Coronavirus Global Updates 24 August ::: India's cumulative vaccination coverage at 590-mn mark; Australians warned of Covid disaster payment scams

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Coronavirus Global Updates 24 August  ::: India's cumulative vaccination coverage at 590-mn mark; Australians warned of Covid disaster payment scams

 

	
 



Zimbabwe COVID19 Update


COVID-19 update: As at 23 August 2021, Zimbabwe had 123 001 confirmed cases, including 107 759 recoveries and 4 293 deaths. To date, a total of 2 345 343 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19.




 


India's cumulative vaccination coverage at 590-mn mark


Coronavirus LIVE updates: Maharashtra recorded 4,141 fresh Covid-19 cases, 4,780 discharges, and 145 deaths in the last 24 hours. Stay tuned for corona-related news


 

Coronavirus updates: India recorded 25,072 new Covid-19 cases and 389 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking its tally to 32,449,306 and the death toll to 434,756. Delhi reported zero daily deaths due to Covid-19 for the third consecutive day on Sunday and 24 new cases of the infection, while the positivity rate stood at 0.04 per cent, according to the health department, reported news agency PTI.

 

Meanwhile, Zydus Cadila, whose Covid vaccine ZyCoV-D for adults and children aged 12 years and above got approval yesterday, said it hopes to produce one crore doses per month by October.

 

World coronavirus update: Covid-19 is continuing to spread around the world, with 212,554,454 confirmed cases and 4,443,898 deaths across nearly 200 countries recorded since China reported its first cases in December 2019. The US remains the worst-hit country with 38,231,787 cases, followed by India, Brazil, Russia and France. 

 


Covid watch: One more athlete tests positive before Paralympics opening


Thirteen more persons including an athlete have tested positive for Covid-19 on the eve of the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Paralympic Games on Monday. Among those that tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours ending on Monday afternoon, there were four from among Games-related personnel and seven Tokyo 2020 contractors. One Tokyo 2020 employee too has returned a positive report.

 

Sunday's one case takes to five the total number of athletes to test positive.

 

The addition of 13 persons on Monday took the total tally of Covid positive tests here to 142 since they started testing for the Paralympic Games on August 12.


Andhra Pradesh records 1K more Covid cases, 12 deaths


Andhra Pradesh on Monday recorded 1,002 new Covid cases, taking its overall tally beyond 20 lakh, even as its active caseload dropped to 14,159. As many as 1,508 more persons recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours, taking the state's total number of recoveries over 19.7 lakh. East Godavari district reported the highest number of cases at 265, followed by Kadapa 132, Nellore 118, Chittoor 113, Prakasam 86, Krishna 74, Guntur 64, Visakhapatnam 54, Vizianagaram 35, West Godavari 24, Srikakulam 19, Anantapur 11, and Kurnool seven.

 

East Godavari tops the chart with more than 2.8 lakh cases, followed by Chittoor with 2.3 lakh.

 

Meanwhile, 12 more persons succumbed to the virus in the past 24 hours, taking the state's overall Covid death toll to 13,735.


USFDA gives full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine


The US health regulator on Monday gave full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine, a key milestone for public health that can instill further confidence in consumers and also spur authorities to make vaccinations mandatory.

 

The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) had earlier in December 2020 given emergency use authorisation (EAU) for the vaccine, developed by US-based Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech. More than 200 million Pfizer doses have been administered in the US, and hundreds of millions more worldwide, since December.

 

"Today the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty, for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older," the US health regulator said in a statement.




Mumbai sees 226 COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths, 297 recoveries


Mumbai on Monday reported 226 COVID-19 cases and four deaths, taking the tally to 7,41,391 and the toll to 15,951, a civic official said. The number of tests conducted in the last 24 hours stood at 24,828, which was the lowest this month, the official pointed out, adding that a total of 89,47,332 tests had been conducted here so far.

 

The recovery count rose by 297 on Monday to touch 7,20,199, he said.

 

The city had, on Sunday, reported 294 cases and one death, which was the lowest since the pandemic broke out in March last year.

 

Slums and chawls remained free of containment zones, which are declared if an area has five cases, for the ninth consecutive day, while the number of sealed buildings in the metropolis was 19, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation data showed. Mumbai's case doubling time had dipped below the 2000-day mark and stood at 1,983 days, while the average growth rate of cases between August 16 and 22 rose to 0.04 per cent from 0.03 per cent, civic data revealed.




Khattar to set up panel to probe hospitals' negligence in treating Covid patients


Haryana Chief Minister M L Khattar on Monday told the state assembly that his government will set up a panel to probe possible negligence by hospitals in treating Covid patients.

 

The chief minister made the announcement while seeking to assure the House that no death due to oxygen shortage had been recorded in the state.

 

Khattar sought to assure the assembly after the opposition Congress, during Zero Hour, raised the issue of deaths in parts of the state allegedly due to oxygen shortage during the peak of the second Covid wave earlier this year.

 

Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, while training guns on Khattar, alleged, Leader of the House has misled the Assembly. He said not a single death took place due to lack of oxygen.

 

He said it had been widely reported in the media earlier that deaths in hospitals in Gurgaon, Rewari and Hisar did take place due to oxygen shortage.

 


India's cumulative vaccination coverage at 590-mn mark


India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 58.82 Crore (58,82,21,623) as per the 7 pm provisional report today. More than 56 lakh (56,10,116) Vaccine Doses have been administered today, as per the 7 pm provisional report. 


Containment zones reduced to 228 in Delhi; none in central, northeast districts

There are 228 "actual containment zones" in the national capital while the central and northeast districts have none, according to Covid data of the Delhi government.

 

Containment zones are divided into two categories - "scaled down but not de-contained" and "active containment zones", the sum of which is termed "actual containment zones".




No RT-PCR test report for fully jabbed air travellers arriving in Chhattisgarh


The Chhattisgarh government on Monday exempted fully vaccinated air passengers arriving in the state from carrying a negative RT-PCR coronavirus test report, officials said.

 

 


No new Covid-19 case found in Dharavi for eighth time in August


For the eighth time this month, the Dharavi slum colony in Mumbai didn't report any new Covid-19 case in a day on Monday, a civic official said.

 

The last time Dharavi didn't record any new case in a day was on August 20.

 

Currently, Dharavi has only 11 active cases. Of the 7,005 infections recorded, 6,596 patients have already recovered and been discharged, the official said.

 


Nepal receives over 500,000 AstraZeneca vaccines from Japan: Official


Nepal has received over 5 lakh doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Japan to help the Himalayan nation boost its vaccination drive to contain the contagious coronavirus spread, a senior official said on Monday.

 

This is the last batch of the total 1.6 million doses the government of Japan had pledged to the Nepal government through COVAX, a United Nations-backed international vaccine-distribution scheme.

 


USFDA grants full approval to Pfizer vaccine


The US Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it has given full approval to the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE.

 


Centre making efforts to boost Covid-19 vaccination: Kishan Reddy


The Centre is making various efforts to boost COVID-19 vaccination in the country, including trying to enhance procurement of raw material from other countries to increase production, Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Monday.

 

Stressing that vaccination and following COVID-19 protocols like wearing masks are the ways to check the spread of the virus, he told reporters here that some people wondered why vaccines are not easily available.

 

A vaccine (ready for use) comes out of a factory more than 100 days after the raw material concerned enters its premises, he said.

 


Goa reports 57 new Covid-19 cases, one death, 80 recoveries


Goa's coronavirus caseload went up by 57 and reached 1,73,221 on Monday, while 80 patients recovered from the infection, a state health department official said.

 

The death toll rose to 3,186 after one more patient succumbed to the disease during the day, he said.




AP adds 1,002 Covid-19 cases


Andhra Pradesh's Covid-19 tally increased to 20,03,342 as 1,002 new cases were added afresh in 24 hours ending 9 am on Monday.

 

The total recoveries went up to 19,75,448 as 1,508 more people got cured during this period, a health department bulletin said.

 

With 12 fresh deaths, the gross toll climbed to 13,735, it said.




UP's steepest Covid decline, cases below ten


Uttar Pradesh on Monday witnessed the steepest decline in the number of fresh Covid cases as the state logged new infections below 10 for the first time since the second wave.

 

Uttar Pradesh limited the number of fresh infections to 7, making it the lowest daily-case count for the state so far. The state had recorded 19 new cases on Sunday.

 


Delhi reports 17 Covid-19 cases; positivity rate 0.04%


Delhi reported zero daily deaths due to Covid-19 for the fourth day on the trot on Monday and 17 new cases of the infection, while the positivity rate stood at 0.04 per cent, according to the health department here.

 

This is the 14th time since the beginning of the second wave of the pandemic that the national capital has logged zero fatality due to the disease in a day.

 


13,383 Covid-19 cases, 90 deaths in Kerala


Kerala on Monday saw 13,383 fresh cases of Covid-19 and 90 deaths, pushing the total infection count to 38,27,688 and toll of fatalities to 19,584 till date, an official press release here said.

 

As many as 21,942 people have been cured of the infection since Sunday, taking the total recoveries to 36,53,008 and the number of active cases to 1,54,563, the release said

 


Explain process of vaccine procurement, allotment: Bombay HC to Centre


The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Union government to file an affidavit explaining the process of procuring Covid-19 vaccines and allotting them to states.

 

A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni, which is hearing PILs seeking redressal of issues faced by citizens while booking vaccination slots on the CoWin portal, asked the Centre to file the affidavit by August 27.

 


Australians warned of Covid disaster payment scams


The Australian government on Monday warned of scams targeting people relying on Covid-19 disaster payments.

 

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) recently revealed that along with major banks, it has identified a slew of scams related to coronavirus support payments, reports Xinhua news agency.

 

According to the ACCC, 69 scams have been reported and in four cases more than A$37,000 ($26,401) were stolen.

 

Linda Reynolds, the Minister for Government Services, described scammers targeting vulnerable Australians amid widespread outbreaks of Covid-19 as a "low act".

 

"The agency is acutely aware of the unfortunate risk of scams and provides secure ways of claiming online," she was quoted as saying by The Canberra Times on Monday.




Recovery rate increases to 97.63%; highest since March 2020


India's recovery rate increases to 97.63%; highest since March 2020 

 


Coronavirus third wave peak likely in October: NIDM report


The National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), under the Ministry of Home Affairs, has warned of a third Covid-19 wave peak in October in its recent report to the Prime Minister's Office.

 

The NIDM's report quoted the Reuters' opinion survey of 40 experts that forecasted that the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to hit India between July 15 and October 13, 2021.

 

On whether the Delta-Plus Variant will be the driver of the third wave, NIDM said the Delta-Plus variant formed due to the mutation in the B.1.617.2 (Delta variant) that drove the fatal second surge in India. This new variant of concern is a sub-lineage of the Delta variant that has acquired a spike protein mutation 'K417N' which is alsofound in the Beta variant (first detected in South Africa).




Cannot enforce guidelines at gunpoint, say experts on rising Kerala infections


Relaxations in movement during the festival season coupled with people not following Covid guidelines are behind Kerala's rising TPR and the state accounting for more than half of the country's virus caseload, medical experts said on Sunday and added that people cannot be made to follow the norms at gunpoint, rather they need to modify their behaviour on their own.

 

As the festival season has not yet ended, the effect of the relaxations and non-Covid appropriate behaviour by people who ventured out for celebrations and shopping would be seen in the test positivity rate (TPR) which, according to the experts like Dr Amar Fettle and Dr Kannan, is expected to rise further from Saturday's 17.73 per cent.




IBM provides health facilities to 3 states to fight potential third wave


Technology firm IBM India has provided healthcare facilities like pediatric ICU beds and oxygen concentrators to Karnataka, Haryana and Uttarakhand which would help them tackle a potential third wave of COVID-19, according to senior company official.

 

The healthcare facilities have been provided as part of IBM India's corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative in partnership with the Nasscom Foundation.

 

Speaking to PTI, IBM India and South Asia Head-CSR Manoj Balachandran said, "While a lot of relief like oxygen cylinders was coming in to address the immediate short term need, we decided to work on mid to long term requirements with the state governments




UAE to issue tourist visas, with a 14-day rider, to Indian passport holders


Indian passport holders, who have not been to the country in the last 14 days, can get tourist visas to the UAE, according to a media report on Sunday.

 

The facility has been exteded to Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Uganda, other than India, the Gulf News reported.

 

Presently, only UAE citizens and transit passengers are allowed to fly to the UAE, due to the coronavirus outbreak.

 

Approval of tourist visas for Indian passport holders, who have not been in the country in the last fortnight, comes as the UAE is slowly opening up its arrivals




Coronavirus in India: Latest update by MoHFW


Summary of MoHFW data (August 23)

Active cases: 333,924 (Net decrease: 19,474)

Deaths: 434,756 (Net increase: 389)

Cured: 31,680,626 (Net increase: 44,157)

Total cases: 32,449,306 (Net increase: 25,072)

Total vaccination: 582,549,595 (Increase over previous day: 795,543)

 


Railways suffered Rs 36,000 cr loss during coronavirus pandemic: Raosaheb Danve


Union minister Raosaheb Danve on Sunday said the Railways has suffered losses to the tune of Rs 36,000 crore during the coronavirus pandemic, and termed goods trains as the real revenue generators for the national transporter.

 

He also said that a bullet train project would be executed along the Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway, which is under construction at present.

 

The Minister of State for Railways was speaking at the foundation stone laying ceremony of an underbridge at the Jalna railway station.

 

"The passenger train segment always runs into losses. Since increasing the ticket fares affects the passengers, we cannot do so. During the pandemic, the Railways suffered losses of Rs 36,000 crore," he said




Nepal reports 1,920 new cases of coronavirus infections: Health Ministry


Nepal has reported 1,920 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the country to 827,642, the health ministry said on Sunday.

 

The Ministry of Health and Population also said that 24 new deaths were reported in the last one day. The current death toll due to coronavirus infections in the country stands at 10,509.

 

The new number of cases in the last 24 hours stands at 1,920, taking total infections to 827,642. Deaths have surged to 10,509, the health ministry said in a statement.


27 new cases in Chhattisgarh, one death; active cases 863


Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 tally mounted to 10,04,144 on Sunday as 27 more people tested positive for the infection, while one fresh fatality took the toll to 13,553, a health official said.

 

The number of recoveries reached 9,89,728 after eight patients got discharge from various hospitals, while 52 others completed their home isolation during the day.

 

The number of active COVID-19 cases in the state stands at 863, the official said.

 

Raipur district reported one new infection, taking the caseload to 1,57,841, including 3,139 deaths, while three cases were reported each in Durg, Janjgir-Champa, Surguja and Bastar districts. No fresh case was reported in 14 districts of the state on Friday, he said. 


Goa government extends Covid-induced curfew till August 30


Goa government extends Covid-induced curfew till August 30


Karnataka records 1,189 new Covid-19 cases


Karnataka records 1189 new Covid-19 cases, 1456 recoveries and 22 deaths in the last 24 hours.


North Korea develops its own PCR equipment for Covid-19 tests


North Korea has developed its own Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment to conduct coronavirus tests, state media said on Monday, as the country steps up efforts to head off more contagious new strains of the virus.

 


Maharashtra records 4,141 fresh Covid-19 cases


Maharashtra records 4,141 fresh Covid-19 cases, 4,780 discharges, and 145 deaths, reports ANI

 

 


UK records another 32,253 Covid-19 cases


Another 32,253 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 6,492,906, according to official figures released Sunday.

 

The country also reported another 49 coronavirus-related deaths. The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain now stands at 131,640. These figures only include the deaths of people who died within 28 days of their first positive test.

 

The UK Health Security Agency will launch a new national surveillance program next week, which will offer antibody testing to adults in Britain who test positive.  

 


Mazda halts 2 plants as cargo from China suspended


Nikkei Asia is tracking the spread of the coronavirus that was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.

Cumulative global cases have reached 212,473,156, according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The worldwide death toll has hit 4,439,943.

For more information about the spread of COVID-19 and the progress of vaccination around the world, please see our interactive charts and maps.

Mazda says it will suspend operations at its headquarters plant in Hiroshima Prefecture and its Hofu plant in Yamaguchi Prefecture from today. Night shifts have already been suspended from Aug. 23. Air cargo flights from Pudong Airport in Shanghai have been halted due to rising COVID infections, which has disrupted the supply of in-vehicle components using semiconductors.

India posts 25,467 new cases in the last 24 hours, slightly up from 25,072 the previous day. The country's total cases are now at 32.47 million. Deaths rose by 354 to 435,110. India vaccinated about 6.4 million people since Monday morning, bringing the total number of doses administered nationwide to 589 million.

The pandemic last year pushed 75 million to 80 million people in emerging Asian economies into extreme poverty, defined as living below $1.90 per day, the Asian Development Bank says. The latest estimate, which comes as a setback to the region's sustainable development agenda, covers 35 economies, including China, India, Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea.

New Zealand records 41 new cases, taking the total number of infections in the country to 148, the director-general of health says. Of the new cases, 38 are in Auckland and three in Wellington.

Australia can proceed with its reopening plans when the country reaches 70% to 80% vaccination levels, the government's pandemic adviser said, even as some states hinted they may not ease border curbs if Sydney fails to control its delta outbreak. The Melbourne-based Doherty Institute said the country's focus must shift to limiting the number of deaths and hospitalizations from its current zero-cases strategy when at least 70% of the country's population above age 16 is fully vaccinated. Currently, 30% of Australia's adult population has been fully vaccinated while 53% have had at least one dose.

With the Summer Paralympics ready to begin Tuesday amid a spike in coronavirus cases in the wake of the Olympic summer games, organizers face an even more urgent need to prevent infections to protect athletes who are at greater risk of developing severe complications if infected. As in the earlier games, fans will almost entirely be barred from attending events. Testing is a key measure. Over 4,000 athletes are expected to take daily saliva tests with the same requirement in place for personal care assistants, who help Paralympians in close contact.

New York City will require public school teachers and staff to get vaccinated, Mayor Bill de Blasio says, as part of a push to get more residents inoculated and slow the spread of the delta variant. All 148,000 staff members in the largest U.S. school district must get at least one dose of a vaccine by Sept. 27 as part of the mandate.

 

 

 

 


 


 


 

 


 

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