Coronavirus LIVE: Andhra Pradesh's Covid-19 tally nears 800,000-mark

Coronavirus update: Maharashtra has 16,25,197 coronavirus cases, Andhra Pradesh 793,299, Karnataka 782,773, Tamil Nadu 7,00,193 and UP 461,475. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE updates

1:50 AM

AstraZeneca's volunteer who died didn't get Covid-19 vaccine

A participant who died during a trial of AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine in Brazil hadn’t received the company’s shot, according to a person familiar with the matter.

 

The person asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public.

 

Brazil’s health authority Anvisa said it had been informed on Monday of the study volunteer’s death and had received a partial report from an international committee assessing the trial’s safety. That committee suggested the trial should continue, Anvisa said in a statement.

11:27 PM

Guterres reiterates call on UN Day for global ceasefire to fight Covid-19 together

11:27 PM

Chhattisgarh records 2,491 new Covid-19 cases, 52 deaths

With 2,491 new Covid-19 cases and 52 more deaths, Chhattisgarhs total count rose to 1,70,130 and the toll to 1,680 on Thursday, a health official said.

 

The number of people who have recovered increased to 1,43,212 after 352 people were discharged from various hospitals while 2,370 patients completed their home isolation during the day, he said.

 

The state now has 25,238 active cases, the official informed.

11:21 PM

Resources to be in place for effective Covid-19 vaccination: NITI VC

Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Thursday expressed confidence that money and resources will be in place for a viable and effective vaccination system to fight Covid-19, even as he said it is quite premature to talk about the cost for getting the vaccination.

10:01 PM

Europeans face more curfews, restrictions, as virus surges

Italy's three largest cities face new curfews as regional authorities try to slow the spread of Covid-19 where it first struck hard in Europe, most of whose countries are now imposing, or mulling, new restrictions to cope with rapidly rising caseloads.

 

A midnight-to-5 a.m. curfew in Lazio, which includes Rome, begins on Friday and lasts for 30 days, under an order signed by regional governor Nicola Zingaretti who himself was seriously sickened with Covid-19 in the first weeks of the pandemic.

 

The governor of Campania, the southern region which includes densely populated Naples, on Thursday ordered residents to stay at home from 11 p.m. to shortly before dawn starting the next day. A similar curfew in Lombardy, where infections are particularly surging in its main city, Milan, will go into effect Thursday night.

10:00 PM

Rajasthan sees 1,822 fresh coronavirus cases, 12 deaths

Rajasthan reported 1,822 fresh Covid-19 cases and 12 deaths due to the disease on Thursday, taking the infection tally to 180,755.

 

The coronavirus death toll stands at 1,800 in the state, an official report said here.

 

Out of the latest fatalities, two deaths were reported from Jaipur, while one death each was reported from Ajmer, Bharatpur, Bikaner, Chittorgarh, Churu, Ganganagar, Jodhpur, Nagaur, Sikar and Udaipur, it said.

9:47 PM

12 more coronavirus deaths, 617 new cases reported in Punjab

9:16 PM

Mumbai's Covid-19 tally rises to 247,334 with 1,463 new cases; 49 deaths take toll to 9,918

9:15 PM

Highest single-day spike of 4,157 fresh cases takes West Bengal's Covid-19 tally to 337,283

8:58 PM

Andhra Pradesh govt starts 10-day coronavirus awareness drive

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy directed officials to focus on the 10-day special drive to create awareness about the precautions against Coronavirus.

 

The Andhra Pradesh government has started a 10-day coronavirus awareness program to make people more aware of the importance of social distancing and other precautions that should be taken in order to keep themselves and society safe from coronavirus.

 

The district administration officers and volunteers on the field imparting the ways of precautions, which can be taken at home for the next 10 days which will last till October 31, 2020.

8:49 PM

Covid-19 LIVE update: 1,136 new coronavirus cases in Gujarat; state tally 164,121

The coronavirus infection tally in Gujarat mounted to 164,121 on Thursday after 1,136 people tested positive, the state health department said. The death toll due to the virus went up to 3,670 as seven more persons succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours, it said in a release. A total of 1,201 patients also recovered during this period, the department said.

 

Gujarat's COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 1,64,121, new cases 1,136, death toll 3,670, discharged 1,46,308, active cases 14,143 and people tested so far 55,85,445.

8:36 PM

Coronavirus pandemic LIVE: Tamil Nadu Covid-19 tally breaches 700,000-mark

Tamil Nadu on Thursday became the fourth state in the country to cross seven lakh coronavirus cases with 3,077 new infections while the death toll touched 10,825 with 45 more fatalities. While the tally of positive cases stood at 7,00,193, the state capital accounted for 1,93,299, a bulletin said.

 

Reflecting the declining trend, it has taken 21 days for the state to register the last one lakh cases as against the 17 days it took to climb from five lakh to six lakh cases. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka are the other three states with a caseload of over seven lakh.

8:31 PM

Maharashtra's coronavirus tally rises to 16,25,197 with addition of 7,539 new cases

8:30 PM

Delhi reports 3,882 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours

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Plasma therapy isn't a magic bullet, says Delhi AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria

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Covid-19 LIVE update: 1,136 new coronavirus cases in Gujarat; state tally 164,121

7:57 PM

Coronavirus LIVE update: Andhra Pradesh's Covid-19 tally nears 800,000-mark

The two Godavari districts, West and East, in Andhra Pradesh continued to report a high number of new COVID-19 cases as the state's tally inched closer to the 800,000-mark on Thursday. In the 24 hours ending 8 am on Thursday, West Godavari reported 631 and East 482 of the 3,620 new cases added to the state's overall tally that now reached 7,96,919.

 

The two districts together have over 1.92 lakh cases. A total of 3,723 patients got cured, taking the cumulative recoveries to 758,138, according to the latest COVID-19 bulletin.

7:46 PM

Maharashtra reports 7,539 new Covid-19 cases 198 deaths in last 24 hours

7:36 PM

Winter, air pollution may lead to higher prevalence of coronavirus: Delhi AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria

7:31 PM

Oxford Covid-19 vaccine doing everything expected': Study

The Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine undergoing Phase III clinical trials with British pharma giant AstraZeneca is doing everything expected which means good news in the fight against the deadly virus, an independent analysis said on Thursday.

 

A team at Bristol University used recently developed techniques to validate that the vaccine accurately follows the genetic instructions programmed into it by the Oxford University team.

 

The experts say that the novel analysis provides even greater clarity and detail about how the vaccine successfully provokes a strong immune response.

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Coronavirus pandemic LIVE: 5,471 new Covid-19 cases and 304 new deaths in Iran

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Spain reaches 1 million confirmed Covid-19 cases

Spain this week became the first country in western Europe to record more than 1 million confirmed infections, as it struggles to contain a resurgence of the new coronavirus.

 

The country of 47 million is among those hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 34,000 deaths attributed to the disease.

 

After being brought under control during a nationwide lockdown in the spring, the virus started spreading again a couple of months after restrictions were lifted and people started to move around and socialize again.

6:53 PM

AstraZeneca Covid volunteer dies, trials to continue: Report

Clinical trials of the Covid-19 vaccine being developed by British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca and Oxford University will continue in Brazil despite the death of a volunteer, Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said recently.

 

According to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, Oxford University said it had carried out a careful assessment of the case in Brazil and found that there were no concerns about the safety of the trial. An independent assessment of the case did not present any concerns, AstraZeneca said. The volunteer was a man in his 20s from Rio de Janeiro. It was not immediately clear if the man received the vaccine or had been part of a placebo group.

6:44 PM

Covid-19 LIVE: 584 new coronavirus cases and 10 deaths in Jammu and Kashmir today

6:34 PM

Coronavirus latest update: 3,077 new Covid-19 infections and 45 deaths reported in Tamil Nadu

6:29 PM

Gautam Buddh Nagar: 180 fresh Covid-19 cases take tally to 16,489; death toll 66

The COVID-19 death toll in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar rose to 66 on Thursday with one more fatality, while 180 fresh cases pushed the infection tally to 16,489, official data showed.

 

The number of active cases rose to 1,105 from 1,090 on Wednesday, according to the data released by the UP Health Department for a 24-hour period. On the brighter side, 165 more patients got discharged during the period, taking the overall recoveries in the district to 15,318, sixth highest in the state, it showed.

6:21 PM

7,482 new Covid-19 cases, 23 deaths in Kerala today; active caseload 93,291

6:09 PM

Durga Puja pandal in Bengal on the theme of wearing masks in view of Covid-19 pandemic

5:50 PM

Uttar Pradesh reports 2,402 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours; state tally 463,858

The COVID-19 death toll in Uttar Pradesh rose to 6,790 on Thursday with 35 more fatalities, while 2,402 fresh cases pushed the infection tally to 4,63,858, a health bulletin issued here said.

 

"At present, there are 29,131 active cases in the state, while 4,27,937 people have recovered from the infection and have been discharged," it said.

 

During the past 24 hours, 35 more people have died due to COVID-19, taking the toll in the state to 6,790 while the total number of cases has risen to 4,63,858, it said.

5:46 PM

Nepal reports 3,637 new Covid-19 cases

Nepal on Thursday recorded 3,637 new Covid-19 cases, taking the country's tally to 148,509, health officials said. There are currently 44,877 active cases of infection. Of the active cases, 13,339 patients are in institutional isolation while 31,538 are in home isolation. Meanwhile, 3,751 people are staying at quarantine facilities across the country, the Himalayan Times reported.

 

A total of 3,215 people who had earlier contracted the disease have tested negative in the last 24 hours. So far, 102,820 people have recovered from Covid-19. So far, the country has reported 812 fatalities.