Coronavirus news highlights: Delhi sees 3,299 new Covid-19 cases, 28 deaths push toll past 6,000 mark

The USCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 8,081,489 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 53,157 from its previous count, and said the number of deaths had risen by 593 to 218,511.

. Saudi Arabia opened Sunday Islam's holiest site for prayers for the first time in seven months, and expanded the umrah pilgrimage to accommodate 15,000 worshippers as it relaxed coronavirus curbs.

. Himachal Pradesh records 170 new Covid-19 cases and 217 recoveries today. Total cases in the state rise to 18,967, including 263 deaths & 16,040 recoveries. Active cases stand at 2,630: State Health Department (ANI)

. Haryana reported no coronavirus-related death on Sunday, the state's first zero Covid-19 fatality day in four-and-a-half months, but its caseload increased by 952, officials said.

. What will it take to get people flying again? International air traffic is down 92 per cent this year as travellers worry about catching Covid-19 and government travel bans and quarantine rules make planning difficult.

. More than 250,000 have died from the new coronavirus across Europe according to an AFP tally at 1530 GMT based on official sources.

. With India’s 24-hour death toll crossing the 1,000-mark once again after 15 days, scientists on Sunday warned that West Bengal in general and Kolkata in particular, during the four days of Durga Puja, bear a high chance of spreading Covid-19, as per the current trend.

. Another 3,986 cases of coronavirus were added in Andhra Pradesh taking its overall tally to 7.83 lakh on Sunday. The total recoveries now increased to 7.40 lakh after 4,591 got cured in 24 hours, the latest bulletin said.

. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit his constituency Wayanad to review Covid-19 situations from Monday to Wednesday.

. All 12 women wrestlers who had assembled at SAI centre in Lucknow, including Olympic qualifier Vinesh Phogat, have tested negative for coronavirus, clearing the decks for the resumption of training from Monday.

. Till a few months ago, a group of trans women would visit shops in the ‘Pearl City’ of Thoothukudi asking for money to eke out a living. But Covid-19 pandemic changed their lives upside down, for good.

. Manipur records 322 new Covid-19cases and 5 deaths today; the total number of positive cases in the state stands at 15,463 including 11,741 recoveries, 3,606 active cases and 116 deaths: State Health Department

. No fresh lockdowns should be imposed on district or state level to contain the spread of Covid-19 unless There is an imminent danger of healthcare facilities being overwhelmed, according to a government-appointed committee chaired by IIT Hyderabad professor M Vidyasagar.

. With a view to further improve the emergency healthcare services in health institutions, Punjab's Director, Health and Family Welfare, Manjit Singh, paid surprise visits to various government hospitals in four districts in the state.

. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said community transmission of the coronavirus infection is restricted to certain districts in a limited number of states, clarifying that "this is not happening across the country".

. Ireland will bring in "decisive" nationwide Covid-19 restrictions on Monday but will stop short of reintroducing the kind of lockdown imposed earlier this year, Higher Education Minister Simon Harris said on Friday.

. The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered an education crisis, fuelled by deep and multiple forms of inequality having gender roots and implications, the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) report by UNESCO has pointed out.

. At a time when the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the job landscape, gig employment is gaining ground and is offering huge potential for both blue-collar as well as white-collar workers, according to experts.

. No fresh lockdowns should be imposed on district or state level to contain the spread of Covid-19 unless There is an imminent danger of healthcare facilities being overwhelmed, according to a government-appointed committee chaired by IIT Hyderabad professor M Vidyasagar.

. With Kerala witnessing a spike in coronavirus infections recently, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said the state was paying the "price for gross negligence" during Onam festivities when unlocking of services along with an increase in in travel for trade and tourism led to the spread of Covid-19.

. The UK government's senior scientific advisers have warned that reinfections with Covid-19 are "to be expected" as the novel coronavirus spreads and that the timeframe between each infection may be “relatively short”.

. Jacinda Ardern's landslide election win gives her a mandate for the transformational change she has been promising New Zealand for three years, but the Covid-19 pandemic may limit what she can actually do.

. The Delhi Police has issued 98 challans to metro passengers for violating guidelines pertaining to the Covid-19 pandemic, officials said on Sunday.

. With the coronavirus pandemic curbing international holidays to exotic locations, German auto major BMW is looking to cash in on people spending on luxury cars in India even as it expects sales this year to be lower than 2019, according to a top company official.

. According to the World Health Organisation, during emergencies like Covid-19,the risk of outbreaks like measles & polio increases.

. In a welcome development, the union territory of Puducherry reported no fresh fatalities due to Covid-19 on Sunday for the first time this month while the test positivity rate dropped to 4.3 per cent.

. Squabbling over a treat of apples in autumnal sunshine, Mark Chilcott's feisty turkeys look pretty hefty. In fact, they're a smaller breed destined for downsized family dinners this Covid Christmas.

. A 35-year-old Prajavani journalist passed away due to Covid-19 in a private hospital on Sunday.

. In a welcome development, the union territory of Puducherry reported no fresh fatalities due to Covid-19 on Sunday for the first time this month while the test positivity rate dropped to 4.3 per cent.

. Indonesia reported 4,105 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, taking the total to 361,867, data from the country's Covid-19 task force showed.

The data added 80 new deaths, taking the total to 12,511.

Both the number of cases and deaths in the Southeast Asian country are the highest in the region.

. The Union Territory of Ladakh has reported 93 new Covid-19 cases and one more virus-related death, taking the infection caseload to 5,534 and the fatalities to 66, officials said on Sunday.

. Thailand reported three additional locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, a day after reporting its first local infections in more than a month.

. Jharkhand's Covid-19 tally rose to 95,967 on Sunday as 542 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said.

Eight more patients succumbed to the infection, pushing the state's coronavirus death toll to 832, he said.

. China's health authority has confirmed the detection and isolation of living novel coronavirus on the outer packaging of imported frozen marine fish the port city of Qingdao.

It is for the first time in the world that living novel coronavirus has been isolated from the outer packaging of cold-chain food, the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a statement on Saturday.

. New Zealand confirmed a new community case of Covid-19 Sunday, two weeks after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared that the South Pacific nation had "beat the virus again".

. Australia's state of Victoria, the epicentre of the country's coronavirus outbreak, will see some of its months-long restrictions eased as of Monday but retailers and restaurants must wait longer, the state's premier said on Sunday.

. Saudi Arabia allowed its citizens and residents inside the kingdom to perform prayers in one of the most holy religious sites in Islam, Al-Haram mosque in Mecca, for the first time in seven months, state television reported early on Sunday.

. At a time when the Covid-19 pandemic has kept most senior citizens indoors, an 87-year-old doctor from Mul in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district has been going out of his way to attend to his patients in remote villages.

. The coronavirus remains active on human skin for nine hours, Japanese researchers have found, in a discovery they said showed the need for frequent hand washing to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

. Airlines face a long, hard winter after a much hoped for rebound from the coronavirus crisis failed to materialise, prompting savage cost cutting programmes and fresh calls for government support.

. At least 179 people, including three security personnel, have tested positive for Covid-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, pushing the coronavirus caseload to 13,348, a senior health official said here on Sunday.

. The Covid-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 4,083 as 11 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said on Sunday.

. Karnataka might require 22,500 oxygen beds, 16,800 ICU beds and 11,200 ventilator beds over the next three to six weeks, an expert has warned.

. Artisans work on a model of a migrant mother symbolising Hindu Goddess Durga, holding a child and being surrounded by relief material as a theme decoration to create awareness about the migrant labourers' social issues during the lockdown previously imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at a makeshift place for worship ahead of 'Durga Puja' in Kolkata. Credit: AFP Photo

. Millions of Europeans faced tough new coronavirus restrictions on Saturday as governments stepped up efforts to slow the surge in infections, after the World Health Organization reported a "very concerning" 44-per cent rise in European cases over one week.

. Authorities in New York ordered the cancellation of a wedding that could have brought together more than 10,000 people in violation of rules to fight the spread of the coronavirus, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Saturday.

. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been accused of breaking UK Covid-19 restrictions after failing to self-isolate for two weeks following a two-day trip to the United States, the Sunday Telegraph reported.

. Overcome by fatigue and a sense of burnout, healthcare professionals, on the frontline fighting Covid-19 for over six months, are trying to regain their peace of mind by taking a break. They are into a wide range of activities from trekking to meditation to long rides.

. In the week since he emerged from coronavirus isolation, US President Donald Trump has demonstrated new determination to minimize the threat of the virus that has killed more than 215,000 Americans and complicated his chances of winning another four years in the White House.

. Australia's state of Victoria, the epicentre of the country's coronavirus outbreak, will see some of its months-long restrictions eased as of Monday but retailers and restaurants must wait longer, the state's premier said on Sunday.

. China reported 13 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for October 17, the same as a day earlier, the health commission said on Sunday.

. Metro train services will be only half of the pre-Covid-19 levels and will operate at a third of the passenger capacity once the services restart next week, a top official said on Saturday.

. Global coronavirus cases rose by more than 400,000 for the first time late on Friday, a record one-day increase as much of Europe enacts new restrictions to curb the outbreak.

. Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic said Saturday the eurozone member will test every resident ages 10 and up for the coronavirus, amid an uptick in infections.

Coronavirus news highlights: Delhi sees 3,299 new Covid-19 cases, 28 deaths push toll past 6,000 mark

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