Highlights: Delhi reports 3,188 new Covid-19 cases, 3,307 recoveries
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India’s count of cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) crossed 9.7 million after the Union health ministry on Tuesday reported under 30,000 new infections-26,567-from the preceding 24 hours. Most significantly, the number of active continued to stay below 400,000 after falling below that mark on Monday for the first time since July. Also on Monday, the health ministry said the country, in the past week, had logged one of the lowest number of Covid-19 cases per million population in the world-186.
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On Monday, Delhi, the national capital, which had been the epicentre of the country’s recent surge in Covid-19 cases, logged a total of 1,674 new infections and 63 deaths, the Delhi government’s official health bulletin showed. The total number of cases in the city reached 593,924 including 9,706 fatalities due to the virus. The number of recoveries and active cases, meanwhile, are 561,732 and 22,486 respectively. Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain said the city’s positivity rate had plummeted to 3.15%, which, he said, is the lowest positivity rate in six months.
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Coronavirus immunity barrier 'still far off': WHO
WHO's Dr. Margaret Harris said that adhering to public health measures was more important than a vaccine for Covid-19 since the effect of the vaccine in providing some kind of immune barrier was still far off.
Kerala records 5,032 new Covid-19 cases
The southern state active caseload rose to59,372 after 5,032 new infections. The death toll rose by 31.
Andhra Pradesh reports 551 new coronavirus infections in 24 hours
Andhra Pradesh reported 551 new Covid-19 cases, taking the state's tally to 8,72,839 including 8,60,368 recoveries and 5,429 active cases. The death toll rose to 7,042 after four new fatalities.
Andhra Pradesh reported 551 new #COVID19 cases, 744 recoveries, and 4 deaths in the last 24 hours.
— ANI (@ANI) December 8, 2020
Total cases 8,72,839
Total recoveries 8,60,368
Death toll 7,042
Active cases 5,429 pic.twitter.com/WRjbwHFRRK
Provision for grant of emergency use in regulatory framework
Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Union Health Ministry said that the Indian regulatory framework has a provision for grant of emergency use authorization while speaking about Covid-19 vaccines.
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The Union Health Ministry has said that the Co-WIN software will contain all the relevant details about the frontline workers in preparation of Covid-19 vaccination.
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The Union Health Ministry has said that 1.54 lakh Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANM) would be used out of the 2.39 lakh in the country for Covid-19 vaccination. This measure has been taken so that the Covid vaccination drive does not hamper routine health services.
Current cold chain capable of storing additional quantity of Covid-19 vaccines
As per the Health Ministry, the current cold chain have an additional capacity to store Covid-19 vaccines for its first 3 crore health and frontline workers.
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Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal, Delhi account for 54% of total active Covid-19 cases in India as per the Union Health Ministry.
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First published: Dec 08, 2020 07:05 IST