Coronavirus news highlights: Karnataka reports 899 fresh Covid-19 cases, 4 deaths

Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally on Saturday rose to 19,65,556 as it recorded 3,581 fresh cases, a health official said.

The state also reported 57 fatalities, taking the death toll to 50,027, he said.

As many as 2,401 patients were discharged after treatment, pushing the tally of recovered people to 18,61,400.

. The Covid-19 disease four more lives and infected 430 more people in Rajasthan in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll due to it to 2,731 and infection tally to 31,2521 respectively on Saturday.

. Karnataka recorded 899 new Covid- 19 cases and four related fatalities, taking the total infection count to 9,26,767 and the toll to 12,138, the Health department said on Saturday. The day also saw 872 patients getting discharged after recovery.

. The number of COVID-19 cases in Surat rose to 50,375 after 123 people were detected with the virus on Saturday, while one death and 159 recoveries were also reported during the day, an official said.

The toll in the district is now 1,143, he added.

"Surat city accounted for 101 of the new cases and 134 of the people discharged. The rest came from rural areas. So far, 36,394 people have been discharged in Surat city, giving it a recovery rate of 96.13 per cent," he said.

. The UK government on Saturday began rolling out a series of stark advertisements as part of a new awareness drive that warns people to “Act like you’ve got it” because anyone can spread coronavirus, especially the new highly transmissible variant that has seen hospitals being overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients.

. Total cases: 8,84,689 Total recoveries: 8,74,954 Death toll: 7,128

Active cases: 2,607

. Two Chinese cities south of Beijing further tightened virus restrictions Saturday and issued week-long stay at home orders to residents as authorities race to stamp out a resurgence in infections.

. India will launch its Covid-19 vaccination drive on January 16 and priority will be given to nearly three crore healthcare and frontline workers, the government said on Saturday.

. Foreign companies will not be allowed to test Covid-19 vaccines on the Iranian people, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday, a day after Iran's Supreme Leader banned vaccine imports from the United States and Britain.

. Kashmir on Saturday recorded two cases of new UK Covid-19 strain, which is 70 per cent more transmissible, and has prompted a fresh wave of panic around the world.

. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday appealed to the Centre to provide Covid-19 vaccine free to everyone.

. The Resident Doctors' Association (RDA) of the AIIMS here has opposed the administration's decision of conducting the 47th convocation virtually and has written to the institute's director demanding that the January 11 event be held physically in small batches with all Covid-19 precautions.

. Total cases: 6,29,801 Total recoveries: 6,15,452 Death toll: 10,666

Active cases: 3,683

. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat held a meeting with all District Magistrates of the state, today via video-conferencing over the preparations for Covid-19 vaccination.

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. A total of 15 states and Union Territories have a cumulative Covid-19 positivity rate below the national average of 5.79 per cent with Bihar having the lowest positivity rate of 1.44 per cent, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.

. A new, more infectious strain of the coronavirus has now spread to at least eight US states, official data showed Friday, as the country logged a record new daily virus caseload.

. The United States logged a record new daily virus caseload as Joe Biden slammed the Trump administration's vaccine roll-out as a "travesty" and millions in Asia woke up to new lockdowns.

. Covid-19 warriors & youth volunteers have played an important role in fighting coronavirus. From villages to cities to borders, youth volunteers gave it all. They stood shoulder to shoulder with medical teams: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on role of youth against Covid-19

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. Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Friday said the state is expected to receive 13.9 lakh doses of Covid vaccine in two days.

. A 42-year-old volunteer from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh died nearly ten days after he participated in the clinical trial for Covaxin held at a private hospital, its vice-chancellor said on Saturday while a government official suspected poisoning but added that the exact cause of the death will be known after viscera test.

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. Total number of cases: 38,425 Total active cases: 328 Total recovered cases: 37,461 Death toll: 636

. The Kerala lottery department has made unprecedented gains in the weekly ticket sales in the state overcoming the crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, as the sales soar in the last few months.

. China confirmed Saturday that preparations were still ongoing for a World Health Organization mission to Wuhan to investigate the origins of Covid-19, following a rare rebuke from the UN body over a delay to the long-planned trip.

. China will provide Covid-19 vaccines free of charge once they become available to the general public, government authorities said on Saturday.

. India is ready with two made-in-India vaccines for the protection of humanity and the world is not only waiting for them but also watching as to how the country runs the globe's biggest vaccination programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday.

. The Covid-19 vaccination dry run that was undertaken in nine centres in Dakshina Kannada district on Friday was successfully completed with 23 ‘beneficiaries’ participating in the mock drill at each centre.

. India reports 18,222 new Covid-19 cases, 19,253 discharges, and 228 deaths in last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry. Total cases: 1,04,31,639 Active cases: 2,24,190 Total discharges: 1,00,56,651 Death toll: 1,50,798

. Reports of a highly contagious new variant in the United States, published on Friday by multiple news outlets, are based on speculative statements made by Dr. Deborah Birx and are inaccurate, according to several government officials.

. The White House coronavirus task force said that there could be a new variant of the virus that evolved in the United States and is driving spread, CNBC reported on Friday, citing a document obtained by NBC News.

. The United States hit a new record for coronavirus cases Friday, notching nearly 290,000 in a span of 24 hours, according to a real-time tally by Johns Hopkins University.

. Hospitals in Bengaluru willconduct a survey oftheirhealthcare workers to determineif they’re comfortable taking the Covid vaccine.

. The World Health Organization on Friday urged rich countries to stop jumping the queue and making bilateral deals for the first wave of Covid-19 vaccines.

Coronavirus news highlights: Karnataka reports 899 fresh Covid-19 cases, 4 deaths

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Karnataka reports 899 fresh Covid-19 cases, 4 deaths

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