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Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates: India reports 20,551 new Covid cases and 70 deaths in last 24 hours
India on Friday witnessed an uptick in the number of new Covid-19 infections as it recorded 20,551 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the data shared by the ministry of health and family welfare. The country also reported 70 deaths during the same period. Stay with TOI for all updates --Read Less
Active Covid cases decline to 1,35,364 from 1,36,478: Union Health Ministry
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India reports 20,551 new Covid cases
India reports 20,551 fresh cases and 21,595 recoveries in the last 24 hours.
Shanghai reports zero new local Covid cases for Aug 4
Shanghai reported zero new domestically transmitted coronavirus cases for Aug. 4, compared with two asymptomatic cases a day before, the city government said on Friday.Shanghai recorded no COVID-19-related deaths for Aug. 4, unchanged from a day earlier.
Covid cases continue to rise in UP
For the fourth consecutive day on Thursday, 887 more people tested positive for the infection, with the highest (201) in Gautam Buddha Nagar.Two deaths, one each from Kannauj and Ayodhya, were also reported.Amit Mohan Prasad, additional chief secretary (medical health) said, 'The state tested 74,384 Covid samples in the past 24 hours. Till now, 11,98,97,963 samples have been tested.'
Covid-19: Thane records 174 new cases, active tally at 802
Thane district of Maharashtra reported 174 new coronavirus positive cases, taking its overall infection count to 7,34,777, a health department official said on Friday.With the addition of these cases on Thursday, there are now 802 active cases in the district, he said.Since nobody succumbed to the infection during the day, the death toll remained unchanged at 11,930, while the number of recoveries has reached 7,22,548, the official added.
White House: Biden to remain in isolation until he tests negative for Covid
President Joe Biden will remain in isolation until he tests negative for Covid-19, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday. She also said it would be up to Biden's physician, Kevin O'Connor, to decide whether two negative tests were needed to end his isolation.
1 in 8 SARS-CoV-2 patients develop long Covid symptoms: Lancet study
One in eight adults who are infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus experience long term symptoms due to Covid-19, according to a large Dutch study published on Friday in The Lancet journal. The study provides one of the first comparisons of long-term symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection, called 'long Covid', with symptoms in an uninfected population, as well as those in individuals both pre- and post-Covid-19 infection.
Delhi reports 2202 new cases, 4 deaths and 1,660 recoveries in the last 24 hours. Positivity Rate at 11.84%; Active cases at 6,175.
In Assam, 7,27,511 Covid-19 patients have so far recovered and were discharged from different hospitals and CCCs.
Assam logs 431 new corona cases, two deaths
Assam has registered over 14 per cent fall in fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours with 431 more people testing positive for the infection, down from 504 the previous day, and two more persons lost their lives to the infection, the National Health Mission (NHM) said on Thursday. One person each died due to COVID-19 in Kamrup Metropolitan and Lakhimpur districts during the period, the NHM bulletin said.
South Africa's health regulator reported on Thursday a causal link between the death of an individual and Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine, the first time such a direct link has been made in the country.
Mumbai's daily Covid-19 count remains above 400; two die, active tally at 2,235
