Highlights: Delhi reports 3,188 new Covid-19 cases, 3,307 recoveries
On Tuesday, the United Kingdom started administering doses of Pfizer Inc-BioNTech SE’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate, becoming the first country to do so. The UK’s health regulator had last week given its nod for the vaccine candidate to be used in emergency cases.
- 01:52 PM IST
May need 'tougher' Covid-19 curbs before Christmas: German minister
- 01:10 PM IST
90-year-old British grandmother first to receive Pfizer vaccine
- 12:48 PM IST
Puducherry's Covid-19 tally reaches 37,311
- 12:24 PM IST
More than 110,000 restaurants closed in US during pandemic
- 12:04 PM IST
Pakistan records highest single-day Covid-19 deaths in five months
- 11:54 AM IST
Arunachal Pradesh logs 20 new Covid-19 cases
- 11:20 AM IST
India's daily Covid-19 deaths per lakh population lowest: Govt
- 10:55 AM IST
Germany's Covid-19 tally rises by 14,054
- 10:26 AM IST
Covid-19 cases in Ireland reach 74,468
- 10:05 AM IST
Number of Covid-19 tests reach 148,814,055: ICMR
- 09:36 AM IST
India's active cases remain below 400,000
- 09:24 AM IST
India registers 26,567 new Covid-19 cases as tally breaches 9.7 million
- 09:10 AM IST
2,000 Moscow residents vaccinated against Covid-19, says mayor
- 08:40 AM IST
27 states/UTs have under 15,000 active cases: Health ministry
- 08:14 AM IST
Covid-19 deaths in Brazil cross 177,000
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.
Click here for full Covid-19 coverage
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.
Follow all live updates here:
May need 'tougher' Covid-19 curbs before Christmas: German minister
Germany might tighten restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus, health minister Jens Spahn has said, as a partial lockdown in place since the start of November has slowed, but not stopped Covid-19 from spreading.
90-year-old British grandmother first to receive Pfizer vaccine
90-year-old Margaret Keenan has become the first person to receive a shot of the Pfizer vaccine as the UK on Tuesday became the first country to start Pfizer vaccinations.
Puducherry's Covid-19 tally reaches 37,311
Puducherry's Covid-19 tally reaches 37,311 after 42 new cases. Active cases at 388.
More than 110,000 restaurants closed in US during pandemic
More than 110,000 restaurants across the United States have been closed due to the massive spike in coronavirus cases across the country, according to the National Restaurant Association, as of Monday.
Pakistan records highest single-day Covid-19 deaths in five months
Pakistani authorities on Monday said the country recorded 89 deaths in preceding 24 hours, its highest single-day fatalities in five months.
Arunachal Pradesh logs 20 new Covid-19 cases
20 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, pushing its tally to 16,415, a senior health official said on Tuesday.
India's daily Covid-19 deaths per lakh population lowest: Govt
According to a report by the WHO, India’s daily death per lakh population is the lowest in the world: Govt
According to a report by @WHO, India’s daily death per lakh population is the lowest in the world. #IndiaFightsCorona #Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/uOi2FM1fv2
— MyGovIndia (@mygovindia) December 8, 2020
Germany's Covid-19 tally rises by 14,054
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has said Germany recorded 14,054 new Covid-19 cases and 423 deaths. Total cases reach 1,197,709 including 19,342 deaths.
Covid-19 cases in Ireland reach 74,468
Ireland's health ministry has said the country recorded 242 new Covid-19 cases as of midnight Sunday, taking the total tally to 74,468.
Number of Covid-19 tests reach 148,814,055: ICMR
Total 148,814,055 samples tested for Covid-19 till December 7. 1,026,399 samples tested on December 7: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
India's active cases remain below 400,000
India's tally if active Covid-19 cases stays below 400,000, at 383,866. Recoveries reach 9,178,946.
India registers 26,567 new Covid-19 cases as tally breaches 9.7 million
India's Covid-19 tally breaches 9.7 million with 26,567 cases in last 24 hours. Total tally reaches 9,703,770 including 140,958 deaths. 385 fatalities in last 24 hours.
2,000 Moscow residents vaccinated against Covid-19, says mayor
The mayor of Russian capital Moscow has said around 2,000 city residents were vaccinated over the weekend against Covid-19.
27 states/UTs have under 15,000 active cases: Health ministry
27 states and union territories have less than 15,000 active Covid-19 cases, says Union health ministry.
#IndiaFightsCorona #Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/hd8Z0bd7Xo
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) December 8, 2020
First published: Dec 08, 2020 07:05 IST