Coronavirus Daily Update: COVID-19 cases explained in four charts

 

As many as 38,073 new cases of novel coronavirus were reported, with India's total COVID-19 cases now over 85 lakh, as per health ministry's November 10 update. India reported 448 deaths according to the latest release, continuing below the 500 mark for the second consecutive day. For the last three days, India has reported fewer than 50,000 new cases.

In the last 24 hours, 42,033 recoveries were reported with active cases registering a fall of 4,408 cases, reaching 5,05,265 from 5,09,673 cases the previous day.

Delhi with 5,023 new cases, continued to report the most cases in the last 24 hours, followed by West Bengal (3,907), Kerala (3,593), Maharashtra (3,277) and Haryana (2,427). These top five states account for 48 percent of all the new cases.

COVID-19 Vaccine

Frequently Asked Questions

A vaccine works by mimicking a natural infection. A vaccine not only induces immune response to protect people from any future COVID-19 infection, but also helps quickly build herd immunity to put an end to the pandemic. Herd immunity occurs when a sufficient percentage of a population becomes immune to a disease, making the spread of disease from person to person unlikely. The good news is that SARS-CoV-2 virus has been fairly stable, which increases the viability of a vaccine.

There are broadly four types of vaccine - one, a vaccine based on the whole virus (this could be either inactivated, or an attenuated [weakened] virus vaccine); two, a non-replicating viral vector vaccine that uses a benign virus as vector that carries the antigen of SARS-CoV; three, nucleic-acid vaccines that have genetic material like DNA and RNA of antigens like spike protein given to a person, helping human cells decode genetic material and produce the vaccine; and four, protein subunit vaccine wherein the recombinant proteins of SARS-COV-2 along with an adjuvant (booster) is given as a vaccine.

Vaccine development is a long, complex process. Unlike drugs that are given to people with a diseased, vaccines are given to healthy people and also vulnerable sections such as children, pregnant women and the elderly. So rigorous tests are compulsory. History says that the fastest time it took to develop a vaccine is five years, but it usually takes double or sometimes triple that time.

Of the 448 deaths, Maharashtra reported the most 85 or 19 percent deaths, followed by Delhi (71), West Bengal (56), Uttar Pradesh (25) and Kerala (22). These top five states accounted for 58 percent of all the new deaths reported.

About seven states and union territories like Andaman and Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli/Daman and Diu, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura did not report any deaths today.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in India stand at 85,91,730 with 79,59,406 recoveries and 1,27,059 deaths as on November 9, 2020. The recovery rate continues at 92.6 percent with mortality rate at 1.5 percent.

Over 10 lakh daily tests were reported on November 9, with more than 11.96 crore tests carried out till date.

India ranks fourth in terms of active cases behind USA, France and Italy. USA continues to report over one lakh new cases for the sixth consecutive day

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