Highlights: 26 more coronavirus deaths, 845 new cases in Punjab

Jammu and Kashmir reports 487 new Covid-19 cases, 471 recoveries, and 5 deaths.

Total cases - 1,08,306

Active cases - 5,275

Total recoveries - 1,01,363

Total deaths - 1,668

Chandigarh's Covid-19 tally on Thursday climbed to 17,051 after 116 fresh cases and 4 more related fatalities were registered, a medical bulletin showed. A total of 80 patients were discharged which took total recoveries to over 15,000, it added, reports PTI.

The Surat district of Gujarat logged 289 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours which pushed the overall tally to 41,339. Three patients from the city died due to the infection, taking the death toll in the district to 1,059, reports PTI.

As many as 26 people died due to Covid-19 in Punjab, pushing the toll to 4,710 while 845 new cases brought the infection tally to 149,278 on Thursday, according to a medical bulletin, reports PTI.

France has done a better job of flattening a second wave of Covid-19 cases that some of its European neighbours but it would be premature to talk about an end to the lockdown, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday, reports Reuters.

Gujarat recorded 1,560 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the highest daily spike so far, the state health department said on Thursday evening. Gujarat recorded 1,560 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the highest daily spike so far, the state health department said on Thursday evening, it added, reports PTI.

The national capital on Thursday logged 5,475 new Covid-19 cases, 4,937 recoveries, and 91 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the state's health department, reports ANI.

Delhi reported 5,475 new #COVID19 cases, 4,937 recoveries, and 91 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to Delhi Health Department

Total cases: 5,51,262

Total recoveries: 5,03,717

Active cases: 38,734

Death toll: 8,811 pic.twitter.com/sxJMIsBPEG

— ANI (@ANI) November 26, 2020

Fifty more people tested positive for coronavirus in Tripura on Thursday, pushing the coronavirus tally in the state to 32,578, a health department official said, reports PTI.

The Chandigarh administration said that the Fine for non-wearing of masks in public places will be increased from ₹500 to ₹1000. This comes after Punjab chief minister captain Amarinder Singh doubled the fine for violating Covid-19 protocols to ₹1,000 which would also be applicable from December 1.

Kerala on Thursday recorded 5,378 new Covid cases, the state's health department said adding that the total number of active cases and recoveries stand at 64,486 and 516,978 respectively, reports ANI.

Kerala reports 5,378 new #COVID19 cases today; There are 64,486 active cases and 5,16,978 recoveries in the State: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/fyotybZEw8

— ANI (@ANI) November 26, 2020

Most people in England will continue to face tight restrictions on socializing and business after a nationwide lockdown ends next week, with pubs and restaurants ordered to remain shut across much of the country’s densely populated Midlands and north, reports AP.

Greece will extend its nationwide lockdown by a week until Dec. 7 as Covid-19 cases continue to surge across the country, a government spokesperson said on Thursday. The country has registered a total of 97,288 cases and 1,902 deaths till now, reports Reuters.

Italy and France want to see a new European stimulus tool to support sectors most hit by the coronavirus crisis, Italian Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri said on Thursday at a news conference in Rome with French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, reports Reuters.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday inaugurated a pharmaceutical plant in Siberia that will manufacture drugs to treat the novel coronvirus disease (Covid-19) as the country reported record high numbers of new infections and fatalities, reports Reuters.

Africa's top public health official on Thursday said that vaccinations against Covid-19 in the continent might not start until the second quarter 2021 adding that it will be extremely dangerous if more developed parts of the world vaccinate themselves and then restrict travel to people with proof of a vaccination, reports AP.