COVID-19 LIVE: Steady rise in home isolation cases since Oct 21: Reports

21:55 November 01

Gujarat reports 860 new COVID19 cases, 5 deaths and 1,128 recoveries today. Total cases in the State now at 1,73,804 including 1,57,247 recoveries and 3,724 deaths. Active cases at 12,833: State Health Department

21:55 November 01

Tamil Nadu reports 2,504 new COVID19 infections, taking the state's total cases to 7,27,026. There are 20,994 active patients while 6,94,880 people have recovered. 11,152 deaths recorded till date.

21:55 November 01

Karnataka reported 3,652 new COVID19 cases, 8,053 discharges, and 24 deaths in the last 24 hours. Total number of cases now at 8,27,064 including 50,592 actiev cases, 7,65,261 discharges and deaths 11,192: State Health Department

21:54 November 01

1,670 new COVID-19 cases and 1,221 discharges reported in Haryana today. Total cases at 1,68,880 including 12,634 active cases, 1,54,451 discharges and 1,795 deaths: State Health Department

19:20 November 01

Kerala reports 7,025 new COVID19 infection cases today. Number of active cases now at 89,675, so far 3,41,007 patients have recovered.

19:20 November 01

Andhra Pradesh reports 2,618 new COVID19 cases taking total positive cases in the State to 8,25,966. There are 23,668 active cases and 7,95,592 recovered cases in the State; the death toll is at 6,706, as per State Health Department

19:20 November 01

Rajasthan detects 1,754 new COVID19 cases and 10 deaths today. Total positive cases in the state stand at 1,98,747 with 1,917 deaths, 1,81,575 recoveries/discharges and 15,255 active cases: State Health Department

19:20 November 01

Manipur records 248 new COVID19 cases and 3 deaths today. Total number of positive cases stand at 18,750 including 15,065 recoveries, 3,514 active cases and 171 deaths: State Health Department

19:18 November 01

Puducherry records fresh COVID-19 cases in two digits after six days

Puducherry:  Daily COVID-19 cases in Puducherry dropped below the 100 mark on Sunday after a gap of six days as the tally rose to 35,109. 

Three more people, including a 71-year old woman, died of coronavirus in the last 24 hours ending 10 AM on Sunday, taking the toll to 595, the Health department said. The union territory recorded 96 new cases while 421 people were discharged on recovery, Health and Family Welfare Director S.Mohan Kumar said in a release here.

19:17 November 01

100 new cases take Arunachal's COVID-19 tally to 14,852

Itanagar: At least 100 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, pushing the tally in the state to 14,852, a senior official said on Sunday.

Of the fresh cases, 27 were reported from the Capital Complex region, 10 from Tawang, nine from Lohit, eight each from Lower Subansiri and East Siang and six from West Siang district, the official said.

Five new cases each were also registered in Upper Siang and Lepa Rada, four each in Tirap, Lower Dibang Valley and West Kameng, two each in Papumpare and Namsai and one each in Upper Subansiri, East Kameng, Changlang, Pakke Kessang, Longding and Kamle, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

19:16 November 01

26 deaths, 1,989 fresh coronavirus cases in UP

Lucknow: Twenty-six more people died from coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday as 1,989 fresh cases surfaced, taking the state’s infection tally to 4,83,832, a statement said.

So far, 7,051 people have succumbed to the disease in the state.

According to the statement, the maximum eight deaths took place in Lucknow, followed by two each in Bulandshahr and Raebareli.

State capital Lucknow reported 253 fresh cases, followed by 173 from Gautam Buddh Nagar; 154 from Ghaziabad; and 121 from Meerut.

In the past 24 hours, 2,390 patients recovered from COVID-19 and were discharged from hospitals, the statement said.

It said till now 4,53,458 patients have recovered from the disease.

The count of active cases in the state stands at 23,323, it said.

In the past 24 hours, over 1.51 lakh samples were tested. Till now, over 1.50 crore samples have been tested, the statement added.

19:14 November 01

77 new COVID-19 cases in Tripura; tally rises to 30,794

Agartala:It present has 1,403 active COVID-19 cases, while 29,025 people have recovered from the disease and 23 patients have migrated to other states, he said.

The state has so far reported 343 COVID-19 deaths, the official said.

As many as 4,59,894 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the state so far, he said, adding that 2,72,711 samples were tested by Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and 1,87,183 by RTPCR method.

19:12 November 01

Steady rise in home isolation cases since Oct 21; 5,866 in last 10 days

New Delhi:The number of COVID-19 patients under home isolation in Delhi has jumped by over 5,800 in the last ten days, even as crowding due to festivities, rise in pollution and other factors have led to a massive surge in daily cases since October 23.

The count of home quarantined cases on October 19 was 14,164 which fell marginally on October 20 to 14,046. However, since then, these cases showed an upward trend, and on October 31 the figures stood at 20,093, according to official data.

In this period, the number of containment zones have also increased from 2,724 on October 21 to 3,274 on October 31.

Delhi recorded 5,062 fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday, taking the infection tally to over 3.86 lakh, even as the positivity rate jumped to nearly 11.5 per cent.

This was the fourth consecutive day when over 5,000 cases were reported in a day.

The highest single-day spike till date -- 5,891 cases -- was recorded on Friday.

After showing a gradual decline since September 22, except on two days, the number of patients under home quarantine, had again risen on October 1, the count being 15,899.

However, from October 2-13 the cases of home isolation gradually dipped, except on two days when it registered a minimal rise. On October 2, the count was 15,852 which came down to 12,176 on October 13, as per the official data.

But the count of home quarantined cases rose again the next day to 12,360 and it steadily rose per day till October 19, when it stood at 14,164. It fell again the next day to 14,046, rising again to 14,227 on October 21.

Between October 21 and October 31, the rise in home isolation cases stood at over 41 per cent, as per the official figures.

Experts have said milling crowd in festive season, increase in pollution level and laxity in behaviour by many people in observing COVID-19 safety norms have led to a massive surge in daily cases in the last few days in the national capital.

So the rise in home isolation cases is a direct result of that, they said.

"Theatres have opened and people are going to markets for festival shopping, this means more public activity and thus greater chance of contracting infection. Besides, pollution is an added factor," Medical Director, LNJP Hospital, Suresh Kumar, said.

People with asthma, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and other respiratory ailments are more susceptible to suffering fall in their oxygen concentration level, and thus more prone to contract infection from someone else, symptomatic or asymptomatic, he said.

According to doctors, respiratory illnesses like viral influenza increase with a spike in pollution levels, as poor air quality leads to inflammation in the lungs, making it more vulnerable for the virus to penetrate.

"We would advise patients with respiratory illnesses to stay indoor as much as possible. Also, appeal to youth to not assume everything is normal again just because the economy is getting eased. Mask should be worn all time while being outdoor, and social distancing norms should be followed," said a senior doctor of a government hospital.

Delhi government has significantly ramped up testing in the past few days, with the count on several times crossing the 60,000-mark.

It had also been laying a lot of emphasis on home isolation, especially for asymptomatic patients as part of its COVID-19 management strategy in the past several months.

Recently, it was decided to not stick cautionary posters on the walls of houses of patients who are under home isolation.

The Saturday bulletin said 3,47,476 patients have recovered, been discharged or migrated so far while the recovery rate stands over 89 per cent, the bulletin said

On September 21, the number of home isolation cases had increased to 19,213 after steady ascent in its count since the last week of August.

However, it fell by a margin of 749 on September 22 to 18,464, registering a significant fall after a long time.

It fell further down to 17,834 the next day when the the number of containment zones stood at 1,987.

The containment zone count had crossed the 2000-mark on September 24 (2,059) and the 3000-mark on October 27 (3,032), when the the home isolation cases on corresponding days stood at 17,995 and 16,415 respectively.

17:03 November 01

All political pundits were saying that not many people would come out to cast their vote this time due to COVID19. But people of Bihar broke voter turnout records in the first phase of  Bihar Elections 2020 & proved them wrong: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Motihari.

17:03 November 01

Assam: Elephant safari at Kaziranga National Park resumed from today. Park official allowed booking for only 37 seats while maintaining COVID19 protocol.

15:00 November 01

At present, 40% of beds are occupied in the national capital. We still have around 9,500 beds available in hospitals: Satyendar Jain, Delhi Health Minister. 

14:59 November 01

India continues to report a trend of steadily declining active cases. For the third day after the active cases dropped below the 6 lakh mark after nearly 3 months, the progressive decline has been maintained. Presently India’s total active caseload is 5,70,458: Health Ministry

14:59 November 01

The active cases have dropped to only 6.97% of the total positive cases of the country demonstrating a steady falling percentage of the total cases: Health Ministry 

14:59 November 01

Case registered under the Disaster Management Act against Kannada film actor Darshan for campaigning in Rajarajeshwari Nagar without following COVID19 guidelines: N Manjunath Prasad, Commissioner, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Karnataka

14:59 November 01

1,709 new COVID19 cases, 11 deaths & 1,911 recoveries reported in Odisha in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases rises to 2,91,825, including 2,75,749 recoveries, 14,692 active cases & 1,331 deaths: State Health Department, Govt of Odisha

14:59 November 01

58 police personnel tested positive for COVID19 in the last 24 hours, taking total cases to 26,589 in the force, including 1,386 active cases, 24,919 recoveries, and 284 deaths till date: Maharashtra Police

14:59 November 01

777 more COVID19 positive cases have been reported on 31st October in Bihar; taking total count of active cases to 8,639: State Health Department.

12:03 November 01

Telangana's COVID-19 tally rises to 2.40 lakh with 1,416 fresh cases

COVID-19 tally rose to 2,40,048 and the toll edged up to 1,341 with 1,416 fresh cases and five more deaths, the state government said on Sunday.

The number of active cases slid to 18,241 while as many as 15,388 were in-home or institutional isolation, a bulletin said providing data as of 8 PM on October 31.

Of the fresh cases, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the maximum infections of 279, followed by Rangareddy (132) and Medchal Malkajgiri (112) districts.

12:01 November 01

15 new cases take COVID-19 tally of Andamans to 4,332

At least 15 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, raising the tally in the Union Territory to 4,332, a health department official said on Sunday.

Of the fresh cases, six were detected during contact tracing, while nine have travel history, he said.

10:20 November 01

India tests 10,98,87,303 samples upto Oct 31

According to the ICMR, accumulative total of 10,98,87,303 samples have been tested up to October 31 with10,91,239 samples being tested on Saturday.

The number of active cases of COVID-19 remained below 6 lakh for the third consecutive day.

There are 5,70,458 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country as on date which comprises 6.97 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.

10:19 November 01

India's COVID-19 caseload climbs to 81,84,082

With 46,963 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 81,84,082, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 74.91 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.

The recovery rate stood at 91.54 per cent.

The country's COVID-19death toll climbed to 1,22,111 with 470 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

10:18 November 01

Maha: Thane sees 20 pc rise in COVID-19 cases in October

Thane district of Maharashtra reported a nearly 20 per cent rise in new COVID-19 cases in October, while the active cases dropped by 46 per cent last month, an official said on Sunday.

On Saturday, the district reported 644 new coronavirus cases, taking its tally to 2,11,521, he said.

10:07 November 01

Mizoram records 2,756 cases

34 new cases reported in Mizoram in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of positive cases to 2,756 till date. 

The number of active cases is at 464 while 2,291 people have been discharged so far. 

Till date, one death has been reported in the state.

09:51 November 01

India's COVID-19 caseload climbs to 81,84,082

Jharkhand reports 474 new cases, one more death

Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,01,761 as 474 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said on Sunday.

The death toll rose to 884 after a patient from Dhanbad succumbed to the disease, he said. 

Ranchi district registered the maximum number of new cases at 139, followed by Bokaro at 73 and East Singhbhum at 61.

Jharkhand now has 5,302 active coronavirus cases, while 95,575 people have been cured of the disease so far, the official said.

The state has tested 80,003 samples for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, he added.