Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: 51 Pakistani Hindus Stranded In Amritsar Since Last Year Due To Covid Restrictions
Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, August 11, Wednesday: Kerala has 11 districts showing an increasing trend in daily average cases and from Aug 1 - Aug 20, the state may witness around 4.6 lakh COVID-19 cases.
Mumbai reports 289 new COVID cases, 1157 discharges, and 9 deaths today
Active cases: 2,900
Total discharges: 7,16,949
Death toll: 15,968
Punjab on Wednesday registered a jump in COVID-19 infections, 107 cases surfacing in the state in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 5,99,678. With no Covid-related death reported on Wednesday, the toll stood at 16,325, according to the health bulletin. The toll, however, included three deaths, which were not reported earlier.
The state saw 54, 31 and 74 infections on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday respectively. It registered 118 cases on July 17 and since then, the state has been witnessing less than 100 infections daily.
With the rise in the number of infections, the active cases rose to 517 from 460 Tuesday. With 45 recoveries from the infection, the number of cured persons reached 5,82,836 Wednesday, as per the bulletin.
With no death reported on Wednesday, the toll figure stood at 811. The number of active cases in the city was 35 while the number of cured persons was 61,151.
More than 40 lakh vaccine doses have been administered across India today, taking total cumulative COVID vaccination coverage to 52,32,53,450: Union Health Ministry
Maharashtra Government allows the operations of hotels and restaurants till 10 pm in the state. Maha health minister Rajesh Tope said that Restaurants/eateries allowed to conduct business till 10 pm from August 15 with with 50 percent capacity. As of now hotels and restaurants were allowed to operate till 4 pm only.
For malls double dose certificate is compulsory. Marriage halls, offices, shops will also get complete relaxation.
The minisyer further said that, "moment the need for oxygen per day comes to 700 metric tonnes in the state, then there will be a full lockdown imposed in the third wave. As other states also may need oxygen so it is not clear if we can get from center when we need."
Karnataka has tested the third highest number of COVID-19 samples in the country,and has crossed the mark of over 4 Crore tests in the battle against the pandemic. "Karnataka crossed 4 Crore Covid-19 tests marking yet another milestone in the battle against pandemic," Dr K Sudhakar tweeted.
He said, "More than 80 per cent of the tests conducted in the state are RT-PCR tests and Karnataka has tested the third highest number of samples in the entire country." According to the data shared by the Minister, there are 3,338 swab collection centres in the state, 252 COVID-19 testing labs and 81.45 per cent tests are RT-PCR tests.
According to the state health department's COVID-19 bulletin last evening, a total of 4,01,04,915 samples have been tested in the state, of which 1,26,400 were tested on Tuesday alone. Out of over four crore tests till last evening 3,26,68,585 are RT-PCR tests and 74,36,330 are rapid-antigen detection tests.
Punjab has admitted that six deaths occurred due to oxygen shortage during the second wave of Covid.
"Six deaths had occurred at a private hospital in Amritsar right in the beginning when there was an oxygen shortage. That's all. We produced 70 tonnes of oxygen and required 300 tonnes. Now we produce 400 tonnes of oxygen. There's no problem now", Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh
Andhra Pradesh was the first state to report "suspected" death due to oxygen shortage during the second wave of COVID-19 after the Centre sought data from them on such fatalities following the raising of the issue in Parliament
The centre is a statement filed before Kerala High Court said that the state had been given adequate Covid-19 vaccine doses. As per the statement, Kerala was allotted 60 percent more dose than the proposed allocation.
Thane has reported 210 new cases of coronavirus, taking the infection count in the Maharashtra district to 5,47,153, an official said on Wednesday.
More than 53.24 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far and a further 72,40,250 doses are in the pipeline, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
Of this, the total consumption including wastage is 51,56,11,035 doses, PTI reported.
More than 53.24 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far and a further 72,40,250 doses are in the pipeline, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
Of this, the total consumption including wastage is 51,56,11,035 doses, PTI reported.
Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) gives a nod for conducting a study on mixing Covaxin & Covishield.
More than three quarters of adults in the UK have now received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, the latest British government figures revealed on Tuesday.
A total of 86,780,455 doses have been administered in the UK, with 47,091,889 people receiving a first dose (89%) and 39,688,566 people receiving both doses (75%). Latest data from Public Health England (PHE) and Cambridge University also shows that around 60,000 deaths, 22 million infections and 66,900 hospitalisations have been prevented by the coronavirus vaccines.
New infections in Tamil Nadu were fluctuating over the last few weeks triggering the government to step up the preventive measures which include the screening of passengers from Kerala at entry points; denying entry to devotees at places of worship on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays among others.
Meanwhile, Coimbatore topped the new infections among districts with 224 people contracting the contagion, followed by Chennai (209), Erode (169), Chengalpet (105). Ramanathapuram recorded the least by adding three cases.
A total of 1,50,868 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined to 3,90,02,757 till date, the bulletin said. As many as 30 districts reported new cases in double digits, while there were no fresh deaths in 24 districts
Jammu and Kashmir's COVID-19 tally increased to 3,22,771 on Tuesday with 113 fresh cases while the death toll climbed to 4,392 as two more people succumbed to the disease, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 40 were reported from the Jammu division and 73 from the Kashmir division of the union territory, they said. Srinagar district recorded the highest number of new cases at 38, followed by 10 in Jammu district, the officials said. There are 1,298 active COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir. So far, 3,17,081 patients have recovered from the disease, they said. There are 37 mucormycosis (black fungus) cases in the union territory. No fresh case has been reported since last evening, they said.
West Bengal: Belur Math will be opened for the devotees and visitors from 18th August 2021 until further orders. Devotees have been directed to follow all the Covid-19 protocols while entering the Math
A six-member central team that visited eight districts of Kerala has said from August 1 to August 20, the state may witness around 4.6 lakh COVID-19 cases. The unlocking of activities, approaching of the Onam festival (August 20) and reopening of tourism pose challenging scenarios and it is a cause of concern, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Director Dr Sujeet Singh, who headed the central team, said at a press conference here on Tuesday.
Kerala on Tuesday reported 21,119 fresh COVID cases pushing the total infection caseload to 35,86,693, with the test positivity rate in the state rising close to 16 per cent. The number of people who succumbed to the virus rose to 18,004 with 152 more deaths. As many as 18,493 people have been cured of the infection since Monday, taking the total recoveries to 33,96,184 and the number of active cases in the state to 1,71,985, a state government release said.
Background
Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, August 11, Wednesday: A six-member central team that visited eight districts of Kerala has said from August 1 to August 20, the state may witness around 4.6 lakh COVID-19 cases.
The unlocking of activities, approaching of the Onam festival (August 20), and reopening of tourism pose challenging scenarios and it is a cause of concern, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Director Dr Sujeet Singh, who headed the central team, said at a press conference here on Tuesday.
Kerala accounted for more than half of the COVID-19 cases recorded in the country in the last seven days, the Centre said on Tuesday. Singh said the southern state has recorded a high number of reinfections even after two doses of the vaccine being administered and the issue is being probed.
Kerala on Tuesday reported 21,119 fresh COVID cases pushing the total infection caseload to 35,86,693, with the test positivity rate in the state rising close to 16 per cent. The number of people who succumbed to the virus rose to 18,004 with 152 more deaths.
Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 5,609 coronavirus positive cases and 137 fatalities, including the highest 46 in the Pune region, while 7,568 patients recovered, a state health department official said.
With the new additions, the tally of infections and the death toll in Maharashtra rose to 63,63,442 and 1,34,201, respectively, the official said.
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