Coronavirus LIVE: Full Covid Vaccination Or Negative RTPCR Must For Entering Punjab From Monday
Coronavirus LIVE Updates, 14 August, Saturday: The national capital on Friday recorded zero Covid fatalities for the third consecutive day while there were 50 new cases in the last 24 hours.
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Coronavirus LIVE Updates, 14 August, Saturday: The national capital on Friday recorded zero Covid fatalities for the third consecutive day while there were 50 new cases in the last 24 hours. According to the Delhi government health bulletin, the city has 468 active cases, including 164 being treated in home isolation, spelling a 0.03 rate of infection. A total of 84 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 14,11,452.
The recovery rate from infection stands at 98.22 per cent, and the Covid infection rate at 0.06 per cent. The death rate continues at 1.74 per cent.
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra Health department informed that total cases of the Delta Plus variant in the state have risen to 66 after a case was reported in Thane yesterday. A total of five deaths due to the Delta Plus variant have been reported - two from Ratnagiri & one each from Mumbai, Beed and Raigad. All the deceased were senior citizens above 65 years with various comorbidities, and two were fully vaccinated and two not inoculated, while the status of the fifth victim is being ascertained.
Full Covid Vaccination Or Negative RTPCR Mandatory For Entering Punjab From Monday
Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh orders mandatory full Covid vaccination or negative RTPCR report for all those entering the state from Monday, with strict monitoring particularly of those coming from Himachal Pradesh & Jammu, which are showing increased positivity
55.73 crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs so far: Centre
More than 55.73 crore vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through all sources and a further 1,00,37,990 doses are in the pipeline. Of this, the total consumption including wastages is 53,26,03,653 doses: Union Health Ministry
India reports 38,667 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hrs
India reports 38,667 new COVID-19 cases and 35,743 recoveries in the last 24 hrs, as per Union Health Ministry.
Total recoveries: 3,13,38,088
Active cases: 3,87,673
Weekly positivity rate: 2.05%
Total vaccination: 53.61 crores
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 206 mn
The global coronavirus caseload has topped 206 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.34 million and vaccinations soared to over 4.61 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload, death toll and vaccination tally stood at 206,196,367, 4,344,715 and 4,610,658,306 , respectively.
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 36,592,398 and 621,005, respectively, according to the CSSE. In terms of infections, India follows in the second place with 32,117,826 cases.
Delhi records zero Covid deaths for third consecutive day
The national capital on Friday recorded zero Covid fatalities for the third consecutive day, and the ninth time since the onset of the second wave, while there were 50 new cases in the last 24 hours, the Delhi government health bulletin said.
The total Covid tally in Delhi stands at 14,36,988, while the death toll is 25,068. The city has 468 active cases, including 164 being treated in home isolation, spelling a 0.03 rate of infection.
A total of 84 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 14,11,452. The recovery rate from infection stands at 98.22 per cent, and the Covid infection rate at 0.06 per cent. The death rate continues at 1.74 per cent.
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