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Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Record 19,218 coronavirus cases in Maharashtra, 378 deaths reported

Maharashtra reported 19,218 new COVID-19 cases, highest single-day spike in the state so far, taking its tally to 8,63,062 on Friday. The state reported 378 fatalities during the day, 38 of them from Pune city, taking the death toll to 25,964, said a health department official. The spike in cases broke Thursday's record of 18,105 cases. Also, 13,289 people were discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recovered cases to 6,25,773, the official said. The state currently has 2,10,978 active cases. Mumbai city reported 1,929 new cases and 35 deaths, taking its tally to 1,52,024 and the death toll to 7,799. The number of active cases in Mumbai stood at 22,222, he added. Pune city reported 1,689 cases along with 38 fresh deaths, taking its infection count to 1,08,117 and the toll to 2,692, the official said. So far, 44,66,249 tests have been carried out in the state. There are 14,51,343 people under home quarantine and another 36,873 under institutional quarantine, the official said. Of the 378 deaths reported in the state on Friday, 248 had taken place in the last 48 hours and 78 in the past one week. The remaining 52 deaths took place before the last week, but were added in the fatality data on Friday, the official said.

Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Bihar's COVID-19 death at 741 with 13 more fatalities

Bihar reported 13 COVID-19 deaths taking the death toll to 741 while 1,978 new coronavirus cases were detected in the past 24 hours pushing the caseload to over 1.44 lakh, a health department bulletin said. The highest number of over 1.50 lakh samples were tested for the viral infection during the same period, the bulletin said. The state has witnessed a three-fold jump in its testing capacity in past one month. As many as 51,924 samples had been tested for COVID-19 on August 5. Of the 13 deaths, three were reported from Patna, two each from East Champaran and Saharsa and one each from Araria, Arwal, Bhojpur, Buxar, Jehanabad and Vaishali, it said. At present, there are 16,981 active cases in the state. A total of 1,435 patients have recovered in the same period, taking the total number of recoveries to 1,26,411. The state which has been witnessing an increase in its recovery rate since August 17 recorded a minor decline in the recovery rate when it dropped from 87.91 per cent on Thursday to 87.70 per cent on Friday. Of the 1,978 fresh cases, Patna district accounted for the highest number at 258 cases, followed by Muzaffarpur at 134, Araria at 117 and Purnea at 91.

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Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: TN reports 5,976 new cases, tally breaches 4.50 lakh mark

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Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: COVID-19 patient commits suicide in Jabalpur hospital

A 64-year old COVID-19 patient allegedly committed suicide on Friday by jumping off the second floor of a hospital in Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, police said. He was undergoing treatment for the infection in the super specialty wing of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College and Hospital, Garha police station Inspector Rakesh Tiwari said.

Coronavirus News LIVE updates: 1 in 20 people showed evidence of COVID-19 by end of July, says survey

One in 20 people in Puducherry showed evidence of COVID19 infection by the end of July while the positivity rate for antibodies was higher in the urban population than the rural population, a community based survey conducted by the centrally administered JIPMER has found. The premier medical institution here conducted the survey to study the prevalence of antibodies in serum (blood) in an attempt to find the extent of spread of coronavirus infection(SARSCovid) among the population in Puducherry.

Coronavirus News LIVE updates: 4,500 beds occupied by COVID patients in Delhi hospitals, 33% by people from outside, says sources

Out of the over 14,000 beds for COVID19 patients at various hospitals in Delhi, around 4,500 are occupied by people, 33 per cent of whom are from outside the city, according to government sources. As per the latest heath bulletin issued by the Delhi heath department on Thursday, the total occupancy rate of beds at COVID19 hospitals stands at 31 per cent.

Coronavirus News LIVE updates: 6 New COVID-19 Cases Raise Mizoram's Tally to 1,046

Six people, including two security personnel, have tested positive for COVID19 in Mizoram, pushing the state's coronavirus caseload to 1,046, an official said on Friday. Four of the new cases were reported from Aizawl district while two were reported from Kolasib district, the official said.

Coronavirus News LIVE updates: J&J vaccine candidate prevents severe COVID-19 in Hamsters, says study

A COVID19 vaccine candidate, codeveloped by the American multinational company Johnson and Johnson, raises neutralising antibodies that robustly protect hamsters against severe infection with the novel coronavirus, according to a study. The research, published in the journal Nature Medicine, demonstrated that the vaccine elicited robust immune response in Syrian golden hamsters, and prevented severe clinical disease including weight loss, pneumonia, and death.

Coronavirus News LIVE updates: Antibodies found in 8% people in Haryana

Antibodies against the COVID19 infection were found in eight percent of people in the seroprevalence survey done in Haryana last month and those living in urban areas and NCR districts were found more affected, Health Minister Anil Vij said on Friday. As many as 850 samples each were collected from 22 districts and the collection was done both in urban and rural areas

Coronavirus News LIVE updates: 37 new cases push COVID-19 tally of Andamans to 3,223; death toll mounts to 48

The COVID19 caseload of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 3,223 on Friday as 37 more people tested positive for the infection, while one fresh fatality pushed the Union territory's coronavirus death tollto 48, a health official said. Three new patients have travel history, while 34 infections were detected during contact tracing, he said.

Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Delhi Airport sets up COVID-19 testing facility for select arriving international passengers

Delhi airport has set up a COVID19 testing facility at the multilevel car parking area of its Terminal 3 for arriving international passengers who have to take connecting domestic flights, its operator DIAL said on Friday. It will be operational within a few days.

Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Army distributes COVID-19 kits in J-K's Kishtwar District

The Army distributed COVID kits among people living in remote areas of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, an official spokesman said. With an aim to reduce hardships of people living in farflung areas, the Army had organised a medical camp in Tetani area of Kishtwar district, he said.

Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Atltico's Costa and Arias test positive for COVID-19

Atltico Madrid striker Diego Costa and defender Santiago Arias have tested positive for the coronavirus, the Spanish club said. The players are in quarantine and will not report for the team's first day of training on Friday. Most of the squad underwent their tests on Thursday, but Costa and Arias had tested positive while on vacation, the club said. They were not showing symptoms of COVID-19. Atltico Madrid will begin its season at the end of the month against Granada in the Spanish league. Its first two league matches were postponed because its season ended later as it participated in the Champions League quarterfinals.

Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Thailand races to contact trace as COVID-19 reappears

Thailand is racing ahead with contact tracing after detecting its first domestic coronavirus infection in over three months, health officials said on Friday, with tests conducted on nearly 200 people with possible exposure to the new case.

Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Despite high testing levels, daily COVID-19 positivity rate below 7.5% in India, cumulative positivity rate less than 8.5%

With more than11.70 lakh samples tested for COVID-19 for two successive days (Wednesday and Thursday), the total number of such tests conducted in the country has surged to4,66,79,145, while the daily positivity rate is still below 7.5 percent, the health ministry said on Friday. "Even with this very high daily testing, the daily COVID-19 positivity rate is still below 7.5 percent while the cumulative positivity rate is less than 8.5 percent," it underlined. With 30,37,151 people having recovered from COVID-19, the national recovery rate has risen to 77.15 percent, while the case fatality rate has further declined to 1.74 percent, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am. "These results reflect the successful Centre-led strategy of 'test, track and treat' being effectively implemented by most of the states and Union territories. "No other country has achieved these levels of very high daily testing," the ministry stressed. The sustained higher testing on a wide scale enables early diagnosis, prompt isolation and a timely hospitalisation.

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Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Doctor, aide arrested for giving forged COVID-19 test reports to people in Delhi

A 34-year-old doctor and his associate were arrested for allegedly providing forged COVID-19 test reports to people in the national capital, police said on Friday. The accused have been identified as Kush Bihari Parashar, a resident of Malviya Nagar, and his associate Amit Singh, they said. Police said they received a complaint from a reputed testing lab regarding forgery of COVID-19 test reports, following which a case under relevant sections was registered at Hauz Khas police station. On August 30, one person, who runs a business of providing nursing staff to patients, asked doctor Parashar for COVID-19 test reports of his two nursing staff before they were engaged in the job, a senior police officer said. Parashar forged the reports and sent them to the businessman who, in turn, sent it to his client on her mobile. Spotting a mistake in the name in the report, the client contacted the diagnostic centre and asked for a new report with correction, the officer said. On verifying the details of the patients, it came to notice of the diagnostic centre that no such patient exists in their record. Later, a case was registered at Hauz Khas police station. The accused were arrested on Thursday.

Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Arunachal reports record spike of 214 new COVID-19 cases, 1 fresh fatality

Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra minister Sunil Kedar tests COVID-19 positive, hospitalised

Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Thane district records 1,590 new COVID-19 cases, 29 deaths

Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Telangana continues to see a surge in COVID-19 cases; 2,478 more infections

Telangana continued to witness a spurt in coronavirus cases with 2,478 additions and 10 related deaths, taking the aggregate of those affected in the state to1.35 lakh. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 267, followed by Medchal Malkajgiri 190, Rangareddy 171, Nalgonda 135 districts, a government bulletin said on Friday, providing data as of 8 pm on September 3.

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Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Assam registers 3,054 new COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths

Assam's COVID19 caseload rose to 1,18,333 on Friday as 3,054 more people tested positive for the infection, while seven fresh fatalities pushed the northeastern state's coronavirus death toll to 330, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. Dibrugarh and Kamrup Metropolitan districts reported two fatalities each, while Sivasagar, Barpeta and Nalbari registered one death each, he said.