With 520 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the toll mounts to 1,29,188.

The total number of active cases stand at 4,80,719 after a decrease of 3,828 in the last 24 hours.

Total discharged cases stand at 81,63,572 with 47,992 new discharges in the last 24 hours.

#CoronaVirusUpdates:

📍Total #COVID19 Cases in India (as on November 14, 2020)

➡️93.05% Cured/Discharged/Migrated (8,16,35,72)
➡️5.48% Active cases (4,80,719)
➡️1.47% Deaths (1,29,188)

Total COVID-19 confirmed cases = Cured/Discharged/Migrated+Active cases+Deaths pic.twitter.com/KXjPLi1Tmd

— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) November 14, 2020

The Ministry of Health revealed that, the recovery rate in India is at 93.05 percent while the fatality rate is at 1.47 percent. The active cases comprise of 5.48 percent of the total cases as of Saturday.

Maharashtra has reported 85,583 active cases, 16,05,064 recoveries and 45,682 deaths due to the disease so far while Karnataka recorded 29,489 active cases, 8,14,949 recoveries and 11,474 deaths so far.

The national capital reported 43,116 active cases and 7,332 deaths while 4,16,580 people recovered from the infection till now.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 12,40,31,230 samples have been tested for COVID-19.

COVID-19 Testing Update. For more details visit: https://t.co/dI1pqvXAsZ @MoHFW_INDIA @DeptHealthRes #ICMRFIGHTSCOVID19 #IndiaFightsCOVID19 #CoronaUpdatesInIndia #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/hrWG5TkchP

— ICMR (@ICMRDELHI) November 14, 2020

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The UAE Ministry of Health has issued a directive to pharmacies to end the practice of discounts to the tune of 5-15 per cent on prescriptions. Spot inspections were carried out to check possible violations.

Pharmacy sources said violations come with stiff fines, hence in the last few days all outlets have complied with the order, Gulf News reports. Given the market situation, they plan to approach the authorities with requests to extend the discount offers.

According to industry sources, the authorities do not want to see competitive discounts being offered by pharmacies to increase sales in such a vital category. The ministry periodically sets the prices on medications for chronic illnesses that are prescribed by physicians or sold over-the-counter at pharmacies. In the recent past, the cost of many life-sustaining medicines, mostly imported, were brought down significantly.

Leading pharmacy operators in the UAE have been offering loyalty programmes to consumers so that they stick with them for all their medicine purchases. The loyalty points, however, only provided the consumer with offers on non-prescribed medicines, vitamins and skincare brands. Such loyalty deals placed small operators at a disadvantage as they could not compete with the big ones on incentives and offers.

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