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1 min read Last Updated : Oct 11 2021 | 2:32 AM IST
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The Covid-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh reached 7,92,621 on Sunday with the addition of seven cases, while the death toll remained unchanged at 10,523, a state health department official said.
The recovery count stands at 7,81,995, leaving the state with 103 active cases, he said.
With 60,512 samples being examined during the day, the number of tests in MP went up to 1,91,30,789, the official added.
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Haryana reported no Covid-related death and nine new cases on Sunday, pushing the infection tally to 7,70,993.
According to the health department's daily bulletin, the death toll remained unchanged at 9,875.
Meanwhile, among the districts, four cases were reported from Gurgaon.
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Maharashtra on Sunday reported 2,294 fresh coronavirus positive cases and 28 fatalities while 1,823 patients recovered, the state health department said.
The new additions pushed the tally of infections to 65,77,872, the death toll to 1,39,542 and the number of recoveries to 64,01,287, leaving Maharashtra with 33,449 active cases as of Sunday, it said.
With 1,40,847 new tests, the number of samples tested so far in Maharashtra went up to 6,01,98,174.
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Ahead of the Durga Puja festival, Odisha witnessed a slight rise of COVID-19 cases, as the state reported 652 fresh infections on Sunday, 126 more than the previous day, a health department official said.
The coronavirus tally rose to 10,31,696 in the coastal state, while the death toll also climbed to 8,249 with seven new fatalities - Khurda (5), Angul and Nabarangpur (1 each) - he said.
Odisha had logged 526 fresh cases on Saturday, 524 on Friday, 582 on Thursday and 593 on Wednesday.
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The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 12,159 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,666,562.
The DOH also reported that 119 more people died from COVID-19 complications, bringing the country's death toll to 39,624.
The Philippines, which has around 110 million population, has tested more than 20 million people since the outbreak in January 2020.
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Two districts of Tamil Nadu, including the State capital Chennai, recorded the maximum number of Covid-19 infections on Sunday with 1,329 cases pushing the overall caseload to 26,78,265 till date, the Health Department said.
As many as 15 people died thereby taking the toll to 35,783, a bulletin said.
Chennai and Coimbatore clocked 171 and 132 cases respectively while neighbouring Chengalpet after seeing triple digits added 99 new infections to the tally.
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Telangana on Sunday recorded 162 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the total positives in the state to 6.67 lakh.
The toll rose to 3,930 with one more person succumbing to the deadly virus, a state government bulletin said.
The number of active cases stood at 4,235.
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Jammu and Kashmir recorded 99 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday that took the infection tally to 3,30,533, officials said.
No Covid-related death was reported in the Union Territory in the past 24 hours, they said.
Of the fresh cases, 14 were from Jammu division and 85 from the Kashmir division, officials said.
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India is set to achieve a milestone by inoculating 100 crore of its population within a few days making it the world's largest vaccination program, Bharatiya Janata Party chief Jagat Prakash Nadda said on Sunday.
The BJP leader who is in Manipur said, "Within 2-4 days, 100 crore vaccinations will be over which is the world's largest vaccination program taking place in India. Approximately, 17.5 lakh vaccine doses have been given in Manipur. I congratulate Chief Minister N Biren Singh for this."
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Nagaland's COVID-19 tally rose to 31,449 on Sunday as eight more people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said.
The coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 671 as no fresh fatality was registered, it said.
Kohima recorded the highest number of new cases at five, followed by Dimapur (two) and Mokokchung (one).
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Active Covid-19 cases dropped below the 8,000 mark to 7,944 in Andhra Pradesh even as the state added 624 fresh positives in 24 hours ending 9 AM on Sunday.
The state also reported 810 recoveries and four deaths in 24 hours, the latest bulletin said.
The gross positives now increased to 20,57,252, recoveries to 20,35,054 and deaths 14,254.
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said he will strengthen the country's medical system amid the coronavirus pandemic by increasing the number of beds designated for Covid-19 patients in the public hospitals.
Speaking to reporters after his first visit to a hospital that treats Covid-19 patients after taking office on October 4, Kishida said the government must prepare for the "worst-case scenario" when it comes to ramping up the medical system, The Japan Times reported.
Kishida is considering increasing financial support to public hospitals in return for the hospitals' cooperation with the government's request to take in Covid-19 patients during emergencies.
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The national capital reported 29 cases of COVID-19 and one death due to the infection in a day while the positivity rate stood at 0.05 per cent, according to data shared by the health department here on Sunday.
Delhi has recorded only two deaths due to the disease in October so far. Last month, five people had succumbed to the viral disease.
With the new cases, the coronavirus infection tally in the city climbed to 14,39,195. Of this, over 14.13 lakh patients have recovered from the disease. The death toll stands at 25,089.
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Russia recorded 28,647 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, down from 29,362 the day before, bringing the cumulative total to 7,775,365, the federal response center said on Sunday.
"Over the past day, 28,647 COVID-19 cases were confirmed across 85 Russian regions, including 2,421 cases (8.5%) without clinical symptoms," the center said, adding that the rate of increase fell to 0.37%.
Moscow has the highest number of new cases with 4,610 daily infections, down from 6,001 the day before. The Russian capital is followed by St. Petersburg with 2,822 cases, up from 2,717, and the Moscow region with 2,026 cases, up from 1,689.
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Australian children as young as five could be eligible for coronavirus vaccines before the end of 2021 as the country continues to battle the third wave of the pandemic, a top official announced on Sunday.
Allen Cheng, the co-chair of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI), said "if all the stars aligned" children aged five to 11 could start receiving vaccinations in late December, reports Xinhua news agency.
It comes after Pfizer confirmed that it will make an application to the medical regulator -- the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
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Tamil Nadu began its fifth mega vaccination drive on Sunday with around 30,000 vaccination centres set up across the state.
State health secretary J Radhakrishnan, who was present at one of the vaccination centres to kick start the fifth phase of the mega vaccination drive, said that almost 65 percent of the eligible population has received the first dose and 22 percent of the population has received the second dose.
"Already 65 percent people have taken the first dose. We are low on the second dose. Almost 26 lakh people are due for the second dose. So, this type of drive allows them to come and ensure that they get their second dose," the health secretary said.
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Mumbai's R-value, which reflects how rapidly the COVID-19 pandemic is spreading, increased to over 1 in September end, according to a study.
The Reproduction number or R refers to how many people an infected person infects on an average. In other words, it tells how 'efficiently' a virus is spreading.
An R-value smaller than 1 means the disease is spreading slowly. Conversely, if R is greater than 1, the number of infected people is increasing in each round - technically, this is what is called the epidemic phase.
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India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage crossed the landmark of 940 million, with 66,85,415 vaccine doses administered in the last 24 hours, the Union Minister informed on Sunday.
According to the provisional reports issued by the ministry at 7 am on Sunday, India has so far administered 94,70,10,175 Covid-19 vaccines.
This has been achieved through 92,12,314 sessions.
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The government has permitted the export of Russia's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik Light domestically produced here as the jab has not yet been approved for emergency use in India, sources said on Sunday.
Indian drug firm Hetero Biopharma Limited has been allowed to export 40 lakh doses of Sputnik Light to Russia, sources in the know of the developments told PTI.
Sputnik Light is the same as component-1 of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V which is being used in India's anti-COVID inoculation programme after getting emergency use authorisation from India's Drug Regulator in April.
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New Zealand reported 61 new cases of Covid-19 Delta variant, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Sunday.
Of the 61 new cases of Covid-19 reported, 60 were community cases in Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty, and one were imported cases at the border, said the Ministry.
The total case number of Covid-19 in the current Delta variant outbreak in New Zealand community reached 1,587 including 1,538 in Auckland, 31 in Waikato, 17 in Wellington, and one in Bay of Plenty.
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518,995 are the total confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria. This is shown by data from the National Information System.
The new cases for the past 24 hours are 2,485. 49,828 are active cases in the country. During the past 24hrs, 21,775 tests have been performed, bringing them to a total of 4,950,589.
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India has exported Covid-19 vaccine doses to Myanmar, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Iran, sources informed on Sunday.
According to sources, Myanmar, Nepal, and Bangladesh received ten lakh doses of Covishield each, while Iran received three lakh doses of Covaxin.
Earlier, on September 20, the Government of India had announced its decision to resume the export of vaccines against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19 ) from October.
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First Published: Oct 10 2021 | 6:49 AM IST
