Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: BMC Revises Restrictions In Mumbai, Permits Non-Essential Shops To Operate Till 10 PM On All Days

Coronavirus LIVE, Monday, August 2: While online classes resume as per usual many states reopened physical classes 10th, 11th & 12th.

Background

Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Monday, August 2: Asserting its commitment to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of Covid-19 vaccination throughout the country, the Centre on Sunday said that over 49.49 crore vaccine doses have been provided to states and Union Territories so far and a further 8,04,220 are in the pipeline."Of this, the total consumption including wastages is 46,70,26,662 doses (as per the data available at 8 a.m. on Sunday)," an official statement said.It said that over 3 crore (3,00,58,190) unutilised Covid vaccine doses are still available with the states and Union Territories and private hospitals to be administered."The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to states and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain," it said.Odisha's Bhubaneswar has achieved the milestone of becoming the first city in the country to achieve 100 per cent vaccination coverage against COVID-19, informed Anshuman Rath, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Zonal Deputy Commissioner of South-East, Bhubaneswar. "We had set a target to complete vaccination in a specific timeline. BMC has a record of around nine lakh people who are above 18 years of age in the city. Which includes around 31 thousand healthcare workers, 33 thousand front-line workers. 5 lakh 17 thousand people are in the age group of 18 to 44 years. 3 lakh 25 thousand people are above 45 years of age. We had set a benchmark for these categories to complete their vaccination in the specific timeline by July 31." Anshuman Rath told news agency ANI.

02/08/2021 23:30:16

BMC revises COVID restrictions in Mumbai, permits non-essential shops to operate till 10 pm on all days

Maharashtra: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) issued revised guidelines for the city; permits non-essential shops to operate till 10 pm on all days

 

02/08/2021 22:04:07

Madras HC orders Tamil Nadu govt to ensure all transgenders in state get vaccinated within 3 months

Madras High Court orders Tamil Nadu government to make sure that all transgenders in the state should be vaccinated within three months

02/08/2021 22:02:59

COVID working group Chairperson on Zydus Cadila's COVID-19 vaccine

Around 47 crore vaccine doses were administered in July and second half of June. Vaccine availability will increase quite significantly in August & overall. Bharat Biotech is expected to provide 7-10 crore doses per month in the coming weeks: Dr NK Arora, Chairperson, COVID working group said.

Both Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute are our major vaccine suppliers and we hope that they will also be instrumental in completing the adult immunization drive in country by the end, he added.

Some more data have been asked by the expert group. All of us are very hopeful that this vaccine will be available: Dr NK Arora said on Zydus Cadila's COVID-19 vaccine.

02/08/2021 19:07:10

Andhra Pradesh reports 1,546 fresh COVID cases

Andhra Pradesh reports 1,546 fresh COVID cases, 1,968 recoveries, and 15 deaths in the last 24 hours. 

Active cases: 20,582
Total recoveries: 19,36,016
Death toll: 13,410

02/08/2021 18:12:27

Maharashtra: Restrictions Eased In districts with declining COVID cases

Shops will be permitted to remain open till 8 pm instead of 4 pm in the districts where COVID infections have reduced. Restrictions will continue in those districts where the infection is still on rise: Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray

02/08/2021 18:11:05

Kerala reports 13,984 new COVID cases

Kerala reports 13,984 new COVID19 cases, 15,923 recoveries & 118 deaths today; positivity rate is at 10.93%

Active cases: 1,65,322
Total recoveries: 32,42,684
Death toll: 16,955

02/08/2021 18:02:33

Decision On Reopening Delhi Schools To Be Taken Soon, Dy CM Sisodia Says 'Seems Many People Want It'

"We are reviewing the suggestions from public, some demanded reopening (of schools), some didn't. A decision is to be taken soon on the basis of all factors (vaccines for children) and feedback. Largely it seems that many people want it (schools' reopening)": Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said as quoted by ANI.

02/08/2021 17:57:04

Sputnik V In India

We've received 31.5 lakh doses of component 1 & 4.5 lakh doses of component 2 of Sputnik V vaccine in India. We are working closely with RDIF to ramp up supplies. We're also working closely with our partners in India for manufacturing readiness: Dr Reddy's Laboratories Spokesperson to ANI.

We expect that locally manufactured doses are likely to be available from the September-October period, the spokesperson told ANI.

02/08/2021 14:29:15

UP CM gets second vaccine dose

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday received his second dose of COVID-19 vaccine here and appealed to all those eligible to get inoculated.
"Today I am happy to receive the second dose of the 'swadeshi' Covid vaccine. Under the guidance of the prime minister, this security cover of the corona vaccine is being administered free of cost. You all should get this 'teeka jeet ka' (vaccine to defeat Covid). Only then coronavirus will be defeated and the country will win," he said in a tweet in Hindi.

02/08/2021 13:22:44

COVAXIN effective against Delta Plus: ICMR Study

COVAXIN effective against Delta Plus variant of COVID19, says Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) study

 

02/08/2021 13:17:19

Pakistan records 4,858 new coronavirus cases

Pakistan has recorded 4,858 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, local media reported on Monday. The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said that the COVID-19 took 40 more lives in the last 24 hours. The COVID-19 death toll now stands at 23,462.

"Statistics 2 Aug 21: Total Tests in Last 24 Hours: 56,414 Positive Cases: 4858 Positivity %: 8.61% Deaths: 40," NCOC said in a tweet. According to the NCOC, Pakistan's COVID-19 tally has risen to 1,039,695. Meanwhile, the positivity rate of infections was recorded at 8.61 percent.

02/08/2021 12:35:45

Schools reopen in Punjab for all classes

Schools for all classes reopened in Punjab on Monday, with physical classes resuming after a gap of a few months for pre-primary levels. The state government on Saturday had allowed the reopening of schools for all classes from August 2 as it further relaxed Covid restrictions in the wake of the declining number of cases.

Officials said schools reopened for all classes across the state.

Before deciding to reopen schools for all classes from August 2, the government had already allowed the reopening of schools for classes 10 to 12 from July 26.

02/08/2021 12:12:29

Arunachal Pradesh logs 138 new COVID-19 cases, 2 fresh deaths

Arunachal Pradesh's COVID-19 tally rose to 48,260 as 138 more people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, while two new fatalities pushed the death toll to 231, a senior health department official said here on Monday.

The two new COVID-19 deaths were reported from Anjaw and East Siang district on Sunday, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

The Capital Complex Region registered the highest number of new cases at 59, followed by West Kameng and Lower Subansiri at 16 each, Papumpare, Upper Subansiri and West Siang at 7 each, six from Tirap, five each from Lohit and Siang, three from Changlang, two each from East Kameng and Longding and one each from Lower Siang, Leparada and Kamle district respectively, the SSO said.

Among the fresh cases, 133 were detected through rapid antigen test, four through RT-PCR and one by TrueNat method, the official said, adding that 46 people were symptomatic of COVID-19.

Arunachal Pradesh currently has 3,675 active COVID-19 cases, he said.

The total number of COVID-19 recoveries rose to 44,354 as 415 more patients were cured of the disease on Sunday, Jampa said.

The COVID-19 recovery rate in the state now is 91.91 per cent while the active percentage stands at 7.61 and the positivity rate at 4.21 per cent, the SSO said.

02/08/2021 10:36:00

India reports 40k new covid cases

India reports 40,134 new Covid cases, 36,946 discharges & 422 deaths in last 24 hours as per Union Health Ministry.

Total cases: 3,16,95,958

Total discharges: 3,08,57,467

Death toll: 4,24,773

Active cases: 4,13,718

Total Vaccination: 47,22,23,639 (17,06,598 in last 24 hours)

02/08/2021 10:24:53

Forecaster predicts third wave to hit India in Oct

India is likely to see a rise in Covid 19 infections building into a new -- though smaller -- virus wave that may peak in October, according to a mathematical model by researchers who accurately predicted the tapering of a brutal surge of cases earlier this year.

The country may see a worsening of its outbreak as soon as this month, with the next wave peaking in the best-case scenario with less than 100,000 infections a day, or nearly 150,000 in the worst scenario, according to estimates by researchers led by Mathukumalli Vidyasagar and Manindra Agrawal at Indian Institute of Technology in Hyderabad and Kanpur respectively.

02/08/2021 08:00:08

145 new Covid cases, 109 recoveries, 1 death in J&K

New Covid cases continued to outnumber recoveries in J&K on Sunday with 145 new cases, 109 recoveries and one death reported during the last 24 hours.

Officials said that 48 cases, 35 recoveries and one death was reported from Jammu division and 97 cases, and 74 recoveries from the Kashmir division.

The number of black fungus cases remained at 35.

As many as 321,607 people have been infected with coronavirus in J&K out of which 316,017 have recovered, while 4,379 have succumbed.

The total number of active cases is 1,211, out of which 467 are from the Jammu division, and 744 from the Kashmir division.

02/08/2021 07:57:55

UP Shia clerics up in arms over Muhurram guidelines

Shia clerics are up in arms over the Muharram guidelines issued by the UP police in view of Covid pandemic and alert over third wave.

Shia clerics will be holding a series of meetings on Monday to decide their future course of action.

The All India Shia Personal Law Board had convened a meeting on Monday evening to discuss the issue.

Shia clerics claim that the UP Police have used objectionable language in the guidelines issued for Muharram.

Terming an internal letter issued by the DGP office to police commissioners and police chiefs for maintaining peace during Muharram as a "charge sheet against the Shia community", the clerics demanded that the government should immediately withdraw the guidelines.

Maulana Kalbe Noorie, said, "The guidelines are unacceptable as it shows the peace-loving Shias in poor light."

General Secretary of Majlis-e-Ulama-e-Hind, Maulana Kalbe Jawad, said that communication with the DGP would be possible only when the document is withdrawn.

"The language is condemnable. We have asked Muharram committees to boycott meetings convened by the police and administration," he said.

President of the Shia Markazi Chand Committee, Maulana Saif Abbas, said that the person who had drafted the document is apparently conspiring to disrupt peace.

The main objection of the cleric to the guidelines is that Muharram has been repeatedly referred to as a ‘festival' in the circular.

"The DGP should know that Muharram is certainly not a ‘festival' but a period of mourning.

02/08/2021 07:49:33

New Covid cases outnumber recoveries in Karnataka again

Reversing the declining trend, 1,875 new Covid cases outnumbered 1,502 recoveries in Karnataka, with Dakshina Kannada district surpassing Bengaluru in more cases, said the state health bulletin on Sunday.

"With 1,875 new cases registered on Saturday, the state's Covid tally rose to 29,06,999, including 24,144 active cases, while 28,46,244 recovered, with 1,502 patients discharged during the day," said the bulletin.

As epi-centre of the pandemic in the state, Bengaluru reported 409 fresh cases on Saturday, taking the city's Covid tally to 12,27,748, including 8,553 active cases, while 12,03,314 recovered so far, with 377 patients discharged in the last 24 hours.

With 410 positive cases registered on Saturday, Dakshina Kannada, bordering Covid-hit Kerala on the state's west coast, surpassed Bengaluru for the first time in new cases, followed by 162 in Udupi, 146 in Mysuru and 108 in Hassan across the state.

02/08/2021 07:48:58

Bhubaneswar becomes India’s first city to achieve 100% COVID vaccination: Officials

Odisha's Bhubaneswar has achieved the milestone of becoming the first city in the country to achieve 100 per cent vaccination coverage against COVID-19, informed Anshuman Rath, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Zonal Deputy Commissioner of South-East, Bhubaneswar. 

"We had set a target to complete vaccination in a specific timeline. BMC has a record of around nine lakh people who are above 18 years of age in the city. Which includes around 31 thousand healthcare workers, 33 thousand front-line workers. 5 lakh 17 thousand people are in the age group of 18 to 44 years. 3 lakh 25 thousand people are above 45 years of age. We had set a benchmark for these categories to complete their vaccination in the specific timeline by July 31." Anshuman Rath told news agency ANI.

"As per the report, we have already vaccinated 18 lakh 16 thousand people in the city. Only a few people were not being able to take first does due to various reasons. There is a migrating population, who is working in their office in Bhubaneswar and getting the first jab of Covaxin." he said.