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According to the Health Ministry, India's total #COVID19 recoveries crossed 56.6 lakh and has pushed the national recovery rate to 84.7 percent.

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The recommendations to use common ayurvedic formulations for the treatment of mild and asymptomatic #COVID19 cases was released by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and AYUSH minister Shripad Naikare.
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@SumiSukanya According to the Union Health Ministry, India's #coronavirus tally crossed the 67-lakh with a spike of 72,049 new #COVID19 cases and 986 deaths in the last 24 hours.

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@SumiSukanya India's #COVID19 toll rises to 1,04,555 as 986 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.

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@SumiSukanya India's #COVID19 active cases stand at 9,07,883, which is 13.44 per cent of total caseload.

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SFI members staged a protest demanding cancellation of semester exams in the view of #COVID19 at the Andhra University registrar's office in Visakhapatnam.
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The finding have dashed expectations that the second infection with #COVID19 should be milder.
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Kerala Power Minister MM Mani has tested positive for #COVID19 and is under observation at the Government Medical College Thiruvananthapuram.
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@xpresskerala Karnataka Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said that the government's aim was to increase the number of tests to 1.5 lakh per day.

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Data revealed by the civic body shows that a total of 28,71,934 people have attended the 56,480 camps held in Chennai till October 6. The positivity rate stands at 16 per cent.
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@omjasvinMD @xpresstn After rising steadily for over 40 days, the number of containment zones in Delhi fell to 2,697 on October 6, a marginal dip compared to the figures the previous day, according to official data.

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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announced that cinemas and theatres would be allowed to reopen with 50 per cent seating capacity from October 15.

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Founder and General Secretary of DMDK #Vijayakant who was discharged last week after being treated for #COVID19 underwent 'radiological assessment' at a private hospital as part of a planned follow-up.
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Repair and cleaning work is going on full swing at Anupama theatre in Bengaluru's Majestic to welcome the public after the Centre further eased restrictions in #Unlock5.

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@xpresstn 20 asymptomatic, mild and moderately symptomatic #COVID19 patients were chosen for the clinical trial of traditional medicines and it was noted that 16 of them turned negative on the seventh day of Siddha treatment.
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DGCI has rejected a proposal by Dr Reddy’s Laboratories to directly conduct phase 3 trial for Russian #COVID19 vaccine #SputnikV directly in India saying that the sample size for early human trials for the vaccine was “small”.
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Even though clinical trials to ascertain the efficacy of Ayurvedic treatments are still underway, the Centre recommended common ayurvedic formulations such as Guduchi, Ashwagandha and AYUSH-64 in treating mild and asymptomatic #COVID19 cases.
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@SumiSukanya Even with a comparatively lower number of senior citizens and people with comorbidities, Tiruvottiyur continues to lead Chennai's 15 zones in the #COVID19 fatality rate at 2.68 per cent.
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EC revises the norms concerning star campaigners for all ongoing and future elections during #COVID19 pandemic, allows a maximum of 30 star campaigners for recognized political parties, 15 for unrecognized registered parties.

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Tamil Nadu reported 5,447 #COVID19 cases and 67 deaths on Wednesday taking the tally to 6,35,855 and toll to 9,984. The state tested 93,242 samples and 91,401 people on the day.
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