Highlights: 401 fresh cases push Nagpur's Covid-19 tally to 111,190

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Saturday night said that all govt offices with Grade 1 officers shall function with 100% strength adding the remaining staff will attend up to 50% as per requirement till 31st Dec or till further order. Meanwhile, private offices are advised to stagger timings and presence of staff.

Nagpur on Saturday registered 401 new coronavirus cases and nine deaths which pushed the overall tally and death toll to 111,190 and 3,645 respectively. A total of 331 people were discharged during the day and the total recoveries have climbed to over 102,000.

The national capital's Covid-19 tally on Saturday climbed to over 261,000 after 4,998 fresh cases and 89 more related deaths were registered. The positivity rate further dropped to 7.24 per cent- which has been the lowest since October a record 69,051 tests were conducted on Saturday.

Italy reported 686 Covid-related deaths on Saturday, against 827 the day before, and 26,323 new infections, down from 28,352 on Friday, the health ministry said, reports Reuters.

Myanmar announced a 15-day extension of coronavirus containment measures until December 15, according to the Central Committee on Covid-19 Control. People living in 74 townships under lockdown must continue to stay at home, except for work and health reasons. The existing measures were due to expire on Nov. 30. Travel between provinces also remains prohibited.

Ahmedabad district in Gujarat on Saturday reported 357 new coronavirus positive cases, taking the count of infections to 49,420, state health department said. With ten more patients succumbing to the infection, the total toll in the district rose to 2,036, it said.

After a rise in Covid-19 cases here, the Uttarakhand Police on Saturday announced that they would monitor details of the movement of people from other states to Uttarakhand. The development has come at a time when coronavirus cases in Uttarakhand's capital Dehradun are on the rise.

Odisha saw 550 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours taking the total count to 3,17,789. Twelve patients succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours.

According to the state Information and Public Relations Department, the total count includes 3,09,747 recoveries and 6,259 active cases.

Had a good interaction with the team at Serum Institute of India. They shared details about their progress so far on how they plan to further ramp up vaccine manufacturing. Also took a look at their manufacturing facility. pic.twitter.com/PvL22uq0nl

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 28, 2020

Indonesia recorded 5,418 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours taking its total count to 527,999, Health Ministry said on Saturday. The death toll has increased by 125 to 16,646.

A report from Iran's health ministry on Saturday confirmed that the infections have slowed down in the country and that 89 of the 160 designated cities moved out of the high risk category.

Non essential government services are still barred in the country.

Iran's total cases rise to 935,799 after reporting 13,402 cases on Saturday alone. Death toll reached 7486 with 391 deaths in the past 24 hours, a health ministry spokeswoman said as quoted by news agency Reuters.

Covid-19 pandemic has caused a large number of people to be confined to their houses in the UK, risking vitamin D deficiency.

To counter this, the UK government has planned to provide free supplements of the vitamin for care houses and people in the clinically extremely vulnerable list.

The deliveries are scheduled to begin from January, an official press release from the government said.

The Tamil Nadu government has contained the spread of coronavirus through focused and concerted efforts and is now engaged in efforts to ensure that normalcy returns to the state, Chief Minister K Palaniswami said on Saturday, reports PTI.

Himachal Pradesh has said that state government would also consider to impose curfew from 9 pm to 6 am in the four districts - Shimla, Mandi, Kullu and Kangra: CMO https://t.co/FsPJqAsNlb pic.twitter.com/dQRb7RSYG5

— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2020

At the Bharat Biotech facility in Hyderabad, was briefed about their indigenous COVID-19 vaccine. Congratulated the scientists for their progress in the trials so far. Their team is closely working with ICMR to facilitate speedy progress. pic.twitter.com/C6kkfKQlbl

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 28, 2020