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Confirmed cases cross 9.4 mn globally; toll surpasses 4.80 lakh
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has risen by over 177,000 in the past 24 hours to 9.4 million and the toll has topped 480,000, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.
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University of Calgary research shows SARS-CoV-2 may have been evolving slowly since 2013
COVID-19 showed up late in 2019. Since the virus is new to humans, there has been a lot of speculation about how it came to be.
While scientists have been studying the viral genome to find out more about it, it has been suggested that the virus jumped from an animal into humans. There have also been theories about it being made in a lab even though studies point towards its origin being natural and not man-made. Last month, the World Health Assembly passed a resolution to look into the origins of the virus.
Now, a group of scientists at the University of Calgary, Canada, say that the COVID-19 causing virus (SARS-CoV-2) may have been circulating amongst the human population since at least 2013, though not the same variant that is responsible for the current pandemic.
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08:03 (IST)
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India's COVID-19 cases cross five lakh with over 15,000 deaths
India's total number of coronavirus cases crossed five lakh on Friday after reporting more than 17,000 cases for the first time in a single day. The COVID-19 toll climbed to 15,301 with 407 new fatalities.
It was the seventh day in a row that India registered over 14,000 cases.
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International flights suspended till 15 July: DGCA
Operations of commercial international flights to and from India will remain suspended till 15 July, civil aviation watchdog DGCA announced on Friday. However, international cargo operations and flights specifically approved by the aviation regulator will be exempted.
"Scheduled international commercial passenger services to or from India shall remain suspended till 23.59 hrs IST of 15 July, 2020... However, international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the competent authority on a case to case basis," said the circular by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
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Coronavirus Outbreak in Jharkhand Latest Updates
Jharkhand to extend lockdown till 31 July: CM
The Jharkhand government announced an extension of the lockdown till 31 July on Friday to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. "Considering the seriousness of the situation, the state government has decided to extend the lockdown till 31 July," said Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
The extension order shall come into force with immediate effect, Chief Secretary Sukhdev Singh said, adding that the movement of individuals shall continue to remain prohibited between 9 pm and 5 am.
Coronavirus LATEST Updates: India's total number of coronavirus cases crossed five lakh on Friday after reporting more than 17,000 cases for the first time in a single day. The COVID-19 toll climbed to 15,301 with 407 new fatalities.
It was the seventh day in a row that India registered over 14,000 cases.
The total number of coronavirus cases in India inched closer to five lakh with a record number of 17,296 new cases being reported in 24 hours. With this, the nationwide tally rose to 4,90,401, while toll from the novel coronavirus climbed to 15,301 with 407 new casualties, the Union health ministry said on Friday.
This was the seventh day in a row that India registered over 14,000 cases.
Delhi, Chennai, Thane, Mumbai, Palghar, Pune, Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Ahmedabad, and Faridabad are the cities and districts that reported a larger number of COVID-19 cases between 19 and 25 June, contributing 54.47 percent of the total caseload, PTI quoted health ministry officials as saying.
Between 1 and 26 June, the country witnessed 2,99,866 cases. However, the number of recoveries have overtaken the active cases by 96,173, the health ministry said. The number of active cases stands at 1,89,463.
In the last 24 hours, 13,940 COVID-19 patients have been cured, taking the cumulative figure of recoveries to 2,85,636. "This has led to the recovery rate touching 58.24 percent," the ministry said.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 77,76,228 samples have been tested up till 25 June with 2,15,446 samples being tested on Thursday.
In the quest to expand COVID-19 testing labs network across the country, the ICMR has inducted 11 new labs in 24 hours. India now has 1,016 COVID-19 diagnostic labs with 737 in the government sector and 279 private ones.
Congress' Abhishek Manu Singhvi tests positive
Congress leader and party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi has home quarantined himself after testing positive for COVID-19, PTI reported. While he has mild symptoms like fever, his wife has also tested positive for the novel coronavirus and has isolated herself at home as per the government guidelines.
After Singhvi tested positive, his son and other family members and staff are also being tested for the virus. Singhvi is the second Congress leader after Sanjay Jha to test positive for COVID-19. Jha has since recovered in Mumbai.
Meanwhile, Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain tested negative for COVID-19 on Friday, almost two weeks after he tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Jain, who had to be admitted to the ICU after his situation worsened, had received the Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT) last week — a procedure that the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) still categorises as “experimental”. Jain underwent the procedure at Max Healthcare, Saket.
International flights suspended till 15 July
The aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said on Friday it is extending the suspension of scheduled international passenger flights in the country till 15 July but added that some international scheduled services on selected routes may be permitted on a case to case basis.
Scheduled international passenger flights were suspended in India on 23 March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"The competent authority has decided that scheduled international commercial passenger services to or from India shall remain suspended till 2359 hrs IST of 15 July, 2020," said the DGCA circular.
"However, international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the competent authority on a case to case basis," said the circular by the DGCA.
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Delhi schools to remain shut till 31 July, Gurgaon malls likely to reopen next week
Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said that all schools in the National Capital will remain shut till 31 July in view of the coronavirus situation.
"Reopening schools is not merely a technical work, rather, it is a creative work that would give schools a new and bigger role. Schools will continue to be closed in Delhi till 31 July," Sisodia said.
The government's decision came after a meeting with education department officials.
According to reports, the proposal to cut syllabus up to 50 percent for the current academic year was discussed at the meeting.
The novel coronavirus cases in Delhi continue to show an alarming upward trend, with the National Capital recently surpassing Mumbai to become India's worst-hit city.
Reports on Friday also said that malls in Gurgoan are likely to reopen next week, three months after they closed down following the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
Additionally, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was quoted by reports as saying that the state government was mulling restarting the Metro Rail services in Kolkata from 1 July. "We are discussing with the Metro authorities about resuming the Metro services from 1st July, allowing passengers only up to the seating capacity," she said.
192 new COVID-19 deaths reported in Maharashtra, 64 in Delhi
According to the health ministry's figures, of the 407 new deaths reported till Friday morning, 192 were in Maharashtra, 64 in Delhi, 45 in Tamil Nadu, 18 in Gujarat, 15 each in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, 12 in Andhra Pradesh, 10 in Haryana, eight in Madhya Pradesh, seven in Punjab, six in Karnataka, five in Telangana, four in Rajasthan and two in Jammu and Kashmir.
ANI on Friday evening reported that 5,024 new cases were reported in Maharashtra, taking the tally of cases in the state to 1,52,765.
Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand have reported one COVID-19 casualty each in the last 24 hours.
Of the total 15,301 deaths reported so far, Maharashtra tops the tally with 6,931 deaths, followed by Delhi with 2,429 deaths, Gujarat with 1,753, Tamil Nadu with 911, Uttar Pradesh with 611, West Bengal with 606, Madhya Pradesh with 542, Rajasthan with 379 and Telangana with 230 deaths.
The COVID-19 toll reached 198 in Haryana, 170 in Karnataka, 136 in Andhra Pradesh, 120 in Punjab, 90 in Jammu and Kashmir, 57 in Bihar, 36 in Uttarakhand, 22 in Kerala and 17 in Odisha.
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Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand have registered 12 deaths each, Assam, Puducherry and Himachal Pradesh nine each, Chandigarh six, Goa two and Meghalaya, Tripura, Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh have reported one fatality each, according to the health ministry.
More than 70 percent deaths occurred due to comorbidities, the ministry said.
Maharashtra has reported the highest number of cases at 1,47,741, followed by Delhi at 73,780, Tamil Nadu at 70,977, Gujarat at 29,520, Uttar Pradesh at 20,193, Rajasthan at 16,296 and West Bengal at 15,648, according to the ministry data.
The number of COVID-19 cases has gone up to 12,596 in Madhya Pradesh, 12,463 in Haryana, 11,364 in Telangana,10,884 in Andhra Pradesh and 10,560 in Karnataka.
It has risen to 8,473 in Bihar, 6,549 in Jammu and Kashmir, 6,321 in Assam and 5,962 in Odisha. Punjab has reported 4,769 novel coronavirus infections so far, while Kerala has 3,726 cases.
A total of 2,691 people have been infected by the virus in Uttarakhand, 2,452 in Chhattisgarh, 2,262 in Jharkhand, 1,290 in Tripura, 1,056 in Manipur, 995 in Goa, 941 in Ladakh and 839 in Himachal Pradesh.
Puducherry has recorded 502 Covid-19 cases, Chandigarh has 423, Nagaland has 355 and Arunachal Pradesh has 160. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu together have reported 155 Covid-19 cases.
Mizoram has 145 cases, Sikkim has 85, Andaman and Nicobar Islands has registered 59 infections so far while Meghalaya has recorded 46 cases.
"Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research," the ministry said, adding that 8,123 cases are being reassigned to states.
State-wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation, it added.
As COVID cases rise, White House seeks to scrap ‘Obamacare’
Meanwhile, in the US, as coronavirus cases rise in more than half of the states, the Donald Trump administration is urging the Supreme Court to overturn the Affordable Care Act.
The administration’s high court filing on Thursday came the same day the government reported that close to half a million people who lost their health insurance amid the economic shutdown to slow the spread of COVID-19 have gotten coverage through HealthCare.gov.
The administration’s legal brief makes no mention of the virus.
More than 20 million Americans could lose their health coverage and protections for people with preexisting health conditions also would be put at risk if the court agrees with the administration. However, nothing will happen immediately as the case is unlike to be heard before the fall.
With inputs from agencies
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