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With 88,650 new cases, India's coronavirus tally nears 600,000 mark

In the wake of 88,650 more coronavirus cases and another 1,124 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, India's total tally on Sunday neared the 60-lakh mark.

Melbourne eases lockdown, reopens schools; 125,000 to return to work

The restrictions were scheduled to be eased Sunday if the rolling 14-day average of new infections was between 30 and 50 cases

Italy's coronavirus Patient No. 1 takes part in long-distance relay race

Mattia Maestri was suited up Saturday for the start of the two-day race between Italy''s first two virus hotspot

US: Record spike in virus cases in Wisconsin with 2,817 new infections

The rolling average number of daily new cases has increased by 950, an increase of nearly 97 per cent, according to Johns Hopkins researchers

New York records over 1,000 coronavirus cases in a day since June

More than 1,000 New Yorkers have tested positive for COVID-19 in a single day for the first time since June 5 the state has seen a daily number that high. The number of positive tests reported daily in the state has been steadily inching up in recent weeks, possibly because more businesses have been reopening and students have been returning to schools and college campuses. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday there were 1,005 positive cases tallied on Friday out of 99,953 tests, for a 1 per cent positive rate. From late July through the start of September, the state had an average of around 660 people test positive per day. In the seven-day period that ended Friday, it averaged 817 positive tests per day. That number of daily positive tests in a state of more than 19 million people still puts New York in a much better position than many other states. And it is better than the situation in the state in April, when the number of positive tests per day routinely topped 9,000 eve

Over 500,000 PPEs being manufactured per day in India: Dr Harsh Vardhan

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that over 5 lakh personal protective equipment per day are being produced by the 110 PPE manufacturers in the country."Now we have 110 PPE manufacturers in India, producing over 5 lakh per day. States who used to complain about not getting an adequate number of PPEs, now say they do not have a place to keep them when we talk about sending PPEs," Harsh Vardhan said here at the 79th Foundation Day of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).The Union Health Minister further said that India has conducted around 7 crore tests for COVID-19 and the recovery rate is improving."In the initial phase, the recovery rate stood at 9-12 per cent. But today, the recovery rate is around 82 per cent and the fatality rate is around 1.6 per cent," he said."We started with one lab when the COVID-19 crisis started but today we have 1823 labs. We have crossed 7 crore tests and are doing tests around 13-15 lakhs per day during the past few .

With 32.6 million cases global death toll from coronavirus surpass 990,000

The global death toll rose to 990,738, while there were more than 32.6 million cases worldwide as of 3:23 pm (1923 GMT), the CSSE data showed

Covid-19: Spanish Health Minister warns of serious risk without tough rules

On Saturday Spain's Health Minister Salvador Illa said current restrictions did not go far enough

Antibodies from recovered cases, antivirals may be bridge to Covid vaccine

Antibody-based medications, other blood products from recovered patients and antivirals are being investigated as early treatments, Fauci said

Odisha man booked for making fake Covid-19 vaccine with 'secret' formula

A 32-year-old man has been booked in Odisha's Bargarh district for allegedly manufacturing fake Covid-19 vaccines, police said on Saturday.

PM pledges to use India's vax-production capacity to help 'all humanity'

PM Modi said in August that India was ready to mass produce Covid-19 vaccines when scientists gave the go-ahead

PM makes strong pitch for India's inclusion in UNSC, calls for reforms

The Prime Minister bolstered his argument for reforms in the UN and a bigger play for India with the catchphrase: Reform-perform-transform

J&J Covid-19 vaccine produces strong immune response in early trials

A leading Covid-19 vaccine candidate developed by global healthcare company Johnson & Johnson produced a strong immune response against novel coronavirus in early-to-mid stage clinical trials, a report said.

Does govt have Rs 80,000 cr to buy, give out vaccine, Serum Inst chief asks

Experts say even as vaccine is being developed, govt should put in place its strategy for distribution and procurement instead of waiting for the vaccine to be ready

India Coronavirus Dispatch: No unanimity on death toll in Gujarat's Rajkot

Tripura schools set to reopen, Kerala has fastest growing Covid numbers, cases entering smaller villages in Maharashtra's Wardha--news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Aussie PM urges inquiry into origin of Covid-19

One million more UK workers may lose jobs, Deutsche Bank revamps WFH rule, Nations divided as Europe battles to contain virus surge, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Tripura coronavirus update: Covid-19 tally rises to 24,408 in the state

At least 278 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Saturday, pushing the coronavirus tally in the state to 24,408, a health department official said

China pushes emergency use of coronavirus vaccine despite concerns

After the first shot, he had no reaction. But Kan Chai felt woozy following the second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine approved for emergency use in China

Covid-19 Factoid: India's recovery rate over 82%, active case decline

Country has the fastest rising pandemic curve in the world, with the total case tally over 5.9 million.

India coronavirus update: 85,362 new Covid-19 infections detected in a day

India's Covid-19 tally sprinted past 5.9 million with 85,362 fresh cases in a span of 24 hours, while over 4.8 million people have recovered from the disease so far