In a major progress, India, on Monday, recorded its lowest single-day spike since two months. The country recorded 53,082 cases in last 24-hour which are the lowest since August 10. The fresh fatality 706 are the lowest since July 28.
With fresh new addition, country’s covid-19 tally has passed 71 lakh mark and currently stands at 71,75, 881. The death toll has soared high to 1,09,856.
While 9,38,729 are undergoing treatment, 62,27,296 have been cured/discharged/migrated.
India’s recovery rate has increased marginally to 86.78 per cent while the death rate currently stands at 1.53 per cent.
Some more updates related to Covid-19:
*Thailand has agreed to manufacture and supply AstraZeneca’s vaccine developed with Oxford University in the southeast Asia. The announcement was made by both, British and Thai government.
*Industrial units in the Noida have withdrawn about 100 power connections, due to the lockdown imposed in the wake of covid-19 pandemic
*The US president Donald Trump tested negative for Covid-19 using a rapid test, his White House physician said Monday.
*The Central government on Monday announced measures to stimulate the growth in economy shrunk by covid-19. t announced a Leave Travel Concession (LTC) voucher scheme and a festival advance for government employees.
*Human trials of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine, named Sputnik V, will be held in the United Arab Emirates. UAE has become second country after Belarus to take part in the said programme. Results will be announced before November, Moscow said on Monday.
*Karnataka has become the third state after Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu to record over 10,000 fatalities. The state on Monday reported 70 deaths which took its total toll to 10,036.
*South Korea reported 102 new coronavirus cases on Monday, which is its first triple-digit increase in six days, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, as of Tuesday morning, globally, over 37.68 million people have been infected by the virus. The death toll has reached 1,077,058, reuters said in a report. United States has the most cases (7,783,379), followed by India and Brazil (5,094,979).
