India Coronavirus Cases: There are now a little over 5 lakh active cases of coronavirus. (File)
New Delhi:
With a jump of almost 45,000 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, India’s coronavirus tally touched the 85.5 lakh mark, government data shows. India also recorded 490 deaths linked to the viral disease in the 24-hour period taking its overall Covid death count to 1,26,611. The 45,903 new infections in India were 0.5% higher than yesterday’s.
In the last 24 hours, almost 48,000 people fought off the viral disease pushing the recovery rate to 92.6 per cent. With this, more than 79 lakh people have recovered from COVID-19, and there are now a little over 5 lakh active cases of coronavirus. India’s daily positivity rate stood at 5.5 per cent.
Meanwhile, the Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE prevented more than 90% of infections in a study of tens of thousands of volunteers, the most encouraging scientific advance so far in the battle against the coronavirus.
Eight months into the worst pandemic in a century, the preliminary results pave the way for the companies to seek an emergency-use authorization from regulators if further research shows the shot is also safe.
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Odisha: Bamboo craftsmen in Bhubaneswar say they are suffering a huge loss as there are fewer customers owing to #COVID19.
Padma, an artist says, “The business is no longer profitable as there is less demand. We are compelled to sell these items at lower price now.” pic.twitter.com/X80NwmQyXo
– ANI (@ANI) November 9, 2020
