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Coronavirus India News LIVE Updates: India's COVID-19 mortality rate one of the lowest in world, says Health Ministry
Coronavirus India News LIVE Updates: Total confirmed cases have surged past 31 lakh. India’s COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 75.92 percent.
Coronavirus India News LIVE Updates: Today is the 155th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown, to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, India has recorded 31,67,323 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 58,390 deaths. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have reported the highest number of cases. However, infections are rising rapidly in states like Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Yet, India’s recovery rate continues to rise and now stands at 75.92 percent. 'Unlock 3.0' is underway. Globally, there have been over 2.35 crore confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than 8.11 lakh people have died so far. Catch the latest updates here:
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Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | Balram Bhargava, DG, ICMR: ICMR sero survey is publication in-progress. It should appear by this week in the Indian Journal of Medical Research. It has been peer reviewed.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | Health Ministry: The COVID-19 mortality rate in India stands at 1.58 percent which is one of the lowest in the world. In the last 24 hours, the number of active cases has reduced by 6,400.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | Health Ministry: Today, the recovered cases are 3.4 times more than the active cases in the country. Active cases are only 22.2 percent of the total cases. The recovery rate is now more than 75 percent.
Coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh LIVE Updates | Indore records highest single-day spike of 265 COVID-19 cases
With the detection of 265 fresh cases, Indore recorded its highest single-day spike on Tuesday that took the district's COVID-19 tally to 11,673, an official told news agency PTI.
According to officials, the health department has been ramping up treatment facilities for critical patients in hospitals to ease the pressure on intensive care units.
Indore is Madhya Pradesh's worst-hit district from COVID-19.
Coronavirus in Rajasthan LIVE Updates | Six more deaths recorded in Rajasthan
Rajasthan recorded six more fatalities due to the novel coronavirus today, taking the COVID-19 death toll in the state to 973, according to a health department official. The state also reported 695 new cases of the virus. The total number of people infected by COVID-19 now stands at 72,650 in Rajasthan and out of these 14,883 people are under treatment. (PTI)
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Latest updates on COVID-19 crisis around the world
> The West Bengal government along with the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata is working to repatriate 19 Tablighi Jamaat members of the neighbouring country, stuck in the state since the COVID-19 outbreak in March.
> Fifty-one percent of people across the country are against the resumption of metro and local train services from September 1 as they feel these are risky in the current COVID-19 crisis, while 77 per cent are not in favour of visiting multiplexes, according to a survey conducted by a social media-based platform LocalCircles.
> Singapore's single-day COVID-19 cases fall to five-month low with 31 new infections.
> Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar and Haryana Transport Minister Mool Chand Sharma test positive for COVID- 19.
> Puducherry registers its highest single day spurt of 571 new coronavirus cases and eight deaths, taking the overall tally to 11,426.
> Scientists identify antibody that may protect against COVID-19.
> The India-US cooperation is proving crucial to confront the health challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, including future vaccine development and distribution, New Delhi's top envoy in the US says.
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Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | COVID-19 tests per million in India touch 26,685
With India having tested nearly 3.7 crore cumulative COVID-19 samples so far, the tests per million have further risen to 26,685 while the positivity rate has come down to 8.60 percent, the Union Health Ministry said today.
India is focusing on the "test, track and treat" strategy to contain the spread of the infection.
As the first step towards timely identification, prompt isolation and effective treatment, higher testing also results in limiting the spread of infection, it emphasised. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Bihar LIVE Updates | Union Minister Nityanand Rai today said that a 500-bed COVID-19 makeshift hospital at Muzaffarpur will be functional by August 31.
The Union Minister of State for Home said this after visiting the hospital site near Patahi airport in Muzaffarpur town. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE Updates | Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar: I had fever and have tested positive for COVID-19. I am doing well, but as precaution have been hospitalized and under good care of doctors. With your blessings, I'll soon be back. I appeal to those who came in contact with me to be cautious.