Coronavirus news highlights: Delhi reports 6,953 fresh Covid-19 cases, 79 deaths

India's coronavirus tally crossed 84.6 lakh while the death toll stood at 1.25 lakh with 577 fatalities in 24 hours. Over 78 lakh people have recovered from the disease in India so far with a recovery rate of 92.41 per cent — the highest in the world. India has the world's second-highest caseload behind the United States but has seen a steady dip in cases since September, in spite of the start of the Hindu festival season. Meanwhile, a second coronavirus wave ploughs on relentlessly through Europe, which reported more than 12 million cases and 300,000 deaths as swathes of Italy return to lockdown and the British city of Liverpool trials city-wide testing.

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Delhi reports 6,953 fresh Covid-19 cases and 79 deaths

The total number of Covid-19 cases in Himachal Pradesh is 24,812 including 4,198 active cases, 20,225 recovered cases and 365 deaths: Himachal Pradesh Health Department

Manipur records 240 new #COVID19 cases and 3 deaths today.

Total number of positive cases stand at 20,131 including 16,714 recoveries, 3,223 active cases and 194 deaths: State Health Department

15 more people die from Covid-19 in Punjab, bringing toll to 4,310, infection count reaches 1,36,958 with 480 new cases; the number of active cases now 4,827: Official bulletin

Rajasthan detects 1,841 new Covid-19 cases and 13 deaths

Total positive cases in the state stand at 2,09,438 with 1,979 deaths, 1,91,132 recoveries/discharges and 16,327 active cases: State Health Department

Nearly 30% Covid-19 prevalence in Bengaluru: Serosurvey

Twenty-two per cent of the people who took part in a serosurvey in Bengaluru Urban in September had antibodies indicating past infections while 9.2% had active infections. In all, the Covid prevalence rate in Bengaluru stood at 29.8%.

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Real Madrid say Casemiro, Eden Hazard test positive for Covid-19

Joe Biden vows coronavirus action on 'day one' as Europe suffers under second wave

The United States reported record new coronavirus cases for the third day in a row, as Joe Biden vowed to act against the pandemic on "day one" if he wins the presidential election in the world's worst-hit nation.

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Kerala records 7,201 new Covid-19 cases, infection count climbs to 4,68,670, toll mounts to 1,668 with 28 new deaths; the number of active cases 83,261: Health Minister K K Shailaja

532 new Covid-19 cases, 688 recoveries & 5 deaths reported in J&K

Total positive cases now at 98,337, including 5,584 active cases, 91,225 recoveries & 1,528 deaths: Govt of UT of Jammu & Kashmir

An artist, dressed as Hindu death God Yamraj, performs at an awarness programme on importance of wearing mask during coronavirus pandemic, in Chennai. Credit: PTI Photo

UP's Gautam Buddh Nagar district records 145 fresh Covid-19 cases, pushing infection tally to 19,162; number of active cases now 1,439: Official data

28 deaths and 7,201 new Covid-19 cases reported today in Kerala today. 7,120 recoveries also reported today. The total numbers of active cases and recovered cases in the state are 83,261 and 3,95,624, respectively. Death toll 1,668: Kerala Government

Andhra Pradesh reported 2,367 newcoronaviruscases on Saturday, taking the caseload to 8,40,730 while 11 more fatalities pushed the toll to 6,779.

Union Minister Of State for Social Justice & Empowerment Ramdas Athawale, who recently recovered from Covid-19, will be discharged from Bombay Hospital on Sunday at 11 am.

Delhi overtakes Kerala, Maha as highest contributor to new cases in 24 hrs

Delhi overtook Maharashtra and Kerala by reporting 7,178 Covid-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, becomingthelargest contributor to the new 50,356single day infections, according to Union Health Ministry on Saturday.

Covid-19 negative report must for Haj pilgrims next year

Haj pilgrims will have to submit Covid-19 negative report 72 hours prior to their journey to Saudi Arabia in 2021, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Saturday.

Denmark and the United States are among six countries that have reported new coronavirus cases linked to mink farms, the World Health Organization said.

Odisha's Covid-19 tally crosses 3 lakh mark, death toll mounts to 1,410

Odisha's Covid-19 tally crossed the three lakh-mark on Saturday as 1,372 more people tested positive for the infection, while 17 fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 1,410, a health department official said. The fresh infections reported from all the 30 districts have taken the state's caseload to 3,00,140, he said. (PTI)

Of the 1,372 new cases, 796 were detected in quarantine centres, and the rest found during contact tracing.

The coronavirus situation in Maharashtra, where the infection count has crossed the 17 lakh-mark so far, appears to be improving gradually as the last one lakh cases were added over a period of 16 days as compared to the earlier average period of less than 10 days.

At least 81 more people, including five security personnel and six health workers, tested positive for Covid-19 in Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday, pushing the tally in the state to 15,325, an official said.

Ukraine registered a record 10,746 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the health minister said on Saturday, up from a high of 9,850 reported on November 5.

Maksym Stepanov said the new cases had taken the total number of confirmed infections to 450,934, with 8,312 deaths. He said 187 new deaths had been registered in the past 24 hours.

Pre-existing antibodies may protect some people against novel coronavirus, says study

Scientists have found that some antibodies, created by the immune system during infection with common cold coronaviruses, can also target the Covid-19 causing SARS-CoV-2, and may confer a degree of protection against the new virus.

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Odisha's Covid-19 tally rises to 3,00,140 with 1,372 new cases, 17 fresh fatalities push toll to 1,410: Official

DRDO has established Covid-19 hospitals in Delhi, Patna & Muzaffarpur; 1000-bedded hospital with 250 ICU beds in Delhi, & 500-bedded hospitals with 125 ICU beds in Patna & Muzaffarpur. Patients to be treated free of cost

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan tests positive for Covid-19

Post-Covid-19 world is going to be very different, technology will play the biggest role in it, says PM Narendra Modi at IIT Delhi convocation.

IMF approves $370 million coronavirus loan for Afghanistan

The IMF on Friday approved a 42-month, $370 million loan program for conflict-ravaged Afghanistan as it tries to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.

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Trump's chief of staff tests postive for Covid-19: Report

President Donald Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows has tested positive for Covid-19, CNN reported late Friday, citing two White House officials.

On day one, we're going to put our plan to control this virus into action, says Biden on Covid-19 pandemic

Telangana recorded 1,607 new Covid-19 cases, 937 recoveries and 6 deaths yesterday.

Total number of cases now at 2,48,891 including 2,27,583 recoveries, 1,372 deaths, and 19,936 active cases: State Health Department

A total of 53,920 recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours taking the recovery tally to 78,19,886.

India's Covid-19 deaths reached 1,25,562 with 577 new fatalities.

India reports 50,356 new Covid-19 cases; tally crosses 84 lakh

Currently, India's Covid-19 tally stands at 84,62,080

Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths on November 7

The total number of confirmed positive cases in India reaches 84,11,886; death toll stands at 1,24,993 as of November 7.

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Bengaluru startup developing heat-tolerant Covid-19 vaccine

A startup incubated in the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, is developing a Covid-19 vaccine that can be stored at 37 degrees Celsius, a development that could be a game-changer for India which lacks sufficient cold chain facilities.

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Common cold antibodies hold clues to Covid-19 behavior; New coronavirus sneaks out of cells 'with the trash'

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid-19, the illness caused by the virus.

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Record Covid-19 cases reported in US; Italian regions enter lockdown

Coronavirus cases hit new records in the United States as swathes of Italy returned to lockdown on Friday and Greece prepared for new curbs with the resurgent pandemic continuing its march through Europe.

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Be liberal in granting leave to Covid-19 hit staff: Karnataka govt to employers

The Karnataka government on Friday requested all public and private sector employers to be liberal in granting leave for staffers infected by the coronavirus and are under home quarantine.

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Portuguese lawmakers approve Covid-19 state of emergency

Portugal's parliament approved a new state of emergency starting on Monday to fight the spread of the coronavirus that has put the healthcare system under pressure.

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23.9% of Vijayapura’s population has Covid-19 antibodies: Serosurvey

Seven districts in Karnataka have shown a clear indication that cases and areas of circulation of Covid-19 are being missed, and that they are under-reporting deaths, concluded researchers of the state’s serosurvey.

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'Warm' Covid-19 vaccine underway, can be stored at 100 degrees celsius for 90 min

As the development of a coronavirus vaccine is underway, Indian scientists are working on a vaccine that could be stored in a warmer climate, eliminating the need to be transported and distributed by cold chains.

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Anganwadis, schools, panchayat buildings to be used as Covid-19 vaccination centres

Inoculation against Covid-19 could be done at a school near you or Anganwadi centres and panchayat offices when the vaccine against the virus is available.

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OPINION | Covid-19's third wave is big, but there is hope

When White House coronavirus coordinator Deborah Birx went to Bismarck, North Dakota, late last month, she wasn’t thrilled with what she saw.

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Vegetable sellers attack medical team trying to collect swab samples for Covid-19 test

A group of vegetable sellers especially women on Friday attacked a medical team which was trying to collect swab samples for Covid-19 rapid antigen test at a market in Ramgarh town, police said.

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