Increasing number of Covid-19 testing labs in India
Recovery Rates Rises to 83.53% | India’s Covid-19 recovery rate improves to 83.53% as on October 1. Steady improvement in recovery rate since lockdown initiation on March 25.
Increasing gap between Recovered & Active cases
Next Sero Survey in 15 Days: Delhi Health Min | According to the sero-survey report submitted yesterday, 25.1 per cent of the participants have developed antibodies to Covid-19 in Delhi. In the last survey, it was 28.7 per cent. Next sero-survey will start within 15 days: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain.
3,600+ New Cases in Odisha | 3,615 new Covid-19 cases, 4,219 recoveries and 17 deaths reported in Odisha. The total number of cases rose to 2,22,734 including 1,85,700 recoveries, 36,122 active cases and 859 deaths: State Health Department.
Total Recoveries Near 53L | India sustains trend of consistent low level of Active Cases. For the 10th successive day, active cases were below 10 lakh-mark. Total Recoveries near 53 lakh with 10 lakh recoveries added in last 12 days: Govt.
Supreme Court dismisses a batch of petitions filed by many retired bureaucrats led by KP Fabian, for a commission of inquiry into alleged gross mismanagement of Covid-19 pandemic.
SC on Refund of Flight Tickets | Supreme Court approves Director General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) recommendations on refund of passengers’ tickets of flights, cancelled due to lockdown, through credit shells.
Jharkhand Reports 1K New Cases | Jharkhand’s Covid-19 caseload rose to 83,651 as 1,111 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said. Thirteen more patients succumbed to the disease, taking the state’s coronavirus death toll to 713.
Today’s Data Highlights
– Slight increase in active cases. 264 more than the previous day. Total active cases: 9.4 lakh
– 86.8k new cases, 85.4k new recoveries and 1.18k new deaths. Total cases: 63.12 lakh; Recoveries: 52.73 lakh; Deaths: 98.68k
– India likely to cross 1 lakh total deaths by today or tomorrow
– 22 states report fall in active cases
– 14.23 lakh tests conducted yesterday. 2nd highest till date. India has conducted a total of 7.56 crore tests at 54,663 tests/million population. 3.13 crore tests conducted in September at an average of 10.42 lakh daily tests
– Kerala reports a high of 8.83k new cases. Kerala now ranks No.3 in India in active cases behind Maharashtra and Karnataka. Recovery rate in Kerala is currently the lowest in India (65.4%). Mortality rate is however one of the lowest at 0.4%.
Total Covid-19 Cases in India
– 83.54% Cured/Discharged/Migrated (52,73,201)
– 14.90% Active cases (9,40,705)
– 1.56% Deaths (98,678)
Covid-19 World Update
Covid-19 India Update
Covid-19 Tracker
Caseload Tops 63L, Death Toll Nears 1L | India’s Covid-19 tally crosses 63-lakh mark with a spike of 86,821 new cases and 1,181 deaths reported in last 24 hours. Total case tally stands at 63,12,585 including 9,40,705 active cases, 52,73,202 cured/discharged/migrated & 98,678 deaths: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Testing Update | A total of 7,56,19,781 samples tested up to September 30, for Covid-19. Of these, 14,23,052 samples were tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
Things to remember before using the home-made mask
National directives for Covid-19 management:
– Compulsory use of face covers/mask
– Follow Physical Distancing
– Spitting in public places prohibited
– Work from home should be encouraged
– Frequent sanitisation of entire workplace
– Thermal scanning
Global Cases Top 33.8M | The overall number of global coronavirus has surpassed 33.8 million, while the deaths have increased to nearly 10,12,900, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Thursday, the total number of cases stood at 3,38,74,283 and the fatalities rose to 10,12,894. The US is the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 72,29,723 and 2,06,905, respectively. India comes in the second place in terms of cases at 62,25,763, while the country’s death toll soared to 97,497.
Britain Renews Sweeping Powers to Curb Virus | British lawmakers have renewed the government’s sweeping powers to impose emergency restrictions to curb the coronavirus pandemic, although many legislators criticised the way Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative administration has used them. Johnson says it’s too soon to say whether restrictions introduced in recent weeks were working. The government has barred people from meeting in groups of more than six and banned millions of residents in northern England from mixing with people outside their household.
Re-open Activities Outside Containment Zones: MHA | Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issues new guidelines to re-open more activities in areas outside the Containment Zones and to extend the lockdown in Containment Zones upto October 31, 2020. New guidelines issued today will come into effect today.
Emergence of Covid-19 has emphasised the fact that unregulated exploitation of natural resources coupled with unsustainable food habits and consumption pattern lead to destruction of system that supports human life: Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar at UN Biodiversity Summit.
