Coronavirus live updates: Maharashtra adds over 8,000 new cases for sixth day in row

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Mumbai-based Glenmark defended the pricing to the drug regulator of its Covid-19 drug, FabiFlu (Favipiravir) on Tuesday, saying it’s lower as compared to other countries, and as against therapies approved under ‘emergency use’.

Maharashtra added over 8,000 new Covid-19 cases. On Tuesday, the state added 8,369 cases, taking the total tally to 3,27,031.

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President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that the “nasty horrible'” coronavirus will get worse in the US before it gets better, but he also tried to paint a rosy picture of efforts with governors to conquer the disease that has claimed more than 140,000 American lives in just five months.

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The health ministry on Tuesday reiterated that there are “clusters of cases and pockets of localised transmission” of Covid-19, amid reports of officials in some states saying that community transmission has taken place.

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If more tests with quick results are key to containing the Covid-19 spread, Kerala has a tough time ahead. The state collects on average 15,000-16,000 samples daily but it takes two to three days for the test results. A study published in The Lancet, while asserting that minimising testing delay had the largest impact on reducing onward transmissions, said a delay of two days or more resulted in 50% more transmission.

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Covid-19: After facing flak, UP now ahead of Maharashtra, Delhi in conducting tests

Uttar Pradesh has moved ahead of Maharashtra and Delhi — states with high caseloads — in conducting more tests for the novel coronavirus in the last two weeks. The top seven states that conducted the highest tests in the last two weeks are Tamil Nadu, UP, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Delhi, in that order.

6 lakh Covid cases in July, more than in all past months together

India has recorded more Covid-19 cases in July so far than in all previous months put together. July’s count crossed 6 lakh on Tuesday, going past the cumulative caseload of 5.9 lakh recorded in the country till June 30. The death toll this month also topped 11,000, accounting for nearly 40% of all fatalities since the pandemic’s outbreak in India.

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Hackers working with the Chinese government targeted firms developing vaccines for the coronavirus and stole hundreds of millions of dollars worth of intellectual property and trade secrets from companies across the world, the Justice Department said Tuesday as it announced criminal charges.

National Testing Agency (NTA) is likely to conduct Delhi University Entrance Test (DUET) 2020 from 6th September to 11th September 2020: Delhi University

2,403 new Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra's Pune district, tally 56,416; death toll up by 55 to 1,442, reports PTI quoting official

608 new cases in Jammu and Kashmir, tally 15,258

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