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Economic Times | 28 Aug, 2020 | 09.55AM IST
Coronavirus Latest News: Record spike of 77,266 fresh cases, & 1,057 deaths in India in last 24 hours
Covid-19 case tally in the country stands at 33,87,501 including 7,42,023 active cases, 25,83,948 cured/discharged/migrated & 61,529 deaths.
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Will produce Covid vaccine by this year end or sooner, says US President Donald Trump
Australia's COVID-19 hotspot expects fewer than 100 cases a day by next week
Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 1,571 to 239,507
29 new cases reported in Mizoram in the last 24 hours, taking the total cases in the state to 1003.
A total of 500 people cured/discharged so far. Active cases stand at 503: Department of Information and Public Relations, Government of Mizoram
US surpasses 180,000 virus deaths: Johns Hopkins
- The United States passed the grim milestone of 180,000 coronavirus deaths Thursday, according to Johns Hopkins University's real-time tracker.
- The US added 931 new virus deaths in 24 hours, the Baltimore-based university reported at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Friday), bringing the total death toll to 180,527.
COVID-19 deaths to cross 317,000 in U.S. by Dec. 1: University of Washington
- The University of Washington on Thursday expanded the forecast of its widely cited model, projecting 317,697 deaths in the United States by Dec. 1 due to the COVID-19 pandemic as cases climb in many states.
- The new forecast, by the university's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) reflects an increase of about 8,000 deaths from its previous forecast.
Punjab CM urges legislators who came in contact with COVID positive MLAs to avoid attending Assembly Session
Mexico records 6,026 new coronavirus cases, 518 more deaths
Hawaii sees 98% drop in tourist arrivals in July
Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi casts doubt on coronavirus originating in China
- The Chinese government's top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, said on Thursday it was unclear whether the corona virus had first originated in China, casting doubt on the views of health experts and foreign governments.
- Speaking during a visit to Norway, Wang said that, while China was the first country to report the existence of the virus to the World Health Organisation, "it does not mean that the virus originated in China".
Odisha CM Patnaik inaugurates sixth plasma bank at Koraput Medical College
Gehlot cancels meetings after 10 staff at his residence, office test COVID-19 positive
Texas, Florida, California, New York will not follow new U.S. COVID-19 testing plan
- Several large U.S. states including Texas are not heeding new federal health officials' calls to reduce COVID-19 testing of some exposed to the virus, joining a broad rebuke of the Trump administration by public health leaders.
- California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey and New York all plan to continue to test asymptomatic people who have been exposed to COVID-19, despite new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggesting that such tests may not be needed.
