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New research shows how dangerous the coronavirus is for current and former cancer patients. Those who developed COVID-19 were much more likely to die within a month than people without cancer who got it, two studies found.They are the largest reports on people with both diseases in the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain and Canada. In one study, half of 928 current and former cancer patients with COVID-19 were hospitalized and 13 percent died. That’s far more than the various rates that have been reported in the general population.Results were published Thursday in the journal The Lancet and will…

Diagnostic machines used for testing drug-resistant tuberculosis can now be used for screening and confirmation of COVID-19 cases, the apex health research body, ICMR, said.As part of its efforts to ramp up the testing capacity, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had approved the use of TrueNat system for conducting coronavirus tests on April 10, while recommending it only as a screening test.Now, the ICMR has issued revised guidelines for TrueNat testing for COVID-1, saying the "TrueNat system is now a comprehensive assay for screening and confirmation of COVID-19 cases.

India has so far about 0.2 COVID-19 deaths per lakh population as against the global figure of 4.1, the Union health ministry said as the number of fatalities due to coronavirus infection in the country rose to 3,163 on Tuesday and the total cases reached 1,01,139.Also, a record number of 1,08,233 samples were tested for COVID-19 on Monday in the country. So far a total of 24,25,742 samples have been tested, the ministry said.Referring to data from WHO situation report-119, the ministry said 3,11,847 COVID-19 mortalities have been reported till Tuesday worldwide which is about 4.1 deaths per lakh population.

A Chinese laboratory has been developing a drug it believes has the power to bring the coronavirus pandemic to a halt.The outbreak first emerged in China late last year before spreading across the world, prompting an international race to find treatments and vaccines.A drug being tested by scientists at China's prestigious Peking University could not only shorten the recovery time for those infected, but even offer short-term immunity from the virus, researchers say. Sunney Xie, director of the university's Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics, told AFP that the drug has been successful at the animal testing stage."When we injected…

Delhi's coronavirus total rose to 8,895 cases after a single-day spike of 425. No coronavirus patient died on Thursday, but the number of deaths jumped from 115 to 123 as the government took into account cases that were not reported before.In the last 24 hours, the Delhi government data says, 473 people were either cured or migrated. With the new addition, the total of those discharged reached 3,518.The total active cases in the national capital is now 5,254.

More than 4.02 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 276,894 have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019. The following table lists countries that have reported deaths and/or at least 100 confirmed cases as of 0145 GMT on Sunday. Countries and TerritoriesTotal CasesTotal DeathsTOTAL4,026,691276,895United States1,320,41378,644Spain26,299240,711Italy30,201217,185United Kingdom31,241211,364Russia1,827198,676France25,987174,791Germany7,327168,049Brazil10,627155,939Turkey3,689135,569Iran6,589106,220China4,63382,887Canada4,69367,702Peru1,81465,015India1,98159,662Belgium8,52152,011Netherlands5,35942,093Saudi Arabia23937,136Mexico3,35333,460Switzerland1,53230,231Ecuador1,71729,071Pakistan61827,474Portugal1,11427,268Chile30427,219Sweden3,17525,265Singapore2022,460Ireland1,40322,385Belarus12121,101Qatar1220,201United Arab Emirates17416,793Japan62816,480Israel24516,409Austria61515,756Poland77715,510Romania89814,811Ukraine37614,710Bangladesh21413,770Indonesia95913,645South Korea25610,840Philippines70410,610Colombia44510,495Denmark52210,218Serbia21310,032Dominican Republic3859,882South Africa1869,420Panama2378,282Czech Republic2738,087Norway2138,034Egypt4827,981Kuwait497,623Australia976,929Malaysia1086,589Argentina3005,776Finland2605,738Morocco1865,711Algeria4945,558Kazakhstan314,922Moldova1504,728Bahrain84,595Ghana184,012Nigeria1173,912Luxembourg1003,871Afghanistan1063,653Oman173,224Hungary4053,213Armenia443,175Thailand563,004Greece1502,691Iraq1042,603Uzbekistan102,349Cameroon1082,267Bolivia1062,266Azerbaijan282,204Croatia872,176Bosnia1022,090Guinea112,009Bulgaria861,872Iceland101,801Honduras1071,771Cuba741,754Estonia561,725Senegal141,634North Macedonia911,622Ivory Coast201,602New Zealand211,492Slovakia261,455Slovenia1011,454Lithuania491,436Djibouti31,135Hong Kong41,045Tunisia441,026Somalia48997Kyrgyzstan24931Sudan52930Latvia18928Guatemala24900Democratic Republic of the Congo39897Cyprus15889Kosovo27861Albania31856Sri Lanka9844Lebanon26796Niger44795El Salvador17784Costa Rica6780Andorra47752Maldives3744Burkina Faso48736Uruguay18702Mali37692Paraguay10689Kenya30649Georgia10626San Marino41623Gabon8620Tajikistan20612Guinea-Bissau2564Palestine4547Channel Islands41545Tanzania21509Jordan9508Jamaica9490Malta5489Mayotte4460Taiwan6440Equatorial Guinea4439Réunion–418Venezuela10388Mauritius10332Isle of Man23329Madagascar–327Montenegro8324Vietnam–288Republic of…

New coronavirus infections are accelerating again in Germany just days after its leaders loosened social restrictions, raising concerns that the pandemic could once again slip out of control. The Robert Koch Institute for disease control said in a daily bulletin the number of people each sick person now infects – known as the reproduction rate, or R – had risen to 1.1. When it goes above 1, it means the number of infections is growing. Chancellor Angela Merkel, bowing to pressure from leaders of Germany’s 16 federal states to restart social life and revive the economy, announced on Wednesday measures that included…

The number of active cases of coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh went up to 1,800 on Saturday, while nearly 1,400 people have been discharged so far, a senior official said.Principal Secretary, Health, Amit Mohan Prasad said the national recovery percentage was 30 per cent but the figure was 43 per cent in Uttar Pradesh."It is a matter of satisfaction that people are recovering and returning home," he said.