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Coronavirus live updates: India's tally goes past 40 lakh, Maharashtra adds over 20,000 cases in a day

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Sep 05, 2020, 23:30:18 IST

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Coronavirus live updates: India's tally goes past 40 lakh, Maharashtra adds over 20,000 cases in a day

India registered the highest single-day jump of 86,432 new coronavirus cases taking the national caseload past 40-lakh mark on Saturday. Maharashtra alone accounted for over 20,000 new cases. With 1,089 more deaths, the cumulative toll reached 69,561. Stay with TOI for all updates.

00:22 (IST) Sep 05

Assam reported 2,891 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking total cases to 1,21,224 including 90,697 recoveries and 345 deaths. Number of active cases stands at 30,179

State health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

23:43 (IST) Sep 04

Jharkhand's Covid-19 case tally rises to 48,039 with 1,537 cases reported today. The numbers of active and recovered cases are 15,549 and 32,043 respectively; the death toll is at 447, reports ANI quoting state health department

23:05 (IST) Sep 04

At a review meeting held by Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, the district authorities were asked to bring down the response time of ambulances while ensuring zero refusal by them and effective clinical management of hospitalised cases to cut down on the fatalities due to the disease, sources said.

23:05 (IST) Sep 04

COVID-19: Centre exhorts states to curb chain of transmission, bring mortality rate below 1%

The Centre on Friday asked 15 districts of four states reporting higher number of Covid-19 deaths and infections to work on drawing up proper containment zones, effective monitoring of home isolation cases, adequate testing, ensuring seamless hospitalisation and reducing the waiting time in triaging.

22:58 (IST) Sep 04

Read: WHO says 'will not endorse' vaccine if not effective and safe

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22:28 (IST) Sep 04

WHO says 'will not endorse' vaccine if not effective and safe: AFP

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22:21 (IST) Sep 04

Maharashtra reports highest single-day spike of 19,218 Covid-19 cases, tally rises to 8,63,062; death toll goes up by 378 to 25,964: Official. (PTI)

22:00 (IST) Sep 04

WHO's Aylward says there are some things you can speed up with vaccine development, but others you can't, rushing it would "shatter trust"

21:43 (IST) Sep 04

Read: Russia in talks with India, drug manufactures for production of Sputnik-V coronavirus vaccine: RDIF

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21:35 (IST) Sep 04

378 deaths and 19,218 new cases detected in Maharashtra today: Maharashtra health department

The total number of positive cases in the state is 8,63,062 including 6,25,773 recovered patients, 2,10,978 active cases and 25,964 deaths.

21:17 (IST) Sep 04

1,658 new Covid-19 cases and 30 deaths reported in MP in the last 24 hours, taking active cases to 15,474, recoveries to 53,257and death toll to 1,513: State health department

20:35 (IST) Sep 04

The COVID-19 test of the MPs need to be done 72 hours before the start of the session and it can be done either in their constituencies or at the Parliament complex.

20:35 (IST) Sep 04

MPs will require Covid-19 negative report for entering Parliament during Monsoon Session, reports PTI

Members of Parliament (MPs) will require COVID-19 negative reports of themselves, their family members and other close contacts to attend the upcoming monsoon session, beginning September 14.According to detailed guidelines issued by the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretariats, the close contacts of MPs include personal assistant (PA), personal secretary (PS), driver and maid.

20:13 (IST) Sep 04

With 1,320 new COVID-19 cases, Gujarat's tally rises to 1,01,695; death toll goes up by 14 to 3,078: Health department

19:55 (IST) Sep 04

Read: Central Railway to operate special trains for candidates of NDA, NA exams

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19:27 (IST) Sep 04

Haryana: Authorities launch contact-tracing drive after 75 Covid cases detected at 2 Murthal dhabas

Sixty-five workers at Amrik-Sukhdev dhaba and 10 at Garam Dharam dhaba had tested positive for coronavirus following which both the eateries were sealed on Thursday till further orders, he told mediapersons.

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19:21 (IST) Sep 04

Students of classes 9 to 12 may be permitted to visit their schools, in areas outside containment zones only, on a voluntary basis, for taking guidance from their teachers: Delhi Government

19:20 (IST) Sep 04

All schools to continue to remain closed till September 30: Delhi govt

All schools to continue to remain closed till September 30. Students of classes 9 to 12 may be permitted to visit t… https://t.co/hyyhHbt0Fp
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19:03 (IST) Sep 04

We do recognise India's potential to become a support for the production of the vaccine not only in Indian markets but for other countries too & we have achieved certain agreements with the leading companies: Kirill Dmitriev, CEO, Russian Direct Investment Fund

19:03 (IST) Sep 04

Around 60% of all vaccines in the world are being produced in India. We are having close dialogue with corresponding ministries & Indian govt & its leading manufactures regarding localisation of production of Sputnik V vaccine: Kirill Dmitriev, CEO, Russian Direct Investment Fund