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Highlights: Delhi reports 7,340 new Covid-19 cases

Several cities across the globe that had earlier contained the spread of the coronavirus disease are now seeing a second wave of the outbreak.

By hindustantimes.com | Updated: Nov 18, 2020 22:55 IST
Highlights: Delhi reports 7,340 new Covid-19 cases
A health worker preserves a swab sample to test for coronavirus infection. (Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)

On Saturday, India’s daily coronavirus (Covid-19) tally remained below the 50,000-mark after 44,684 cases and 520 related deaths were logged in the last 24 hours. The total cases have now reached 8,773,479 which include 129,188 deaths, over 8.16 million recoveries and 480,719 active cases. The active cases continue to be below the 500,000-mark and constitute 5.55 per cent of the total case load.

Delhi which continues to be worst-hit from the pandemic- added over 7,800 Covid-19 cases and 91 deaths on Friday. The positivity rate- which is the percentage of people who test among the total tested for the disease, further rose to 13.8 per cent.

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Meanwhile, the global coronavirus tally mounted to 53,722,975 out of which over 1.3 million have died so far, according to worldometre figures. Several cities across the globe that had earlier contained the spread of the disease are now seeing a second wave of the outbreak.

10:48 AM IST

Jharkhand registeres 288 new Covid-19 cases, four fresh fatalities

Jharkhand's coronavirus tally reached 105,781 after 288 fresh cases and four more deaths were reported, a health department official said on Saturday.The state now has 3,291 active cases, while 101,569 people have been cured of the disease so far, he added, reports PTI.

10:23 AM IST

Telangana's coronavirus caseload climbs to over 265,000

Telangana recorded 1,050 fresh coronavirus cases and four more related deaths in the last 24 hours which pushed the total cases to over 265,000. As many as 16,404 patients are under treatment and 41,002 samples were tested on Friday, reports PTI.

10:21 AM IST

22,461 fresh cases push Germany’s Covid-19 tally to 775,556

Germany's Covid-19 tally climbed to 775,556 after 22,461 cases and 178 deaths were registered in the last 24 hours, reports Reuters.

09:54 AM IST

India logs 44,684 new Covid cases, 520 deaths in last 24 hrs, recoveries over 8.16 million

On Saturday, India’s daily coronavirus (Covid-19) tally remained below the 50,000-mark after 44,684 cases and 520 related deaths were logged in the last 24 hours. The total cases have now reached 8,773,479 which include 129,188 deaths, over 8.16 million recoveries and 480,719 active cases.

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09:42 AM IST

Trump sticks to 'no national lockdown' stance

US President Donald Trump has ruled out a national lockdown under his administration to tackle the coronavirus outbreak, saying such a move costs lives, impacts the economy and "the cure cannot be worse than the problem itself", reports PTI.

09:09 AM IST

Denmark has not registered new Covid-19 cases with mink-related mutation

Denmark has not registered any new examples of humans infected with a so-called Cluster-5 mutated coronavirus strain stemming from mink, health minister Magnus Heunicke said on Friday. The country last week ordered the culling of millions of mink after finding that the mutated virus, which infected 12 people in August and September, showed decreased sensitivity to antibodies, reports Reuters.

08:41 AM IST

New Covid-19 cases drop sharply in France’s second week of lockdown

New coronavirus infections and hospital admissions for Covid-19 dropped sharply at the end of the second week of a new nationwide confinement in France, health ministry data showed on Friday, reports Reuters.

08:22 AM IST

Britain to pilot Covid-19 tests for care home visitors

Visitors to care homes in parts of England will be able to get tested for Covid-19 under a new pilot scheme aimed at reducing onerous restrictions in time for Christmas, the health ministry said on Saturday, reports Reuters.

07:56 AM IST

New York fights Covid-19 resurgence as Trump touts vaccine breakthrough

New York battled to fend off a second wave of coronavirus infections with new restrictions on bars and restaurants Friday, as Donald Trump said the first Americans would start receiving a vaccine in "a matter of weeks, reports AFP.

07:33 AM IST

Rising Covid-19 cases jeopardize US growth

Covid-19 has come roaring back and is likely to inflict further damage on the American economy, which will take years to recover to its robust pre-pandemic status, reports AFP.

07:04 AM IST

Mexico reports 5,558 new coronavirus cases, 568 deaths

Mexico's health ministry reported on Friday 5,558 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the country and 568 deaths, bringing the official totals to 997,393 cases and 97,624 deaths, reports Reuters.

06:32 AM IST

20 million Americans can be vaccinated in Dec, 25 million each following month: Report

The United States hopes to immunize 20 million residents in December and at least 25 million each month in 2021, Operation Warp Speed chief adviser Moncef Slaoui said in a news conference at the White House, reports ANI.

06:09 AM IST

South Korea reports 205 coronavirus cases, above 200 for first time since September

South Korea reported 205 new coronavirus cases as of Friday midnight, rising above 200 for the first time since September, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Saturday, reports Reuters.

06:06 AM IST

Brazil registers 29,070 new cases of coronavirus

Brazil on Friday registered 29,070 new cases of the coronavirus, the Health Ministry said, bringing the total to 5,810,652. Deaths rose by 456 to 164,737, reports Reuters.

First published: Nov 14, 2020 06:00 IST