Coronavirus Live: Maharashtra Becomes First State To Cross 3.5 Crore Vaccinations

Coronavirus LIVE, Thursday, July 7: Amid the reports of 3rd wave that may hit the country, ICMR DG Dr Balram Bhargava stated that it is not the challenge but it is how we will act when it will come.

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Coronavirus LIVE, Thursday, July 7: Maintaining its upward trend, with 3,081 patients discharged, recoveries outnumbered 2,743 new Covid cases in Karnataka, while 75 died of infection, said the state health bulletin on Wednesday."Recoveries rose to 27,87,111, with 3,081 patients discharged during the day, while 2,743 positive cases were registered on Tuesday, taking the state's Covid tally to 28,62,338, including 39,603 active cases," said the bulletin.As epi-centre of the pandemic in the state, Bengaluru reported 611fresh cases on Tuesday, taking its Covid tally to 12,17,507, including 14,138 active cases, while recoveries rose to 11,87,666, with 693 patients discharged in the day.Among districts, 304 new cases were reported in Dakshina Kannada, 248 in Mysuru and 220 in Hassan across the state.Out of 1,66,631 tests conducted across the state during the day, 33,510 were through rapid antigen detection and 1,33,121 through RT-PCR method.Recoveries continued to stay ahead of new cases in J&K on Wednesday as 419 patients recovered while 280 new cases and 4 deaths were reported in last 24 hours.Officials said that 197 recoveries, 131 cases, and three deaths were reported from the Jammu division and 222 recoveries, 149 cases, and one death from the Kashmir division.So far, 317,761 people have been infected with coronavirus in J&K out of which 309,973 have recovered, and 4,349 have succumbed.There are 3,439 active cases in J&K out of which 1,509 are from the Jammu division and 1,930 are from the Kashmir division.

08/07/2021 13:18:54

Japan Set to Declare State of Emergency for Tokyo

Japan’s government is to declare a state of emergency in Tokyo that will be in force during the Olympics, as the capital battles a sharp rise in coronavirus infections. The measure, expected to be made official by the prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, later on Thursday, increases the likelihood that the Games will be held without a single spectator.

08/07/2021 13:18:09

Maharashtra Becomes First State to Cross 3.5 Crore Vaccinations

"Maharashtra becomes first State to cross 3.5 Crore vaccine doses milestone. Till yesterday Maharashtra administered the highest number of covid vaccine doses in the country at 3.54 Crore doses," Dr Pradeep Vyas, ACS Health. 

08/07/2021 13:17:48

Travel Curbs and Restrictions Proposed in Thailand as it Sets New Record Deaths

 Thailand’s health ministry says it has proposed new travel curbs and tighter restrictions in high-risk areas to contain Covid cases, as the country reported a daily record of 75 deaths from the coronavirus. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is due to consider the new restrictions in a meeting on Friday.

08/07/2021 13:17:48

Travel Curbs and Restrictions Proposed in Thailand as it Sets New Record Deaths

 Thailand’s health ministry says it has proposed new travel curbs and tighter restrictions in high-risk areas to contain Covid cases, as the country reported a daily record of 75 deaths from the coronavirus. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is due to consider the new restrictions in a meeting on Friday.

08/07/2021 10:41:06

Sydney Sees Worst Day Of 2021 As Delta COVID-19 Outbreak Spreads

Australia's New South Wales state on Thursday reported its biggest daily rise in locally acquired cases of COVID-19 for the year as officials struggle to stamp out a growing cluster of the highly infectious Delta variant in Sydney.

New South Wales (NSW) reported 38 new local cases, up from 27 a day earlier, as its capital Sydney prepares for a third week of a lockdown.

"We don't want to prolong the lockdown, we don't want to see Sydney or New South Wales going in and out of lockdown until we have the vast majority of our population vaccinated," NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian told reporters in Sydney, as quoted by Reuters.

08/07/2021 10:30:42

India records 45,892 new COVID-19 cases, 817 deaths

India recorded a single-day rise of 45,892 new COVID-19 cases, taking its infection tally to 3,07,09,557, while the count of active cases increased slightly to 4,60,704 after being on a consistent downward trend for nearly 55 days, according to the Union Health Ministry on Thursday.

The death toll has climbed to 4,05,028 with 817 new fatalities being reported.

The number of active cases comprises 1.50 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 97.18 per cent, data updated by the ministry at 8 am showed.

An increase of 784 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours, it showed.

Also, 18,93,800 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the country on Wednesday, taking the total number of such examinations so far to 42,52,25,897, while the daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.42 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for 17 consecutive days, the ministry said.

The weekly positivity rate has declined to 2.37 per cent, according to the health ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 2,98,43,825, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.32 per cent, the data stated.

08/07/2021 09:25:19

Maha: 648 new COVID-19 cases in Thane, 11 more deaths

With the addition of 648 new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 5,35,916, an official said on Thursday.

Besides these new cases reported on Wednesday, 11 more people also succumbed to the viral infection, raising the death toll in the district to 10,777, he said.

The COVID-19 mortality rate in the district stood at 2.01 per cent, he added.

Details of recovered and under-treatment patients were not provided by the district administration.

In neighbouring Palghar district, the COVID-19 case count has gone up to 1,17,726, while the death toll has reached 2,618, another official said.

08/07/2021 08:29:12

Ghaziabad district gets third oxygen plant

 A oxygen plant with a capacity of 333 litres per minute (LMP) was inaugurated in this district of Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Wednesday.

Set up at the Bhojpur Primary Health Centre, the plant is the third oxygen-generating unit in the district.

It was jointly inaugurated by District Magistrate Rakesh Kumar Singh and Modinagar BJP MLA Manju Shivach. Chief Development Officer Asmita Lal said the unit will cater to the medical oxygen need of villages of remote areas of the district.

Addressing the gathering at the inauguration, District Magistrate Singh said the oxygen-generating unit has been established by M/S Dabur India Limited using the corporate social responsibility (CSR) fund.

Prior to this, two oxygen plants were made functional in Ghaziabad -- one inside the premises of ESIS hospital Sahibabad and the second in district combined hospital Sanjay Nagar in Ghaziabad city on July 1.

In view of an anticipated third of the coronavirus, beds would be increased at Bhojpur block primary health centre. In total, seven more oxygen plants would be installed in the district till August 15, the DM said.

08/07/2021 08:00:48

'Still a long way to defeat Covid': Secretary-General of the UN, António Guterres.

"Four million people have now lost their lives as a result of Covid 19. This painful milestone is a reminder of the long way we still have to go to defeat the pandemic...," tweets Secretary-General of the UN, António Guterres.

08/07/2021 07:36:21

Recoveries outnumber new Covid cases in Karnataka

 Maintaining its upward trend, with 3,081 patients discharged, recoveries outnumbered 2,743 new Covid cases in Karnataka, while 75 died of infection, said the state health bulletin on Wednesday.

"Recoveries rose to 27,87,111, with 3,081 patients discharged during the day, while 2,743 positive cases were registered on Tuesday, taking the state's Covid tally to 28,62,338, including 39,603 active cases," said the bulletin.

As epi-centre of the pandemic in the state, Bengaluru reported 611fresh cases on Tuesday, taking its Covid tally to 12,17,507, including 14,138 active cases, while recoveries rose to 11,87,666, with 693 patients discharged in the day.

Among districts, 304 new cases were reported in Dakshina Kannada, 248 in Mysuru and 220 in Hassan across the state.

Out of 1,66,631 tests conducted across the state during the day, 33,510 were through rapid antigen detection and 1,33,121 through RT-PCR method.

Positivity rate dipped to 1.64 per cent and case fatality rate to 2.73 per cent across the state on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, 2,08,439 people, including 81,639 above 45 years and 1,21,436 in the 18-44 years age group were vaccinated across the state during the day.

08/07/2021 07:35:58

419 Covid recoveries, 280 new cases, 4 deaths in J&K

Recoveries continued to stay ahead of new cases in J&K on Wednesday as 419 patients recovered while 280 new cases and 4 deaths were reported in last 24 hours.

Officials said that 197 recoveries, 131 cases, and three deaths were reported from the Jammu division and 222 recoveries, 149 cases, and one death from the Kashmir division.

So far, 317,761 people have been infected with coronavirus in J&K out of which 309,973 have recovered, and 4,349 have succumbed.

There are 3,439 active cases in J&K out of which 1,509 are from the Jammu division and 1,930 are from the Kashmir division.

08/07/2021 07:32:16

'3rd Wave Is Not The Challenge But How We Will React Is The Issue', Says ICMR Chief

ICMR chief Balram Bhargava asserted that instead of highlighting the wave aspect, the focus should be on COVID appropriate behaviour/restrictions to contain the spread of the disease.

Amid the reports of a third covid wave that may hit the country next month, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) DG Dr Balram Bhargava stated that a predicted third wave of COVID-19 is not the challenge but the issue is how we will act when it will come.