India reported fresh new 47,838 cases of covid-19 in last 24-hour, taking total tally past 84 lakh. With 670 new deaths, the total toll has reached 1,24,985. As of now, the total active cases are 5,20,773 after a decrease of 7,198 in last 24 hours. 7,11,809 people have recovered so far, pushing the recovery rate to 92.20 per cent.
The total case load of counrty currently stands at 84,11,724 and 10 states and Union Territories have recorded about 78.2% of total active caseload in India.
Over 6,500 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus infection in Delhi on Thursday, which is its the highest single-day spike in around four months. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a ban on firecrackers, deployment of mobile testing vans, and augmentation of bed capacity in hospitals to curb the situation.
Meanwhile, the central governemnt on Thursday issued a new set of revised guidelines for international arrivals, under which travellers will now have to submit a negative RT-PCR report 72 hours before their journey.
Here’re some more updates related to covid-19:
*Maharashtra Government issues Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on preventive measures to contain the spread of #COVID19 during Diwali celebrations; urges citizens to avoid bursting crackers to curb noise and air pollution: ANI
*US became first country to report over 1 lakh cases. In past 7 days, the country has reported over 1 lakh cases in 7 days and logged in all time high with 120,000 fresh cases in last 24-hour. Twenty out of 50 states reported highest-one day spike in last 24-hour.
*Beijing has banned foreign arrivals from France and a host of other countries, including India due to the increased number of coronavirus cases across the world, reports AFP
*Jharkhand has not reported any fresh COVID-19 fatality in the past 24 hours, even as 355 fresh cases pushed the tally to 1,03,543, a health department official said on Friday. The death toll in the state remained 894.
*Assam reports 313 new Covid-19 cases and 761 discharges in last 24-hour.
*Celltrion Inc, a South Korean drug maker, said on Friday patients treated with its experimental COVID-19 antibody drug in a small-size early-stage trial showed at least a 44% improvement in recovery time.
*Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday expressed concern over rising covid-19 cases in the national capital. He has now mandated retesting of all persons who tested negative in rapid antigen tests.
*France reports record 58,046 Covid-19 infections in one day.
Meanwhile, the overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped the 48.5 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1,231,610, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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