COVID-19: Chile death toll tops 10,000

While Brazil rightly gets most of the attention in Latin America, other countries are also passing grim milestones.

Brazil COVID-19 deaths pass 100,000 milestone

Number expected to keep rising as Brazilian government encourages people to come out and work.

Covid update: 2 more ministers infected; plane crash testing; USA schools

From two more Union ministers testing positive, to hospital staff preventing a suicide bid by a patient - here are the top news updates on the Covid-19 pandemic. After Union Home minister Amit Shah and petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan, MoS Heavy Industries Arjun Ram Meghwal, and MoS Agriculture Kailash Choudhary have tested positive for Covid infection. In Kolkata, hospital staff were able to stop a patient from jumping out after breaking a window pane with an oxygen cylinder. The Central government has asked state administrations to step up testing of grocery shop staff, and vegetable and fruit vendors, as they can potentially spread the virus to a large number of people. The southern state of Tamil Nadu has decided to reopen places of worship with some limitations from August 10. Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh saw a massive jump in new cases with over 10,000 infections being reported on Saturday. India's total case tally has crossed the 20.88 lakh mark with over 42,500 deaths so far. While India has 6.19 lakh active cases, over 14.27 lakh patients have been discharged so far. In international news, some states in the United States of America have allowed schools to reopen even as the US remains the worst Covid-hit nation so far. The US has had over 48 lakh cases, while the second worst-hit country, Brazil is at 29 lakh cases. Watch the full video for more updates on the spread of the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus.

Rs 1 lakh crore: To counter Covid slowdown, PM Modi launches agri infra fund

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an Agriculture Infrastructure Fund worth Rs 1 lakh crore to boost services related to the primary sector. The launch was done amid the Covid-19 pandemic and the economic slowdown exacerbated due to the lockdown. Although commentators say that the agriculture sector doesn't seem to have suffered as much as some of the others, reverse migration to villages has increased employment worries. PM Modi said that the fund would help boost infrastructure like cold storage chains which would also provide employment. He also released the sixth instalment of the Pradhan Mantri-Kisan Samman Nidhi. Rs 17,000 crore was transferred to 8.5 crore farmer families 'in the blink of an eye', as per the Prime Minister. The scheme was announced in the February 2019 Budget and launched retrospectively from December 2018 to provide direct monetary help to farmers. Its scope was expanded after Narendra Modi returned to power in May 2019. The PM said that Rs 22,000 crore was released under the PM-KISAN scheme even during the lockdown necessitated due to the Covid pandemic. Watch the full video for more.

Daily Punch: Actor Satish Shah reveals he tested positive for Covid-19 in July, recovered now

Popular Bollywood and TV actor Satish Shah has revealed that he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the month of July and had to be admitted to the hospital. The actor says he has fully recovered now and thanked the medical staff at the hospital for taking care of him. On the other hand, Sanjay Dutt who was admitted to the hospital with complaints of breathlessness shared that he has tested negative for COVID-19. For more such updates wtahc Daily Punch.