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Coronavirus cases in India:The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 53,08,015. (File)
New Delhi:
India’s COVID-19 case tally crossed the 53-lakh mark with a spike of 93,337 new cases in last 24 hours, data released by the Health Ministry on Saturday showed. The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 53,08,015 including 10,13,964 active cases. The country also witnessed 1,247 deaths during the 24-hour period, it said.
With record 95,885 recoveries, India has overtaken the United States of America to record the highest coronavirus recoveries in the world, the Health Ministry tweeted. According to the latest Health Ministry data, more than 42 lakh people have beaten COVID-19 in the country till now. Some 41 lakh people have recovered in the US.
Meanwhile, the ongoing monsoon session of Lok Sabha will be curtailed by several days, the government decided today after consulting with the opposition at the Business Advisory Committee meeting this evening. The Centre is concerned for the safety of MPs after three of them – who had attended the session – tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this week, days after their mandatory test reports turned out negative.
The government had earlier held a discussion with the opposition as it had been trying to build a consensus. Many opposition parties were also in favour of winding up the session.
The session in Lok Sabha is likely to wrap up by Wednesday next week. Rajya Sabha, the upper House of parliament, is expected to follow suit.
Here are the live updates on Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases:
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh reviewed COVID-19 situation in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. Expressing concern over Jammu recording one of the lowest COVID recovery rate of 43 per cent in the country, he announced centre will monitor Jammu COVID situation on daily basis.
Union Minister @DrJitendraSingh reviews #COVID19 situation in J&K; Expressing concern over Jammu recording one of the lowest COVID recovery rate of 43% in the country, Dr Jitendra Singh announced on Saturday that Centre will monitor Jammu COVID situation on daily basis. pic.twitter.com/9Y9o26YhPk
– Prasar Bharati News Services (@PBNS_India) September 20, 2020
Low Cost Covid Test- FELUDA- Approved By Drug Controller
The Drugs Controller General of India has approved the commercial launch of “Feluda”, the Tata CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) COVID-19 test. “The Tata CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) test, powered by CSIR-IGIB(Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology) FELUDA, received regulatory approvals today from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for commercial launch, as per ICMR guidelines, meeting high quality benchmarks with 96% sensitivity and 98% specificity for detecting the novel coronavirus. This test uses an indigenously developed, cutting-edge CRISPR technology for detection of the genomic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 virus.CRISPR is a genome editing technology to diagnosing diseases,” read a press statement on Saturday.
India’s first CRISPR Covid-19 test FELUDA, developed by @IGIBSocial and @TataGroup has been approved for use in India by @DCGI. Congratulations to the entire team! @PMOIndia@drharshvardhan@PrinSciAdvGoI@shekhar_mande@ICMRDELHI@AnuragAgrawalMD@Debojyo04532898
– CSIR (@CSIR_IND) September 19, 2020
“While the number of daily tests has increased as integral part of ‘CHASE THE VIRUS’ strategy, states have been advised that all symptomatic negatives of Rapid Antigen Tests are mandatorily subjected to RT-PCR,” tweets Health Ministry.
The Health Ministry this morning said that a record 12 lakh tests were conducted in the last 24 hours
India scales another peak.
In last 24 hours, 12 lakh tests were conducted across the country which is an all time record high.
Total #COVID19 tests more than 6.37 cr. pic.twitter.com/lamFdXFLs0
– Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) September 20, 2020
4,090 recoveries reported in Odisha in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases rise to 1,75,550 including 1,41,657 recoveries, 33,149 active cases and 691 deaths: State Health Department, Government of Odisha
Pune city reported 1,658 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking its COVID-19 count to 1,30,0081, while 39 deaths increased the count to 3,046, an official said on Saturday.
A total of 1,248 persons were discharged during the day, he added.
Himachal Pradesh: Tourists have started visiting Shimla after state govt allowed inter-state movement without an e-pass. A tourist says, “Due to lockdown, we were at home for almost 6 months. It feels good to be here. We are taking all precautionary measures.” #COVID19pic.twitter.com/EhWyF6lVWh
– ANI (@ANI) September 19, 2020
4,644 new COVID-19 cases, 2,862 recoveries and 18 deaths reported in Kerala today, taking active cases to 37,488 and death count to 519: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan
Eight more COVID-19 patients died due to the virus in Assam on Saturday, pushing the death count to 548, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
The state’s coronavirus tally soared to 1,55,453 with 2,595 new cases, he said.
The deaths were reported from Majuli, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Sivasagar, Kamrup Rural, Chirang and Goalpara districts, Mr Sarma said.
The fresh cases include 553 from Kamrup Metropolitan, 205 from Jorhat, 199 from Lakhimpur and 173 from Golaghat.
Assam has conducted 28,71,017 tests so far and 35,175 since Friday, he said.
The recovery rate is 80.90 per cent with 1,23,684 patients having been cured.
The state now has 31,218 active cases, while three have migrated out.
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