Coronavirus LIVE: Vaccination is the medicine to boost economy, says FM

Coronavirus live updates: Uttar Pradesh says it has vaccinated 48 per cent of its population; hundreds in Istanbul protest against the government's inoculation campaign.

10:30 PM

TN clocks 1,608 new cases, administers COVID-19 vaccines to 25 lakh people

Tamil Nadu on Sunday logged 1,608 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, registering a marginal decline in infections as against 1,639 on the previous day. The state's tally stood at 26.33 lakh cases so far.

 

With 22 deaths due to the infection, including 7 in private hospitals and 15 in government facilities, the toll has risen to 35,168. On Sunday, the government administered COVID-19 vaccines to 25 lakh people and set a Himalayan record in the country by giving 4 crore vaccines so far.

9:54 PM

Goa sees 38 COVID-19 cases, 1 death, 74 recoveries

Goa's COVID-19 tally increased by 38 on Sunday to reach 1,74,837, while one death took the toll to 3,217, an official said.

 

The discharge of 74 people took the recovery count to 1,70,882, leaving the state with 738 active cases, he said.

 

With 2,677 samples being examined in the last 24 hours, the number of tests in Goa went up to 12,66,413, he added.

 

Goa's COVID-19 figures are as follows: positive cases 1,74,837, new cases 38, death toll 3217, discharged 170882, active cases 738, samples tested till date 12,66,413.

9:13 PM

Mumbai reports 354 fresh COVID cases, 7 deaths

Mumbai reported 354 new COVID cases and 7 deaths on Sunday.

 

According to the state health department, 188 people have recovered from the disease. With this, the recovery rate of the state stood at 97 per cent.

 

The total number of positive COVID cases in the city stood at 73,5056 and as many as 4,823 active COVID cases were recorded.

8:38 PM

Over 74 cr Covid vaccine jabs administered in India

All adult people in Sikkim, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Ladakh and Lakshadweep have received at least one dose of Covid vaccine as the cumulative jabs administered in the country crossed 74 crore on Sunday, the Union Health Ministry said.

 

Around 50,25,159 vaccine doses have been administered till 8 pm on Sunday, according to data from the CoWIN portal.

 

"Congratulations to these states and Union Territories for administering the first COVID-19 vaccine dose to 100 per cent of the adult population. Special appreciation for the health workers in these regions for their diligence and commitment, the office of Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted. PTI

8:10 PM

Bengal reports higher single-day recoveries than fresh cases; death toll rises to 18,577

West Bengal's Nadia district reported four out of 10 single-day coronavirus fatalities on Sunday, as the state's death toll mounted to 18,577, a health department bulletin said.

 

Recoveries outnumbered daily COVID-19 cases with 751 new infections recorded as against 757 more patients getting discharged, it said.

 

The state's tally stands at 15,56,908.

 

The fresh cases include 125 infections from Kolkata and 124 in North 24 Parganas.

 

According to the bulletin, West Bengal now has 8,187 active cases, after a total of 15,30,144 people were discharged.

 

Altogether, 1,74,78,452 samples have been tested for COVID-19 so far, it added. PTI

7:21 PM

Karnataka logs 803 new cases

Karnataka logged 803 new COVID-19 cases and 17 deaths on Sunday, taking the total number of infections to 29,61,735 and the toll to 37,504. The day also saw 802 discharges, taking the total number of recoveries in the state so far to 29,07,548.

 

Out of the 803 new cases reported on Sunday, 255 were from Bengaluru Urban, as the city saw 107 discharges and six deaths.

 

The total number of active cases in the state stood at 16,656.

 

While the positivity rate for the day was 0.80 per cent, the Case Fatality Rate (CFR) was 2.11 per cent.

 

Coming behind Bengaluru Urban in number of deaths was Dakshina Kannada, Belagavi, Hassan and Mysuru (2 each), followed by others.

 

6:50 PM

22 new cases, zero death recorded in Delhi

No death due to COVID-19 was recorded in Delhi on Sunday, while 22 fresh cases were reported with a positivity rate of 0.04 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.

 

Only one fatality due to Covid has been reported this month on September 7. The death toll due to the coronavirus infection in Delhi stands at 25,083.

5:46 PM

12 Nagpur cops test positive after return from Pune training session

Twelve Nagpur police personnel have tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday and Sunday after returning from a training session at the Maharashtra Intelligence Academy in Pune, an official said.

 

A total of 33 personnel from Nagpur police had gone for the training, which took place between August 30 and September 9, said Sandip Pakhale, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Headquarters) on Sunday.

 

"Two policemen, on returning from Pune, showed mild symptoms and their swab samples returned positive late Saturday night, after which we decided to test all 33 as a precautionary measure. Another 10 tested positive, taking the total to 12," he said. PTI

5:23 PM

Video shows Covid-19 norm violations at Maha minister's event

A video that went viral on social media of an event attended by Maharashtra minister Dattatray Bharne in Indapur in Pune showed him and several of his supporters not maintaining social distance nor wearing masks, despite both being mandatory as per COVID-19 norms.

 

Bharne, the local Nationalist Congress Party MLA, was attending the inauguration of a new bank building in Pimpri Budruk village on Saturday, and the videos in circulation showed his supporters carrying him on their shoulders.

 

However, when contacted, Indapur police station Inspector T Mujawar on Sunday said no case was registered in this connection as no one had come forward to complain. PTI

4:31 PM

20% of fully vaccinated people in Odisha fail to develop antibodies: ILS

The city-based Institute of Life Science (ILS) said about 20 per cent of the fully vaccinated people in Odisha have failed to develop antibodies against SARS-CoV2 and they may require booster doses.

 

Though Odisha has so far inoculated over 61.32 lakh people with both doses of COVID-19 vaccine, including more than 10 lakh people in Bhubaneswar, about 20 per cent of them have failed to develop antibodies against SARS-CoV2 and they may require booster doses, said ILS director Dr Ajay Parida.

 

"Though the antibody level is 30,000 to 40,000 in some Covid infected people, it is below 50 in a significant number of vaccinated individuals. If the antibody level is 60 to 100, then we can say the person is antibody positive," the ILS director said. PTI

3:34 PM

Vaccination is the medicine to boost economy: FM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said vaccination was the only medicine to boost the economy as it allows people to conduct businesses regularly or farmers to carry out farming activity.

 

"Vaccination programme has been going on smoothly in the country and so far 73 crore people have already received jabs free of charge. Today, through vaccination programme, people were able to conduct business, traders were able to procure products to run businesses, (thereby) boosting economy, or farmers were able to do farming...So, vaccination is the only medicine (to combat the virus, to boost economy)...," she said. PTI

2:39 PM

School bells ring in Bangladesh after 543 days

School bells rang after a hiatus of 543 days in Bangladesh on Sunday, as tens of thousands of students returned to classes, amid an ease in the coronavirus situation in the country and the vaccination programme picking up pace.

 

News channels aired footages of students in school uniform entering campuses with broad smiles, visible despite masks. Many reached their classes many hours in advance as excitement among students was palpable.

2:09 PM

Zydus Cadila to seek approval for two-dose regimen of its approved vaccine in India

Considering the burden on healthcare and the expense of buying three doses, Zydus Cadila is planning to seek approval for the two-dose regimen of its needle-free COVID-19 vaccine, ZyCoV-D, days after the vaccine was approved by India's drugs regulator for emergency use in India on August 20. The trials for the two-dose regimen are underway.

1:32 PM

Germany says coronavirus outbreak slowing

The spread of the coronavirus slowed in Germany on Sunday. The number of people newly infected rose by 7,345: some 3,108 cases less than a week ago. The death toll fell to eight on Sunday, compared with 21 a week ago. The country recorded in total 4,077,640 Covid-19 infections, Bloomberg reported.

1:12 PM

Ladakh logs one new case in 24 hours

Ladakh recorded one new case of Covid-19 in 24 hours to take its total to 20,601, PTI reported quoting unnamed government officials. No death due to Covid was reported in 24 hours. Active cases have come down to 34.

12:51 PM

Chinese city stops trains, buses to contain Covid

A city in southern China that is trying to contain a coronavirus outbreak told the public Sunday not to leave, suspended bus and train service and closed cinemas, bars and other facilities. Anyone who needs to leave Putian, a city of 2.9 million people in Fujian province south of Shanghai, for an essential trip must have proof of a negative coronavirus test within the past 48 hours, the AP reported.

12:38 PM

Japan vaccinates more than 50% of population

Japan's government says more than 50 per cent of the population has been fully vaccinated. Japan's vaccine rollouts began in mid-February, months behind many wealthy countries due to its lengthy clinical testing requirement and approval process, Reuters reported.

11:59 AM

Mizoram's Covid-19 tally breaches 70,000-mark

Mizoram's Covid-19 tally breached the 70,000-mark on Sunday as 1,089 more people, including 245 children, tested positive for the infection, PTI reported quoting a civil servant. The state's coronavirus death toll rose to 236 as three more people succumbed to the disease.

10:25 AM

Moscow new daily infections rise as schools reopen

Moscow new daily Covid-19 infections jumped to the highest since Aug. 19 at 1,940 as schools opened in September and vacation season is over, according to the government’s virus response center. Moscow had daily infections record in June at 9,120, but the city administration handled the wave without lockdown, Bloomberg reported.

 

10:09 AM

India's recovery rate is at 97.51%: Health Ministry

India active cases--patients being treated for Covid--are at 3,84,921 and form 1.16 per cent of total infections. The Covid-19 recovery rate is at 97.51 per cent, said the health ministry on Sunday.

9:52 AM

India records 28,591 new cases

India recorded 28,591 new cases of Covid-19 and 338 deaths from the disease in 24 hours, said the health ministry on Sunday, marking a 14 per cent fall in daily infections since Saturday.

9:01 AM

Japan's vaccines minister leads race to succeed PM

Japan's minister in charge of vaccines, Taro Kono, led a public opinion poll on who should succeed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga as head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Kono had 27% support in the poll by the Nikkei newspaper and TV Tokyo, Reuters reported. 

8:22 AM

South Korea reports 1,755 more Covid-19 cases, 272,982 in total

South Korea reported 1,755 more cases of Covid-19 as of midnight Saturday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 272,982.

 

The daily caseload was down from 1,865 in the prior day, but it hovered above 1,000 for 68 straight days. The daily average tally for the past week was 1,797.

8:21 AM

Sinovac launches clinical trial of vaccine on children, teenagers in S. Africa

Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech on Friday launched the Phase III clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine on a group of children and teenagers between six months and 17 years old in South Africa.

 

The study, carried out in collaboration with South African company Numolux Group, has enrolled approximately 2,000 participants in the country, who will receive two doses of Sinovac's CoronaVac vaccine or a placebo, 28 days apart. The efficacy assessment will be based on relevant indicators, the Xinhua news agency reported.

8:20 AM

Africa's Covid-19 cases pass 8 mn: Africa CDC

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa reached 8,008,802 as of Saturday morning, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.

 

The Africa CDC, the specialised healthcare agency of the African Union, said that the death toll from the pandemic across the continent stands at 202,534. Some 7,280,838 patients across the continent have recovered from the disease so far.

7:50 AM

China reports 46 new

China reported 46 new Covid-19 cases on the mainland for September 11, up from 25 a day earlier, the national health authority said on Sunday. Twenty of the new infections were locally transmitted and the rest imported, the National Health Commission said, according to Reuters.

7:17 AM

Chhattisgarh records 24 new cases

Chhattisgarh said on Saturday it had recorded 24 new cases of Covid-19 and no deaths from the disease overnight. The state has 10,04,844 cases in total and 13,558 people have died of the disease yet, PTI reported quoting the state health department.

 

6:27 AM

Bengal reports 14 new deaths

West Bengal said on Saturday it had recorded 752 new cases of Covid-19 and 14 deaths from the disease in 24 hours. The state has 15,56,157 Covid cases and 18,567 fatalities after Saturday’s numbers.

6:25 AM

NY hospital to stop delivering babies

A hospital in upstate New York says it can’t deliver babies safely and offer other maternity services after September 24, partly because staff members have quit rather than take a mandated Covid-19 vaccine, Bloomberg reported.