenance staff.  Of the 113 in the study, 107 had received the second dose of the vaccine.

Maharashtra reports 57,640 new cases, 920 deaths; positivity rate at 17.19% 

MAHARASHTRA #COVIDー19 UPDATE:

👎🏻New Cases: 57,640 Vs 51,880 Cases 

👍🏻Recovery Rate: 85.32% Vs 85.16%

👎🏻920 Vs 891 Deaths, Case Fatality At 1.49%

👎🏻Positivity Rate At 17.19% Vs 17.16%

👎🏻Daily Recovery Lower Than New Cases Today

COVID-19: Punjab CM rules out complete lockdown; announces phased opening of shops

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday announced phased opening of shops after a few of his cabinet colleagues raised the issue of resentment among shopkeepers over selective closure of shops amid the COVID19 outbreak.  Chairing a virtual cabinet meeting, Singh ruled out a complete lockdown while stating that the restrictions currently in place in Punjab were more stringent than the lockdown conditions in many other states.

#COVID19 | Madhya Pradesh reports 12,319 new positive cases, 71 deaths and 9,643 recoveries in the last 24 hours.

Second covid wave may lead to slowdown in coming months: PHDCCI

Imposition of partial lockdowns and curfews in many parts of the country, due to reemergence of COVID19 pandemic, has created incipient signs of economic slowdown in the coming months, industry chamber PHDCCI said on Wednesday.  It also said that the strong growth of GST collections may partly be attributed to the significant acceleration in input costs visavis increase in commodity prices.

COVID-19: Record single-day rise of 4,716 cases in J&K, 52 more fatalities

Steel companies, from both public and private sectors, have stepped up efforts to meet nation’s requirement of medical oxygen. Yesterday, total Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) production by steel plants was 3680.30 MT & total LMO supply was 4076.65 MT: Ministry of Steel

Rajasthan reports 16,815 new #COVID19 cases, 17,022 dishcrges and 155 deaths

Amway donating $1 mn to support COVID-19 relief efforts in India

Direct selling major Amway on Wednesday said it is donating USD 1 million (around Rs 7.5 crore) to support the COVID19 relief efforts in India during the second wave of the pandemic. The sum will be used to facilitate COVID19 resources, including ventilators and oxygen concentrators, to accelerate the COVID 19 relief work, the company said in a statement.

COVID: Kerala reports 41,953 new cases, 58 deaths

Kerala reports the highest single-day rise of 41,953 new COVID19 cases, and 58 deaths. Active cases stand at 3,75,658  in the state, 23,106 recovered. Total 13,62,363 patients recovered so far, while 5,565 deaths have been reported till now: Kerala Chief Minister

#COVID19 | Uttarakhand reports 7,783 new cases and 127 deaths today; active cases is at 59,526

Karnataka:Journalist with suspected COVID kills self by jumping before train

A journalist, who had   suspected COVID infection, allegedly took his life by jumping before a running train at Amaravati in Honnali on Wednesday, police said.   Paramesh,46, was working for a Kannada daily, they said.

Cap of Rs 10k on financial assistance to workers, dependents for COVID treatment not justified: HC

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday told theDelhi government that it may not be justified to put a cap at Rs 10,000 on financial assistance provided to a construction worker and his dependents towards treatment of COVID19 as it may not be sufficient if more than one person in the family was infected.  A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli said that COVID19 was a highly contagious disease and if one person in a family gets infected, others may too and each of them would require a course of medication.

MG Motor commences COVID-19 vaccination drive for employees

MG Motor India on Wednesday said it has started COVID19 vaccination drive for all its employees.  The vaccination drive is being extended to all the direct contractual employees as well, the automaker said in a statement.

Spice Money to help rural population register for COVID vaccination

Ruralfocussed fintech player Spice Money on Wednesday said it has launched a dedicated initiative to help people register for the COVID19 vaccination.    Spice Money has launched the dedicated assistance initiative for vaccination registration to enable rural citizens to register through its dense network across more than 18,000 PIN codes, Spice Money said in a release.  The company said it has also initiated a special drive to spread awareness and educate its banking correspondent partners (Spice Money Adhikaris) about the priority vaccination available to them as directed by the government.  

Data on the availability of hospital beds will be uploaded daily on our website. A special 24X7 oxygen helpline has been set up as well: Health Department, Chandigarh

Those who need emergency medicines and are unable to go out can seek the help of Kerala Police to buy medicine by calling the police control room. The State Police media centre will also spread awareness in social media about COVID-19 guidelines: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan

Delhi govt fixes remuneration for short term hiring of personnel — Rs 1 lakh for doctors, Rs 40,000 for nurses

CDSCO provides emergency use authorisation for Roche’s antibody cocktail Casirivimab and Imdevimab in India 

Roche India today announced that the Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) has provided an Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) for Roche’s antibody cocktail (Casirivimab and Imdevimab) in India. This approval was based on the data that have been filed for the EUA in the United States, and the scientific opinion of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) in the European Union. This Emergency Use Authorisation will now enable Roche to import the globally manufactured product batches to India and will be marketed as well as distributed in India through a strategic partnership with Cipla Limited.