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53,370 new cases take India’s COVID-19 tally to 78,14,682
The COVID-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.51 per cent.
According to ICMR, a cumulative total of 10,13,82,564 samples have been tested up to October 23, with 12,69,479 samples tested on Friday.
U.S. breaks daily record for coronavirus cases with over 84,000 new infections
Health experts have not pinpointed the reason for the rise but have long warned that colder temperatures driving people inside, fatigue with COVID-19 precautions and students returning to schools and colleges, could promote the spread of the virus.
The United States has the most cases in the world at 8.5 million and the most fatalities with 224,000 lives lost. The United States has reported over the past week an average of 60,000 new cases per day, the highest seven-day average since early August.
Countries battle rising coronavirus cases as WHO sees ‘exponential’ rise
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had on Friday warned that “too many countries are seeing an exponential increase in Covid-19 cases and that is now leading to hospitals and intensive care units running close to or above capacity — and we’re still only in October.”
“We urge leaders to take immediate action to prevent further unnecessary deaths.”
Antibodies against coronavirus detectable up to seven months post COVID-19 onset, says study
“The results of this six months cross-sectional study show a classic pattern with a rapid increase of antibody levels within the first three weeks after COVID-19 symptoms and, as expected, a reduction to intermediate levels thereafter,” he added.
India seeks health worker database for possible COVID-19 vaccination
“Vaccine would be supplied by the government of India to all states for free,” Pradipta Mohapatra, the top health bureaucrat of Odisha state who attended a video conference with federal health officials, told Reuters.
“First to be vaccinated are the health workers both in government and private sector. The policy is uniform for the whole country.”
Mohapatra said states would have to provide details of such workers to the federal government by next Friday.
Contract of insurance is of utmost good faith, says Supreme Court
The top court said this while setting aside the March this year verdict of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) which had dismissed the plea of an insurance firm against the order asking it to pay full death claim along with interest to the mother of the deceased.
Trump’s description of India as filthy sets off calls for cleaner air
“Trump is right,” Kapil Mishra, a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).said on Twitter. “Our air quality is actually filthy. In Delhi, we are breathing poison. Time for all of us to come together and deal with the real reasons.”
Monsanto loses final appeal over French farmer’s weedkiller accident
The farmer has argued that the fumes he inhaled from the weedkiller Lasso, a product that was subsequently withdrawn from the French market, caused neurological problems, including memory loss, fainting and headaches.
AstraZeneca resumes U.S. COVID-19 vaccine trial and next week J&J prepares to do same
AstraZeneca said that it is not unusual for some trial participants to fall ill during large scale vaccine trials but that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has reviewed all safety data from the trials globally and deemed it safe to continue testing the vaccine.
AstraZeneca trials in the United Kingdom, Brazil and South Africa resumed last month even as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration continued its investigation into the case.
COVID-19: India records 54,366 new infections, 690 deaths
A total of 69,48,497 people have recuperated from the disease so far pushing the national recovery rate to 89.53 per cent while the case fatality rate due to COVID-19 was recorded at 1.51 per cent.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative total of 10,01,13,085 samples have been tested up to October 22 with 14,42,722 samples being tested on Thursday.