Coronavirus live updates: Centre tells SC make-shift hospitals will have to be built in near future

He has also urged the state govt to commence community testing on a larger scale.

This is the highest single-day Covid spike in the state. There have been four more Covid related deaths, which has taken the toll to 68.

The clinical administration of the blood component plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients to those severely affected by the disease could be a safe option without adverse side effects, according to a study which may lead to better treatment protocols against novel coronavirus infection.

The 11 builders have demanded that these workers undergo Covid tests before they are inducted, but the administration has said it is yet to receive any order from the government in this regard.

The total number of cases now are 1,561 including 337 recoveries and four deaths, report ANI. Number of active cases stands at 1,217.

The total number infected Police personnel has reached to 2,556, reported ANI.

No death has been reported. The toll stands at 203.

A nation-wide survey in the United States has revealed that a more Democrats than Republicans would prefer to get themselves vaccinated to protect against the novel coronavirus if immunizations were free and available to everyone, reported ANI.

Total number of cases in the country now at 207,615 including 101,497 active cases, 100,303 cured/discharged/migrated and 5,815 deaths, Ministry of health and family welfare reported.