Coronavirus Global Updates 16 August ::: India records 32, 937 new cases, 417 deaths in 24 hours

Mon Aug 16 09:48:03 CAT 2021

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Coronavirus Global Updates 16 August  ::: India records 32,937 new cases, 417 deaths in 24 hours

Zimbabwe COVID19 Update

COVID-19 update: As at 15 August 2021, Zimbabwe had 120 088 confirmed cases, including 97 323 recoveries and 4 109 deaths. To date, a total of 2 064 314 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

*	The Philippines recorded its second-largest daily increase in infections, with 14,249 new cases announced on Saturday. It also recorded 233 new deaths. Meanwhile the health secretary had to defend his department’s spending, insisting money was not stolen from pandemic funds after a report by the state auditor raised concerns.
*	Iran ordered a week-long lockdown and banned road travel within the country in an attempt to counter its fifth surge of infections.
*	Chinese state media hit back at the suggestion the Covid-19 virus could have originated with a Wuhan researcher collecting bat viruses, accusing western media of “distorting” the comments of Danish researcher Peter Ben Embarek.
*	Deaths in Russia reached a record high of 819 on Saturday, with 22,144 new cases. Cases have remained over 20,000 a day since reaching record highs in early July.
*	More than 75,000 children over 12 registered for vaccination in Ireland, where the rollout began on Friday and is continuing into the weekend.
*	New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, tightened lockdown restrictions and announced AU$5,000 for breaches.
*	Egypt received its third shipment of 1.7m doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine donated through the Covax vaccine sharing initiative.

India records 32,937 new cases, 417 deaths in 24 hours

Coronavirus LIVE updates: Kerala reported 18,582 new infections, Maharashtra 4,797, Andhra Pradesh (1,506), Tamil Nadu (1,896), Karnataka (1,669) and Delhi (53). 

Coronavirus updates: India reported 32,937 new cases of Covid-19 and 417 deaths from the disease, said the health ministry on Monday

Kerala remains the Covid hotspot in India today, contributing to 50 per cent of the cases reported in the country. This has forced the Centre to suggest a revisit by the state on its ‘failed’ Covid strategy.

To assess the ground situation, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya is set to visit the state today and may meet chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

World coronavirus update: Covid-19 is continuing to spread around the world, with 207,946,089 confirmed cases and 4,374,253 deaths across nearly 200 countries recorded since China reported its first cases in December 2019. The US remains the worst-hit country with 37,466,718 cases, followed by India, Brazil, Russia and France. 

Arunachal Pradesh reports 48 new Covid-19 cases

Arunachal Pradesh reported 48 fresh Covid-19 cases, pushing the virus tally in the northeastern state to 51,348, a senior health department official said here on Monday.

The Covid-19 death toll in the frontier state remained at 252 as no new fatality was reported in the past 24 hours, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

The Capital Complex Region recorded the highest number of fresh cases at 30, followed by Papumpare (6), two each from Tawang and West Kameng and one each from West Siang, Upper Siang, Lower Subansiri, Lower Siang, Lohit, Leparada, Changlang and Dibang Valley district respectively, the official said.

Schools in Bihar re-open for Class 1 to 8 students from today

Schools in Bihar re-open for Class 1 to 8 students from today; Visuals from Patna

It is mandatory for students to wear masks, maintain hand hygiene and follow physical distancing, says a school teacher 

Coronavirus in India: Latest update by MoHFW

Summary of MoHFW data (August 16)

Active cases: 381,947 (Net decrease: 3,389)

Deaths: 431,642 (Net increase: 417)

Cured: 31,411,924 (Net increase: 35,909)

Total cases: 32,225,513 (Net increase: 32,937)

Total vaccination: 545,857,108 (Increase over previous day: 1,743,114)

More than 568.1 million vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs till now: MoHFW

More than 568.1 million vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs till now. More than 2.89 cr balance and unutilized vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

India's total cases rise to 32.23 million

India reported 32,937 new infections of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking its total caseload to 32.23 million, data from the union health ministry showed on Monday. Fatalities rose overnight by 417, with the country's Covid death toll now standing at 431,642.

49% women started mobile gaming during Covid-19 pandemic: InMobi repor

Covid-19 saw gaming explode in popularity but Indians have retained their habit even into 2021, with a 1.7x increase in the unique user count from July 2020 to April 2021. A survey conducted between February 9 and February 16, 2021, on the InMobi Pulse Platform, showed that 49% of the women started playing games due to the pandemic.

World coronavirus update: Africa's Covid cases surpass 7.25 million

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa reached 7,257,094 as of Sunday afternoon, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.

The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union, said the death toll from the pandemic stands at 182,929, while 6,327,912 patients across the continent have recovered from the disease, Xinhua reported.

South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia and Ethiopia are the countries with the most cases in the continent, according to the Africa CDC.

South Africa has recorded the most Covid-19 cases in Africa with 2,595,447 cases so far, while the northern African country Morocco reported 752,076 cases as of Sunday afternoon, it was noted.

Centre asks Kerala govt to revisit 'failed' Covid-19 pandemic plan

With an average 20,055 cases and 122 deaths a day in August, Kerala is the Covid hotspot in India today, contributing to 50 per cent of the cases reported in the country. This has forced the Centre to suggest a revisit by the state on its ‘failed’ Covid strategy.

To assess the ground situation, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya is set to visit the state on Monday and may meet chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan. “Kerala had its own strategy to contain Covid and it did not work this time. If your strategy is not working for 50 days, you should not be continuing with it. There is a need to look into all the aspects, including isolation, contact tracing and containment zones,” National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) director Dr Sujeet Kumar Singh told Business Standard. A rise in the number of cases forced the Opposition parties to come out in public, calling the state’s strategy a “failed” one. 

Maharashtra coronavirus update: BMC allows opening of gardens, beaches from 6 am to 10 pm, on all days

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) allows opening of grounds, gardens, beaches & seafronts from 6 am to 10 pm, on all days.

China factory output, retail sales miss expectations as Covid cases emerge

China's factory output and retail sales both rose more slowly than expected in July from a year ago, data showed on Monday, amid signs of increasing pressure on China's economy as export growth cooled and new Covid-19 outbreaks disrupted business.

Industrial production in the world's second largest economy increased 6.4% year-on-year in July, against expectations for 7.8% growth and after rising 8.3% in June.

China's economy has rebounded to its pre-pandemic growth levels, but the expansion appears to be losing steam as businesses have grappled with higher costs and supply bottlenecks while new Covid-19 infections in July prompted some local authorities to lock down and temporarily suspend business operations

Turkey reports 18,847 daily Covid-19 cases

Turkey on Sunday registered 18,847 new Covid-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 6,078,653, according to its health ministry.

The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 154 to 53,159, while 14,426 more people recovered in the last 24 hours.

A total of 281,184 tests were conducted over the past day, it said.

Canada's Covid cases surpass 1.45 million

Canada's new Covid-19 cases continue rising, bringing the cumulative total to 1,451,211 cases, including 26,700 deaths, as of Sunday afternoon, according to CTV.

At the national level, the Delta variant currently accounts for the majority of recently reported variant cases in the country, Xinhua reported.

Ontario, the most populous province in Canada, reported 511 new cases on Sunday.

Oil prices fell more than 1% as Delta surge clouds fuel demand outlook

Oil prices fell more than 1% on Monday, dropping for a third session, as government-imposed restrictions on mobility to counter the spread of the Delta variant raised worries about a recovery in fuel demand.

Brent crude was down 80 cents, or 1.1%, at $69.79 a barrel by 0046 GMT, after edging lower last week.

U.S. oil fell by 81 cents, or 1.2%, to $67.63 a barrel, having risen slightly last week.

"Crude oil remained under pressure as the fast spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus casts a cloud over the outlook for demand," ANZ Research said in a note. 

Cuba surpasses 4,000 total deaths from Covid

Cuba has surpassed 4,000 total deaths from Covid-19, the Ministry of Public Health reported.

The Caribbean nation registered 8,636 new cases and 98 more deaths in the last 24 hours, for a total of 517,668 infections and 4,023 deaths, the Ministry said on Sunday, Xinhua reported.

Transmission rates will slow as the vaccination program progresses and the protocols to deal with the virus are reinforced, said Francisco Duran, director of hygiene and epidemiology of the health ministry.

Iran will impose a six-day-long “general lockdown” in cities across the country after being hit by what it describes as its fifth wave of the Covid pandemic, state media has reported.

The lockdown includes all bazaars, markets and public offices, as well as movie theatres, gyms and restaurants in all Iranian cities. It will begin on Monday and will last through to Saturday.

The national coronavirus taskforce, which issued the decision, also ordered a travel ban between all Iranian cities from Sunday to Friday.

Iran on Saturday reported 466 deaths and 29,700 new cases of Covid. That brought the total pandemic death toll to 97,208band total confirmed cases to 4,389,085.

Last week, Iran hit a record in both its single-day death toll and confirmed new cases of Covid, with 42,541 new cases and a daily death toll of 588.

In Australia, opposition politicians are demanding the federal government publish daily data on Indigenous vaccination rates and “come clean” about exactly where those doses are going.

It comes as the Delta outbreak in western New South Wales (NSW) continues to grow in vulnerable Aboriginal communities of Dubbo and Walgett.

Labor’s health spokesman, Mark Butler, and Indigenous affairs spokeswoman, Linda Burney, said in a joint statement:

The government needs to be honest about the failure of the vaccine rollout for First Nations Australians. The lockdown of Walgett shire has exposed the low vaccination rates among First Nations people, in particular in regional and remote communities.

The prime minister said the vaccine rollout in First Nations communities would be a priority. They were in phase 1b of the rollout – a group that was supposed to be fully vaccinated by winter.

A spokesperson for the federal health department said states and territories can “formally request their LGA data from the commonwealth and it will be provided to them”.

The NSW Delta outbreak had already heavily affected Aboriginal people. Statewide, at least 66 of the current cases were Aboriginal people, and 80% of them were under 40.

Less than 20% of the Aboriginal population aged 16 and over in western NSW had received one dose of any vaccine, and only 8% were fully vaccinated when the outbreak began.

President of the United States Joe Biden has called school district superintendents in Florida and Arizona to praise them for making masks in schools mandatory in defiance of their Republican governors.

A White House statement said the president had spoken with interim Broward Superintendent Vickie Cartwright in Florida and Phoenix Union High School District Superintendent Chad Gestson in Arizona “to thank them for their leadership and discuss their shared commitment to getting all students back in safe, full-time in-person learning this school year”, reports the Associated Press.

It added:

The President commended their leadership and courage to do the right thing for the health and well-being of their students, teachers, and school.

It came amid tensions over whether local school districts can and should require face coverings amid rising Covid case numbers.

In Texas, several school districts won temporary legal victories in seeking to circumvent Republican governor Greg Abbott’s ban on mask mandates, which they say is making the pandemic worse. Similar lawsuits in other states have been filed.

Brazil recorded a further 926 coronavirus deaths on Saturday and 31,142 new cases, according to data released by the country’s health ministry.

It has now registered a total of 568,788 Covid-related deaths and has a total of 20,350,142 confirmed cases.

The nation has been hit hard by the pandemic and its president Jair Bolsonaro has come in for fierce criticism over his government’s handling of the crisis.

It was reported earlier today that vaccinations in Rio are to resume for people aged 22 or older.

A Covid vaccination centre for pregnant women or those who have given birth in the past six weeks has opened in Derry, Northern Ireland.

The clinic, opened by the Western Health Trust at the Foyle Arena, is the first in a series of walk-in centres planned for new and expectant mums in the country.

Pregnant women or those who have had babies in the past six weeks are able to get a first dose of the Pfizer vaccine without an appointment, according to BBC News.

However, the health minister, Robin Swann, criticised protesters who turned up outside the clinic this afternoon as “contemptible”.

He added:

My message to them is simple – you will not divert us from our responsibility to get as many people vaccinated as possible. Vaccination saves lives and reduces levels of serious illness.

The move is part of an effort to increase the take-up of the jab in Northern Ireland as cases continue to rise: 1,437 positive tests were registered on Saturday.

In addition, a further five Covid-related deaths were recorded in Northern Ireland.

A further 34 Covid-related deaths were reported in Italy today, while the number of new infections also fell.

The figure represents a slight decrease in the number of deaths from the virus being registered, according to the Reuters news agency.

By comparison, on Friday there were 45 coronavirus deaths in the country, which has the second-highest death toll in Europe - behind only the UK.

Meanwhile, the number of people testing positive for Covid also dropped slightly from 7,409 on Friday to 7,188 today.

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