Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Kerala Govt Allows Shops In Malls To Reopen From Aug 11 While Ensuring COVID Arrangements
Coronavirus LIVE Updates, 7 August, Thursday: The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has surpassed 50 crore with more than 43.29 lakh doses given on Friday.
Shops in malls will be allowed to open on the same conditions stipulated for opening other shops from 11th August onwards, after making all required precautionary arrangements: Kerala Government
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New Delhi: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday that weekly markets in the national capital will be allowed to reopen from Monday stating that his government is concerned about the livelihoods of people.
At the same time, he urged people to follow appropriate COVID guidelines once the markets open.
"Weekly markets are being opened from Monday. These r poor people. Govt is quite concerned about their livelihoods. However, everyone's health and lives are also imp. I urge everyone to follow Covid appropriate behaviour after these mkts are opened." CM Arvind Kejriwal tweeted.
The national capital was under a Covid-19 induced lockdown from April 19 to May 30, as the country battled a devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Delhi recorded 72 new COIVD-19 cases and one death over the last 24 hours, according to the Delhi health department bulletin on Saturday, which said 22 people had recovered from the infection. The cumulative count of cases has gone up to 14,36,695 including 565 active cases according to the bulletin. (ANI)
Manipur State Cabinet has decided to discontinue curfew which was implemented to contain COVID-19 spread and adopt micro containment zone approach, in line with Central Government advisories, to maintain balance with livelihood and economic activities.
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Karnataka reports 1,610 fresh COVID cases, 1,640 discharges, and 32 deaths in the past 24 hours.
Active cases: 24,266
Total discharges: 28,55,862
Death toll: 36,773
Kerala reports 20,367 new COVID19 cases and 139 deaths. Active cases: 1,78,166; Death toll: 17,654
Andhra Pradesh reports 1,908 new COVID-19 cases, 2,103 recoveries and 23 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Active cases: 20,375
Total recoveries: 19,46,370
Death toll: 13,513
Washington: COVID-19 community transmission is substantial or high in most of the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its latest update.
Most US states and jurisdictions are experiencing substantial or high levels of community transmission of COVID-19 driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, Xinhua news agency quoted the CDC as saying.
COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations, and deaths continue to increase, especially in communities with lower vaccination coverage, it added.
The current seven-day moving average of daily new cases (89,977) increased 33.7 per cent compared with the previous seven-day moving average (67,274).
The current seven-day average of new hospital admissions for July 28-August 3 was 7,707, 40.0 per cent increase from the prior seven-day average.
The current seven-day moving average of new deaths (377) increased 34.8 per cent compared with the previous seven-day moving average (280).
Substantial transmission means at least 50 new cases per 100,000 people in the last seven days, while high transmission is more than 100 cases per 100,000 people over the last week, according to CDC'S four-tiered system that measures the level of community transmission. (IANS)
Puducherry saw 102 fresh cases of coronavirus during last twenty-four hours ending 10 am on Saturday, taking the overall caseload to 1,21,523. The new cases were identified at the end of examination of 5521 samples and were spread over Puducherry 69, Karaikal 9 and Mahe 24. One more person succumbed to the viral infection, raising the toll to 1,800.
While 91 patients recovered and were discharged during the last twenty-four hours the overall recoveries stood at 1,18,841. The Department of Health has tested 15.36 lakh samples so far and found that 13,14 lakh out of them were negative. The test positivity rate was 1.85 percent.
Fatality and recovery rates were 1.48 percent and 97.79 percent respectively. On the vaccination front, 37,911 health care workers and 22,979 front line workers have been vaccinated against the pandemic so far.
The Nodal Officer said 5.22 lakh people coming under the category of either senior citizens or those above 45 years with co morbidities have been inoculated against the pandemic so far. In all 7.31 lakh people have been vaccinated in the Union Territory till date.
Bihar government has decided to further relax the Covid restrictions imposed to contain the virus transmission from Saturday. As per the revised unlock order, malls, cinema halls and coaching classes to have been allowed to reopen. Schools have been permited to resume for all grades.
As per the state government guideline, shops, cinema halls, malls have to ensure that their staff are fully vaccinated. They have also been asked to give a list of the staff to the local police station.
Meghalaya is looking to reopen educational institutions after mid-August, Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui said. Speaking to reporters, Rymbui said there is a need to resume classroom teachings as soon as possible, especially in higher education institutes.
"About 50 per cent of students eligible to avail COVID-19 vaccination have taken the vaccine. This is expected to increase further by mid-August," he said on Friday. "When everything has already started, and even the markets are opening, then why not the schools? This is my personal opinion, but (the decision) will have to be collectively taken with the Health Department," he added.
He also urged the people to get themselves vaccinated to provide a safe environment for the students.
"I am very happy that every day about 10,000 people in the state are getting vaccinated," the minister said. "So, I take this opportunity to urge the parents, and friends all over the state to let us give education to our children by vaccinating ourselves so that our society is more resistant to this coronavirus," he said.
India reports 38,628 new COVID-19 cases, 40,017 recoveries & 617 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Health Ministry
- Total cases: 3,18,95,385
- Active cases: 4,12,153
- Total recoveries: 3,10,55,861
- Death toll: 4,27,371
- Total vaccination: 50,10,09,609 (49,55,138 in last 24 hrs)
Thane district of Maharashtra has reported 218 fresh coronavirus positive cases, which has pushed its infection count to 5,46,326, an official said on Saturday. These cases were reported on Friday, he said.
With the virus claiming the lives of seven persons during the day, the death toll in the district has risen to 11,086. The COVID-19 mortality rate of Thane is 2.02 per cent at present, he added. In neighbouring Palghar district, the COVID-19 case count has gone up to 1,33,642, while the death toll stands at 3,208, another official said.
Singapore's Health Minister Ong Ye Kung has warned that more people will come down with COVID-19 as the trade and financial hub opens up its economy and moves towards treating the virus as an endemic. Warning that more people may contract the infection as Singapore opens up its economy, Ong said people must be "psychologically prepared" for this eventuality, even as the republic embarks on its four-stage plan to reach a new normal.
"Our companies cannot grow if businessmen and managers cannot travel overseas to meet clients and partners. MNCs (multinational corporations) will find it hard to invest here if their people are not able to travel in and out of Singapore," the minister stressed. We can do our best to minimise the incidence of severe illnesses and deaths. It is, therefore, very important that we continue to vaccinate as many people as possible, he added.
The United States has so far allocated only 7.5 million doses of Covid vaccines to India, which is not enough, a top Indian-American Congressman said while urging the Biden Administration to do more. Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi said this after securing the support of 116 members of the Congress on his ongoing effort to expand US global vaccine aid programmes to India and other nations.
"I'm once again urging President Biden and my colleagues in the Congress to come together and pass the NOVID Act into law to end this pandemic for good because, so long as outbreaks continue in any nation, the entire world faces the threat of new, vaccine-resistant variants. As we approach Indian Independence Day, we need to declare our independence from Covid by creating the global partnership necessary to produce and deliver the billions of vaccines necessary to truly bring this pandemic to an end, he said. Meeting those goals will demand the continued cooperation of the world's leading democracies and producers of these life-saving vaccines, including the United States and India," Krishnamoorthi said in a statement.
In view of the reduction in Covid-19 cases, the Uttarakhand government lifts the ban on the entry of journalists and visitors to the state secretariat. Visitors and journalists will need to ensure that they follow COVID-19 protocols.
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has surpassed 50 crore with more than 43.29 lakh doses given on Friday. According the the Union health ministry, 22,93,781 beneficiaries in the age group of 18-44 years were administered the first dose, while 4,32,281 received the second dose of the vaccine on Friday.
Background
Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, 7 August, Thursday: The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has surpassed 50 crore with more than 43.29 lakh doses given on Friday.
According the the Union health ministry, 22,93,781 beneficiaries in the age group of 18-44 years were administered the first dose, while 4,32,281 received the second dose of the vaccine on Friday.
Five states — Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh — have administered more than one crore cumulative doses of the COVID-19 vaccine each to beneficiaries in the 18-44 age group, the ministry said.
Also, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Uttarakhand and West Bengal have administered the first dose of the vaccine to more than 10 lakh beneficiaries each in the 18-44 age group.
On the 203rd day of the vaccination drive (August 6), a total of 43,29,673 vaccine doses were given — 32,10,613 beneficiaries vaccinated for the first dose and 11,19,060 for the second dose — according to the provisional report.
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