Coronavirus live updates: India's tally goes past 40 lakh, Maharashtra adds over 20,000 cases in a day
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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Sep 05, 2020, 23:30:18 IST
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Coronavirus live updates: India's tally goes past 40 lakh, Maharashtra adds over 20,000 cases in a day

India registered the highest single-day jump of 86,432 new coronavirus cases taking the national caseload past 40-lakh mark on Saturday. Maharashtra alone accounted for over 20,000 new cases. With 1,089 more deaths, the cumulative toll reached 69,561. Stay with TOI for all updates.
18:54 (IST) Sep 04
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18:40 (IST) Sep 04
Central Railway to run special trains o­n 4th, 5th & 6th September for candidates attending National Defence Academy (NDA) & Naval Academy (NA) exams
18:27 (IST) Sep 04
Delhi's Covid-19 case tally reaches 1,85,220 with 2,914 fresh infections and 13 deaths reported today. The numbers of active and recovered cases are 18,842 and 1,61,865. Death toll rises to 4,513: Delhi Government (ANI)
17:15 (IST) Sep 04
The findings are based on two small phase trials lasting 42 days- one studying a frozen formulation of the vaccine, and another involving a lyophilised (freeze-dried) formulation of the vaccine, they said.
17:14 (IST) Sep 04
Results from early-phase non-randomised vaccine trials in a total of 76 people show that two formulations of the vaccine have a good safety profile detected over 42 days, and induce antibody responses in all participants within 21 days.Secondary outcomes from the trial suggest the vaccines also produce a T cell response within 28 days, the researchers said.
17:07 (IST) Sep 04
Punjab govt to do away with affixing posters outside homes of Covid-19 patients, reports PTI
Coronavirus patients in home isolation in Punjab will no longer have to suffer the fear and stigma of social isolation resulting from posters affixed at the entrance of their homes.
17:05 (IST) Sep 04
Six people, including two security personnel, test positive for Covid-19 in Mizoram, pushing the state's coronavirus caseload to 1,046; active case count 395: Official
16:37 (IST) Sep 04
1,978 more +ve cases have been reported in Bihar so far on 3rd September, taking total count of active cases in Bihar to 18,429.
16:21 (IST) Sep 04
Schools, colleges, educational & coaching institutes for regular class activities shall remain closed till 30th September. Online and distance learning activities are allowed to continue: Chief Secretary, Assam (ANI)
16:06 (IST) Sep 04
"We are really not expecting to see widespread vaccination until the middle of next year," Harris told a UN briefing in Geneva.
16:06 (IST) Sep 04
None of the candidate vaccines in advanced clinical trials so far has demonstrated a "clear signal" of efficacy at the level of at least 50% sought by the WHO, spokeswoman Margaret Harris said.
15:12 (IST) Sep 04
The Army distributed Covid kits among people living in remote areas of Kishtwar district in J&K, reports PTI.
15:10 (IST) Sep 04
Delhi airport sets up Covid-19 testing facility for select arriving international passengers, reports PTI.
14:56 (IST) Sep 04
Delhi: A doctor and 2 people arrested for issuing 75 forged Covid-19 reports, DCP South says.
"It was a nexus. Dr Kush Parashar confessed that he, his associate & helper collected samples, destroyed them without testing & issued forged reports of 4-5 reputed labs to the people."
14:38 (IST) Sep 04
West Bengal government allows banks to open for business on Saturdays, henceforth, reports ANI.
The 2nd and 4th Saturdays, which had so long been observed as holidays of banks prior to the earlier notification in the wake of the Covid, remain so.
14:35 (IST) Sep 04
I have been admitted to a private hospital in Jayanagar, Bengaluru once again after experiencing fever: Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar
He was discharged from a hospital after he tested negative for Covid-19 earlier this week.
14:24 (IST) Sep 04
20 deaths, 591 new Covid-19 cases in Puducherry, reports ANI.
14:11 (IST) Sep 04
Kochi Metro to resume services on Monday.
KMRL will not provide seating facility for passengers. Commuters can stand at the areas marked inside the train and travel.
14:01 (IST) Sep 04
Goa CM continues working from home after testing Covid-19 positive, reports ANI.