At least 81 children in the US died of Covid between March and July, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and many doctors warn that the situation is likely to get worse.Further, Covid infections in kids is coupled with a rise in cases of a respiratory virus known as respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, a highly contagious, flu-like illness, that is typically more likely to affect children and older adults. That has shrunk the bed space further in children’s hospitals and expanded on the unrelenting demand on doctors and nurses, the report said.
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COVID-19 numbers in SE Asia plateaued over past month mainly due to cases in India remaining stable: WHO
The highest number of new cases were reported from India (278,631 new cases; 20.2 new cases per 100,000; 2 per cent decrease), Indonesia (225,635 new cases; 82.5 new cases per 100,000; 18 per cent decrease), and Thailand (141,191 new cases; 202.3 new cases per 100 000; 20 per cent increase).
In the region, the highest numbers of new deaths were reported from Indonesia (11,373 new deaths; 4.2 new deaths per 100,000; 9 percent decrease), India (3511 new deaths; 0.3 new deaths per 100,000; 8 percent decrease), and Myanmar (2045 new deaths; 3.8 new deaths per 100,000; 22 percent decrease).
A third of India Inc sees deterioration in financial health in June qtr: Report
A falling GST compliance score clearly indicates that the financial health of nearly one-third of businesses being monitored deteriorated in Q1 of FY22, suggesting higher risk levels in the quarter, said Kaushal Sampat, co-founder of Rubix, which is an analytics-based B2B risk management and monitoring platform.
High recovery keep active COVID-19 cases in India below 6 lakh
The Health ministry further said 76 per cent of the new cases of COVID-19 were from 10 states and UTs, with Kerala and Delhi having contributed the maximum of more than 6,000 cases each. Maharashtra had over 4,000 new cases in a day.
As many as 514 fatalities have been reported in a a day. Of these, nearly 80 per cent were concentrated in 10 states and UTs with Maharashtra reporting the maximum 120 deaths.
India’s COVID-19 fatality rate stands at 1.49 per cent, with 21 states and UTs have deaths per million lower than the national average, the ministry said.
Nearly 2 crore people in Karnataka were COVID-19 infected, says govt survey
The survey also found that the infection fatality rate due to COVID-19 was 0.05 per cent. “Out of 7.07 crore estimated population in Karnataka, the study estimates that 1.93 crore (27.3 per cent) of the people are either currently infected or already had the infection in the past, as of 16 September 2020,” the report said.
Britain prepares for COVID-19 vaccine as Oxford forecasts result this year
The National Health Service (NHS) in England is preparing to start distributing possible COVID-19 vaccines before Christmas in case one is ready by the end of the year.
20 per cent COVID-19 patients only show gastrointestinal symptoms: Study
Those signs include inflammation of the small and large bowel, air within the bowel wall (pneumatosis) and bowel perforation (pneumoperitoneum), the researchers said.
The signs are quite rare, and could indicate patients with advanced disease, they said.
Airlines can operate maximum 60% of pre-COVID domestic flights until February 24 next year:Govt
Scheduled international passenger flights continue to remain suspended in the country since March 23 due to the pandemic. However, special international flights have been operating under the Vande Bharat Mission since May and under bilateral air bubble pacts signed with various countries since July.
Oct services activity at 54.1, grows for first time in 8 months: PMI
“It’s encouraging to see the Indian service sector joining its manufacturing counterpart and posting a recovery in economic conditions from the steep deteriorations caused by the Covid-19 pandemic earlier in the year,” Pollyanna De Lima, economics associate director at IHS Markit, said in a release.
Japan property funds feel pinch as Tokyo population drops amid pandemic
But data from the Tokyo metropolitan government shows the city’s population dropped by around 10,700 in October to 13.971 million, its fourth decline in five months.
“We have expected Tokyo’s daytime population to shrink over time but we did not think such a change would take place that quickly,” said Kazufumi Takeuchi, senior analyst at UBS.
India’s October factory growth at decade high as demand bounces back
“Companies were convinced that the resurgence in sales will be sustained in coming months, as indicated by a strong upturn in input buying amid restocking efforts.”
Both output and new orders, which tracks overall demand, grew at their sharpest rates in more than 12 years and foreign demand expanded at its quickest pace since December 2014.
But firms cut staff for the seventh month in a row, a streak not witnessed since the survey began in 2005, signaling a quick recovery in the consumer-driven economy may be a distant possibility.
There would be significant cyber losses in the next 10 years: Mumenthaler
`There are certain tail risks that are too big, in my view, for the insurance industry to carry. We can carry a certain amount of risk, and we are active in the market, but I think the capacity will run out within the next three years.The shadow of cyber risk still looms large, with bad actors or rogue states capable of launching damaging cyber attacks that could even result in human losses, given our dependence on technology. It’s not a random event. It’s perpetuated by people and on the aggregation side it’s a real challenge,” he explained…
India’s COVID-19 caseload reaches 82.67 lakh, recoveries surge to 76,03,121
A total of 76,03,121 people have recuperated from the infection so far, pushing the national recovery rate to 91.96 per cent, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.49 per cent.
The number of active cases remained below six lakh for the fifth consecutive day.
There are 5,41,405 active cases in the country as on date which comprise 6.55 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.