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Coronavirus: Maharashtra sees 6,479 new Covid cases, over 20k in Kerala

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Aug 02, 2021, 04:26:25 IST

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Coronavirus: Maharashtra sees 6,479 new Covid cases, over 20k in Kerala

India reported 41,831 new cases, 541 deaths and 39,258 recoveries in the last 24 hours. Covid recovery rate is currently at 97.36%. There are a total of 410952 active cases in the country at present. Stay with TOI for all updates:

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Covid cases in India

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Active Covid cases in India

09:32 (IST) Aug 01

Covid recovery rate currently at 97.36%, says health ministry

09:32 (IST) Aug 01

India reports 41,831 new cases, 541 deaths and 39,258 recoveries in the last 24 hours, says health ministry

09:09 (IST) Aug 01

Complete lockdown imposed in Kerala this weekend due to rising COVID19 cases in the state

Thiruvananthapuram | Complete lockdown imposed in Kerala this weekend due to rising COVID19 cases in the state Onl… https://t.co/pxoO78EV3G
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09:08 (IST) Aug 01

Streets remain deserted during the complete lockdown in the state this weekend amid a surge in Covid-19 cases

Kochi | Streets remain deserted during the complete lockdown in the state this weekend amid a surge in COVID19 cases https://t.co/h49AwKfIiy
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08:18 (IST) Aug 01

Thailand records all-time high daily Covid-19 cases

Thailand's daily Covid-19 cases and deaths both set records again on Saturday, as the country fights its worst surge in infections driven by the highly contagious Delta variant. Data from the Ministry of Public Health showed that Thailand's Covid-19 caseload rose by 18,912 over the last 24 hours to 697,287, and the death toll increased by 178 to 4,857, the Xinhua news agency reported. Daily case tallies in the Southeast Asian country have continued to rise sharply in July despite the imposition of tougher restrictions like curfew and partial lockdown in its most affected provinces.

08:04 (IST) Aug 01

Cases top 40k for 5th day in a row, Kerala still driving surge

Kerala reported more than 20,000 fresh Covid-19 cases for the fifth day running while the rising trend in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka continued, as India logged more than 42,000 new cases of the virus on Saturday.For the fifth straight day, India’s daily count stayed over the 40,000-mark as 42,052 were recorded on Saturday. Kerala accounted for 20,624 new cases, while Maharashtra logged 6,959. Tamil Nadu’s daily count rose marginally for the third day running. The state reported 1,986 new cases, up from 1,947 on Friday. T

07:52 (IST) Aug 01

Delta pushes weekly cases to 4 million

Mushrooming outbreaks of the Delta variant prompted China and Australia to impose stricter Covid-19 curbs on Saturday, as the WHO urged the world to contain the mutation before it turns into something deadlier and draws out the pandemic. First detected in India, the strain has now reached 132 countries and territories. “Delta is a warning: it’s a warning that the virus is evolving but it is also a call to action that we need to move now before more dangerous variants emerge,” the WHO’s emergencies director Michael Ryan said.

07:47 (IST) Aug 01

WHO members oppose politicisation of Covid-19 origin tracing: Report

Member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) agree that the Covid-19 origin tracing should not be politicised, Sputnik reported on Friday citing Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program. "The one consistent thing we've heard from all countries has been 'let's not politicise the science,' and the next thing that happens is the science is politicized," Ryan said. "So what we want to do for all parties, and everybody is calling for this, there's widespread agreement amongst all our member states, let's not politicise the process," the Xinhua news agency quoted him as saying.

06:59 (IST) Aug 01

Covid vaccines need ‘smart’ labels to show heat damage, say experts

The Chinese Covid-19 vaccine has an unlikely USP over others: A tiny label that can monitor heat damage. The label, better known as vaccine vial monitor, has been a part of mass vaccination such as polio drives in India because it has a heat-sensitive chemical that tells health workers if a vial was stored correctly or damaged due to exposure to heat. It is the easiest way to find out if the cold chain to store certain vaccines was maintained or not. However, Covid vaccines available in India don’t have vaccine vial monitors, which would add around Rs 50 a vial.

06:17 (IST) Aug 01

US administers 345.6 mln doses of Covid-19 vaccines: CDC

05:47 (IST) Aug 01

Mexico posts 18,809 new Covid-19 infections, 450 more deaths

05:25 (IST) Aug 01

Florida coronavirus cases jump 50% as surge continues

Florida's coronavirus cases jumped 50 per cent this week, the state Health Department reported, continuing a six-week surge that has seen it responsible for 1 in 5 new infections nationally, becoming the outbreak's epicenter.

05:14 (IST) Aug 01

Covid: Delta pushes weekly cases to 4 million

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04:30 (IST) Aug 01

Cases top 40k for 5th day in a row, Kerala still driving surge

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03:36 (IST) Aug 01

Covid-19: Centre wants stricter containment in 10 states with high positivity

Concerns over dependence on home isolation and failure to impose micro-containment zones have prompted the Centre to advise that 46 districts in 10 states reporting above 10% positivity rate need to impose strict restrictions on the movement of people and gathering of crowds.

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02:39 (IST) Aug 01

Districts hit by 2nd Covid wave may not see intense 3rd wave: ICMR

Districts that were severely impacted by the second Covid wave may not see an equally intense third wave, an analysis by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said.

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01:40 (IST) Aug 01

Odisha government has issued fresh unlock guidelines, to remain effective between August 1 and September 1

Night curfew to continue from 8pm to 6am every day; weekend shutdown to remain in force in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack & Puri. Shops and malls to open between 6am & 8pm

01:39 (IST) Aug 01

17 Maharashtra villages voluntarily opt for lockdown

In a bid to check a steady rise in new Covid-19 cases, 17 villages in Parner taluka of Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district opted for a 10-day voluntary lockdown from Friday evening. Sakur — a market and business hub — and 16 other villages around it collectively decided to impose the lockdown as a precautionary measure against another wave of the pandemic. The 16 villages put together have registered at least 30-35 cases daily for some time now. On July 29, the number shot up to 63 new cases, prompting the administration and elected representatives to discuss the gravity of the situation